WTMG's Thomas Medina: "While Fire Emblem: Three Houses has been more than enough to sate FE enthusiasts, who knows when Shin Megami Tensei V will come out for those fans? It’s been three years since that vague announcement trailer and then it’s been total media silence from Atlus. While titles such as Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition do a decent job at scratching that itch, there’s something only a proper SMT title can fulfill. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore is that title, and is more than able to hold its own compared to mainline titles, let alone spin-offs. The sublime battle system, engaging character advancement systems, and proper dungeon design are all anyone could ask for. I don’t know if it makes the wait for V any easier, but it sure makes it less painful to deal with."
While Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE is easily recognized as a Shin Megami Tensei spinoff, it fails to present itself as the crossover it is meant to be.
It was way too much idol culture which idk why they thought itd be a great idea for an smt/fe crossover. I honestly wish they just made it to be a highschool/academy style of game like persona. So much potential it had but its whatever. The game was just ok.
The problem is when this was first announced it was literally Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem. All they needed to do was keep the Fire Emblem strategy gameplay and incorporate Shin Megami Tensei elements and aesthetics. Or hell, somehow collide the universes together with Fire Emblem gameplay.
What we got was really out of left field with such a mashup. I think that’s why it’s disappointing for those expecting Fire Emblem in this game.
"It's been a strange year yet the world of video games has stayed strong with constant impressive releases throughout 2020. So, out of the hundreds of games that we reviewed here on Video Chums this year, here are the 10 that we scored highest." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
With Black Friday approaching, Nintendo has now started a new Cyber Deals 2020 sale on the Switch eShop. First-party and third-party games have been discounted, including Dark Souls: Remastered, Hades, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Super Mario Party, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and more.
