They finally did it. Someone at Nintendo finally bit the bullet and just let you S-Rank (not technically an S-Rank I know but similar enough) with everyone.
Wow, the English VA for the MC is soooo nice to listen to. Brandon McInnis, wasn’t he? I’ve only loved Liam O’Brien and Yuri Lowelthal for all of these years. I finally found a voice that I’m excited to hear in English Dub. Can’t wait to hear more from him 🥹
FAlear and Kagestu are also dating irl too (Barbara/Xinyan and Albedo from Genshin if you play that as well) // their tweets about being able to fall in love all over again are so cute
But I really don't know why some S support are platonic and other not. Like Citrinne, she doesn't even look like a child. If I've to choose a girl, that would be her. What a shame. But I have a PAL version of the game, maybe the dialogue are not the same in Japanese. Probably not. Oh well Alfred > all
Merrin's feels so...right. She's so sweet and she goes from seeing you as a rare critter to someone she truly loves. As a fellow animal lover myself, she's a wonderful character.
Seeing a couple of comments that scream "just skip to the girls and stop complaining," but let me just say that I'm so happy that you put the male confessions first! I was gonna buy the game regardless of romance/support options in general, so it makes me happy to know that I don't need to play female Alear and can still listen to Hiro Shimono's voice whilst supporting! >:]
God, the Alfred one is so great, both Wolfhard and Stalh/Mcinnis (depending on your Alear's gender) are really great in it. The whole thing seems an earnestly intimate little moment and the music compliments it perfectly. Also Alfred's like, the only person besides Kagetsu who drops an L-bomb, so him being the main lord kind of makes me feel like it's the "intended" Pact Ring convo in the same way that the main lords in 3H come across as such in their respective routes.
@@menajack I personally consider it that; most FE titles with Avatar Protagonists tend to prioritize S-Supporting the major Lords when possible (Chrom in Awakening, Dima in Azure Moon), and Alfred really is the deuteragonist of Engage, and its main Lord among the royals of Elyos, so it personally stands to reason that his paired ending (alongside the differences between his solo and unpaired ending) seems the most intentional. Obviously it's an opinion, but still, mwah.
@@MadelineSawyer I totally agree with you. specifically in Awakening (Azure Moon and Crimson Flower too). The MC have a some connection with the lord. I love the idea that Robin is Chrom's wife and Lucina's mother. Gosh, that is so good. As for Engage, I’m still at the beginning of the game, but I noticed that Alfred is especially highlighted compared to the other characters. That pleases me. He is my favorite since he was announced.
I don't know which guy I would give the ring to on my first playthrough. I'm glad these conversations don't change with Alear's gender, so we have a looot more m/m and f/f options compared to earlier games. (Even if some of them are ambiguous.) But yeah having more options also means the decision of who to go for is more difficult. I think I've narrowed it down to Diamant, Mauvier, and Louis.
honestly I like the fact that you can be in a relationship with anyone. Making it a pact ring still keeps the whole feel of the marriage aspect people liked from past games, but it also just is more inclusive for everyone. Plus it doenst even happen until the end of the game anyways, so its nice to have a little reward at the end
Inclusivity is a slippery slope, sometimes the core concept of inclusivity can lead to exclusivity. The trans movement pretty much undermines real biological women and is inherently misogynistic, there are times where things are done in the name of inclusivity only to exclude others who may have a difference of opinion, whether it be from firing someone from there job, or cancel culture in general.
I used the pact ring on Kagetsu because I love the English VA (Khoi Dao my beloved) but also because I just love his character altogether, and when he confessed his love I was just like 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Khoi Dao did a phenomenal job with the voice acting, as well as the MC’s VA too.
I was internally battling for 2 days if I should give the ring to Kagetsu or Diamant, I did end up giving it to Kagetsu, he just did such an amazing job overall with the voice and the S rank wake ups are sooooooo good.
I did the same exact thing with Clanne because my favorite voice actor Justin Briner voiced him and I love Clanne as a character. Also Justin is the reason why I want to be a voice actress too
I am really happy that they have fully flung open the doors and let you give The Pact ring to anybody. That being said something about a lot of these final cutscenes really rubbed me the wrong way. They just feel so formal and impersonal. Everyone constantly calling you divine one just puts up this wall between me and the character. It doesn't feel as genuine
I’m not gonna watch this, due to not wanting to be spoiled, but I will hit like and even sub! I’m so happy we have confessions in the game! It’s the last major thing I wanted to see! Can’t wait!
I kinda wanted them to go the Libra route with his voice (as in having a female or non binary voice actress voicing Rosaldo to add to the gender vagueness).
@@TMX1138I played Awakening a lot, but for the life of me, I can’t remember what Libra sounds like. But I distinctly remember him yelling “Die, sinner!” God, I loved that unit.
