Why Fire Emblem Heroes Hasn't Died Yet

Fire Emblem Heroes...The only mobile game I can tolerate.
Today we take a look at what made FeH populair in the first place, the psychology behind Gacha games and why it is that people still play this game today.
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Script, Voice and Editing by: Sol
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[@summysailar]

FEH keeps adding waifus and husbandos so that's why

[@keishasoto23]

Hell yea Im there right with ya

[@haochenjia3077]

Taxi Knight such as oliver?

[@summysailar]

haochen jia Always

[@micahltaylor739]

Taxi Knight I mean anime gacha games do that already.

[@UltimaFantasy]

True, I mean, look at Hector in the Valentines Banner. Makes me droooool 😛 ... no homo though lol

[@groansofincreasingdiscomfo7342]

The memes keep this game alive

[@robertwallen1582]

Groans of increasing discomfort My 3 Reignhart ans Wrys Team Is My Favorite!

[@Strategistmaster]

💩

[@Blackpapalink]

"Had some bad mutton, earlier...."

[@ostravaofboletaria1027]

Groans of increasing discomfort memes saved fire emblem

[@JammoYT]

Groans of increasing discomfort memes?

[@LuBuFengXian]

One look and I recognize my SUPER MAGIC IKE, and, Prince Overdrive, and Quebecca, and ULTRA FAE. I am glad you like my brain damage

[@Solgilou]

Lu Bu Feng Xian still not as good as your docter Sakura build

[@diedix9917]

Lu Bu Feng Xian and the winter chroms

[@goroakechi1068]

I'm a big Lu Bu. I tried to do Robin's Mao with my incomplete Doctor Sakura and I ended up getting fucked up

[@daxwolf455]

Lu Bu Feng Xian ayy my boi :')

[@pollomaniac]

go back to your own channel man ....... i like it

[@argosleuf]

*I play for the story* _Continues tapping Camilla_

[@RAnDomMaN0394]

the story got better in the 2nd book for two reasons ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@paperbird5965]

Ben Dover two BIG reasons on Loki

[@RAnDomMaN0394]

quality content (Y)

[@offensivepepe231]

*new year’s Camilla intensifies*

[@monchete9934]

Paper Bird Extra Thökk

[@tanookiplayer]

I'm surprised out of Mario, Animal Crossing & Fire Emblem; Fire Emblem is the one people still play & talk about.

[@robertovelazquez1254]

TanookiPlayer because the gameplay is actually good, strategy needed and i feel like that plays a big role, that and the game is very f2p friendly

[@the9tailedgamer403]

Because mario costed $10, which no one was willing to pay, and animal crossing... actually, not sure about animal crossing

[@kai_824]

TanookiPlayer Mario run was to short and Animal crossing is boring as fuck

[@michaelmattson2227]

The9 TailedGamer animal crossing was just a half assed animal crossing game

[@Venom3254]

TanookiPlayer I'm still surprised there isn't any merchandise from. Fire Emblem yet.

[@gavingoh6406]

I like how this game is so f2p friendly

[@etherealmayhem8652]

Gavin Goh yeah,mostly if you get lucky pulls (like me) but there are still great free heroes to get lol

[@fuwjii]

nah its not

[@knee1937]

Sleeps Yes it is lol. A regular F2P player or a player who once in a while spends on orbs rarely meets whales in arenas. Also, the whales don’t affect the gameplay at all and majority of the average players are at a stable tier 18-19 in arena which means a constant 4 orbs rewards every week.

[@gavingoh6406]

Sleeps not to mention every time there's a new content like TT VG or new banner u get free daily orbs.

[@Strategistmaster]

👌

[@3ds_fellgod-myhopewillneve617]

I'm glad I got into Heroes. If I hadn't played this game, I would have never gotten into the series. Also, the Heroes community is one of the best communities I've joined. I'm even happy I spent money on the game, even if my pulls were better with my F2P orbs. ^^; Overall, I hope this game and this community keeps on going foward! :3

[@Ren-tm2hj]

Cant agree more , p.s Nowi come home i accept any even a 1* ;-; .

[@sarahvelorious5697]

So true!

[@kuramaredrose]

Ren 3608 no Nowi for you!

[@Ren-tm2hj]

kuramaredrose I do have Halloween Nowi ! I just want a dragon loli team ;-;

[@kuramaredrose]

Ren 3608 i see...well nu dragon team for chu! :D

[@Mangs1337]

RIP my chair.

[@desroytore8285]

Mangs no RIP all the corrins you killed

[@godofconquest4026]

That was hilarious. 😂

[@desroytore8285]

Calvin Kim I think those precious *corrins* were more important than his *chair* XD

[@monchete9934]

Chair - 1 Random Norwegian - 0

[@alejandrocontreras493]

Mangs w

[@Sp0okeh]

Why Fire Emblem Heroes didn't Die Yet? 12:16 there, saved you a lot of trouble lul.

[@justsomeone5314]

I didn't watch most of the video, since he starts with a ridiculous claim - saying they're similar. There's a more intuitive explanation; would you daily, for at least 1 year: play a game by tapping the screen to collect some randomized character? and compete by doing some more tapping? -maybe play a game constrained outside of your house, has to be played while you're moving around, including the competitive part? -no Also, FEH has a lot more depth than PGO, though they also had their own weak start. So I assume PGO developed slowly after their loss of players.

[@Xgil2Play]

Saved me a solid 12 minutes to hear what I already knew.

[@eco8374]

Just Someone PGO what is that? Edit oh nevermind pokemon go.

[@justsomeone5314]

Minh DT It's Pokemon Grand Order - you go outside and catch historical waifus, and find singularities. Or maybe it's just Fate with pokemon instead of human characters.

[@rotciv557]

Just Someone Not gonna lie, I'd kill for a FGOxPokemon crossover.

