All GBA Fire Emblem Critical Animations in 4K 60 FPS

This is my take of collecting the best critical sprites/animations of all Fire Emblem eras (at least, in my opinion), the GBA era. I upscaled the footage to 4K for future proofing and obviously at 60 FPS.
This includes every single critical animation with the only exception being the 1st tier of Sacred Stones monsters since they are exactly the same as their 2nd tier equivalents. This was a project I had a long time working on, hope you enjoy and I wish everyone of you to have a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Thanks to Nitrodon for helping me out getting the Durandal beta animation for Lyn in FE7.
== Timestamps (credits to That Time Stamp Guy)
0:00 - Intro
Lords
0:18 Lord (Roy)
0:42 Lord (Lyn)
1:19 Lord (Eliwood)
2:08 Lord (Hector)
2:41 Lord (Erika)
3:06 Lord (Ephiram)
Troops
3:23 Recruit
3:31 Soldier
3:38 Knight
3:53 General
4:28 Cavalier
4:44 Paladin
5:16 Great Knight
Light Swordsmen
5:39 Thief
5:46 Rouge
5:54 Myrmidon
6:01 Swordmaster
6:11 Assassin
6:26 Mercenary
6:35 Hero
Axemen
6:53 Journeyman
7:02 Fighter
7:08 Warrior
7:20 Brigand
7:28 Pirate
7:34 Berserker
7:41 Berserker (Hawkeye)
Bow & Arrow
7:49 Archer
7:56 Sniper
8:04 Nomad
8:08 Nomadic Trooper
8:21 Ranger
Flying Units
8:33 Pegasus Knight
8:45 FalconKnight
9:13 Wyvern Rider
9:20 Wyvern Lord
9:37 Wyvern Knight
Magic-Wielders
9:46 Pupil
9:51 Mage
9:56 Sage
10:03 Mage Knight
10:11 Monk
10:16 Bishop
10:20 Valkyrie
10:25 Shaman Male
10:32 Shaman Female
10:40 Druid Male
10:47 Druid Female
10:55 Summoner
11:02 Archsage
Monsters
11:11 Entombed
11:20 Arch Mogal
11:30 Wight
11:53 Gwyllgi
11:57 Deathgoyle
12:10 Maelduin
12:24 Elder Bael
12:29 Gorgon
12:37 Cyclops
12:48 Draco Zombie
Bosses
12:56 Manaketes
13:30 King (Zephiel)
13:53 Dark Druid (Nergal)
14:17 Necromancer (Lyon)
14:33 Demon Dragon (Idun)
14:46 Fire Dragon (🔥)
15:00 Demon King (Fomortis)

[@Rolanmen1]

Pay respects to Colm by leaving comment just saying 'F'. He deserves it.

[@Rolanmen1]

F

[@thedragonking1114]

F

[@rikotan8453]

F

[@eikegaming123]

F

[@ninjaexperto7217]

what about Frans?

[@jdur2473]

All bow users: *Spin arrow* Warrior: wouldn't it be cool to spin the bow instead

[@gamermanzeake]

Absolutely right! Best archer in game.

[@dropthepin]

Imagine if Nomad Troopers/Rangers spun the horse instead.

[@EvilAce360]

@@dropthepin 360° no scope

[@cxp36]

What if he just *spins?*

[@wilkiryu264]

@@cxp36 ay i see what you did there

[@kanajian]

Spinning your weapon really does triple your damage

[@Rolanmen1]

That is a scientific fact

[@yeetman3373]

It builds momentum making more force to the weapon

[@yuyukosaigyouji7910]

@@yeetman3373 Doesn't apply when you get rid of the momentum before striking your Enemy

[@Edgeperor]

This is one of the only things about animation that Three Houses does right. A lot of the crit animations (at least the more important ones) actually do look like they *should* do triple damage, instead of just being like “here’s the cool weapon spin to show that you crit.”

[@stevenlee9135]

@@yuyukosaigyouji7910 see thats why mercenaries and heroes catch their sword mid air and bring it down, to keep the momentum shift of their sword, along with their bodily speed from their flip, to inflict even more decision lol

[@highprice6939]

The older games had the advantage of being pixelated. It allowed these awesome animations to exist

[@mattgreen7692]

I dunno. I've seen some amazing animations in 3D games. Just not 3D Fire Emblem. I just think that their biggest issue with animations these days is wanting a sword to look the same between classes, rather than a sword in the hands of a thief Is a knife, the sword manifests as a pair of knives for assassins, it's a katana in the hand of a swordmaster or Lyn, or a rapier in Eli wood's hands. Give it to a General and it's a Final Fantasy style Great sword. Different weapons lend themselves to different animations. Less flair for the class design and animations came about as a result of wanting to let a player have a custom 3D model for their sword that they forged back in PoR. So every animation had to be keyed to a single length straight sword.