The Pact Ring idea seems like the perfect fit to anyone. Though I'm gonna miss the romance, at least nobody's gonna complain, and leaves everything else up to fan interpretation. :)
@@geopik7733 no, I'm pretty sure it's still romantic, most of them anyway. It's just more in the style of an older game in the franchise and not marriage like Three Houses
did Aelar just howl? XD to be fair even if that was very strange coming from Pandreo the first time i saw him i just love everytime he howls now XD very great unit
I really wanted to give my pact ring to Alfred because I really ship him with mAlear, but I’ve benched him for so long that I can’t even take advantage auf the special bond ability 💀 I gave it Kagetsu instead, his Dialoge was so cute too with him being worried about his jelousy :,)
Huh, just comb through the final picture of all the character, looking at where they put on the Pact Ring. Some put on their ring finger, some put in the middle finger and some don't. I'm guessing the middle finger wearers only consider you as a trusted companion and the wedding finger one are true love but this might my overclocked brain going berserk because Saphir was wearing it on her ring finger.
That's actually what they were going for. It's actually censorship, some characters, like Fogado for example, are more explicitly romantic in the JP version, but when it was translated to English, they ally-zoned him and moved the ring to his middle finger. They sucked ass at hiding the romance dialogue though cause why would you be embarrassed to call someone your ally, they shoulda censored that too if they really wanted to hide it💀
I don’t think it has a connection as in the original Japanese every character confesses love (even the kids) so it is more like a stylistic choice for the images themselves.
@@idontknowwhattoput5851 But why would they censor Fogado? There are other two of the most explicit Love confessions who are male and they weren’t censored. I don’t get the reason 😭
@@aliceimanimeland8264 its not cause he's male, its cause he's young. But that still doesn't really makes sense cause he's really close in age to Alear.
My favorite one is Pandreo. It is a genuine marriage proposal and they make is as direct and clear that they truly love eachother. Nintendo has really quit beating around the bush with with queer characters. Instead of queer bating us like with past characters (claude for example)
@@Rex13013 I mean, They could of easily made him Bi, with you being able marry one of the lords if you played Male Byleth, cause if you're male Byleth playing with the Blue Lion side, then you're not gona be able to marry any of the 3 main lords
I used the pact ring on Clanne knowing him and Izuku have the same voice actor. Once he confessed to me I turned into a blushing mess, it's like a dream come true.
I like that you can romance everyone, but I feel like a lot of the “romance” line are watered down, like they don’t really seem romantic 🤷🏻♀️. Other than that I like this addition to FE, it’s not my favorite but it’s still pretty good.
Mauvier, Zelkov, Chloe are unironically sweet for me. Most of these are platonic which i understand considering theres a children. Otherwise that one particular site gonna explode and make a drama. Also love how MC got a voice. It adds more to this
Most of them were disappointing to be honest, but I really like Kagestu (so freakin cute), Alfred and Pandreos. Also it's so weird that all these guides say Diamant's is supposed to be romantic and Alcryst's is supposed to be platonic. To me it seems the opposite? Overall the support conversations were just a lot weaker/more meaningless than previous games, I hope they get deeper again in the next one. It almost feels like they know that and dont want us to see them between the other characters 😅, it's weird to me that we cant pair up in combat like we could in all the other ones but I guess maybe that's because of the Engage mechanic? Getting all the supports between the other characters has been really hard (I usuall like to see everything). I really liked all the character designs and Japanese voice acting though, especially the MC.
I’m so glad I did Kagestu’s! I went into expecting all of the supports to be platonic, so it actually made me blush a little when he dropped the L bomb. I like how the “plot” of his support wraps up with us meeting his parents!
as a queer fan of Fire Emblem since it's seventh game. Seeing the franchise fully allow the player to confess to any characters no matter the gender makes my heart melt. I'm so glad that they added this feature.
I was set on Alfred pretty early on in the game, but next playthrough I am absolutely going for Lapis. Her character is so great and she is a killing machine once you build her up.
Did anybody cringe at Rosado's confession? I did. "That deserves a like"? My brain was okay with this until THAT sentence, and just made cringe in disgust and disappointment. How about no? It was going well so far...🤦♂️
Bruh everyone raging in the comments over such a small detail of the game. Never seen people so mad about options before if you like girls have your MC date girls, like dudes date dudes, etc it really does not have to be more complicated than that they are choices for a reason
The only straight forward romance/lover situations in these confessions (Male to male) that are worth the pact ring are with Pandreo, Boucheron, Alfread, Mauvier, and Kagetsu. The others would just say "I want to fight by your side/were twin blades/steward/wanna protect you/thankful for your friendship/geniune ally and blah blah blah whatever..." Not worth giving the pact ring aside from the ones I mentioned.
The English cast did a great job (as always), but I really do feel like these bond ring conversations specifically were handled much better in Japanese. Amber's for instance is made way more romantic in the original dub. I'll do my second playthrough in English so I can more accurately compare the voice acting, but, for now, I'm satisfied with both languages.