[@HouYi-b6g]

Because it very user friendly for a gacha game and keeps the dedicated fans interested in it. Free orbs, Every unit can be viable, It acknowledges both the old and new fans of fire emblem, No junk summons, and the simplyfing the FE gameplay just enough where it’s not braindead easy, but not NES hard. They easily could’ve just acknowledge one part of the FE fanbase and ignore the rest like Pokémon Go did, but they didn’t. They decided to have 3 generations of Fire Emblem represented with the Original Players from the famicom getting Shadow Dragon characters, the GBA era and original western players getting the Elibe Characters, and newer fans getting Awakening and Fates characters. Also adding units like Sanaki, Eirika, Reinhardt, and Julia early on was good indication that fans of every Fire Emblem wasn’t being ignored. Also no junk summons like other gacha games. I’ve been turn off from many gacha games because the summoning is abysmal. Where 1% for the good and desirable units with no way to boost your chances unless you’ve already wasted about 500+$ worth of in-game currency. There’s no junk item like badges or stamia potions from the summon sessions, I’ve played a few gachas where the early starter rolls were nothing but junk and not even another character. Leveling up characters is mostly free and not restricted to you buying more in-game currency to unlock levels 21+ or upgrading to another star rank.

[@etherealmayhem8652]

Hou Yi tell me about,I've played another gacha for about 4 years (Fantasica) and ALL of the problems you talk about are in this... IN ABUNDANCE! Like the ☆rank is really all that matters and there was 0 way of evolving a unit to be on par with a higher ☆ rank,what you had is what you got and the whales had all the power,and the ONLY way to get a unit higher than a 4☆ rank (highest is 10☆now) was to pay! You could trade units with other people but if you didn't have anything rare (limited edition units with only 100prints won through events...in Which Wales win) no one would trade with you lol

[@Evilriku13]

FE Heroes has no disclaimer of "this is a gambling game, disclaimer disclaimer, be careful" written over YET, since november 2017 this kinda games are ILLEGAL thx to EA and many counts, because this stuff is officialy gambling with emotions included for extra bait. You can sue FEH by now, I wonder why only a minority try this, maybe some fear the game would be erased, reasonable, but hey :/

[@etherealmayhem8652]

Evilriku13 gambling isn't illegal in some places and also no,only greedy garbage humans sue for dumb reasons like this lol.

[@rotciv557]

Evilriku13 Are you daft? FEH is far from illegal, the shitstorm that EA fomented has not changed any sort of law or legislation yet and even then FEH being owned by a japanese company means that there isn't much that the american legal system can do to stop their business practices. And either way, FEH is the most fair gacha game in the market right now so only an idiot would aim to try shit by sueing it's makers when there are much bigger targets with significantly shittier business practices running around...I'm looking at you Gumi...

[@etherealmayhem8652]

rotciv557 thank you lol,sad that some people are this idiotic.

[@TheEternalComposer]

Well made and quite informative. I will love to see where FEH's future goes as well as still enjoy the game.

[@AaronTsuii]

It's not just gambling/UI/customization. Fire Emblem Heroes did what other games did wrong. It didn't have horrible connection that makes the game unplayable (Pokemon GO). It didn't set overblown standards from shitty advertising videos and fulfill none of said standards upon release (Pokemon GO). It didn't have infrequent updates that made the game stale (Clash Royale). Might be important to note that *this is the first Fire Emblem game I've ever played.*

[@rebirthphoenix5646]

Without Fire Emblem Heroes I wouldn't have met all the fun good people on Strategistmaster's Discord server and I love working with all the units that I like from across the series. This past year has been a blast and there were amazing moments like my 4 5*s with 60 orbs moment or my sad 35 summons only to get a 5* Seth instead if the new Mounted Eirika. But I've pulled through and its always fun and addicting even if I don't get the characters I wanted. Thanks for all!

[@rebirthphoenix5646]

MegaMaster1021 Ikr this game is bringing us all together lol

[@rebirthphoenix5646]

Aether Xander :csweat:

[@rebirthphoenix5646]

Strategistmaster Hey you found me! Lol At least I promoted your Discord but seriously I love the server its so fun to chat with everybody!

[@TheJedaly]

can i probably join the server somehow? :3

[@Strategistmaster]

TheStrong Jedaly :perhaps:

[@switch1e]

If Xenoblade Chronicles 2 made us pay for Core Crystals I would be homeless 😞

[@Solgilou]

That's some real shit bro

[@MineNAdventurer]

Sol I love that game

[@firekeeper1870]

Docaccino What blades are you talking about? At least when it comes to Nia, Rex and Meleph (Mórag) only Homura/Hikari (Pyra /Mythra) were actually useful to me. Kagutsuchi (Brighild) is alright but Byakko (Dromarch) is completely useless. Then again I did use a lot of the free blades. Teni (Herald), Seori (Theory), Mikumari (Praxis) and Kasane (Kasandra) are definetly awesome, leaving only Nanakoori (Ursula), Hotaru (Floren), Shiki (Adenine) and KOS-MOS as the blades I got from core crystals. PS: Now that I think about it, you're actually quite right.

[@nunyabusiness8000]

Imagine if EA made Xenoblade 2...

[@everythingvanish7286]

Nun Yabusiness EA will succeed and got a lot of money.

