The malleable quality of Fire Emblem's weapons-triangle and pairing systems make them a natural fit for the hack n' slash genre. Even when I could barely tell what was going on on the crowded battlefield and my troops were a little too codependent, I enjoyed directing the action and jumping in to be...

The implementation of Fire Emblem elements into a Dynasty Warriors game works surprisingly well. Ah, cross-over games. I often find it refreshing when the cast of game X gets thrown in the universe of game Y. And it sometimes leads to a situation where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Great implementation of Fire Emblem elements; Runs fluid in both handheld and docked mode; Lots of cutscenes and voice-acting; Enough content to keep you busy for hours

Unsatisfying cast selection; Thin story; Repetitive gameplay

Fire Emblem Warriors saw us play as a scrawny blonde young man with a lame haircut and weak one-liners (there's also the option to play as a female character too) as we start to rhythmically mash the Y button to fight hordes of enemies off.

A well balanced though out game having a good mixture of the original fire emblem and this new style

The story is laughable. It's bad. Don't try to understand it. BUT! The game itself Addictive. Far more complex then you'd think, the supports between characters are endearing or hilarious. And most importantly, it's fun. Are there problems with the roster of characters Check. Too many clones

When Fire Emblem Warriors was first announced, I was elated. I imagined kicking ass as characters like Lyn, Hector, Tibarn, and the Black Knight. Maybe Tibarn was a little unlikely, given that he's an NPC for most of the two games he's in, but I felt sure that FE Warriors would include at least one...

Innovations help distinguish it from other Dynasty Warriors games; Feels like Fire Emblem; Lots of content

Unbalanced roster choices; Questionable DLC practices; Co-op sometimes has frame drops

Fire Emblem meets the Warriors series in Fire Emblem Warriors.

is not a traditional experience. It's basically reskinned, with a few touches thrown in so it doesn't totally alienate that fanbase. And while the bits are both welcome and well implemented, I'm not entirely convinced that it's quite enough to convince pure fans.

Fire Emblem Warriors has already impressed us with its mix of real-time combat and tactical planning on Switch , and given the current popularity of that console it's easy to forget that the game has also come to the New Nintendo 3DS .

While it does gets tiresome in the later stages, Fire Emblem Warriors excellently blends frantic hack-and-slash with deep strategic role-playing to deliver a package that fans of both series are certain to love.