Digital Foundry: Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave technical report

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Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is in the middle of two conversations after Digital Foundry's technical report revealed it runs at about 720p docked and 540p handheld at 30 fps while using DLSS upscaling. Players are still absorbed in the game's story beats, celebrating Dietrich's Part 1 route and the reveal of Esmeralda as the newest Shadaloo Doll recruit, and calling out moments like the game's dense intrigue and the recurring joke "Perfect Bird Time". A subset of players are also talking about the visuals, noting that DF says the lower native resolution is being upscaled and that the image still looks remarkably clean. Meanwhile other posts lean into the game's music, with some fans already imagining the orchestra playing the Fortune's Weave theme at awards events.

Evo 🎃|| S-Supporting Grima

@evomanaphy.bsky.social

How my Fire Emblem fortune‘s weave playthrough has been going so far, I love them actually

Fabio and Dietrich fire emblem making out sloppy style like the freaks they are good for them

35416d ago

traviscott48.bsky.social7

And Esmeralda is in the cuck chair smirking as she watches them kiss

Mercedes says:5

THEYRE PEAK IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER THE MORE YOU PROGRESS

JS4

the music while they kiss i mean slaughter their enemies is so 🔥

Parm

@parmparm.bsky.social

Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave will have me feeling all happy and excited because the game rules and then a unit will miss 90% chance attack and I want fight every single person at Nintendo

5015d ago

Noni 🌸 🍱 🎋2

The hit rates are definitely off. I'll get consistently hit at 32% by enemies and yet my units will keep missing them at 52%. It makes it hard to strategize, since the hit rates are so weird! 🫠

Richie2

Reminds me of this XCOM meme.

CyNetrunner1

Your luck just landed in that 10% bad zone. 😭

Brittney Brombacher

@brittney.bsky.social

Totally had my heart set on starting Fire Emblem, but I finished Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter last night and now I'm DYING to play 2nd Chapter ASAP.

4915d ago

Marc Normandin2

That's right (I'm doing the same thing despite already knowing what happens)

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Danreb Victorio2

THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I HEARD ALL WEEK. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

FeikyArt

@feikyart.bsky.social

One eternity later... but it's finally here!! 😭 Finally playing Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave 😭

4015d ago

MinnMax

@minnmax.com

We review Silent Hill: Townfall, rave even more about Onimusha, AND finally uncork the love for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on the new episode of The MinnMax Show FEATURING @jjdotbiz.bsky.social from @blankcheck.bsky.social! youtu.be/TEjnWqCLX20

3315d ago

Zoe Tunnell ➡️ NYCC

@zoewithasword.bsky.social

I'm REALLY impressed by Fortune's Weave's writing, like 18-20 hours in. Three Houses did some interesting stuff (largely in Edelgard's path) but was still very BROAD STROKES FOR THE CAST, SIMPLE MORALITY for a lot of it So far Fortune's Weave has SO MUCH going on and genuinely killer intrigue

3616d ago

Trevor

@ddbofthestars.bsky.social

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (2026) The way this comparison only continues to age better post-release

2316d ago

Moon (Water Dragon VTuber 🌊🐉)

@mooncascade.bsky.social

Live with more Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave! twitch.tv/moon_cascade I'm still fighting off a cold, or at least recovering, so I might be a bit out of it today. But, I really wanted to play more. I've been thinking about it all week, and editing my clips only made me want to more. So let's do that

1516d ago

Nintendeal

@nintendeal.com

Best selling video games on Amazon right now: amzn.to/443FJi4 #ad 1 - Zelda Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) 2 - Wolverine (PS5) 3 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (Switch 2) 4 - Stellar Blade SteelBook Edition (Switch 2) 5 - Silent Hill: Townfall (PS5)

2115d ago

Ayce

@flyincasual.bsky.social

I forgot it was yesterday on account of fire emblem occupying my brain

2515d ago

Jean Caden 🗡️ Art

@johncaden64.bsky.social

Wowzers, they sure put an extra scoop of Xenoblade in my Fire Emblem this time around. (Tastes yummy)

2316d ago

Archfolie

@archfolie.bsky.social

Just finished Dietrich's Part 1 route and loving the story. With this here's Esmeralda as the newest Shadaloo Doll Recruit. Any ways, back to playing Fortune's Weave all day. #FireEmblem #Shadaloo

1315d ago

Azure 🔞

@azuremonarch.bsky.social

Fire Emblem Shadows deserves to stick around for stuff like this I think

1815d ago

Azninho25 (He/Him)

@azninho25.bsky.social

Why not play Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave We got: Filipino Shamir Brazilian Miku Caspar, but a buff woman The fusion of Hay Lin and Chihiro Fushimi

1215d ago

🎮🎮Metal Man 🕹🕹

@ddragonman731.bsky.social

QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing! Between this game and fire emblem fortune weave

2115d ago

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Obelisk Skyrider9

QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing!

J-Pep of Kingdom Chaos 🌃🕵‍♂️⚔️🍳8

QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing! Kinda the same on my end, Fortune's Weave and Trails, but currently Fortune's Weave. I plan to switch to Trails tomorrow.

WisdomRain @ gaming6

QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing!

Valt Saber4

QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing! I’ve mostly been playing MHA All’s Justice at my friends house I’m planning on buying my own.

🌻Maryanne Ilana Fabling-Angell 🎮 Tales of Graces f Remastered3

QTP with a gif of the game you’re currently playing Tales of Graces f Remastered (found out I’m good at playing as Malik) and Infinity Nikki

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