@@shonarts5583 No, I don't. The translation, while not completely accurate, still serves its purpose well enough imo. I'm mainly talking about the voice acting itself (pauses, differences in intonation and so on). I do recommend checking out the JP dub, though. Japanese is my first language, so I'm not sure how obvious these things are to someone who doesn't speak Japanese, but Amber just sounds way more excited/giddy all throughout. His voice also fluctuates more. Differences that stood out the most to me: - When Alear remarks that he doesn't have a home, in Japanese, Amber stutters when he says that Alear's home is "right here", indicating he's a little nervous or embarrassed (because he's confessing). In English, he states it very matter-of-factly, as if he were referring to the Somniel. There's no hint of embarrassment or nervousness in his voice at all. - When asked what he means by "you do have a place to return to.. It's right here", in English he says "right here, beside me", while in Japanese, he says "IT'S ME. I AM YOUR HOME" lmao. He actually shouts it btw. - Then the whole scabbard/sheathe and sword analogy (hehe) is mostly the same, but in Japanese, he at one point says, "I'll preserve your precious existence/being" - Then, after Alear has offered Amber the ring, in English, Amber says "Yeah! I mean, yes! If that's your condition, count me in!", but in Japanese, he simply says "Yes, of course I accept! I will be a sword by your side (instead of a scabbard)". But again, the voice acting plays a bigger role for me than the actual dialogue. In Japanese, the lines are just delivered in a way that makes them seem way less open to platonic interpretation (even though even in English, Amber's is one of the more obviously romantic ones) Hope you have a nice day!
In awakening, Lucina can marry her cousin. In fates, corrin can marry his cousin. In three houses, byleth can marry the voice in their head or their daughter/mother/grandmother. In engage, YOU CAN MARRY YOUR SISTER.
Fire emblem games need more S support like this where i can married anyone and be gay/lesbian about it I am totaly satisfied with this 😄 (Also boucheron is a dumb emotional himbo i am living for him😌 )
Me thinks the pact ring isn't for marriage and my 3 reasons are Jean, Anna and Veyle. 2 are 10 year olds and Veyle is (spoiler) your little sister. Me thinks it just symbolizes deep friendship
It depends on the person it's being given to. Obviously they're not gonna have Alear marry children, so for them and a few others it's friendship. But for a good chunk of the cast it's very clearly romantic.
Its both, They're obviously not gona make you actually marry kids, but if you like those characters you still don't feel like they didn't allow you to be with them
You get a general feel with the gendered videos: Female supports: Guys going "OMG CENSORSHIP!! I WANT 11 YEAR OLD ANNA TO SAY THAT SHE'LL BE MY LOVER!!!" Male Supports: "Ew gays, KYS" & "Thank god they finally let us gays have more options than the sassy-fem-boi-twinks."
My thoughts are a bit nuanced, I dislike the censorship but only because of most convos felt platonic instead of romantic, at least let the adult one say love. The "everyone being bi" thing feels like it's one of the reasons why it's more platonic instead which sucks, and while I don't mind people having options it still feels weird that everyone in the army is gay because it doesn't make any sense lol but whatever
I'm kinda surprised that whether you're a male or female protagonist, you can confess both male and female characters so I'm completing the game as a female protagonist
Honestly despite the dialogue lacking the word "love" being said or expressed you can feel it in the way some of the characters react or the things they say being close enough to be take romantically. Biggest examples for me being Yunaka, Ivy, and Timerra. Though im still curious why they dropped S supports across the entire board cause as someone who's played for awhile and even gotten older games the best part has honestly been shipping characters together when it came to pair ups, especially for the massive boost from S supports... heck even seemed like that was going to be a thing in Engage since the A support between some units comes across as down right flirtatious at time. I hate to spoil myself, but its at least puts my nerves to rest that the dialogue well being very platonic can be interpreted as romantic.
Oh so that pact ring is the equivalent of a S rank in the old games? (I've only played awakening and fates to some degree.) But unfortunately alot of this dailogue sounds like you being friend zoned and quite a bit lol. But no lie though that howl at the beginning made me think I was about to get rickrolled or something XD.
There are some characters who don't explicitly say that they're romantically involved with you in the *s-rank* but they do in other sectors of the game, like wake-up calls. Like Mauvier doesn't say anything too explicit in his s-support, but he does in his wake-up chat where he says "You're the only one in my heart"
I hate how censored some of these are compared to the Japanese versions. Like, some are completely understandable (Jean and Anna for instance, as they're literal kids and shouldn't be admitting love to an adult), but then you have ones like Fogado, who outright says I love you in Japan, but it's censored to a forever ally in this. :/
I feel it's weird because there's no way the entire army is gay, not saying there can be options but still. I also think that's one of the reasons why most feel platonic instead of being romantic and it kinda sucks ngl
Literally every male romance option: "I care about you. I love you. I'm so happy!" Diamant: "You fight good." No but seriously, Diamant's S-support was very underwhelming imo. I've A-supported every male romance option and I definitely felt like Alear had the most special connection with Diamant. It's hard to believe that their A-support had a lot more impact than their S-support. Just didn't feel like romance. More like a strong bond between two plain ol' comrades.
I love they made Alear Bisexual!!!!!!!!Also Ironic how Brandon McIniss confessing his feelings to his husband but in fire emblem as Alear (Male) and Louis
@@Rex13013 Corrin had like 2 options though (one for each gender of Corrin), haven't played 3H yet, but afaik Engage is the first one with a significant amount of gay options.
Timestamps are there for a reason people....
Thanks for the timestamps, champ. This is going to save me a lot of time😁
I'm be honest, most people will be idiot despite your Timestamp effort
Lindon IS missing
They finally did it. Someone at Nintendo finally bit the bullet and just let you S-Rank (not technically an S-Rank I know but similar enough) with everyone.