[@nitez2730]

@@mattgreen7692 I think they got the swords down fairly well in 3 houses though, I think it's not only the weapon that's the problem, but how animations interact with the terrain. One time I had Petra as an assassin counter attacking a general and for some reason when the animation went it showed the trail of the blade and the animation of the general being hit but Petra herself was like 30 ft away from him. Also one time felix got this critical and he was somehow turned backwards and did the animation

[@jslick8885]

I loved the Tellius crits

[@Boarbatrice]

Matt Green Jugdral did animations where swords looked different amazingly, so that can’t be it

[@tirex3673]

SoV did have awesome animations as well, despite being 3D

[@Konpekikaminari]

a small detail about Hector: when using Armads, he's holding it with his left hand, but when the crit hit's it's in his _right_ hand dude just pulled a "I am not left handed" on the dragon

[@endergeek236]

1: Good eye 2: You are a person of culture 3: Holy shit that's awesome!

[@meisterschwert5565]

HELLO. MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA. YOU KILLED MY FATHER. PREPARE TO DIE.

[@NinjaAO42]

HELLO. MY NAME IS HECTOR OF OSTIA. YOU DIDN'T KILL MY BROTHER. BUT PREPARE TO DIE.

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

HELLO MY NAME IS HECTOR OF OSTIA! I'LL BE KILLED WHEN I'M A FATHER! PREPARE TO DIE!

[@seguacedialko]

These replies are gold

[@brandonpierce2539]

11:32 Being featured in a Crit compilation: **Colm** You're the target of a monster's crit: **Panik**

[@weeb_dweeb]

Funny comment you got there.

[@astralguardian5930]

I see a proper pun, and I approve

[@josephpapisan9491]

I want to like this comment so bad, but it's sitting at 420 likes and I just can't..

[@YuushaBlues]

@@josephpapisan9491 redditor

[@camharkness]

On one hard mode run erikia died to a monster crit.

[@roytheboy5286]

14:05 Be prepared! You are about to witness a power that overwhelms all! *Glitches out everywhere*

[@bens5093]

*Breakdances*

[@Hanesboi]

Its absolutely hilarious

[@user-yn4eg8re9r]

well, technically he was telling the truth. the power of glitches DOES overwhelm all, and you witnessed it, sooo

[@goncalocarneiro3043]

"My power extends beyond your comprehension!"

[@Hanesboi]

@@artem8793 hi, yeah

[@NightPuppet_]

8:12 I love the way Rath pets his horse before the critical and the horse understands it

[@Rolanmen1]

Horse is a good boi

[@PichuGamer-tz8bl]

"You're a good horse, now follow My moves" "Yes sir"

[@ikagura]

"look at my horse my horse is amazing'

[@PastorOak]

lmao "and the horse understands it"

[@SailorDoge]

8:12 the attention to detail, rath give his horse an order and the horse nods at him understanding hes going to perform that high attack i love the animation

[@mattgreen7692]

If you watch on slow speed, you can see that Rath also swings underneath the saddle and remounts after landing

[@AlexanderDraconis]

We call this 'The Pony Dance'.

[@soulhoney1908]

@@AlexanderDraconis but does this hurt the animal?

[@h0m3st4r]

Rath: "Follow my lead." Horse: "Yes, sir."

[@LeinRa-Reaction]

@@soulhoney1908 maybe? that's why rath reassures his horse?

[@Rumcake256]

Man I miss these animations. It made every crit the hypest shit ever.

[@amarahmmed4317]

I’d fucking throw the console in a crunk rage

[@zacharymabb4873]

It was just so, UNNNNNN!!! GET FUCKED!

[@saltyralts]

@@zacharymabb4873 and then that myrmidon in 8x with a slim sword lands a crit for 0 damage

[@sorieketon4813]

They tried to make the animations more realistic in 3ds games and it looks boring

[@justascarecrow6988]

@@sorieketon4813 In Awakening, some of them still have the same show-off vibes to them, like almost all lance classes spinning their lances before going for the yeet or the stab. Taguel Crits also looked mighty, a full fucking bunny monster just SLAMS down on you while spindashing. Mortal Savants in Echoes also did all kinds of funky shit. I hope they go for even more flavor in the new Fire Emblem entry (whenever it's unveiled). I wanna just see things disappear in the most stylish way possible when i get those percents in.

[@BenMarcWilliams]

Zephiel's crit animation is the same regardless of range, so I'm convinced that it's not magic, he just swings his sword with such force that he kills Roy despite missing by about 10 feet.

[@monkeman5895]

It’s a shockwave, kinda like what the Ragnell and Alondite do

[@JAMllostthegame]

Yeah you can see a slight wave in the animation.

