Fire Emblem- Spirit of the Thunderbird

Fire Emblem- Spirit of the Thunderbird is a strategy RPG for the PlayStation 5, made when the Fire Emblem series was acquired by Square Enix. 
It introduces non-Western-style cultures inspired by Native Americans.
== Setting == 
The game is set in the peninsula of Sreng, in the same world as Fodlan, many years after Three Houses. 
Sreng is mostly rocky cold deserts, inhabited by nomadic tribes whose culture has elements of Native Americans and Mongolians. 
== Gameplay == 
The game retains most of the mechanics from Three Houses, such as combat arts and battalions, though it omits the school RPG structure and its map works like the one in Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, where you can visit various locations and engage in skirmishes, do Paralogues, grind in special multi-floor maps.
The weapon triangle returns, and there's also a long-range triangle with bows beating bombs beating rifles. Knives, fists, and drones are neutral to everything. Drones inflict damage based on magic. 
Unlike three houses, classes are fixed and you can't reclass. Instead, branched promotion from Sacred Stones returns.
Supports return, but children do not. Some of the main characters lack romantic support for story reasons, for instance, Naoki.
== Plot ==
===== Prologue- Thunder =====
Naoki Naramura is the warrior chief of the village of Kashima. One night, his village is attacked by men in golden armor, his wife and children are all slaughtered and he has to take his axe to defend the village. The men are settlers from the Leicester Alliance, led by General Dominic von Goneril and his lieutenant Norbert. Few people survive and Kashima is burned down by the Leicester. As Naoki and Hikaru stop Dominic, wounding him, Hikaru is shot in the chest and as such levels up slowly. As one of the few survivors, Kentaro decides to follow Naoki and Hikaru in their journey to form a resistance against the Leicester imperialism. Meanwhile, a young girl is shown awakening from a capsule, saying "Where am I?". 
===== Chapter 1 =====
Naoki, Hikaru, and Kentaro escape the clutches of Dominic by passing through a secret underground tunnel, where they hear a strange song echoing. They are attacked by black monsters (which are Agarthan machines, but Naoki doesn't know that). They find a young girl on the ground. Naoki finds her and decides to adopt her, naming her after his late wife Yoshimi. 
 
== Characters ==
-Naoki Naramura (Chief): Chief of the Kashima tribe, a warrior-priest that worships the Thunderbird spirit. He decides to unite the tribes of Sreng against the Leicester imperialists. What he wants is to form a new Agartha. 
-Hikaru Hayashi (Nomad Trooper): A warrior from the Kashima tribe, and a friend of Naoki. He's a Jagen due to some shots in the chest received in the first chapter causing him to level up slower.
-Kentaro Yamane (Soldier): A young child, son of the deceased Kashima warrior Shinichi Yamane, and one of the few survivors of the Kashima tribe. He's training to become a warrior, using his spear. He and Yoshimi become friends, and later on become a couple.
-Yoshimi Kaminari/Lakshmi (Lost): A young child with golden eyes and weird metal-like implants in her body, connected to a floating chair-like device by cables in her back. Naoki finds her frozen in a glass capsule in a lost Agarthan ruin. He names her after his lost wife Yoshimi Naramura and Kaminari, which is the Srengan word for "thunder" due to her drones looking like they summon lightning to the non-technology-expert Naoki. Her real name is Lakshmi. By singing a weird song, she can control things called drones which shoot beams of light. 
== Classes ==
Chief (axes) [thunder magic, healing magic] -> Thunder Lord: A special magic-oriented class for Naoki, with both thunder and healing magic, though it can use axes for physical attacks too. 
Lost (drones) [dark magic] -> Dark Lord [transform into Shadow-Titan]: a special magic-oriented class for Yoshimi. Unlike many classes, it cannot buy weapons, instead, all drones are found in Agarthan ruins. Drones inflict damage based on magic. The Dark Lord keeps dark magic and drones, but can also shapeshift similar to a Manakete in most games, dealing magical damage by shooting lasers and missiles.
Soldier (lance)-> Halberdier [critical +30] / Basara [fire magic]: A class specialized in spears, which is focused on attack and skill but has decent defense compared to the swift blade it's similar to. It promotes in the more magical-based Basara or in the critical-based Halberdier.
Swiftblade (sword)-> Swordmaster [critical +30%] / Arms Master (lance) (axe): The myrmidon class from past games, renamed (Myrmidons are Greek warriors, and as such don't fit in a game with a Native American setting). It's focused on speed, luck, and crits. Its promotion Arms Master is more resilient and based on using all kinds of weapons, while the swordmaster is even more focused on crits.
Shrine Maiden [healing magic]-> High Priestess (bow) / Holy Rider
Bow Knight (bow) [horseback]-> Nomad Trooper (sword) / Dragoon (rifle)
Archer (bow)-> Bow Sniper [bow range +]/ Nomad Trooper (sword) [horseback]
Rifleman (rifle)-> Rifle Sniper [rifle range +]/ Dragoon (bow) [horseback]
Sapper (bombs)-> Demolisher / Mechanist (rifle) [horseback] 
== Trivia ==
* Naoki is one of the few Lords that are not nobles. Birth nobility like in Europe did not exist among Native Americans. 
* Most Sreng inhabitants have names that are Italian-like gibberish written in Kanji (that doesn't mean anything in Italian), since actual Native American languages are very difficult to speak and are very unorthodox. Naoki Naramura is named after Italian video game programmer Takumi Naramura, famous for La-Mulana. 
* This game is anti-USA and encourages people to remember the Native American genocide.
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