God I was so filled over joy for this
@@digi-stranger0234 why tho? This sucks. Get yourself a brain
I absolutely hate it coz they'll never see you as gender you choose, just general genderless dialog. But to each their own
@@reinaters Gotta keep it clean and sterile to keep it globally accepted these days... :(
@@Felidisasta ...enjoy your laziness writing
Wow, the English VA for the MC is soooo nice to listen to. Brandon McInnis, wasn’t he? I’ve only loved Liam O’Brien and Yuri Lowelthal for all of these years. I finally found a voice that I’m excited to hear in English Dub. Can’t wait to hear more from him 🥹
I've got to agree with you on that.
Brandon Mclnnis and J Micheal Tatum; married in rl and now together in game 😂
@@GeminiSucker Wonder who they'll marry when playing the game? 😏
@@hoshueyeplopper4465
Probably each other's characters.
Male Alear is a delight
The Louis one is extra funny just with how both the actors are together IRL. Honestly considering doing that for a playthrough.
Honestly, byleth was a nice change of pace, but it's good to have a protagonist with voice acting again
Shez: Am I a joke to you?
@@SonicLegends I meant from the main series games, not any spin offs
It's clear Byleth drew inspiration from the Persona protagonists that influenced the rest of the game.
After knowing MAlear and Louis’ VAs are married IRL this became 10x cuter
Wait holy shit now VA route is canon
I already intended to go with him with MAlear
OMG that the best thing i ever heard!! It does make it cuter 10x😳
FAlear and Kagestu are also dating irl too (Barbara/Xinyan and Albedo from Genshin if you play that as well) // their tweets about being able to fall in love all over again are so cute
Aww that's just awesome
The Alfred one really seems like a marriage proposal. I know who I’m choosing on my first play.
I know right, far as I know he's the only one to drop the l word.
@@UnmeiNoFukushu Kagetsu drops the “l” word at the end too. 33:15
And the priest too!
@@UnmeiNoFukushu And Goldmary
But I really don't know why some S support are platonic and other not. Like Citrinne, she doesn't even look like a child. If I've to choose a girl, that would be her. What a shame.
But I have a PAL version of the game, maybe the dialogue are not the same in Japanese. Probably not.
Oh well Alfred > all
Merrin's feels so...right. She's so sweet and she goes from seeing you as a rare critter to someone she truly loves. As a fellow animal lover myself, she's a wonderful character.
Merrin is the most lovable FE character, her dialogue in the Pact Ring scene is the sweetest
40:47 Fun fact: their VAs were engaged IRL.
Lmao male MC va is G 🤢🤢🤢
I didn't realize brandon was the MC
@@ilovedentistry3934 Stfu homophobe
I don't know how this kind of people think freedom very extremely
Hey, I wish the best for these two. Love knows no gender
Seeing a couple of comments that scream "just skip to the girls and stop complaining," but let me just say that I'm so happy that you put the male confessions first!
I was gonna buy the game regardless of romance/support options in general, so it makes me happy to know that I don't need to play female Alear and can still listen to Hiro Shimono's voice whilst supporting! >:]
yup still sucks that people complain about that. like fine if you don't like it then skip it the part you want.
People hating on twinks flirting are amongst the most uncultured members of society.
Guilty no homo
Based that they put the males first
I am not gay and do not understand why someone could feel annoyed, wtf, each support is even timed with a tag
male mc gives me baby girl vibes lol his voice is so soft I love it 🥰
God, the Alfred one is so great, both Wolfhard and Stalh/Mcinnis (depending on your Alear's gender) are really great in it. The whole thing seems an earnestly intimate little moment and the music compliments it perfectly. Also Alfred's like, the only person besides Kagetsu who drops an L-bomb, so him being the main lord kind of makes me feel like it's the "intended" Pact Ring convo in the same way that the main lords in 3H come across as such in their respective routes.
Alfred's romance confirmed canon ? In any case, Alfred/Alear is my OTP.
@@menajack I personally consider it that; most FE titles with Avatar Protagonists tend to prioritize S-Supporting the major Lords when possible (Chrom in Awakening, Dima in Azure Moon), and Alfred really is the deuteragonist of Engage, and its main Lord among the royals of Elyos, so it personally stands to reason that his paired ending (alongside the differences between his solo and unpaired ending) seems the most intentional. Obviously it's an opinion, but still, mwah.
@@MadelineSawyer I totally agree with you. specifically in Awakening (Azure Moon and Crimson Flower too). The MC have a some connection with the lord. I love the idea that Robin is Chrom's wife and Lucina's mother. Gosh, that is so good.
As for Engage, I’m still at the beginning of the game, but I noticed that Alfred is especially highlighted compared to the other characters. That pleases me. He is my favorite since he was announced.
38:50 That “Uh, OK?” was so genuine I love it
IS really outdid themselves with this. 10/10
Yunaka's hit different specially after maxing Her and Citrinne's support.
YOU STARTED WITH THE FREAKING HOWLING!? 😂 🤣
I don't know which guy I would give the ring to on my first playthrough. I'm glad these conversations don't change with Alear's gender, so we have a looot more m/m and f/f options compared to earlier games. (Even if some of them are ambiguous.) But yeah having more options also means the decision of who to go for is more difficult. I think I've narrowed it down to Diamant, Mauvier, and Louis.