[@gamermanzeake]

It is most definitely a wave based sword, not magic per se. The Ragnell, Alondite, Gurgurant, and the long ranged swords in Radiant Dawn all follow this same trend. Magic based swords in the GBA FE games attack with full might at close range, but hit on resistance. In long range, they hit at half your strength and on resistance (to simulate your magic stat.) Whereas the swords like Ragnell Hit with strength at full, whether close or long range, and hit on the defense of the enemy.

[@BenMarcWilliams]

IT WAS A JOKE, YOU GUYS.

[@nerodeadweightclaudius5422]

@@BenMarcWilliams if its any consolation, i laughed a lot

[@hylianwolf301]

I actually do like new FE But when I hear "Fire emblem" I'm always gonna think about the amazing GBA games first!

[@Rolanmen1]

Yeah, that is relatable

[@astralguardian5930]

Yep, I think it also helps that 99% of FE rom hacks use the GBA system as the basis, so that also is a major deal in the hand of GBA. Just goes to show newer ain't always better (this saying can also be applied to Pokemon games as well)

[@Rolanmen1]

@@astralguardian5930 oh yeah. I stopped playing Pokémon after Emerald.

[@astralguardian5930]

@@Rolanmen1 I still play Pokemon, but honestly after Gen 6 you could say it went kinda downhill.

[@outtaideas849]

@@astralguardian5930 Gen 5* Gen 6 is not good. Gen 7 is top 3-4

[@FarCritical]

3:53 I will never, ever get over how cool the General criticals are. A massive benemoth effortlessly spinning their equally massive and heavy weapon only to deliver all that force into a much squishier enemy, it's pure bliss.

[@Mutantvine]

Generals are terrifying

[@zealiskander]

And the chain! I fucking love the chain.

[@noishfanboy1141]

bru when the axe is bigger than the enemies really sells the satisfaction

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

The chain makes it S-tier easily

[@aethertime8527]

And then you get sniped by a fucking lance

[@meteorsr2339]

No Colm clones where hurt in this video

[@ebicbarton]

After every Volm death I was like "damn, Colm, sucks to be you"

[@ekkonus5719]

Only the real ones

[@kinamiya1]

that just means only the real one got hurt

[@castillorc]

4:44 I really love how strong the move looks just by making the horse moonwalk in place.

[@Nokturnt]

Nay, Marcus merely has lag.

[@Mcshane_]

you can't expect the horse to run outside the box do you.

[@pastyIe]

It does a sonic peel out and it’s literally the coolest thing ever

[@naeonixion]

The screen shake really sells the weight too

[@cranberryjuiceisreal]

8:12 literally the best

[@roaringthunder8069]

Gotta wreck the nuts tho

[@marcosluismartinmorales5523]

Bro I remember hating Rath because I liked Lyn and they had something, like when Rath dies it's Lyn the one who talks! And I just didn't want to use him and I still hate him a little bit for no reason Also Lyn multiplying then appearing and disappearing is better than this guy telling his hlrse to jump See what I mean?

[@recino2]

8:12 I love how Rath checks with the horse if it's cool with doing "that move"

[@ionryful]

GBA Fire Emblem Critical Hits: *I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!*

[@snaipd2582]

Ballista frits be like: I'm gonna pull this lever, very very hard.

[@user-hj4tr3if5c]

14:07 absolute best critical hit animation

[@miamesa8652]

What even happens there?

[@HorseyWorsey]

WRONG 7:18

[@voltron77]

I don’t think that’s how you spell 0:50

[@user-xh4ov1so1p]

​@@voltron77 RAAAAAAAAAAGH is still better

[@voltron77]

@@user-xh4ov1so1p True

[@braunstein5645]

I've only played 3D-Fire Emblem Games, and never realized how beautiful the old ones are.

[@damesurina2629]

yea you are missing out on a lot. The 3d ones lack the capability of these sick anime moments :P

[@ShadowVincent3]

@@damesurina2629 it's not so much that they lack the capabilities, more like the animators didn't go ham enough to really make them great. Tho I'll concede the GBA games are more snappy due to less frames

[@JAMllostthegame]

imo the better 3D animations are from RD. Since skills weren't nearly as universal to force the same animations across the board for them, all the tier 3 class skills get fairly unique animations. Alongside this, each class had up to three unique regular attack animations and up to two different critical animations depending on whether the crit would kill or not (with the exception of magic attacks which had only two different regular attacks and melee ranged attacks that had one each for example). They also started having intro poses and victory poses in RD which add on to this. And although PoR had mostly static and stiff animations I will say that it has the better Aether and Astra animations because they made them fast which made them just as flashy as GBA animations imo. A few of these animations were even inspired by the GBA ones such as Aether being similar to the Mercenary and Hero crits (Ike throws his sword/axe up in the air before coming down with it) and RD mages forming a magic circle before attacking. I know almost everyone recognizes the GBA animations as very flashy and they had full control over that with the flexible of 2D sprites, but I feel like people sleep on RD animations because the 3D games couldn't be as flashy and the prequel game PoR had the slowest and stiffest animations overall. If you have the time, I'd recommend watching shadowofchaos725's RD critical hit collection. There are several videos and it pretty much covers every single character (yes even Fiona and Meg so you can actually see them in action) so there will be a lot of repeats in animations, but imo it's very worth to watch.

