Not support conversations, support lines, each of which is made up of three or four conversations. There are more than 600 supports in this game. Now, here’s the fun thing about supports: Units also fight together better when they have high supports. In Fire Emblem games, units form bonds from fighting next to each other, unlocking short conversations that flesh them out as characters. Inviting allies to Corrin’s cool sex treehouse boosts our support levels. It was the living embodiment of the fanservice focussed design that plagues modern Fire Emblem games.
And I’m going to say a hot take right now: they made the right call. A lot of Fire Emblem fans were pissed, crying about censorship because Nintendo of America had the gall to remove the minigame where you rub Camila’s tiddies while she moans.
In the Japanese version you get to rub units while in close up mode. So, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. He complimented Corrin’s piano skills, which she apparently has, then stared at us, blushing, while thanking us for saving him from Garon. In Corrin’s room, we can change their hairstyle and invite an ally over to chill. That said, it told me that Corrin expects betrayal from Rinkah, while Rinkah’s loins are set afire by Corrin. The relationship tester is randomized, by the way, which kinda makes it pointless. In the Hall of Records, we can see descriptions of all the units we’ll ever recruit, rewatch cutscenes, read unreadable poems, and play around with a relationship tester. She raises a ton of questions that I doubt will ever be answered. I don’t dislike her personality, but she feels like a throwaway character added at the last minute. Gameplay wise, she can only use a modified Physic staff. Her design is unique and cute, I like it. She used to be our stable girl and is now our pet. Lilith is a weird squirrel dragon thing that floats around clutching a random ball. Other players can invade our Castle through spotpass, which I’ll discuss in a later entry, and Lilith is only usable in those battles. Note that, although Lilith now has stats, she isn’t usable in battle. Different foods affect her stats in different ways. In Lilith’s spring, we can feed her to make her level up. Right off the bat, we have a farm and spring to give us resources, rooms for Corrin and Lilith, and a Hall of Records. We can talk to our units, giving them minor stat boosts or new weapons. We’re given access to a customizable castle in the Astral Plane where our army waits between battles. "Naruhodo" is a term meaning something along the lines of "I understand," while "Wright" is a pun on the English word "right." While the localized game takes place in Los Angeles instead of Japan, other aspects of the game keep their Japanese cultural references.After fully dedicating ourselves to Hoshido, the game finally really begins. The "ryuu" in "Ryuuichi" is phonetically similar to the Japanese word "dragon," which is a mythological creature like a phoenix.
RELATED: 5 Castlevania Games Netflix Could Adapt Next (& 5 They Probably Won't) Original Japanese pun names were changed to similar pun-like English names, such as Ryuuichi Naruhodo being changed to Phoenix Wright. Interestingly, this game is only semi-localized. But marketing a game with such a literal and descriptive title would understandably be difficult in Western countries, so Capcom released it as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney overseas. The series' original name literally translates to "Turnabout Trial," so it makes sense thematically.