Louis is an interesting choice considering the voice actors for male alear and louis are actually a married couple
@@kevlap017 I heard about that! It is one of the reasons this pairing interests me. It helps that Louis's pact ring convo is very sweet.
honestly I like the fact that you can be in a relationship with anyone. Making it a pact ring still keeps the whole feel of the marriage aspect people liked from past games, but it also just is more inclusive for everyone. Plus it doenst even happen until the end of the game anyways, so its nice to have a little reward at the end
You can do this before beating the game. It's not like three houses
Inclusivity is a slippery slope, sometimes the core concept of inclusivity can lead to exclusivity. The trans movement pretty much undermines real biological women and is inherently misogynistic, there are times where things are done in the name of inclusivity only to exclude others who may have a difference of opinion, whether it be from firing someone from there job, or cancel culture in general.
@@GodSlayer330 nobody cares
@@flayron5514 and I wasn’t talking to you bum.
@@GodSlayer330 🤮
The voice actors of M Alear and Louis are married in real life! ❤️
Brandon McInnis and J. Michael Tatum are marriage goals! You already know!
Now I know who's to ship MAlear with
😉😉😉
Disgusting 🤮
I nearly choked drinking water when Rosado's voice popped up. What a surprise
saaaame! I was like "Oh, she's so cute-whhaaat?!"
Heard that voice I said, “WHAT THE FUCK?!??” Lol
I love it
They did really reference every game.
Talking about Lucius here, ofc. Could also be that pink-haired unit in Fates(?)
@@joshuagabrielcatindig7607
That's Soleil you're talking about. I think you mean Forrest.
Daddy Mauvier and Daddy Vander yes plz
You got great tastes.
Dude Mauvier is such a sweet heart ahhhhhhh
I used the pact ring on Kagetsu because I love the English VA (Khoi Dao my beloved) but also because I just love his character altogether, and when he confessed his love I was just like 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Khoi Dao did a phenomenal job with the voice acting, as well as the MC’s VA too.
I was internally battling for 2 days if I should give the ring to Kagetsu or Diamant, I did end up giving it to Kagetsu, he just did such an amazing job overall with the voice and the S rank wake ups are sooooooo good.
I did the same exact thing with Clanne because my favorite voice actor Justin Briner voiced him and I love Clanne as a character. Also Justin is the reason why I want to be a voice actress too
Clicked on the video for the first thing I hear is Alear howling XD
Off to a great start
I am really happy that they have fully flung open the doors and let you give The Pact ring to anybody.
That being said something about a lot of these final cutscenes really rubbed me the wrong way. They just feel so formal and impersonal. Everyone constantly calling you divine one just puts up this wall between me and the character. It doesn't feel as genuine
Totally agree on this one.. it never feels close up and personal :(
C'est la vie. It is what it is sometimes
True, I wish they would give you a nickname that does not sound that far emotionally
BOUCHERON IS ADORABLE
HE NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED MORE 😭😭😭😭🫶
The way Zelkov looses his speech thing is chef’s kiss
I’m kinda upset they won’t let you play matchmaker for all the characters. Like some of them need endings too.
Sorry but the “I want to visit your alpaca ranch back home.” Sent me 🤣🥹
I’m not gonna watch this, due to not wanting to be spoiled, but I will hit like and even sub! I’m so happy we have confessions in the game! It’s the last major thing I wanted to see! Can’t wait!
Panderos was actually so sweet. If only the rest could be so good
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT ALEAR AND BOUCHERON?! ❤❤❤❤❤
because they all died of tenderness.
Rosado's voice is very unexpected lol. But i kinda like it at the same time (?)
I kinda wanted them to go the Libra route with his voice (as in having a female or non binary voice actress voicing Rosaldo to add to the gender vagueness).
@@TMX1138I played Awakening a lot, but for the life of me, I can’t remember what Libra sounds like. But I distinctly remember him yelling “Die, sinner!” God, I loved that unit.
The Pact Ring idea seems like the perfect fit to anyone. Though I'm gonna miss the romance, at least nobody's gonna complain, and leaves everything else up to fan interpretation. :)
Its platonic?
@@geopik7733 no, I'm pretty sure it's still romantic, most of them anyway. It's just more in the style of an older game in the franchise and not marriage like Three Houses
@@geopik7733 for some of the characters like Ivy it’s pretty obviously romance.
Its romantic in Japanese
No? She just worships you.
did Aelar just howl? XD
to be fair even if that was very strange coming from Pandreo the first time i saw him i just love everytime he howls now XD very great unit
to be fair i like more M Aelar than the Female one
I really wanted to give my pact ring to Alfred because I really ship him with mAlear, but I’ve benched him for so long that I can’t even take advantage auf the special bond ability 💀
I gave it Kagetsu instead, his Dialoge was so cute too with him being worried about his jelousy :,)
Huh, just comb through the final picture of all the character, looking at where they put on the Pact Ring. Some put on their ring finger, some put in the middle finger and some don't. I'm guessing the middle finger wearers only consider you as a trusted companion and the wedding finger one are true love but this might my overclocked brain going berserk because Saphir was wearing it on her ring finger.