[@totalwar1793]

Asholomew You could emulate them at 60 FPS. Wait, does the old 3DS run GBA games at 60 FPS?

[@Rolanmen1]

GBA games runs at 60 fps

[@kappaross6124]

Monsters: exist Colm: Guess I'll die

[@SirWheaty]

Is colm usually that bad? in my playthrough colm could beat 4-5 monsters in a row

[@ubermaster1]

@@SirWheaty my colm usually has no strength but dodges and doubled everything, I've never had him die on me

[@GFHCyan]

@@SirWheaty same, not only that I ship the hell out of Colm and Neimi, Colm's Skill is higher in comparison to other Silencer Assassins.

[@120cm5]

何度も必殺技を受ける彼が悲しい😭

[@rondoudoushiney3868]

Wtf my colm was hitting so hard and was dodging everything I don't understand why people are saying he's bad... I was playing him Rouge btw.

[@paulangus6298]

7:19 Brigand will always have the best crit animation to me.

[@Hippyknight99]

When the Brigand stubs his toe and lets out all his anger on the enemy before him.

[@lacreatura4737]

Truly a Gonzalez moment.

[@user-yn4eg8re9r]

GRAAH

[@cosmictraveler1146]

That scream is horrifying.

[@GreekDudeYiannis]

[CONFUSED SCREAMING]

[@thattimestampguy]

0:18 Lord Roy 0:42 Lady Lyndis 1:20 Lord Eliwood 2:09 Lord Hector 2:42 Lord Erika 3:06 Lord Ephiram *Troops* 3:24 Trainee 3:32 Soldier 3:39 Armored Knight 3:54 General 4:29 Cavalier 4:44 Paladin 5:16 Great Knight *Light Swords* 5:40 Thief 5:47 Rouge 6:17 Assassin 5:55 Myrmidon 6:02 SwordMaster 6:26 Mercenary 6:35 Hero *Axemen* 6:54 Journeyman 7:02 Fighter 7:09 Warrior 7:20 Brigand 7:28 Pirate 7:35 Berserker 7:42 Hawkeye *Bow & Arrow* 7:49 Archer 7:57 Sniper 8:04 Nomad & Nomadic Trooper 8:22 Ranger *Airborn Units* 8:34 Pegasus Knight 8:46 FalconKnight 9:14 Wyvern Rider 9:21 Wyvern Lord 9:39 Wyvern Knight *Magic-Wielders* 9:46 Pupil 9:51 Mage 9:57 Sage 10:03 Mage Knight 10:11 Monk 10:16 Bishop 10:20 Valkyrie 10:25 Shaman Male 10:33 Shaman Female 10:40 Druid Male 10:48 Druid Female 10:56 Summoner 11:02 ArchSage *Cryptids* 11:12 Entombed 11:20 Arch Mogal 11:30 Wight 11:53 Gwyligi 11:58 Deathgoyle 12:10 Maelduin 12:24 Elder Bael 12:29 Gorgon 12:37 Cyclops 12:48 Draco Zombie *Boss* 12:56 Manakete 13:32 King (Zephial) 13:54 Dark Druid (Nergal) 14:17 Necromancer (Leon) 14:33 Demon Dragon (Idun) 14:46 Fire Dragon (🔥) 15:00 Demon King (Fomortis)

[@zalandercalander]

THANK

[@Edgeperor]

I like how all the boss classes include names and then Fire Dragon is just a fire emoji

[@Rolanmen1]

Thanks for this, will update the video description with these timestamps. You are a hero. EDIT: Just added them, nice work you did.

[@qactustick]

I dunno whether it's a slight against Eirika or not that you referred to her as a 'lord' while referring to Lyn as a 'lady'.

[@snatcher8517]

@@qactustick Lyndis. Is. LORDLESS!

[@BAIGAMING]

7:19 This one's always my favorite, that roar.

[@michaelgum97]

That sound can a freaking jump scare.

[@user-ou7jj9yf8y]

3:53 General is the best rotation and the best motion!

[@Shameimaru_]

And the lance animation for them is cool too

[@Bandrik]

I always loved the chain action, especially when the target survives and the weapon is first embedded in them, then yanked back by the chain. Scorpion would approve. GET OVER HERE!

[@ol_fortune9474]

GBA General is one of the best design ever, sick thicc steel wall with chained weapons, absolute signs of raw power.

