Hearth Emblem Interact is simply across the nook, set to launch Jan. 20. And on Thursday a trailer launched the brand new hangout spot the place you and your allies will spend downtime between battles: Somniel, a verdant floating fortress. Within the trailer, the principle character — with an unlimited mane of Colgate-ass pink and blue hair — runs by way of Somniel’s lush format, exhibiting off enjoyable actions. Similar to in earlier Hearth Emblem installments, this one guarantees enjoyable shenanigans like Wyvern flying, purchasing for cute outfits, getting your fortune learn — and naturally basic bonding actions like sharing meals and going fishing.
Somniel is chock stuffed with locations to organize on your battles. Within the recreation’s plaza you should buy armor and different objects. There’s a hoop room the place you possibly can retailer the rings you’ve collected and craft new ones — a brand new gameplay ingredient that enables gamers to spice up stats. You can even combat within the area to achieve expertise, and do a sequence of battles within the Tower of Trials.
Most significantly, there are many actions to do along with your allies in Somniel, like sharing (in all probability many) meals at Café Terrace to spice up your allies’ stats. You can even work out collectively, get your fortunes learn, trip a Wyvern round within the sky by way of a course, and fish (in fact). There’s a freakin’ farmyard the place you possibly can take care of animals you’ve discovered in your adventures — the trailer reveals a cat hanging out with a donkey, a beagle, and and a camel. There’s additionally a really cute creature named Sommie who has, “been right here since time immemorial,” and can grant luck to those that are good to it.
The trailer additionally confirmed off trendy customization choices — you should buy garments and equipment like completely different shades for your self however and your allies. You can even take a break by napping in your dank, huge bed room; however a cute ally of yours may get up you up, form of like an Animal Crossing: New Horizons villager exhibiting up at your property.
Hearth Emblem followers understand how a lot of the sequence downtime between battles is spent chatting with allies and doing foolish actions. In Hearth Emblem: Three Homes gamers roamed Garreg Mach Monastery’s hallowed halls, spending exercise factors cooking fish skewers and consuming what felt like 17 meals a day with college students — all within the service of bonding with one another earlier than transport off to battle. You may swordfight with Felix on the coaching grounds, take Dorothea (and her foolish little hat) to choir follow, or try to wake Lindhart from a nap.
Even Hearth Emblem Warriors, the latest musou tackle the franchise, gave gamers downtime actions to do with their college students like tea events, horseback driving, and dusting.
I can’t wait to fulfill Hearth Emblem Interact’s new allies, and luxuriate in on goofy excursions and actions with them — even when it should all come to a head on the battlefield.