Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave earns praise for a wildly unexpected opening

gamingSep 18, 20261361,661

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave landed with a release that players call one of the series most surprising openings, propelled by a startling setup where a professional dancer hunts a revenge list while playing a cursed instrument. Early threads pick out a spoiled face reveal buried in the recruitables list and heated attention on the game’s starters, with several players confessing they are already fully absorbed and delaying other projects. Some players are comparing the game’s dungeon crawling and town exploration to Shadows of Valentia, noting an unexpected blend of old and newer Fire Emblem sensibilities.

Daniel Alba

@daniel.gvg.io

There are a lot of Fire Emblem games that never came overseas. Some did, in a way, but most are still exclusive to Japan. I was building up to this one for quite a while, so I hope you check it out when you take a break from Fortune’s Weave~ youtu.be/GUEwPEuWJzU?...

7521d ago

Cryptic_TX553

The worst is that we missed both the original Mystery of the Emblem and the remake. Like bruh. Now whadda we do

VGAfanatic (COMMISSIONS ON SALE)2

The more I see just how much Fire Emblem makes an initiative out of timeskips in the Switch 1/2 era and children in the 3DS era, the more I feel like a remake of Genealogy of the Holy War, which features both, could still potentially happen.

Caleb1

As my physical Fortune's Weave is still in transit, I will be happy to watch!!

Mattroid Prime1

This really made my day. Thank you, sir!

touka🔞1

Of course a week before Fortune's Weave I finally got into Genealogy of Holy War so now I'll be trying to play the new game and just be jonesing to get back to Seliph

🌤 Lanaruse1

Locked in for this one 👏 Always ready for a good Daniel yap.

izzy

@inkmothnexus.bsky.social

dude they have women getting other women pregnant in the new fire emblem?

3821d ago

Rosarie Maria🦐8

They explain at the beginning the protagonist can fuck anyone and also do parthenogenesis which is awesome

Penny3

this explains why oph messaged me telling me the protag is "canonically a futa"

John Michonski1

is it weird that I hear this and go "ah, they got around to that"

shan 🐈🌊 @ GWF Prep!

@lightblooms.bsky.social

Yeah I will pick up Fire Emblem today, says girl who was trying to not get hyped bc being an Edelgard fan years ago was really honestly that suffering

4921d ago

shan 🐈🌊 @ GWF Prep!32

The number of ppl, particularly gay men, who told me with unmitigated audacity “I was so sure you were going to be a bitch because of your icon!” was fucking staggering

Aerinis3

3H is the only FE game I've played that's managed to stick with me, and I'm loving FW so far. Only a couple hours into Leda's route and she's so angry I love it

Ember - Purveyor of Cool Mages2

I was also trying not to get hyped because I Had Thoughts About Engage And They Weren't Nice but fortune's weave has been pretty intriguing so far in very early hours

JUNO! 🔥2

it honestly was so crazy playing 3h for the first time now in 2026 and interacting with edelgard and really loving her character and sitting there thinking to myself "this is the woman that had so many of y'all up in arms in 2019????" 😭

Kireon @ FFXIVWRITE (7.5 P2 Done)1

YESSS. I'm enjoying it so far. It's interesting!

Celia

@celiagrimm.bsky.social

Honestly, I'll be super distracted playing Fortune's Weave for a while, so until then, forgive my slow posts, take care of yourself, and I hope this works for now~ 💙 #gpose | #halfelezen

3421d ago

Eeby

@exaltedbrand.bsky.social

"how did they fit so much game into this fire emblem" is the wrong question. instead, you should ask how they fit so much game into one man

4221d ago

Ash

@santanaelchan.bsky.social

Wife has been playing Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave next to me while I play through Cold Steel 3. They get to experience fun tactical adventures but I'm stuck with Rean

3921d ago

Ash6

does Musse get better. I'm on Chapter 4 of CS3.

No John

@nojohn.bsky.social

him: heyy wanna hang o- me: fire emblem him: ok...ay? i was thinking of grabbing drin- me: fire. emblem. him: i see me:

3921d ago

Liam Robertson

@liamrobertson.bsky.social

Playing the new Fire Emblem, didn’t really know much about it. “Oh? What’s this weapon?” She instantly wasted her WITH A GLOCK

3721d ago

Mareep 2: Electric Blue Wooloo

@m2ebw.bsky.social

Never forget what we lost on our journey to Fire Emblem o7

“Press F to Pay Respects” with a photo of a single banana and FE characters in the background

3521d ago

Ivann Garcia1

The banana was there when you need it the most but you couldn't do the same smh

JellyViVi~🌙🏳️‍⚧️1

It was for a good cause 😭🫡

Ya Boy Adam 🌻 #ShezSweep1

Banana would have loved the Heroic Games...

Nesstalgic ˖°.🍂 Cozy Games & Reviews

@nesstalgic.bsky.social

My weekend is finally hereeee Game: Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

3621d ago

⭐️ The cabbit of the stars ⭐️

@tommothecabbit.bsky.social

A good time to post this since a new Fire Emblem came out

2621d ago

jake balatro

@baronduki.bsky.social

Celebrating National Cheeseburger Day with a Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave bacon cheeseburger. 🍔😌

3421d ago

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From three houses to five guys

Jefftroidvania 🎮1

The other day my MIL was talking about the Five Guys in our town because it closed for a couple of days and she goes, “they were short staffed” and as if it was hellbent on escaping my body I quickly replied, “yeah they only had Four Guys”