[@fight_and_die1573]

It took me forever to realise that the Knights use their chest plate as a shield when attaching and replaces it when they return to neutral position

[@Bandrik]

@@fight_and_die1573 - right? It's a really neat detail. Only makes sense in anime-land, but it sure looks cool. I also like how the Hero class (upgraded mercenary) stores his sword inside the shield. Neat little touches that make the Fire Emblem world visually interesting. :)

[@Phoenixfire653]

I always found the most brutal of all the crit animations of the GBA era to be the general class' axe crit. Just the way it sticks into the enemy sprite before they fade away always gave me shivers as a kid and even now!

[@noishfanboy1141]

yeah not to mention that the axe is bigger than some enemies

[@saxmith]

I used axes and generals often mostly just because of this

[@alexhardy8160]

lyn somehow got a cooler critical than her first one on promotion, how are they doing this

[@alexhardy8160]

and then the assassin silencer was just so satisfying at 6:19

[@alexhardy8160]

7:19 he sounds like he came straight off a anime recording studio

[@astralguardian5930]

@@alexhardy8160 *RAAAHHHH!!!!*

[@HenryPKMN98]

- - Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - - Roy 0:18 Roy (Magical Sword) 0:22 Roy (Master Lord) 0:25 Roy (Binding Blade) 0:35 - - Fire Emblem - - Lyn 0:41 Lyn (Magical Sword) 0:46 - Blade Lord - Lyn 0:50 Lyn (Magical Sword) 0:55 Lyn (Bow) 1:00 Lyn (Durandal) 1:03 Lyn (Sol Katti) 1:12 Eliwood 1:19 Eliwood (Magical Sword) 1:25 - Knight Lord - Eliwood 1:28 Eliwood (Magic Sword) 1:32 Eliwood (Lance) 1:35 Eliwood (Javelin) 1:39 Eliwood (Durandal, Beta 1) 1:43 Eliwood (Durandal, Beta 2) 1:51 Eliwood (Durandal) 2:01 Hector 2:08 Hector (Hand Axe) 2:13 - Great Lord - Hector 2:16 Hector (Hand Axe) 2:20 Hector (Sword) 2:24 Hector (Magic Sword) 2:28 Hector (Armads) 2:35 - - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - - Eirika 2:42 Eirika (Magic Sword) 2:45 Eirika (Beta) 2:48 Eirika (Magic Sword, Beta) 2:52 - Great Lord - Eirika (Magic Sword) 2:55 Eirika (Sword) 3:01 Ephraim 3:06 Ephraim (Javelin) 3:09 - Great Lord - Ephraim (Javelin) 3:13 Ephraim (Lance) 3:17

[@GardevoirBoy1991]

If memory serves me right, Roy's Final Smash in Smash 4 originated from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

[@mechanicalmacbook]

Uhh, that's just all the protag crits

[@GardevoirBoy1991]

@@mechanicalmacbook Exactly. Certain Fire Emblem characters who appear in Smash Bros. have Critical Hit animations from their respective game appearance.

[@Tsweeney12584]

I love Eirika’s Beta magic sword crit. Actually points the sword at the guy like she’s Link with full hearts

[@AzumarillConGafasBv]

9:45 The Ewan critical animation is just beautiful, It pleases my eyes

[@shardtheduraludon]

Love how he stumbles a bit

[@marcosluismartinmorales5523]

**Trips**

[@justinquintela3369]

The warrior with an axe be like: BEYBLADE BEYBLADE LET IT RIP

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

Also Ephraim.

[@michaelgum97]

More like a luchador spin.

[@goldenzeroeh9573]

[13:30 - 13:50] _I think it's the best critical animation for a boss. He charges his sword, Eckesachs, with electrical power to violently strike his enemy with just one hit or blast them with a shockwave. By the moment you saw this, you already know that you're dead._

[@Nova-tl4yc]

Combine that with his build, man I'd die from shitting myself too hard before he even transforms his staff to a sword.

[@silverexperience]

1:20 Favorite crit animation

[@OmegaExalted]

Literally no one: Not a single person: Brigand: *GRAAAAAGH*

[@lukaerd6258]

Technically not a person but also Gargoyle: *shriek* *shriek* *SHRIEEEEEK*

[@azurestarseliph5926]

Did the game freeze when Ephraim died at the last one? Damn, even the knows that Ephraim is unkillable

[@draxo-xn7vx]

He’s too much of a chad to die

[@yeyo1019]

He only picks fights he can win after all

[@Squashiuid]

@@yeyo1019 😂😂😂

[@saltyralts]

@@yeyo1019 So all of them.

[@pikarceuseternamax6269]

I love how Lute has leveled up and promoted and still has 19 HP

[@brendansage6876]

RNG screwed beyond comprehension.

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

God, the hero animations are so good. The shield throw just gives a totally cocky and showboaty feel that just works so well.

[@emberhermin52]

"Be prepared. You are to be witness to a power that overwhelms all!" *disassembles his limbs*

[@icraft3433]

Disclaimer : Colms were harmed in the making of this video.

