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The biggest offenders being Percy and Midori. The problem is that there are romanceable second generation units in this game who do not look like Shiro. He’s a strong, age-of-consent-looking young man, about Corrin’s apparent age. In fact, I actually have fewer objections to marrying the second generation units yourself in Fates compared to marrying the second generation units in Awakening. Plenty of the second generation in Fates is over the age of 18 in appearance and certainly seem to be adults. Now you might expect me to say that because the children are born in real time and raised in the baby oven, as opposed to being from the future, that is why I say Corrin is a pedophile, but no. What the parents don’t seem to know is that time flows differently in these so-called “Deeprealms,” causing the children to grow up much faster relative to their parents while they’re in the Deeprealms (henceforth, baby oven). (How they manage to keep a pregnant woman and their unborn baby safe from the war going on for nine months is never really addressed.)Īnyway, once the baby is born, the parents abandon the child in an alternate dimension to be raised by a nanny and ostensibly keep them safe from the war. The game explains that the two units get married and give birth to a child. 'Let's abandon our child in an alternate dimension!' The problem lies in the story explanation that they use to justify the mechanic’s inclusion. (Neither is anything else, but I digress.) The basic mechanic is the same as Awakening, except it’s men who have to get married instead of women. Works for me.Ī similar mechanic exists in Fire Emblem Fates, except it isn’t nearly so well-incorporated into the plot. The second generation was handled quite gracefully in this game, tying into the story in a comprehensive way that is incorporated into the central conceit of the narrative: The second generation comes back in time alongside one of the tritagonists. Lucina brings her friends, the children of Chrom’s allies, with her, and they become recruitable through various means, as long as their mothers have an S-rank support with another character. Along with the romance mechanics, which themselves have appeared in previous (and future) games in the series, Fates also adopted Awakening’s second generation units.įor the uninitiated, the story of Fire Emblem Awakening is that the Fell Dragon Grima destroys the world, and Lucina, the daughter of the game’s protagonist, Chrom, returns from the future to prevent that from happening. There are many romance options in the Fire Emblem Fates games, a mechanic carried over from the previous game in the series, Fire Emblem Awakening.

To understand this accusation, let’s break it down, starting with possibly the worst part first.

That said, let’s start with the elephant in the room, shall we?Ĭorrin, the main character of Fire Emblem Fates, is an incestuous pedophile, child abuser, and sexual assaulter. I’m criticizing this game as a concerned and disappointed fan of a long running series.

Let me start by saying I’m a huge fan of the Fire Emblem series, possibly the biggest among my friends, so I’m not just coming out of nowhere to say “ Fates bad because anime bullshit” or whatever just because it’s popular or I hate Fire Emblem or something. If you wanted to experience it first-hand without spoilers, turn back now.Īlso, obviously, trigger warning for discussion of child sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, homophobia, transphobia, stalking, incest and a brief mention of BDSM. I could have made this article about LGBT+ representation across the entire Fire Emblem series, and how Ike is absolutely, unequivocally asexual, but that’s a whole other can of worms I don’t really wanna get into right now, and I think Fates is far more than enough for one article anyway.īefore we go any further, fair warning that this article contains spoilers for Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation, and Fire Emblem Awakening. The problems, however, begin when we start to dig into the details of those relationships. Your choices are varied, ranging from the crown prince of the Kingdom of Nohr to a lowly village girl from the countryside of the rival Kingdom of Hoshido, and everything in between.

#Fire emblem fates japanese audio full#

You know, light reading!įire Emblem Fates is a game full of choices, and that includes which of your units you want your avatar character to get married to.

Here's a contributor post by Morgan discussing queerphobia, incest, and pedophilia in Fire Emblem.