Fire Emblem Engage – Ask the Developer interview [Chapter 3]
Ask the Developer is the successor to the Iwata Asks interviews where developers come to share details about the development of their game (but minus Satoru Iwata’s insight and anecdotes). The latest interview is now live, and it’s about Fire Emblem Engage!
It features the following people:
- Tsutomu Tei (Director, Intelligent Systems)
- Masahiro Higuchi (Producer, Intelligent Systems)
- Genki Yokota (Producer, Entertainment Planning & Development Department, Production Group No.2)
- Kenta Nakanishi (Director, Entertainment Planning & Development Department, Production Group No.2)
As usual, this new interview is published in several installments (called Chapters). Here’s those available as of writing:
Chapter 1
This first chapter starts by introducing the four participants, before introducing the Fire Emblem series. It also covers the lack of relation with Fire Emblem: Three Houses (including how different the story is), the protagonist, the Emblems, the Engage mechanic, and more.
Click here to check it out!
Chapter 2
This second chapter covers a different range of topics: this time, the focus is on art. It starts with how Mika Pikaza was chosen as main character designer, and the various designs she came up for the game. The interview also goes over how the illustrations were converted to 3D models, the “flashy direction” of battle scenes, and more.
Click here to check it out!
Chapter 3
The third and final chapter covers the following topics: the Engage mechanic, the Support and Bond conversations, and more. Click here to check it out!
Fire Emblem Engage (Switch) comes out on January 20th worldwide.