[@posthistoricdino422]

F for my guy Colm

[@christiandavis4502]

@@posthistoricdino422 F

[@RealParadoxBlues]

Getting critted by the Fire Dragon is like God telling you that He hates *you* personally.

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

3:23 Well, she's trying

[@funnyboy_109]

アメリア可愛いよね

[@astralguardian5930]

I mean she does her best to help, and that is all Amelia needs to do.

[@lecorbak]

and succeed

[@idhamfariz4132]

@@astralguardian5930 Amelia us the strongest boyy

[@Edgeperor]

Amelia can 6-shot archers at base, broken

[@BenMarcWilliams]

Even after all these years... ...I'm still trying to figure out why Hawkeye got his own unique sprite.

[@paulchapman8023]

I’m still trying to figure out why Guy got his own unique Swordmaster sprite. His stance is just different enough from Karel’s and Karla’s to be noticeable, although I’m sure it makes no difference to the attack animations.

[@BenMarcWilliams]

@@paulchapman8023 On the one hand, that probably took less effort than Hawkeye's unique sprite. But on the other hand, why bother with something so minor?

[@Rolanmen1]

Attention to details. This happens even in three houses.

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

@@Rolanmen1 speaking of, even generic armor for your units are colored to their personal pallete.

[@davidgeorge1943]

I mean, the dude towers over Hector, who's already a titan of a man...

[@Stak0]

5:46 so clean. The little tilt of the knife is *chefs kiss*

[@hmmurdockofids]

Ephraim's on foot crit is incredibly satisfying.

[@__W___]

A year later but idc I love Lord Ephraim so much I hacked his Mounted promotion Great Lord to Lord Ephraim because I wanna keep using his on-foot animations.

[@starranger4104]

10:16 "I may be a holy man, but you... You specifically, fuck you"

[@WhiteRescuer]

I really want a Fire Emblem with the same level of epicness in its animation as the GBA series. Stuff like Heroes', Swordmasters', Lyn's, Rogues', Assassins', they just don't do the crazy attack animation like that anymore. And you don't have to tell me why they can't be or that it's still cool. I know why they don't make them as they were back then.

[@linksgruenversifft2133]

Hey there. You should Google "Fire Emblem Vision Quest"! :)

[@andile-blazermakhanya2047]

@@linksgruenversifft2133 that fangame is great. Very hard compere to the officials and The Last Promise. But great. :)

[@linksgruenversifft2133]

@@andile-blazermakhanya2047 except for some forgivable faults I found it to be just as good as the official games and better than last promise but this is of course very subjective. I did enjoy last promise a lot too :)

[@astralguardian5930]

GBA Assassin crits are badass, especially when you see that shutter and know what comes next, *the SILENCER!*

[@NEETKitten]

The closest you'll get is Warriors.

[@BlazingShadowSword]

Fomortiis still has my favorite attack of all the final bosses, Ravager. He just punches your units, like he is the Demon King, he has the power to cast powerful spells, raise the dead. But instead he just punches you, granted getting punched by an arm his size would probably be deadly anyways, it's just funny to me. It just makes me think that his soulless body was just thinking, "Ah screw this magic crap."

[@alba7835]

Still liking comments after a full year, what a legend. Btw, these crit animations are amazing.

[@Rolanmen1]

You are breathtaking.

[@r0ast-x999]

Can we all admit that the crit animations in here are phucking epic compared to the newer FE games. I get it, realistically you can't throw a sword 30 feet to heaven and then land on your opponent but that's what I love with the style of the GBA versions they are exaggerated to be awesome.

[@Emiturbina]

And even then, they make sense on why the attacks make more damage, they take advantage of the momentum to give a stronger hit

[@DimT670]

And yet they are somehow still more realistic than the newer ones. I mean they only go ham on the crits, otherwise the gba games arw pretty down to earth, be it character design storylines and animations and i hate that we lost that. The crits look cool in comparison to the normal relatively down to earth animations, thats what makes them so special. If every animation was full of bells and whistles like lets say fates, crits become meanigless

[@MrMarinus18]

But also you shouldn't underestimate the GBA. Even though it's 160p many of it's games still hold up very well.

[@veto_5762]

Why put realism in a game with dragons and magic? LEMME DO BACKFLIP WHILE TROWING THE SWORD AT THE AIR AND THEN HIT

[@Jason-ut2cx]

Agreed. At least they're (slowly) getting better with the 3D animations, although I thought the ones from 3H would be far more impressive since there was quite an improvement from Fates to Echoes (specifically the Dread Fighter crit animation). Falcon Knights have pretty cool animations in 3H ,overall (double, swooping drill with a lance; rapid fire arrows with a flash of the sun from behind) but there's little else that immediately comes to mind. Bow Knights do have that ridiculous "360 no-scope" crit, though.

[@MemeMuseum23]

0:50-0:55 Lynja.mp4

[@malaert64]

The retro-inspired games of recent years have yet to come close to reaching this kind of pixel art beauty.