[@HalcyonSerenade]

I'd also tack on three smart moves by the devs, two of which are in stark contrast to the typical gacha game formula: 1) There's *always* a focus banner. In fact, there's no such thing as summoning without a focus. That means your chances of summoning _some_ 5-star hero is always 6% at _minimum,_ which is enormous by gacha game standards. There's no guarantee you'll get a unit that's at the top of the current meta-game, but tier lists are a community thing; you're still getting a game piece of the highest possible rarity in terms of game mechanics. And, like I said, three or four _always_ have a higher summon chance than the others, allowing you to maximize your chances at specific ones when a banner eventually rolls around for them. Not like that guarantees anything, but that extra sense of agency is huge for making the gacha machine _feel_ fair. 2) Each and every unit can be raised to the highest possible rarity. That means there's no artificial limitation placed on their stat growth or skill availability -- it's all determined by the character's intrinsic properties rather than an arbitrary "rarity" rating. I've *never* seen that in any other gacha game. (Though admittedly, I have a fairly low sample size.) It's still costly to do so, of course, since it's dependent on resources that are primarily distributed as weekly "PvP" rewards and monthly-ish events. (And it's a currency you _can't_ pay for, which was also a smart move.) So promoting a unit to 5 stars still takes around 2-3 weeks, maintaining the significance of the 5-star rarity whilst making it perfectly plausible to achieve for _any_ character. No characters are weaker than others just because the devs say so. It's _actually_ rooted in gameplay. 3) Less on the gacha side, and more on the "smart game design" side in general: the devs seem to pay close attention to common trends in the meta-game and release characters with skills seemingly designed to throw everything off-balance and keep things dynamic. Lyn seems to be the poster child of this trend: both Bridal Lyn and Brave Lyn had abilities that prevented counters in a meta-game permeated with distant-countering melee units. Brave Lyn's variation on that ability specifically stopped those counters from _physical_ melee weapons, and included an ability that negated buffs on mages, shutting down blade-tome users. Brave Lyn's entire ability set seems laser-guided to disrupt popular builds. She was almost single-handedly responsible for people opting for Bow Breaker in their builds rather than the ever-present Vantage or Quick Riposte. There are plenty of other examples of new releases that seem to be a direct response to common builds, too. That's very prudent on Intelligent Systems' part, since that keeps the game from becoming stale and promotes build creativity by introducing new ways for units to interact. Also, shoutout to the Devs for Felicia's Plate. She went from "pretty good support unit Res tank" to "annihilator of unbalanced defenders." And the weapon's refinement makes her an even _better_ mage killer than before, with a guaranteed Glacies against most mages. (Looking at you, Reinhardt.) Major props to the devs for breathing life into mediocre units by giving them some amazing unique toys. I've even started to see some mages run _dagger breaker,_ presumably in response to Felicia's new deadly kitchenware. There's so much I can praise the devs for in this game, lol. There's some stuff to critique as well; nothing's truly perfect. But there's a lot of really key things that FEH gets very _right,_ and it deserves every bit of credit for those things.

[@anfelvainwitstond143]

"chances of summoning some 5-star hero is always 6% at minimum" Until you realize that not rolling a certain IV (like neutral or +atk on a brave weapon user) makes the unit trash-tier, and understand that the chances are actually way lower than that. Unless you just roll for the character... but this game has so little detail to characters that there's really not much point to doing that either :c I'll take my 1% FGO rates that give me well-detailed chars with unique character-only quests that expand on their personality, unique special moves and battle animations, and small but pleasant things like special interactions if you have another character significant to them in your roster. Aside from stuff like GHB which are like puzzles you have to solve, there is absolutely nothing enjoyable to me in that game. I tried picking it up again multiple times too, but couldn't keep at it for longer than a couple days. It's just so... bland and unattractive. How many people actually don't have the battle animations turned off? FEH characters have like a third of their lines just in the skill quotes lol. What do you people play the game for? I'm genuinely interested, because battles are certainly not the thing I found fun in it. With how little detail went to the part that you spend the most time on, I'm at a loss here.

[@HalcyonSerenade]

Nothing to see here If the battles aren't your cup of tea, the game likely holds nothing for you. I and many others _do_ find the battles very enjoyable. It's indeed unfortunate though that there isn't as much context depth to the characters as in F/GO, which alongside the story was easily my favorite part of the game. (Though admittedly it was also the only part I found worthwhile, but maybe that's the main draw of the game anyway.) On the flip side of that though, the less content required to add a character to the game, the more characters can be added in a given timeframe, which allows more varied gameplay with new possible units _and_ new skills for existing units. That kind of ever-increasing variation is important for a tactical strategy game like FEH -- especially since it has PvP, which F/GO doesn't (unless things have changed a lot). That's not a rag on F/GO though... I'm not saying it needs or "should" have PvP; it's just a major difference in design that supports different focuses of character content. FEH's gameplay-centric design works better with a higher quantity characters that require fewer resources to produce, while F/GO's story-/world-centric design prefers much richer characters that require whatever resources it takes to give them that level of richness. In fact, I'd say that's the major difference between the two games: FEH delivers on a certain interest in moment-to-moment gameplay and strategic character builds, while F/GO delivers on an interest in story and character with moment-to-moment gameplay that's _just_ interesting enough to feel substantial as in-betweens for those story/character bits. If you don't find FEH's gameplay engaging and find its lack of character depth disappointing, I think it's really just that simple. The games just deliver on fundamentally different types of enjoyment. They both use the gacha system as a vehicle for that enjoyment, but once a player gets a new character, they're interesting in two rather different ways. So at that point, it depends on which type of enjoyment any given player prefers. I could talk at length about what _I_ find fun about the gameplay, but I suspect you won't get much out of reading me ramble on about that. I suggest looking up _The Aesthetics of Play,_ which is a part of a theoretical framework of game design that posits that there are only 8 or so fundamental types of "fun" that we experience in games ("aesthetics" is the term they use), and that any given game will dominantly deliver on two or three of those. Thus, any given player's taste in games is at least partially defined by which of those types of fun appeal to them the most. Don't take my word for it, though -- I grossly oversimplified it to keep the text readable. I highly recommend the channel _Extra Credits,_ which has a great 10-minute video summarizing the concept. It could shed a lot of light on why so many people are crazy about something you might find so uninteresting, and vice-versa. ^_^ Oh, and on the 5-star summon chance thing: Since the discussion here is more about keeping players hooked for the game's longevity rather than an in-depth analysis of its elements overall, the chances of summoning a 5-star that's actually useful is irrelevant. In terms of getting players addicted, their evaluation of the pragmatic use of the characters _after_ the gacha is much less important than that dopamine rush they get when they successfully get _any_ 5-star summon. By the time you can rationally process that your summon is mostly useless, your brain has already gotten that snap-reaction pleasure that makes winning feel like winning. That has to be overcome by an even stronger _displeasure_ from the game, which is... well, _the game_ itself in your case, I suppose. ^_^ So yeah, you're not wrong with the practical summon rate thing, but that's beside the point of this particular discussion. Seriously, look up the Aesthetics of Play. It could be more eye-opening than you might think! ^_^

