‘Fire Emblem Heroes’ outs first major update with new heroes and story maps

The first big update for Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes has arrived and with it comes new heroes, story maps, and the retention of some features the players want. The new 5-star focus heroes added to the game are Eirika: Restoration Lady (Red), Seliph: Heir of Light (Red), Ephraim: Restoration Lord (Blue), and Julia: Naga’s Blood (Green). To introduce the new heroes there are three new missions to the Paralogues section of the Story Maps. Before this section was grayed out but now you can play through all three maps in Normal, Hard, and Lunatic difficulty levels and collect up to nine free orbs you can spend on the new heroes. These will be available for a limited time so best take advantage of it while they’re here.

Aside from these, Nintendo seems to have taken the feedback from fans into consideration with the additional announcements. The two free orbs a day app release bonus has been extended to March 14. The Worldwide Launch Celebration, which halves the stamina cost for battling in the Training Tower and equipping skills don’t have any cost to stamina as well, has also been extended indefinitely. Training Tower rewards will be available starting February 20. And lastly, units can earn EXP when defeating enemies that are at a much lower level than you starting next month. Looks like there are a lot of exciting stuff coming up.

Source: BGR

Nintendo’s ‘Fire Emblem Heroes’ has already earned US$5 million

It’s been roughly a week since Nintendo launched the free-to-play Fire Emblem Heroes on iOS and Android and it looks like it’s doing pretty well for itself. According to Time’s interview with Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima, the games has already been downloaded over a million times and has made US$5 million in revenue. As a lesser known franchise from Nintendo, we have to say it’s doing well for itself so far.

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Nintendo’s ‘Fire Emblem Heroes’ launches on iOS and Android

Nintendo’s first free-to-play mobile game is now available on both iOS and Android. Fire Emblem Heroes is a turn-based game similar to Fire Emblem games but have been shrunk to work on mobile devices. It doesn’t carry the same $13.99 price tag as Super Mario Run but it does have micro-transactions. There are “orbs” within the game that you can purchase to help with your game, but according to Nintendo, you can also earn these for free. Just like Super Mario Run you’ll need to have an active internet connection to keep playing.

Source: The Verge + Mobile Syrup