Fire Emblem Fates

Fire Emblem if (ファイアーエムブレム if: 白夜王国/暗夜王国, lit Faia Emuburemu Ifu: Byakuya Okoku/An'ya Okoku. lit. Fire Emblem if: White Night Kingdom/Dark Night Kingdom) is a Japanese tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS, developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. It is the fourteenth game in the Fire Emblem series. It will be released on June 25, 2015 in Japan, and 2016 outside of Japan.

Release
Fire Emblem if was first revealed in a Nintendo Direct on January 14th, 2015 and will be released in Japan on June 25th, 2015 while it will be released in North America and Europe in 2016. It is developed by the same team that created the previous title; Fire Emblem: Awakening and Yūsuke Kozaki designed the characters of the game as well. Manga writer Shin Kibayashi has joined the writing team. According to Satoru Iwata during the Nintendo Direct, the player will have to make numerous choices during the game that will affect the overall story. Unlike past games where choices had little effect on the story, these will be larger choices, and the player will face greater challenges. In the Nintendo Direct April 1st, 2015 it was revealed that the game will revolve around two kingdoms: the peace seeking country of Hoshido and the glory seeking country of Nohr. The player will have to choose a country to represent, changing the story overall and will affect the difficulty. The Hoshido side will be much easier while the Nohr side is designed to be more challenging. There are two versions of the game, each one following a specific story line. Byakuya Okoku follows the Hoshido storyline while An'ya Okoku follows the Nohr storyline. Players can buy the opposite storyline of the game as downloadable content as well. A third storyline will be released as DLC sometime after release while revolves around the player choosing neither side.

Story
The player will take on the role of an Avatar who was born to Hoshido royalty, but raised in Nohr. On the brink of war, the player must choose whether to follow destiny tied to their bloodline or the fate bound to their loyalty. Siding with the Hoshido kingdom will involve the player defending their birthplace from the invading Nohr kingdom. Aligning with the Nohr kingdom will involve the player in a revolution within the Nohr kingdom.

Returning Features

 * The Pair Up and Dual System functions from Awakening return, however enemies now can use the Dual System as well.
 * The game will have Voice Acting just like in Awakening as well.
 * Each version of the game will change the format off overall gameplay outside of te storyine
 * The Hoshido version of the game will have a traversable map similar to Awakening, Sacred Stones, and Gaiden, allowing the player to level up characters outside of the storyline chapters.
 * The Nohr version will be more structured, having no external battles outside of the storyline chapters much like most previous Fire Emblem titles.

New Features

 * New weapons, including Katanas, Naginatas, and kanabōs

Characters
Numerous character shown with a blue-haired dancer being the most prominently featured. Currently fourteen characters in numerous trailers have confirmed names:
 * Avatar (Default name Kamui in the Japanese version)

Nohr

 * Marx
 * Garon
 * Kamira

Hoshido

 * Ryoma
 * Hinoka
 * Tsubaki
 * Sakura
 * Kazahana
 * Saizou
 * Orochi

Unconfirmed Affiliations

 * Felicia
 * Gans
 * Rinka