Awarded gamesGames of the Year Division

Award for excellenceFire Emblem™: Three Houses

General Description

Title Fire Emblem™: Three Houses
Release 2019/07/26
Price 7,678yen(tax included)
Platform Nintendo Switch
Distributor Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Publisher Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CO.,LTD.
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO.,LTD.
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
URL https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/anvya/ 
Copyright © 2019 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Co-developed by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

Reason

The latest in the Fire Emblem series, the milestone of tactical role-playing game.
In Part I, one of the three classes at the service academy is selected to guide and train students as officers.
In Part II, with his students, the teacher takes on a three-way battle with two classes he has interacted with.
Depending on the class you choose for the first part of the story, the story splits into three types with different endings.
The storyline, which changes depending on the choices made by a player himself/herself, and battles by unique characters they have developed themselves. This game won this award, with past fans calling it the “best game in the series” and saying "I want to play it as many times as I can."

Work Introdution

“Fire Emblem: Three Houses” is the latest title in the Fire Emblem series, which combines the elements of an RPG where you train your friends with the elements of a simulation where you fight with tactical strategies, and a new system that allows for a broader range of training.
The story takes place in the continent of Fódlan, which is divided into three rival nations: the empire, the kingdom and the alliance.
The officers academy located in the center of the continent has three school houses, like a microcosm of Fódlan, with three classes headed by the incoming leaders of the three nations.
A player takes on the role of the main character and given the choice of leading one of the academy's three houses. On the battlefield, the player will be in command of the students, and in the officers academy, he/she will interact with them to develop and guide their talents.
And the key to Fódlan's fate is in the hands of the player of the main character. Which school house does he/she choose? Depending on a player's choice, the story will head to three different endings.
Three nations, three houses, and your story.

Comment of the game producer

We are very grateful for receiving such a wonderful award this time.
Thank you again for picking up this game and for your support.
Fire Emblem is a series that has been running for 30 years, but with this title, we have taken on a lot of new challenges that haven't been seen in the past.
They are very diverse, such as the thematic nature of the story, which is set in an officers academy, the development system and various aspects of the game system.
We developed the game for almost 2 years. Everyone involved was highly motivated and enthusiastic, and the whole development was very exciting. We believe that this led to a good direction for the new Fire Emblem.
Because of the adventurous nature of the game, we have to admit that we had increased concern about it, but we were very happy to say that many of the customers who played this game accepted it as the latest Fire Emblem.
We will continue to devote ourselves to creating even better products in the future.

Thank you very much indeed.