Information is trickling out about a new Nintendo game, if rumors are to be believed. Emily Rogers, a gaming journalist known for leaking Nintendo-related news in the past, most notably having insider details about the Nintendo NX prior to its reveal as the Nintendo Switch. She recently posted on Famiboards, a gaming forum, regarding what we can expect to see in the next Nintendo Direct. According to "sources", a new Fire Emblem game is in development, with the following details:

• Upcoming Fire Emblem is a new game, not a remake. Brand new story.
• Collaboration between Intelligent Systems, Koei Tecmo and Gust (division of Koei Tecmo Holdings).
• Gust heavily assisted with the visuals / graphics. Graphics are an improvement over "Three Houses".
• Originally intended as an anniversary game to celebrate FE's 30th anniversary. The game has been finished for over a year.
• Main character (main lord) has strange red and blue hair. His mother is a dragon.
• New "Emblems" gimmick allows players to summon "FE characters from the past" for your squad.

Supposedly, Koei Tecmo will be involved once more, after assisting development on Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Gust is known for their work on the Atelier JRPG series. It's also being claimed that the game is fully complete, and was intended to release for the Fire Emblem franchise's 30th anniversary. Shortly after Rogers' post, some images were posted to Reddit, and featured details that backed up the initial post. The Redditor said that there are elements from this game that come from a canceled Fire Emblem game that was meant for the Nintendo Wii. These screenshots, shown below, are apparently from an early in-development build of the Chinese localization version.

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I can confirm that this is a brand new FE game, and it has been completed for quite some time now. I'm not sure what the delay has been in announcing it. Interestingly, some aspects of it seem to be reused from the canceled Wii FE game. Additionally, the rumors of an FE4 remake are real as well. Gust has helped a lot with this development - if you aren't familiar with their work, you should take a look at the Atelier games on the Switch. There are many new characters in this game, and I believe people are overreacting a bit about the summoning with thinking of this as a full-blown FEH-style game. Other people with insider information have been mentioning the blue and red haired protagonist for awhile now and waiting for the Direct reveal, I've just decided to finally show a bit.

I can't do a full AMA or anything, but I wanted to share a bit since there were so many doubts about yesterday's leak! Now for the fun part, take a look at some of the new characters.

Edited to add - These screenshots are quite old at this point, and obviously not of great quality. Make of that what you will!

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This second leaker also claims that Fire Emblem 4: Genealogy of the Holy War, which has been rumored to get a remake for years, is indeed receiving one, at some point. That game was never officially released in the west, and remains only playable in English through a fan translation. For now, all of the above information remains as speculation, with no Nintendo Direct to potentially reveal these games in sight.

 

[osaka35]

emily Rogers? is she the one who is around 50% right, and usually when it's somewhat already known to be true? or am I thinking of someone else? I'm terrible with leaker names.

but either way, awesome! probably will wait till they have a gap in the schedule to plonk it, though. gotta have some games ready to go in the gap between switch and new console *game development.

 

[sarkwalvein]

I'm in for FE4 remake masochism!

 

[Olmectron]

emily Rogers? is she the one who is around 50% right, and usually when it's somewhat already known to be true? or am I thinking of someone else? I'm terrible with leaker names.

but either way, awesome! probably will wait till they have a gap in the schedule to plonk it, though. gotta gave some games ready to go in the gap between switch and new console development.

In the gap between Switch and New Console Release. I remember Nintendo frequently stating they are have an always active R&D department, basically developing the next console immediately after the last one was released.

 

[Jayro]

I must be the only one that doesn't care for Fire Emblem games.

 

[osaka35]

In the gap between Switch and New Console Release. I remember Nintendo frequently stating they are have an always active R&D department, basically developing the next console immediately after the last one was released.

yeah, my bad, meant to say game development between switch and new switch

 

[Lazyt]

It's kind of interesting how Nintendo just has fully completed stuff sitting in a vault 'til they feel like it's the right time to announce it. Wouldn't be surprised if that applied to other long-rumored things like Metroid Prime/Zelda HD ports.

Facts not rumours

 

[sley]

emily Rogers? is she the one who is around 50% right, and usually when it's somewhat already known to be true? or am I thinking of someone else? I'm terrible with leaker names.

but either way, awesome! probably will wait till they have a gap in the schedule to plonk it, though. gotta have some games ready to go in the gap between switch and new console *game development.

Exactly, she's a good journalist but terrible leaker. I'd be happy to see a new mainline FE game but judging from the screenshots this ain't it.

 

[Something whatever]

More FE? Theres other IPs that need to be on the switch

 

[elk1007]

Does anyone else find these graphics rather flat and jaggy?

 

[Lycan911]

So it turns out this was real after all

 

[Olmectron]

I tend to love Fire Emblem games, Three houses was phenomenal, but I'd be lying if I said this looks on par with that. And maybe that's just it, this is footage from a very early build that for the moment looks void of life and empty, but the details will be added later. I can totally see that being the case, but if this is actually the quality of a final game they were going to release to the world, then I would say something went severely wrong with the studio since Three Houses.

So, does it still look void of life and empty?

 

[MikaDubbz]

So, does it still look void of life and empty?

Very happy to see the footage of the final game looks so much more alive and exciting than those sad empty screenshots that leaked months ago. That extra time since then must have paid off.

 

[Olmectron]

Very happy to see the footage of the final game looks so much more alive and exciting than those sad empty screenshots that leaked months ago. That extra time since then must have paid off.

I agree. I liked the main character's design since the first leaked images, but yeah, they were nowhere near to the official trailer looks.

 

[MikaDubbz]

I agree. I liked the main character's design since the first leaked images, but yeah, they were nowhere near to the official trailer looks.

I was genuinely concerned those images were from like a mobile game and not a proper Fire Emblem game. Very relieved all around lol.

 

[LibreNyaa]

It seems pretty interesting after the direct. I haven't played many Fire Emblem games, but Fates is my favorite, and it seems mechanically closer to Fates than Three Houses, at least from the Direct. Depending on the price, I'll definitely get it.