[@anfelvainwitstond143]

Thank you for a well-constructed answer. This provided some of the necessary insight as to why I liked and disliked what I did. I don't really have anything to add. I'm actually quite amazed you went out of your way to write this, but also grateful. I'll make sure to check out the resources you suggested to deepen that understanding of "fun" a bit more. Then, have a good time of the day. Maybe we'll cross paths again sometime =)

[@HalcyonSerenade]

I'm afraid I can't have you being _that_ appreciative. Don't take this personally -- I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice: Screw your boring-ass game and your opinion sucks. You're better at picking user-names than mobile-games, because there really _is_ nothing to you. So go play your dumb game with its poorly-written plot and get off the internet. So there. That's what you get for not being toxic enough.

[@anfelvainwitstond143]

That is a good an example of some very polite toxicity, if I ever saw one. Seriously though, thanks. I am usually brash when voicing my opinions (or so I've been told) so getting an answer that looks past the surface into the core is rare for me.

[@whoknows8772]

After playing Fire Emblem Heroes for weeks, I fell in love with the series and want every Fire Emblem game out there now. “I’m Addicted.”

[@Konic64]

ArcticYetiGamer the same thing happened to me. i was never really interested in fire emblem but i was hyped for a free mobile game from nintendo that’s not mario run. i downloaded the game the day it came out and i loved it so much. Now i have both fates, awakening, sacred stones, original fire emblem (with lyn), and shadow dragon. also smash bros got me into fire emblem :)

[@whoknows8772]

Konic64 LOL SAME! When I saw Lucinda, Ike, Robin, and Marth I’m like “who the hell are they?” And grew to love them and so I downloaded Fire Emblem Heroes To love the franchise even more

[@palomasturbaz]

Not "addicted" enough if you say Lucinda

[@whoknows8772]

palomasturbaz Oh I mean Lucina, autocorrect

[@Draclord35]

Give Path of radiance a shot! Probably one of the best FE. I was also in the minority that really loved Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

[@thamismash8959]

I didn't imagine that this video would be that great. Really. Ladies and Gentelman, THIS is quality content.

[@CodeMarbles]

lol who wants a 5* Luke?

[@Kanto_Pkmn]

Marbels That Brave Sword+ is where it's at

[@IcyWiddow]

Panic Ploy, son.

[@mtj8870]

Luke has only been on one banner. RIP

[@SubspaceAlpha]

Also Fire Boost

[@zelda-hw1mu]

I want everything and 5 star

[@The_Wise_Viper]

THANK YOU for discussing the amazing UI in this game as I have loved it since launch, yet haven't seen much discussion about it outside my own threads. Also, I feel like you did hit a lot of key points about FEH's success, so I must say, I'm impressed. Edit: Was that a JoJo reference

[@SharkdoesGaming]

this is so well made..... brings a tear to my eye.

[@SOGTheGamer]

Agreed.

[@HalcyonSerenade]

I'm glad you mentioned the UI design, because that's what struck me the most. There really is a ton of information on screen at any given moment, yet it _feels_ like they have room to spare. It's also nice that tapping on almost anything will provide a brief informational pop-up text, just in case you have no clue what you're looking at. Contrast another game I noticed you referenced: Fate/Grand Order. The first thing I noticed about _that_ game when it came out in North America (after playing FEH for months) is its _awful_ UI and overall clunky UX. _Nothing_ feels smooth in that game, due to poor layout choices, lack of available information about confusing elements, lower average FPS in its transitions and most animations, confusing menu navigation... there's a lot to be improved on. In fact, the biggest problems almost seemed to be _specifically_ addressed in FEH, as if Intelligent Systems did their research on popular gacha games in order to improve on their weakest UX elements. (I wouldn't be surprised at all if that's actually what happened -- any good designer does their research to find known problems and solutions as part of the design process!)

[@micahltaylor739]

HalcyonSerenade Are you salty that FGO is more popular in Japan. I mean feh animation is good but the story of feh is terrible. FGO looks good but it story is great. Mobile games story usually aren't that good.

[@HalcyonSerenade]

Micahl Taylor I do agree with that. FEH's story has gotten marginally better since F/GO came to North America, but it's still an area that it definitely loses out to F/GO. The writing in F/GO is pretty terrible in some places, but I suspect that has more to do with awkward localization rather than _actually_ poor writing. On the deeper side of things, F/GO still uses great cultural/historical icons as vehicles for pondering morality, ethics, and other philosophical musings, just like we've known from the other Fate/ works. That's actually my favorite part of the Fate/ franchise in general -- what better vehicle for discussing certain philosophical viewpoints than cultural heroes who are _icons_ for those very viewpoints? So I'm very glad F/GO's story delivered on that, even if some of the actual wording was awkward and clunky. As a _game,_ though, FEH kinda runs circles around F/GO ^_^ I return to F/GO for new story chapters, maybe have a little fun with the occasional event. When things get stale again after a few weeks, I go back to playing FEH like usual :P I greatly respect F/GO for the effort the writers put into its scenarios and characters, but at the end of the day, the game with more engaging _game_ play is going to get more of my time.

[@micahltaylor739]

HalcyonSerenade more power to ya. FEH gameplay is better but overall the event get steal fast. FGO events are better and more organized. FEH is a time waster but FGO more long term but both are fun games in there own right.