That's actually what they were going for. It's actually censorship, some characters, like Fogado for example, are more explicitly romantic in the JP version, but when it was translated to English, they ally-zoned him and moved the ring to his middle finger. They sucked ass at hiding the romance dialogue though cause why would you be embarrassed to call someone your ally, they shoulda censored that too if they really wanted to hide it💀
I don’t think it has a connection as in the original Japanese every character confesses love (even the kids) so it is more like a stylistic choice for the images themselves.
@@idontknowwhattoput5851 boo, censorship!
@@idontknowwhattoput5851 But why would they censor Fogado? There are other two of the most explicit Love confessions who are male and they weren’t censored. I don’t get the reason 😭
@@aliceimanimeland8264 its not cause he's male, its cause he's young. But that still doesn't really makes sense cause he's really close in age to Alear.
Mc & Rosado S support rank:
They’re just such good friends
My favorite one is Pandreo. It is a genuine marriage proposal and they make is as direct and clear that they truly love eachother. Nintendo has really quit beating around the bush with with queer characters. Instead of queer bating us like with past characters (claude for example)
I don't think Claude is gay but each it's own
Claude isn’t gay. People just made that up in their heads cuz they wanted it to be true lol. Edle is the only one
@@Rex13013 I mean, They could of easily made him Bi, with you being able marry one of the lords if you played Male Byleth, cause if you're male Byleth playing with the Blue Lion side, then you're not gona be able to marry any of the 3 main lords
I used the pact ring on Clanne knowing him and Izuku have the same voice actor. Once he confessed to me I turned into a blushing mess, it's like a dream come true.
Wait, Alear can marry everyone?! XD
Minus the childs/sister both Avatars can marry anyone
@@-rlmn ...Childs?! This game has a child mechanic too?!
@@navynarupan8979 No, just weirdly young characters (Anna and Jean)
@@navynarupan8979 no
Friendzones everywere
Very cute! Thank you for uploading!! I appreciate that you did the male protagonist and put the guys first! ❤❤
No Problem 👍
I like that you can romance everyone, but I feel like a lot of the “romance” line are watered down, like they don’t really seem romantic 🤷🏻♀️. Other than that I like this addition to FE, it’s not my favorite but it’s still pretty good.
why do i get the feeling that Bernadetta from Three Houses would get along well with Alcryst?😅
Because Bernadetta and Felix are his parents
No way they’d both be way to socially awkward to even talk to each other lol
Mauvier, Zelkov, Chloe are unironically sweet for me. Most of these are platonic which i understand considering theres a children. Otherwise that one particular site gonna explode and make a drama. Also love how MC got a voice. It adds more to this
Most of them were disappointing to be honest, but I really like Kagestu (so freakin cute), Alfred and Pandreos. Also it's so weird that all these guides say Diamant's is supposed to be romantic and Alcryst's is supposed to be platonic. To me it seems the opposite? Overall the support conversations were just a lot weaker/more meaningless than previous games, I hope they get deeper again in the next one. It almost feels like they know that and dont want us to see them between the other characters 😅, it's weird to me that we cant pair up in combat like we could in all the other ones but I guess maybe that's because of the Engage mechanic? Getting all the supports between the other characters has been really hard (I usuall like to see everything). I really liked all the character designs and Japanese voice acting though, especially the MC.
I’m so glad I did Kagestu’s! I went into expecting all of the supports to be platonic, so it actually made me blush a little when he dropped the L bomb. I like how the “plot” of his support wraps up with us meeting his parents!
as a queer fan of Fire Emblem since it's seventh game. Seeing the franchise fully allow the player to confess to any characters no matter the gender makes my heart melt. I'm so glad that they added this feature.
Same here I’m very happy
It just make the game has less content bruh. They just reuse most the interaction dialogue of the MC and FeMC
*Shrug*
I don’t it’s just feels lazy, and redundant. Why even have the gender is it’s purely aesthetic.
@@svolozhanin7627 How is it lazy to just make more people happy that they can date who they want without restrictions?
@@unitlonda4925 It...just is? I don't know how more clearer explain it to you.
Vander is definitely getting a pack ring from me
I know right, he is the coolest veteran or retainer i have ever seen so far.
Man I immediately went for Lapis right after getting the pact ring, was a good choice, their so cute together
I was set on Alfred pretty early on in the game, but next playthrough I am absolutely going for Lapis. Her character is so great and she is a killing machine once you build her up.
The Alfred one is my favorite one… definitely my pick for the first run.
I loved timerra but she for the streets after that dialogue 😂😂😂
Did anybody cringe at Rosado's confession? I did. "That deserves a like"? My brain was okay with this until THAT sentence, and just made cringe in disgust and disappointment. How about no? It was going well so far...🤦♂️
I haven't seen their supports yet. Does that line mean anything in their previous conversations or is it just a very weird line?
Bruh everyone raging in the comments over such a small detail of the game. Never seen people so mad about options before if you like girls have your MC date girls, like dudes date dudes, etc it really does not have to be more complicated than that they are choices for a reason
3:19 bottom.
