Fire Emblem: Fortunes Weave feels like the true follow-up to Three Houses

The Nintendo Switch 2 has had a pretty bangin' first 14 months or so by new-console standards, but one common refrain I hear is that it's lacking a big, meaty exclusive RPG.

Well, I think we have one now.

To be specific, I've gotten to play a medically and legally inadvisable amount of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave ahead of its Sept.

17 release date.

I'm only permitted to talk about the early portions of the new turn-based strategy RPG from longtime series developer Intelligent Systems, but based on those opening hours alone, it's clear that Fortune's Weave is exactly the game people are asking for when they demand something they can sink their teeth into for dozens (yes, plural) of hours.

Frankly, though, I think my personal interests are more important than those of random strangers who yell about video games on the internet.

From where I stand, Fortune's Weave is the true successor to 2019's fantastic Fire Emblem: Three Houses .

There were things to like about 2023's Fire Emblem Engage , but it felt like such a hollow storytelling experience in comparison to both Three Houses and what I've played so far of Fortune's Weave .

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Credit: Nintendo A recent Nintendo Direct livestream dedicated solely to Fortune's Weave revealed that there's a little more to it than meets the eye narratively, but for the sake of this preview, this is a game about four very different people from diverse backgrounds competing in a big combat tournament.

The winner of the tournament gets to have one wish granted by the Divine Sovereign, a head of state who also seems to be a literal god.

The tournament takes place in a huge arena in the resplendent city of Dagsion, capital of the enormous Dagdan Empire.