[@C31c10n3]

I completely switched from feh to fgo as the gameplay and the events became pretty boring to me and way to often you were forced to use certain heroes even though you didn't like them. Also the fact that the materials to full build a hero are locked behind the gatcha gave me the final push(try building an ideal dragon emblem without several brave Ike). FGO on the other side gives me a great story, funny and diverse events and a ton of actual bonding with the characters you like (interlude and maybe story appearances). And at last, fgo actually stayed away from the powercreep. Feh didn't kept it's promises for long.

[@likeanuuk6612]

fgo's sprites are better than feh's old flash game looking ones but fgo drops frames everywhere yes lol. but fate go's gameplay style seems to make more sense for a phone, despite the weaker ui

[@exoz6771]

JUST GIVE ME MICAIAH ALREADY!!! I can relate to that

[@Sha-rt6mn]

Ijat Munir I've got her😋

[@luisa3447]

Rip she’s op

[@JokerStairs]

I want her too

[@deathstar6998]

I play heroes for one purpose to see Felicia murder everything with a plate, a cold plate at that. Also because its fun, and honestly I have played a lot of games that have bad game-play but Fire emblem's unique design makes it that you can always win so long as your smart

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

LMAO YOU USED THE MANGS FALLING OUT OF HIS CHAIR CLIP

[@etherealmayhem8652]

『Castafiore』 best mangs moment lmao

[@KaisoRain]

But how did that happend

[@nicolaiolsen7437]

he was happy

[@Finn-20]

Jared Baly no it’s from his FE7 PME when he had one of his good units dodge a killing blow.

[@sebotrp]

One Free Summon on each banner, Rates raise as you summon, Banner Characters have higher chance of appearing, Ability to snipe your desired character thanks to color selection during summons, orbs are graciously given to you almost everyday, only one purchaseable pack and you never feel like you need to buy it, faithful to the original games gameplay, Characters that are lower than 5 stars are usefull and can be upgraded to 5 star if you with, Free to Play friendly. Now your average other gacha games: There are never free summons, Rates are always low and never increase, all characters in a gacha have the exact same chance of appearing(Meaning you have the same chances of pulling filler and featured units), tons of overpriced packs which contain items that otherwise you would need to grind for days to no end(coughpilaftrovecough), summons are always random and there is no way to affect what you'll get from your summons. Any unit below 5* rarity is pretty much useless garbage

[@legs0fsteel]

I think the way they give so many ways of getting free currency with events and quests if you have some decent units you can get 40+ orbs each week wich gets you 10 units if you chain-summon. All of the othe gacha games i played like Love Live! and Fate/Grand Order starve you of currency and bait you to use 30-50 otbs/gems/tickets/diamonds to pull 10 or more in one go wich lessens the amount of times players get that feeling of pulling an ultra rare thing.

[@Rsp-xy9kk]

Fire Emblem Heroes, no Fire Emblem in general has gone a long way. From Fire Emblem being that one game that would be dead when Awakening would be it's last game if it didn't do well to one of Nintendo's top 5 series, at least in my opinion definitely still contending with Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon though.

[@morgani5287]

Two words: Marketing Strategies.

[@stickyfingers9779]

Victorious Viktor Four words: AWAKENING SAVED THE FRANCHISE kappa

[@korinoriz]

Fire Emblem is never going to reach Pokemon level, I don't think anything will for a long time. Also Pokemon fans bicker way less than FE fans. Most of the people who hate later gens tend to be people who "grew out of it", from what I've seen.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

From what I've seen, Competitive Pokemon (when they're too busy bickering at each other to care) and "I stopped after gen 1/2" do seem to be less vocal than anyone who screams at the 3DS entries.

[@Draclord35]

Yeah... but FE gained a cancerous waifu/husbando fandom... Not sure it was worth it (ok, maybe for Conquest and Echoes remaster... the rest? Meh... not really).

[@bibbedcracker121]

9:58 Mangs dies

[@ERROR-zn4bv]

You forgot a little thing, back in the day, i wanted to buy fire emblem fates, but i didnt had money, i wanted to play a fire emblem game, fire emblem Heroes is free, if you want a fire emblem experience without having money, its perfect

[@eco8374]

ERROR 404 well the old FE can be simulate easily on PC and phone so you can also try it. FEH only misses one thing Crit&Miss.

[@knee1937]

Minh DT Crit and Miss would’ve been a major turn-off for non-fans of FEH. It needed to be casual and thank god it was.

[@CaptainCFalcon]

Riper DT y'know, it's a funny thing. Because there is no miss/luck characters like Arthur are actually usable & viable when back in their own games THE DIRT THEY WALKED ON RECOILED IN DISGUST. Also Mages can't complain about lucky crits anymore.

[@PostModernCereal]

A solid counter to the "feh is dying" misconception that's flying around at the moment

[@JairusC]

SPLENDIDLY CRAFTED. This was a wonderful video! Great content and the analysis of the game while throwing in external and studied concepts makes for a more engaging experience. Wonderful!

[@jeanrivera6123]

Wow, this video was fantastic! Didn’t expect to have this much thought and analysis put into it! Even though I stopped playing the game awhile ago (the reason being customization actually, my luck ran sour and was going for months without getting units for skill inheritance, so while I may get a unit I want I didn’t have the resources to run them so i was stuck using the same units over and over again. It got disheartening. Plus I ended up enjoying FGO more gameplay wise.) I’m very happy that it’s doing well!

[@tridan111]

Ayyyy Holland Casino Also I saw that Ascension Beruka and the Ascension memes are some of the best stuff this game has created, never been a Fire Emblem player. Heck I barely even knew the series, but I fell victim to the Consensus-effect, and then went ahead and became a driving force behind my friend group adopting the game. Interesting to see a video describing the phenomenon, ya got another sub. Also proud to say I haven't spent a dime since I started playing back at the Bridal banner last year.