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I’m gonna cry, Pandreo sounds like Billy Kametz
Why is no one talking about my boy Diamant? I thought his was sweet and simple
Rip Lindon, forgotten
I don't think they recruited Lindon
Khoi Dao did a FANTASTIC job with the delivery for the dialogue for kagetsu bro
The only straight forward romance/lover situations in these confessions (Male to male) that are worth the pact ring are with Pandreo, Boucheron, Alfread, Mauvier, and Kagetsu. The others would just say "I want to fight by your side/were twin blades/steward/wanna protect you/thankful for your friendship/geniune ally and blah blah blah whatever..." Not worth giving the pact ring aside from the ones I mentioned.
The English cast did a great job (as always), but I really do feel like these bond ring conversations specifically were handled much better in Japanese. Amber's for instance is made way more romantic in the original dub. I'll do my second playthrough in English so I can more accurately compare the voice acting, but, for now, I'm satisfied with both languages.
Do you have a link to a translation of what Amber originally said in the Japanese version?
@@shonarts5583 No, I don't. The translation, while not completely accurate, still serves its purpose well enough imo. I'm mainly talking about the voice acting itself (pauses, differences in intonation and so on). I do recommend checking out the JP dub, though. Japanese is my first language, so I'm not sure how obvious these things are to someone who doesn't speak Japanese, but Amber just sounds way more excited/giddy all throughout. His voice also fluctuates more.
Differences that stood out the most to me:
- When Alear remarks that he doesn't have a home, in Japanese, Amber stutters when he says that Alear's home is "right here", indicating he's a little nervous or embarrassed (because he's confessing). In English, he states it very matter-of-factly, as if he were referring to the Somniel. There's no hint of embarrassment or nervousness in his voice at all.
- When asked what he means by "you do have a place to return to.. It's right here", in English he says "right here, beside me", while in Japanese, he says "IT'S ME. I AM YOUR HOME" lmao. He actually shouts it btw.
- Then the whole scabbard/sheathe and sword analogy (hehe) is mostly the same, but in Japanese, he at one point says, "I'll preserve your precious existence/being"
- Then, after Alear has offered Amber the ring, in English, Amber says "Yeah! I mean, yes! If that's your condition, count me in!", but in Japanese, he simply says "Yes, of course I accept! I will be a sword by your side (instead of a scabbard)".
But again, the voice acting plays a bigger role for me than the actual dialogue. In Japanese, the lines are just delivered in a way that makes them seem way less open to platonic interpretation (even though even in English, Amber's is one of the more obviously romantic ones)
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Blame the localization team. They gave this game the 4Kids treatment.
In awakening, Lucina can marry her cousin. In fates, corrin can marry his cousin. In three houses, byleth can marry the voice in their head or their daughter/mother/grandmother. In engage, YOU CAN MARRY YOUR SISTER.
What the devs left out is that elyos is based on Alabama
This gets the Arvis stamp of approval
Ephraim: "Disgusting."
You can marry your sisters, brothers, adoptive sisters and brothers in fates too this isn't new lol
@@Rex13013 In fates, you aren't blood related to the hoshido or nohr siblings.
Alcryst 😭❤️💙❤️💙 my sweet, sweet, boy
Wow, lots of dating options! Gonna have to figure out which one I wanna be with as the story goes on.
Yeah fogato, ill be you "ally" forever
Unfortunately not all supports are romatic, a lot are platonic.
Rosado is ready to turn us into the bottom and i'm all for it. Right guys, wait where you guys going.
What do you mean? Going where? I'm still here, next to you and best boy Rosado.
That's good enough for me. It's not good to be picky.
Jokes on you I'm already there
We love a feminine top!
so basically Kagetsu only says "i love you" in an explicit way?
And alfred
Fire emblem games need more S support like this where i can married anyone and be gay/lesbian about it
I am totaly satisfied with this 😄
(Also boucheron is a dumb emotional himbo i am living for him😌 )
Godamn Etie has abs
I genuinely spit out my drink when Amber said “If you are a legendary sword, then I will be your sheathe”
My guy is really thirsty
Amber straight up calling dibs on the position of bottom 😏
Me thinks the pact ring isn't for marriage and my 3 reasons are Jean, Anna and Veyle. 2 are 10 year olds and Veyle is (spoiler) your little sister. Me thinks it just symbolizes deep friendship
It depends on the person it's being given to. Obviously they're not gonna have Alear marry children, so for them and a few others it's friendship. But for a good chunk of the cast it's very clearly romantic.
@@panlie3499 I also kinda think they did this to be passive aggressive towards us for trying to control their media.
Its both, They're obviously not gona make you actually marry kids, but if you like those characters you still don't feel like they didn't allow you to be with them
I did not expect jeans Voice to sound like that
Three Houses Ring Confession reference for FE Engage is just Amazing.
I wonder if this means for the next fire emblem series moving forward they'll have a voiced protagonist
I wish I could have referred to the ring I offered my fiancee during our engagement as the Pact ring haha
You get a general feel with the gendered videos:
Female supports: Guys going "OMG CENSORSHIP!! I WANT 11 YEAR OLD ANNA TO SAY THAT SHE'LL BE MY LOVER!!!"
Male Supports: "Ew gays, KYS" & "Thank god they finally let us gays have more options than the sassy-fem-boi-twinks."
