#idk how to even respond im always super grateful for in depth talk about things like this

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Ahh this is so incredibly informative, you have no idea how much i appreciate this, thank you!!

It's stressful getting into new game series that have a lot of games in them, but this is an immeasurable help on that part :0

Honestly this made me super excited to play FE, thank you again!!

also, good news you would only need to play 1 game because fire emblem is usually stand alone and really only ever connects in universes in pairs or vaguely. Niles/Zero is from Fire Emblem Fates/IF which is like 98% standalone theres just easter eggs from Awakening. However like i said it was unfortunately and infamously absolutely nearly destroyed by bizarre localization and censorship so if you usually play your games in english... bad news. It's playable, sure, but for best story i would suggest JPN if you can read it. If not, play as usual and use translations when done to supplement / patch your knowledge. There's a manga, 4koma(s? i cant remember if theres 2?) and an audio drama set as well which is both available online translated which i would recommend. The audio drama can also be listened to first iirc, and is translated on youtube with the in-game VN style. You can also ask me questions because i am something of a FEF expert its my favorite entry. english makes the story seem a lot worse than it is i promise and also it became a fandom meme to like, hate it? so dont trust fandom opinion. if you have a pc that can run skyrim it can run FEF emulated. probably. its a bit slow on citra mobile if you have a fairly recent phone but its not unplayable last i checked / on my own tests. otherwise, a cracked 3ds will run it of course best, and is the only way to actually get the ultimate edition now due to eshop shutdown. <- autism

ohh that's very good to know, thank you!! i'm a bit tempted to start with awakening and then do fates but 👀

i unfortunately can't read JPN (every day i dream about the gaming opportunities i would have if i started studying it when i first wanted to...), but i've heard there's apparently a fan patch translation of if and it might be better than the localization.

but this is so much good info, seriously thank you!! ✨