[@carmine2624]

Super neat video! Glad to see a throughout explanation of gatcha included. FEH's freedom in build is such a breath of fresh air compared to other gatcha, it makes it unique. Also it was fun to notice your accent, I wonder were the dutch FEH community is hiding!

[@jedimasterpickle3]

I was gonna like this video anyway, but I love how you included a clip of Mangs' chair breaking XD

[@jzed5118]

Great video. And also I love your magilou design.

[@LightKing1237]

I'm a bad ass at heros and I haven't spend a penny

[@TH3SLEEPING]

kh critical player F2P FTW!

[@sarahvelorious5697]

Same here yo, tier 19 almost 20 ftp player rocking armor emblem

[@toufonglee5073]

I suck at this game and spent about $40 bucks. But I still enjoy it!

[@LightKing1237]

Jared Baly I don’t know what that has to do with anything lol

[@enzo20bc10]

F2p for the win

[@GenJotsu]

I don't usually spend money on mobile games, but seeing how generous this game has been I actually spent some money on it after almost a year of playing lol.

[@chocobox1571]

That's the problem with gacha games. They don't count as a slot machine because in a slot machine you always win or lose while gacha Games you always get something. If you did not like fine but at least you get something is their excuse.

[@dragoxphere3341]

Angelo Jonsson Also gacha games can be 100% free to play

[@chocobox1571]

Alex Yen If you get the right pulls

[@Anavelez87]

The game should NEVER end it's one of my favorite games of all

[@MurIocMage]

Feelings Sorry for you ...

[@ManinTidyWhities]

FEH is the 1st FE I've ever played, and got me curious about what Awakening and Fates is. I was not disappointed when I played those 2 games

[@Hailstormful]

I'll have to admit, I got into FEH because of Bride Cordelia and Summer Robin... Then stay'd for the solid gameplay, customization and challenge... and Summer Camilla, welp...

[@ChromaToneMusic]

Im glad you pointed out the great gui of the game. I was like wtf is this when trying fgo

[@ix1628]

lawrence Hoffman SAME fgo character art is cool so I gave it a try but I couldn't stand the rest of the graphics after five minutes

[@ChromaToneMusic]

He didnt mention the fantastic music of FE though

[@cbbblue8348]

same,i felt even more off when i compared with Madoka magia record and Fgo, Its like a same game but with different character

[@ZobmieRules]

2:41 There are also hero battles and grand hero battles. (Though for the most part he's correct, but he said "The only way-".)

[@YaRlykonfuse]

I love how the "fan favorite" was Hector but it TOOK SO LONG TO GET A SECOND VERSION OF HIM?! And we're still waiting for his brave version! I want my dragon-riding-lance-wielding-florinas-dress-wearing-BRAVE HECTOR! Great video!

[@Charlosyt]

i discovered the game today (not discovered but actually with wanting to play the game) AND IM LOVING IT, didnt know its dying tho, so sad :c

[@josiaharaki7310]

I mean, FGO's been going for several years now.

[@bigkeith5]

I play both games but I still like FGO more. Despite the 1% 5 star rate, the story and animations of the servants/noble phantasm are top notch for a phone app game. Plus the FGO events are way better. Sadly I get bored during FEH events and just auto battle during tempest trials.

[@morgani5287]

As well as Monster Strike... Goddamn, those two are still on the top of the Most Grossing Mobile Games, despite being Japan-only (FGO English, FGO China and two other FGO servers are counted as different from FGO Japan)... along with Candy Crush Saga and Candy Crush Soda Saga.

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

FGO has better content but FEH is a bit more F2P friendly. I play FGO more but I know I'll only get about 5% of the characters I want there, while I pretty much always get my faves in FEH.

[@HTakara82]

I couldn't get into FGO, I downloaded it recently to see what it was about, and honestly, it was boring, and doesn't help that I don't recognize the majority of the characters.

[@Mysticshade59]

in fgo, whales can help you in feh, whales prejudice everyone

[@velvettblue157]

i think it's so great that the game gets updated very frequently, every week and every month there's new content coming up like crazy to keep the player engaged and interested. what i really like is that the game isn't pay to win, even if you don't buy orbs you can still get good at the game.

[@leethompson-kolar6333]

My favorite part of the game is how much attention it brings to lesser-known characters and games. If they remake Thracia 776 at any point, you can be sure Reinhardt will be on the box.

[@ShadowReeve]

I remember the dawn event. Michiah dropped literally seconds before the event ended for me after having grinded for orbs for 3 days straight XD

[@TheShuckmeister]

Very interesting content. Definitely worth my sub :)

[@AlisonClaires]

Playing FE Heroes as I watch this video. Personally I think another aspect that really keeps this game going is how free it is in giving out orbs. It's completely possible to play free-to-play. I haven't spent money on it since last March, and I've managed to get most of the heroes I've wanted just by doing quests and the Tempest Trials that go up to 99,000 points and give you one or three free orbs every five thousand or so. Intelligent Systems also listens to its fans in adding new characters and features, they give out daily free orbs as a log-in bonus, and there are new quests constantly added to keep you hitting the story maps and using certain weaponed units to get the rewards for said quests. It's a very rewarding game, and I never feel like I'm being cheated.

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

Let's just hope it won't die as fast as super villains app. cause that is how that villain app did that bad!