Game will be fan-translated either way
@@akiradkcn by idiots who deserves to have the cops called on them.
@@mohmohthesmog7179 and yet they never will come because its not a crime either way, stay mad lol
@@akiradkcn i'm more so implying that while this isn't even remotely ilegal. there is a pattern were ya'll tend to engage in that shit.
My thoughts are a bit nuanced, I dislike the censorship but only because of most convos felt platonic instead of romantic, at least let the adult one say love. The "everyone being bi" thing feels like it's one of the reasons why it's more platonic instead which sucks, and while I don't mind people having options it still feels weird that everyone in the army is gay because it doesn't make any sense lol but whatever
I'm kinda surprised that whether you're a male or female protagonist, you can confess both male and female characters so I'm completing the game as a female protagonist
Honestly despite the dialogue lacking the word "love" being said or expressed you can feel it in the way some of the characters react or the things they say being close enough to be take romantically. Biggest examples for me being Yunaka, Ivy, and Timerra.
Though im still curious why they dropped S supports across the entire board cause as someone who's played for awhile and even gotten older games the best part has honestly been shipping characters together when it came to pair ups, especially for the massive boost from S supports... heck even seemed like that was going to be a thing in Engage since the A support between some units comes across as down right flirtatious at time.
I hate to spoil myself, but its at least puts my nerves to rest that the dialogue well being very platonic can be interpreted as romantic.
"That deserves a like"
that's a good meme format
Oh so that pact ring is the equivalent of a S rank in the old games?
(I've only played awakening and fates to some degree.)
But unfortunately alot of this dailogue sounds like you being friend zoned and quite a bit lol.
But no lie though that howl at the beginning made me think I was about to get rickrolled or something XD.
There are some characters who don't explicitly say that they're romantically involved with you in the *s-rank* but they do in other sectors of the game, like wake-up calls. Like Mauvier doesn't say anything too explicit in his s-support, but he does in his wake-up chat where he says "You're the only one in my heart"
@@idontknowwhattoput5851 they are explicit in the japanese text
@@akiradkcn I know, I just didn't feel like mentioning it, so thanks for doing it!
@@akiradkcn prove?
I hate how censored some of these are compared to the Japanese versions. Like, some are completely understandable (Jean and Anna for instance, as they're literal kids and shouldn't be admitting love to an adult), but then you have ones like Fogado, who outright says I love you in Japan, but it's censored to a forever ally in this. :/
Are Jean and Anna romantic partners in the Japanese version???
@@aliceimanimeland8264 Yup.
Dude Celine is a straight up rejection.
Lmao yes. Céline only cares about the political affairs of Firene and just that.
@@iamgogolly ya I would be pissed if I picked her and end up getting friend zoned like in real life.
Finally everyone can be S supported regardless of the gender!
I feel it's weird because there's no way the entire army is gay, not saying there can be options but still. I also think that's one of the reasons why most feel platonic instead of being romantic and it kinda sucks ngl
@@Rex13013 Ehh, Look at ancient rome lol
WOOOO LET'S GO BI EMBLEM!!!!
I have a feeling my faves from Engage will be Alcryst and Hortensia.
Amber wants the devine one to be the "sword", and for him to be the "sheath" ;p
🤣🤣 you have the same brain as me when i hear that dialogue
I literally let out a “that’s what he said” 😏😏😏 glad I am in good company…
Pandreo 0:00
Fire Emblem Engayged
Imagine, if in countless years, three houses is the game to get a remake. And they have byleth voice acted like in three hopes
ah yes all the fire emblem engages
Literally every male romance option: "I care about you. I love you. I'm so happy!"
Diamant: "You fight good."
No but seriously, Diamant's S-support was very underwhelming imo. I've A-supported every male romance option and I definitely felt like Alear had the most special connection with Diamant. It's hard to believe that their A-support had a lot more impact than their S-support. Just didn't feel like romance. More like a strong bond between two plain ol' comrades.
Noooo Rosado friendzones you!!! 😭😭😭...
Kagetsu on the other hand 😏😏😏...
It does fit his character, no one it’s prettier than Rosado in his very own eyes.
They censored him
yeah is censored as celine, anna, veyle.... and other more.
@@ryujin8503 maybe because they’re children
@@lowki2127 alear is 17 just like celine and veyle lol.
I love they made Alear Bisexual!!!!!!!!Also Ironic how Brandon McIniss confessing his feelings to his husband but in fire emblem as Alear (Male) and Louis
Corrin and Byleth could be bi too what are you on about?
@@Rex13013 Corrin had like 2 options though (one for each gender of Corrin), haven't played 3H yet, but afaik Engage is the first one with a significant amount of gay options.
Alear proposing to Rosado: Like and subscribe
Rosado best girl
Etie's model. Skinny with no muscle definition, constantly talks about her muscles. I don't see it.... Then her splash screen appears. WASH BOARD!
Kagestu’s was great, so glad I picked him
Engage doesn’t top Three Houses for me, but I like how Alear talks in these confessions (Future FE protagonists should always talk from now on)
Dude mauvier is making my heart melt ahhhhhhhhhhhh
1:11:09 Lmaoo Omg Framme was about to have a heart attack the way Alear said that