Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Earns Nintendo's Best-in-Decades Label After 120 Hours
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Updated · Polygon · Sep 16
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Earns Nintendo's Best-in-Decades Label After 120 Hours
2 articles · Updated · Polygon · Sep 16
Summary
More than 120 hours into Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the latest review calls it one of Nintendo's greats, citing exceptional tactical depth, ambitious structure and unusually strong writing despite a few rough spots.
Four distinct opening routes, a shared second act and a later payoff let Intelligent Systems tell a time-travel story on a huge scale without padding, while streamlined chapter restarts, auto-activities and fast loading keep the campaign moving.
Combat stands out through character-specific skills, flexible class builds and demanding map design that discourages standard defensive play, making repeated runs feel materially different.
Switch 2 hardware also sharpens the package, with boot-to-menu times under 10 seconds, city travel under five seconds and markedly improved battle animations and cinematics.
The verdict builds on earlier praise for the game's epic scope and 130-hour breadth, but pushes further by framing Fortune's Weave as a landmark not just for Fire Emblem, but for Nintendo itself.