[@mightykami3651]

Excellently explicative and intriguing video, Good Job my sir

[@PIKMINROCK1]

Gacha games don't work like gambling. They take a different psychological approach. When you get you wanted, you generally stop spending your currency. What the game does instead is give you the illusion of success. Generally, if you are pulling for a Fire Emblem banner, you generally get a 5 star after 2 or so full pulls (chance of not pulling a single 5 star after two full pulls is a little over 50% on a standard banner and a little over 40% on a Legendary or Hero fest). Since you usually generate around that amount between banners, it's generally at no cost to the player. So, you get into the rhythm of getting generally what you want. But, when the odds aren't in your favor, you fall into the sunk cost fallacy (boosted by the increasing rate) believing that is you just pay a little, the five star you want will come. This is compounded by the social effect of when you are in the community and aren't as lucky, you see these insane characters and delude yourself that it isn't that hard and are more willing to pay up. Then, there are the whales that take that frustration and fear of being outdated and spend more on the game, trying to get that hero when sniping for heroes tends to be more expensive. Another factor is that the game is still very playable without those desired 5 stars. Every customer that sticks around is a potential whale because of sunk cost. And the general generosity of orbs mentally devalues the orbs in your head until you really need them. Then there is the conflict of the limited time of the banners. Granblue Fantasy does a similar thing but, instead uses free summons instead of just free currency though it also entices you with the plot that makes you like the characters to want to pull for them. The paid guarantee gachas really play to people's desires.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

As a gross over-simplification: Any gacha system isn't magically not gambling because there isn't a chance to get exactly nothing. Heck, when it comes to a digital gacha system, it really *is* nothing when there's no player economy to trade it with. I'm not even trying to be overly negative with this or anything given I've played FEH since launch, I'm just saying.

[@PIKMINROCK1]

I wasn't arguing that nor that gacha systems aren't problematic, just that there are different forces with gacha systems compared to normal gambling. Gacha games have a huge community and competitive components that drive purchases compared to them as well as the requirement to regularly update to capture the audience and purchases.

[@GenJotsu]

Generous, well thought out, ongoing, *ACTUAL SUPPORT*

[@GenJotsu]

Pokémon Go/Niantics dumbass done fucked up.

[@davidcole2913]

You should make videos more often. This was really well done.

[@Smeik2901]

The most astounding thing i learned was that Julia can somehow reach 42 speed unmerged..

[@eco8374]

That build gives me a nightmare.

[@manelneedsaname1773]

Aww.... :( Since 1.5 FEH stoppped working on my phone Since then, I'm always keep updating the game with the hope that someday, it will work

[@dannydumlet]

I am newer to Fire Emblem. First played Fates, then Awakening and currently Echoes. I plan on playing the older games too and many I want to try because of the app and thing X character is cool I wanna play his/her game

[@KairoMNE]

1 thing I really noticed from this video was the Close Counter Faye

[@namrouch]

This video is great ! Please continue the good work ^_^

[@ChaosSepher]

One of the things I love about this game, as low odds as the gatcha is I yet to spend a single penny of actual money on this thing. Yet I have managed to get lucky enough to get a good number of 5 star units I want. Or gather enough feathers to make units I like into 5 stars. I really appreciate how you can turn a lowly 3 start and have the potential to raise it up on its own. And the rewards and free orbs do give enough to have a healthy supply with each content release to at least give a decent try at new units each cycle.

[@andrewembuido7341]

It's the fan-service and new characters that keeps it alive.

[@eildonp]

Started playing this game since release, finally got my 1st Hector today (LA Hector) ^w^ Also you just earned yourself a new subscriber :D

[@shamil0172]

9:09 hello Dutch people...

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

Wrong. The feeling of having VL Ike will never fade away.

[@mariosonic987pac-hero4]

Heroes got better as time passes. They gave us new Heroes we wanted, Alm's refined treatment for Falchion, summon support, and memes. I really like this game a lot. This is a well made video you made Sol. Thank you.

[@nothingbasic8147]

Book 8 exists now. FEH ain’t dying soon.

[@leosguitahchannel4186]

4 Reasons why I still play FEH (and maybe these are the reasons other players still do, too): 01 Nostalgia: I'm a hardcore fan of the series, I played "Shadow dragon and the blade of light", "Gaiden", "Mistery of the emblem", "Genealogy of the Holy war" and I'm currently playing Thracia 776... SO...Playing FEH, for me, brings a strong feeling of nostalgia, since I am very attached to the games and the MANY memorable characters...So the feeling of summoning the characters you like is just PERFECT! 02 The Artwork: Should I really explain this? 03 It's an authentic Fire Emblem game like any of the previous ones. 04 Tons of very fun updates: I'm dying to know what will be that new feature that we have in the Battle Menu...That Green Island at the left in the top of the screen *----* Simply: Owning our favorite characters/Playing the game as we look at a beautifully designed background and characters/It's Fire FUC...ING Emblem/Lots of updates. #FEHIsTheBestGame

[@tazman26]

Great video, gotta admit I kicked you up to x2 speed when watching this and I gotta admit, it's 2x better in content delivery and comedy :D

[@wrex1285]

My friend doesn't care about skills at all as long as he wins. I have to customize his units half the time for him.

[@Konic64]

6:00 TAKE ME BAXK TO WHEN THE GAME WAS IN 1.0.0 WHEN HECTOR WAS REFERRED AS THE BEST UNIT IN THE GAME. WHEN THE GAME WASNT SO EXTENSIVE BUT STILL FUN AT THE TIME

[@Solgilou]

When every team consisted of at least 2 Takumi's

[@fyroforvictory]

I'm not one who plays FE Heroes (mainly because I down have a smartphone/I phone... either one) but this was definitely a good video, nice job dude

[@carina8231]

This was such a good video! Very interesting.

[@acrophobicodst4843]

My favourite build right now, super aura support Azura (celebratory spirit), because buff everyone and extra moves

[@RuneKatashima]

If not for Fire Emblem heroes I wouldn't know that Felicia is best girl.

[@boop99]

She was my first Hero 😍 (Other than Alfonse, Sharena, Anna)

[@Northbergh]

I like it, because the sphere system feels very fair. I 've played for about a year now and didn't pay a dime. Because they give so many gifts I have about half of the "S rank" heroes and still 400 spheres waiting to be spent.