[@prettypinklass9155]

I like how most of the animations seem to get fancier with promotions

[@scamperooniespanker8736]

7:19 every time I hear that I get so hype that I throw my gameboy advance into the wall with enough force to break the strong nuclear force within the atoms of the gameboy's components. So I have to buy a new gameboy advance every time my brigands crit but it's definitely worth it.

[@clownworld3382]

Absolute madlad

[@muhammaddjangobinzeravraja1425]

How to get this brigand?

[@crysosisback7115]

@@muhammaddjangobinzeravraja1425 Fe6 , you've got Gonzalez. From what i remember , he's the only playable brigand you ever get in the gba games

[@Viewer2812]

Doctor: You have 16 minutes to live. Me:

[@Finnland278]

No one talkin how formotis literally PUNCHES you in his critical animation.

[@yesicalicht4882]

Well... he still punches you in his normal animation.

[@Finnland278]

@@yesicalicht4882 I guess I never saw it , when I first played I killed in like one hit before he could counterattack.

[@jefinathariwirza6578]

@@Finnland278 let mes guess Ephraim one shot him?

[@Finnland278]

@@jefinathariwirza6578 lol , pretty much, the sacred twin weapons are too op against him.

[@gamermanzeake]

No, the sacred twin weapons are well designed and they have triple effectiveness on all monsters. The problem is the design of final bosses. I don't think they've ever gotten that right outside of Three Houses. Fomortis needs more stats on his defenses to compensate for the triple effectiveness, making him immune to regular weapons but still killable with the Sacred weapons. They held back on some final bosses for the sole fact that, if my design strategy was implemented, then you'd be soft blocked if you had either none of the weapons left, or no one who could use the ones you do have left.

[@rRecoveryProd]

3:32 The rarest Crit animation for me.

[@JiahNi]

I love how the animation of lances chains retract back to the generals. Smoothhhh~~ 👌

[@Edgeperor]

7:20 how many books did you have to feed Gonzales to get him to 100 hit with a Brave Axe?

[@noishfanboy1141]

i can just imagine him swallowing the secret books whole and getting 2 more hit

[@awesomehazimex7410]

@@noishfanboy1141 Fitting, Gonzales definitely doesn't know how to read books

[@regalblade8171]

Since it's the same game where axes had shit accuracy, I guess enough secret books to match Canas, Pent and Niime's libraries

[@Galdr]

Paladin: **swings weapon once and charges the horse** Enemies: **chuckles** I'm in danger :)

[@maltheopia]

The Demon King checks under his bed for Seth at night.

[@eb0i]

"Who is this guy again?" >checks channel "oooh yeeah"

[@davidgeorge1943]

Friend: "Just play it cool." Me: 14:05

[@fishboi1891]

I didn't know your friend could glitch

[@Squashiuid]

Nergal using staves: casually jojo poses

[@kkkkkkk957]

Hand axe and tomahawk going back to the hands is so unreal

[@youvegotmailed]

I always loved Gonzales' scream! 7:19

[@Neko_Medic]

gba crit animations are so creative and varied. then you have 80% of the fan made ones simply being the swordsmaster one but multiplied by 100.

[@Xan4591]

... they should have let Lyn use the Durandal. The mismatch between HUGE SWORD and flash step slashing is just beautiful

[@zephyrwindstone2394]

Fun fact: spinning your weapons amplifies the damage by 3 times the damage output

[@tdimensional6733]

Twirling weapons* around with no regard for safety is a surefire way to instantly kill any foe**. *or your entire body, if you're Zephiel or a Warrior **as long as your target is relatively weak

[@Bluedino152]

One of formortiis' crits is just him decking you it's perfect

[@aboss7243]

i laughed way too hard with this one 🤣🤣🤣

[@CidYoshi]

Elliwood's is my favorite. So elegant and precise.

[@Max-ze5ts]

The Virgin Among Us Imposter Kill Compilation vs The Chad GBA Fire Emblem Crit Animation Compilation

[@Kokokekko7]

amogus crit animations when

[@NEETKitten]

@@Kokokekko7 Ok, but that would actually be pretty cool.

[@maguc5906]

The druid one is severely underrated, always been one of my favorite classes and it's entire build of like, the user overflowing with magic that it's creating magic circles under their feet that might up immensely and even move the wind around before unleashing it (Especially with Dark Magic having some of the cooler magic animations), just bliss

[@umutaslan7541]

13:55 Nergal: I'm banishing you to the shadow realm Nils: Noooooo Nergal: much better

[@the_real_c14yt0n]

9:51 **rise to the jam intensifies**

[@user-wz9ls4sn5x]

7:20 Gonzalez

[@nixiu2605]

Argentino

[@googlechromulent2049]

When I first played FE:If this was the thing I missed most. These animations are works of art and I hope they inspire indies of future generations. Quality animation is challenging, but worth every frame. : )

[@williamfarren4734]

Poor Colm

[@blackfang04]

Nergal's crit animation will always be the coolest in the game.

