>>39640646Intelligent Systems seems to have taken their head out of their asses for a while, but there was a legitimate dark time where Fire Emblem fans found themselves frustrated with how they started making fan service blatant (waifus and what not). When I say Intelligent Systems, I mean the IS of that era, because Game Freak seems to be betting more on easy to make designs and eye candy trainers/leaders/etc. If it works, it attracts. This way, they don't have to bother as much with actual gameplay or the rest of the game.
Which seems to be working while we barely do get to see the actual gameplay, which has hardly changed, apart from an added gimmick.