[@SOGTheGamer]

Yes, I agree with this video sooooo much. Especially the builds part, I think based on the fact I haven't lost a defense in about 30 attacks that my Distant Counter/Distant Defense Nephenee build is un-naga-ly powerful (Get it, instead of ungodly powerful? Haha... ...I'm sorry.). Anyway awesome video dude!

[@Tigrion]

for the 5 days i play FEH i got a few max stars characters and the very strong one at that it doesn't seem to be pay to win and you get more characters fast and easy witch is good if you take the time to play the game its fairly fun and it kind of throws me back to Heroes 3 in a sense with its game-play in tactics

[@laylaflofeild3342]

The free pulls also makes us taste the chance of getting our fav characters

[@Venom3254]

"People are nice and supportive to each other." Are you sure about that? Some tend to lose their minds in the CYL and Voting Gauntlets.

[@coolkid1067]

SymbioteNx379 I always saw that as an overreaction however still in good faith.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I mean, just utter the name Camilla and you can instantly see who splits off into the "fuck the thot" "hey I like her" and "I don't care who wins" camps.

[@Venom3254]

UltimaKeyMaster Don't forget tharja as well.

[@neutronshiva2498]

UI design in FEH is absolutely stunning masterpiece. There are many mobage's out there that arent bad games overall, but have atrocious and off-putting UI. Take Granblue for example. The UI is so unclear and complex and simply terribly designrd that I have no idea how to navigate in it. FEH is total opposite of it. Easy and newbie-friendly UI that just feels so welcoming and nice. Its one of multiple reasons why I like FEH more than some otherwise similar games. (Even tho I shamelessly spend more time in FGO)

[@eunicehdz-flores599]

Interestingly enough, I downloaded FEH and AC:Pocket Camp (like 2 years ago) and after a while I deleted Pocket camp because I couldn't figure out what to do after the first 5 minutes, I found it visually overwhelming. Whereas FEHs interface felt intuitive and inviting. Granted they're completely different game, but both were made by Nintendo, so... That's it. I still play FEH till this day

[@jirehtheprovider]

In a long short story short, it learned from Pokemon Go's Mistakes and fixed those in Fire Emblem's version of the game.

[@parkb5320]

I love the unique builds, awesome artwork and cute chibi sprites the game has.

[@IraJavier]

I stopped playing around June 2017... but still log in almost everyday for the orb bonus. I have like 600+ lol

[@Ssure2]

I recognized one of the ads in the beginning, and later youtube said "ongeveer 431.000 resultaten". You can't hide it. You're Dutch (or from Belgium...)

[@monchete9934]

A great video which sums up why i like FEH so nicely. And unlike some "competitive" games, despite having tier lists and such, Heroes is a really balanced game, where you can make every unit, with the proper investment (not always whaling, i used a great 5* Eliwood during 70% of my time playing as my main unit until i got Ayra, which is good since i missed freaking BK and i don't have money for the Burguer King Menu) and there is literally no meta (except trends like Reinhardt and Brave Lyn which have their fair share of counters and Armor Emblems which are my Micaiah's dinner). Added to the fact that the game gives you a lot TL;DR: FEH is one of the most generous gachas out there

[@MrZachVolfire]

This was great. Got my sub my dude.

[@wamhu]

The reason FEH is still around is cuz a TON of effort is put in to make this game interesting, like literally EVERY SINGLE DAY there's a news update, minimum every 2/3 days there's an event that staggers in with 2/3 other events, so that even if u are one of those whales that has got everything unlocked and at +10 there's new stuff to play with regularly. And as a F2P player myself, I can barely even keep up with a third of the daily quests and ongoing events lol, every time I mange to lvl my latest 5* focus heros to 40 and have their skills setup new ones are coming out, and half the time I still can't clearly any of the infernal content, so at least for me there's still a lot left in FEH for me to complete :)

[@d00mguy70]

If the summoning stone makes a little quake it's a 4 or 5 star ,but if it glows and doesn't have a quake it's a 3 star !

[@raviolibirb8009]

When FEH first came out i was like "meh... another FE?" Because i'm not a fan of FE that time, but i give it a try a few months later since my friend reccomend it to me. And turns out i enjoyed it more than i thought. Still playing it till now xD

[@afromarco005]

Because " hope will never die" -Lucina

[@KrumpMojo]

Bruh the BONFIRE scared the sheesh outta me. I'm in a dark room with Gaming Headphones xD I was not ready! lol

[@MurIocMage]

Kids and adults stealing their moms credit card thats how

[@SwordmaidenGwen]

Well said, you covered many of the biggest plus points that are in the game, especially the fantastic UI xD I also completely agree that it's amazing how positive the FEH community is, somehow I feel like there's a lot less salt here than most online games I'm used to seeing haha

[@Blazer-eh3ng]

just pulled +atk/-spd LA!Hector..just had to tell somebody :P

[@abdiaselchicoop4473]

Fire Mblem377 I pulled a Hector and LA Hector in the same banner with 9 orbs, ja! :v

[@maybedan695]

Fire Mblem377 I’ve pulled two lol

[@kcherin93]

I pulled a Camilla, I hate this game

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

+Atk LA!Hector, aka "No Boyfriends Ever" Hector.

[@toufonglee5073]

This was very well made...AND very true. Now lets go play Tempest Trials!!!

[@Spearra]

In my opinion, it is (probably) because it took the LLSIF (Love Live School Idol Festival) approach to mobile games. Absolutely butter up your player base via spamming them with the premium* currency willy nilly. Just like LLSIF, there aren't really any "Ads" per-say, but Ads for things loosely related to the game allowing players to be more invested into that particular game since it is it's own self contained entity. But unlike LLSIF, Fire Emblem Heroes has a light anti-bad luck system. LLSIF, with as many Love Gems as they give you, getting a UR is legitimately full of odds stacked against you. Where as in Fire Emblem Heroes, you'll eventually get that 5 star fighter. Then at that point, it is a matter of hoping to the Gods that it is the 5 star you're looking for.