What Happened with Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia?

In this video, I’ll tackle the development history behind many aspects Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is widely known for, such as its origins, name, staff, mechanics, characters, difficulty, gameplay and story. It also talks about the core differences between Fire Emblem Gaiden and this game. Similar to the videos on Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem: Fates, this video focuses on how the classic story of Alm and Celica was remade as Echoes.
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#FireEmblem, #FireEmblemEchoes, #Faerghast

[Faerghast]

#JustPlayEchoesBro
Thanks for watching! What did you think of Echoes? Please LIKE and COMMENT on this video for that SICK ALGORITHM. And if you haven't subscribed yet, please do that too!

[meatman]

This game might not be as complex as others like Three Houses or Genealogy, but you can’t deny the love and care that was poured into it, from major overhauls with the story and why certain things happen, to tweaks to the gameplay to make it similar to Fates and Awakening while also trying to make it feel like the original. Not a perfect game, but it’s still a great remake.

[lorddragonskin]

Is no one going to mention the class art that's behind the character portraits?

I personally find them astonishing, adding a flair of antiquity (for some reason, it reminds me a bit of ancient greek vase art)

[kumakibbs]

Honestly this game made me love the series even more, Hidari's artstyle is such a perfect fit for capturing Echoes's aesthetic. Hopefully they use the same artist for future Echoes games!

[radiantherooftellius]

Echoes was a perfect remake to make a game not known and very hidden brought to life and make memorable memories and beautiful characters that are now fan favs. Echoes is one of the most very special and unique FE in the series. Hope the to see judgral and tellius echoes as they are also very special and beautiful games in the series with wonderful characters and amazing stories.

[bryanpotts]

I still Celicant believe how good they made Echoes while retaining so much of the original game's design.

[shutup]

Shadows of Valentia is one of my favorite Fire Emblem games along with Giaden, the coolest part to me is that when Alm or Celica enters a dungeon they narrate about it, Especially Alm I love his voice actor.

[leatheryfoot]

I've always wanted a Genealogy Echoes Game. I feel like it would lend itself well to the modern Fire Emblem "Waifu Simulator" Gameplay with the way it has in-depth child units.

[tallmyster]

I think the one thing I loved the most about Gaiden/Echoes was how the dungeons and town exploring made this feel like an actual adventure. Most FEs are just "jackass starts war, prince goes to war, makes friends, wins." Gaiden/Echoes did have a war, but it didn't feel like one. The large amounts of monsters instead of just "Mass Produced Soldier A" might have balanced that out too though.

[treymiller]

At this point, Echoes is my personal favorite fire emblem game. I hope another game gets the echoes treatment soon

[TheBizzareBirb]

I really hope Hidari comes back to work on a new remake. His art-style is just gorgeous!

[moltz]

I may not be that familiar with Gaiden's remake, but it doesn't take much effort to see just how much heart (and/or soul) the game oozes and how the devs had a blast with it.

[metrothered]

This is one of my favorite games of all time and definitely my favorite FE. If anyone is on the fence about the story and characters just look up the scene with Lukas and Fernand. As for the gameplay, a lot of people consider the map design bad but the maps and enemies made me feel like there were forces I had to overcome. It wasn't just PvE where the player always wins. The enemies could do things the player couldn't and breaching some of their defenses required committing fully and taking risks or risk being overwhelmed. I really felt like the underdog when entering Rigel due to the story and gameplay, and I really enjoyed myself.

[raidoukuzonoha]

Echoes even if flawed is one of my favourite games ever made it's got the best story in the series and OST imo and a cast I just love. This game has one of the biggest hearts I've seen a game have.

[anafigueiredo]

As someone that just started playing Fire Emblem with Awakening, I wasn't that excited for the Echoes at all. Once it launched, I absolutely fell in love with the play style and the characters. Definitely one of my favorite FE games nowadays. This video is just making me want to re-re-re-re-play it lol

[keerthiannadorai]

I think Alm's first concept design looks pretty cool, I wish Feh would re use it for something in the future

[jonunciate]

SoV gave feels like when I played Sacred Stones, my intro to fire emblem. It may not be the hardest fire emblem, but it's definitely one of the most enjoyable. Gives me hope for the next remake.

[Logans_Login]

I like that they took inspiration for Thebes from Gold and Silver. Soulsilver was my first Pokémon game, so it’s all I thought of when I went to archanea in Echoes

[misterpayah]

When rating games personally I always consider an extra parameter I call "Love", and SoV is always one of the first examples that come to mind.

It's impossible to quantify Love but I'm sure we instinctively feel when a game has been made with a lot of care, attention and emotional investment by the creators. A commercial product designed to follow trends and sell copies (even if it's objectively good) would be the opposite.

[Kummahndough]

Thank god this game came out. I loved the artwork and the music that was made for Echoes.
The story was phenomenal, and really felt like a darker Fire Emblem plot.
The gameplay is meh, but the mechanics were interesting.

This game is fantastic.