Nintendo dropped a handful of Fire Emblem Engage gameplay clips

Over on the game’s Japanese Twitter account

Fire Emblem Engage was announced roughly a week ago, and it’s coming out in January. Naturally, a lot of what the game has to offer is a mystery, but we do know that it features a new polarizing protagonist design, and will allow players to summon classic characters from the series. It really feels like a lot of the gaps are filled in already. We know . We also have a bit more to go off of than the initial trailer reveal thanks to some Fire Emblem Engage gameplay strewn about .

All sorts of things can be discerned from this footage, including movement ranges (which will likely carry over to the final build, given that it’s out in a few short months), animations, map design, class nuance, sound effect quality, and Japanese vocals. Plus, we even get a look at some downtime and character dialogue! This latest batch includes a young-ish character voiced by Kohei Amazaki, described as who assists the divine dragon. We got a look at , voiced by Yoji Ueda, last week.

It’ll be hard to top the tri-story nature of Three Houses for many fans (though I know there are people who will be happy to get back to basics), but I’m hopeful for Fire Emblem Engage. There’s bits and pieces I dig so far, namely the idea of mining nostalgia; I just hope it’s done well from a gameplay perspective.

クランの初期兵種は🅷「マージ」。魔道書を用いて魔法を放つ魔道士で、遠くの敵や重装兵への攻撃が得意です。

— 『ファイアーエムブレム』総合 (@FireEmblemJP)

クランの自己紹介です。優しそうな雰囲気の少年ですね。フランと反対の髪の毛を編み込んでいます。

— 『ファイアーエムブレム』総合 (@FireEmblemJP)

[Thanks Jeff!]