[@gamermanzeake]

I've played this game, many a time, and I have never seen his Critical until now! Very cool! In fact, I plan on playing all the GBA FE games on my KZbin channel soon enough. I have some things going on now, and have many plans and things to get ahold of, including good editing software, but I do have my GBA runs loosely planned out already.

[@obamafriedchicken2903]

Zephiel animation: hello

[@michaelgum97]

@@gamermanzeake Your team would most likely have enough dodge (Luck + support bonuses) to prevent Nergal from getting a crit.

[@TheTrooperMB]

@@gamermanzeake We never had his crit because we were strong enough at this point in the game , same for Lyon i believe

[@hi-i-am-atan]

one of my biggest hopes is that if we do ever see these sprites again, they'll do a pass over a lot of the older sprites to bring them up to the absurd quality of 8's like, just take in the rogue's sprite. the weight and flow of the animation is _so_ good and the shading is _so_ eye-catching. almost all of the 6-era animations ( rip generic soldiers ) are incredibly iconic and have strong key posing, but they rely pretty heavily on that to make up for low frame counts and sometimes stiff timing. it'd be so nice to see v2s of a lot of 'em, just to fully illustrate the improvements in the art direction across the three games

[@CaptainCFalcon]

The Rogue animation will never NOT make me *_impossibly erect._*

[@GreekDudeYiannis]

You know, this is why I'm glad I grew up on this series. These animations right here. If we ever see a remake of any of the GBA titles, I'd love to have these animations brought back in 3D.

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

I disagree. A lot of these animations are so ridiculously over the top that they only really work in low resolution 2D.

[@Fatcat214]

this is amazing work!

[@rodolfocampanatres3862]

Now let me just say something. The SNES Fire Emblem crit animations were pretty cool as well... But those GBA ones are unmatched. Warrior' helicopter attack is so cool

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

The Eckesachs wasn't made to kill dragons. But that's okay. *You're not a dragon*

[@langleysenterprise5134]

On one timeline you are partly one :)

[@sapnupua5]

this is incredible and mustve taken forever to do thanks so much for sharing it with the world

[@SunsetCompass]

I always liked the Recruit animation, if you actually pay close attention even the skirt matches her leg and arm movement which is a nice detail.

[@anrandomlenna]

I liked how the animations of ewan and amelia do,its like they are so disastrous,like they are really beginners

[@yeyo1019]

Meanwhile Ross strikes things as if they were a wood log, they are really good at characterizing with the animations tbh

[@NickWimpyNoodle]

5:43 is so underrated. What a fun attack and crit animation

[@monorealsoul]

Doing gods work! I love looking at these sprite sheets as reference when I do animations.

[@kerbe3]

I remember seeing 3:07 happen just after encountering the boss who just before the battle told Ephraim he would regret challenging him. It was glorious.

[@strawberrycake3474]

Hawkeye gets special treatment lol

[@paeshooter7132]

6:35 Wow, way to show off with that sheild spin as well

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

Shield defies all gravity and logic, but shield doesn't care.

[@aboss7243]

that thing does not obey the laws of physics at all

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Mogal: Look into my eye! Wight: Haha! I've a bone to pick with you! Gwyllgi: Fresh meat for lunch! Deathgoyle: Dodge this! Maelduin: Run all you want! Bael: Tasty breakfrast! Gorgon: I'll turn you to stone! Cyclops: Me... kill... you...!

[@sundownchild5012]

I was going to put a cyclops in a fire emblem hack im making named grog and yep that was how he would speak

[@_Woods_]

Sure 3D is nice and all i can say they have some cool animations and everything BUT MAN, the charm and creativity in these animations are just insane. The movement feels really good to watch.

[@dcomet7]

7:19 RAAAAAAAA gang, repost if you're a true brigand enjoyer

[@illusion9685]

Some of my favorites have to be the great knights (5:16) The way they just trust there arms behind them for the full force is unique to them

[@DNAHCKR-eo9nd]

So many criticals are making my heart goes Pumping SO HAAARD!!!

[@darihunter3308]

2:58 Holy shit that scared me so much (I was using headphones) asked my mother if she Heard something lmao

[@TheBanishedWind]

6:27 Raven used *AETHER* Critical Hit!

[@GreekDudeYiannis]

And that's why Raven is a god damned HERO.

[@langleysenterprise5134]

Everyone : "spins weapon or flexes" Enemy: "chucklez" I'm in danger...

[@BiasedGuy123]

I’m lucky enough to have never seen a brigands crit animation. That yell would have scarred younger me.

[@starkeeper_youtube]

I love the Pegasus Knight/Falcon Knight animations so much, the flap away is so fluid