Fire Emblem: Three Home Update Now Available Adds More Difficulty and More Downloadable Content

Nintendo has released a new update for Fire's iconic Fire Emblem: Three Houses RPG. Following the recent update of the Switch firmware, which solved a problem that prevented some players from starting the title, this patch introduces a more complex difficulty mode, as well as the second wave of Expansion Pass game content.

First, the update adds the new Maddening setting to players looking for challenges. If you manage to leave Crazy mode without starting a new game +, Nintendo announces that the title screen of the game will change. In addition, Nintendo has increased the renown bonus for the launch of New Game + and implemented the new English voiceover of protagonist Byleth, following allegations of abuse regarding the former comedian.

The update also brings a new assortment of content for expansion card holders. First, you will find the following handful of helpful supplies in Byleth's personal neighborhoods:

• Sacred Wind Shoes (Movement +1)
• Sacred floral dress (HP +7)
• Holy Melt Drop (Strength +3)
• Sacred Moonstone (Speed ​​+3)

Pass Expansion holders also have access to new loungewear outfits for Byleth and other characters, as well as glasses for Byleth. To complete the content of the expansion card, you have access to a handful of new auxiliary battles, which can give you special rewards, such as status objects and more gold. Finally, the update fixes an assortment of bugs and other issues in the game. You can view the full release notes, extracted from the Nintendo Support website, below.

Fire Emblem: Three homes launched on Switch last July and which were a great commercial success, recording the highest sales of the first month of the history of the series in the United States. The game was also received very warmly by the critics. GameSpot awarded him a 9/10 in our review Fire Emblem: Three Houses and wrote: "Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a lot of fun for you." Every piece, from battle to friendship, to "lordly". training of your units, must be managed individually and as a part This can be daunting, but when everything is clicked together, this really clicks. "

Fire Emblem: Release Notes for Three Homes

• New and updated features
  • Adding Crazy Mode to New Game difficulty options. Note that if you turn off Maddening mode without selecting New Part +, the title screen will change.
  • Increased the renown bonus for selecting New Part + at the beginning of the game.
    • In addition to the usual difficulty bonus, 10,000 Pts. will now be added each time you clear a path.
    • The maximum bonus bonus threshold is now 50,000 pts.
    • If you have already started using New Game + before applying DLC ​​data, 10,000 Pts. each erased path will be added to each backup location when it is first loaded.
    • Up to Ver.1.0.1, only the type of path deleted was saved, but not the number of deletions of the same path, which will now be registered by applying the Ver.1.0.2 DLC.
  • Added Goddess Tower to the Event Gallery in Extras. Use the ZL / ZR buttons to select the Goddess Tower page, then choose a character event to replay.
    • The event gallery is unlocked once you finish the game.
  • Implementation of the new English voice for Byleth (man).
  • New content of the extension code:
    • A new set of elements
      • You can receive this set of items as DLC supplies from the bed in Byleth's personal home. Each backup file can receive these supplies: Sacred Wind Shoes (Movement +1), Sacred Floral Dress (HP +7), Sacred Snow Melt Drop (Strength +3), Sacred Moonstone (Speed ​​+3).
    • Additional auxiliary battles
      • There are five other auxiliary battles in the extension: Battle at Lake Teutates, Battle in the Forest, Battle at Gronder Field, Battle at Sealed Forest and Battle at Conand Tower.
      • Depending on your progress, one of them will be listed in the battle selection screen.
      • These additional auxiliary battles will be marked with the yellow icon "!" In the battle selection screen. As a bonus, these battles can give you upgrading items, such as the Ailell Grenade, and an enhanced Gold reward, in addition to Bullions.
      • All cards consume an activity point to start.
    • A new song (Corridor of the Tempest)
      • You can access the new song (Corridor of the Tempest) from the System menu while you are in an auxiliary battle. You can also listen to it in the music library.
    • New outfit / accessory (House Loungewear / Glasses for Byleth)
      • The new outfit (House Loungewear) is for the protagonist and the students. Swap your outfits in Byleth's personal quarters of the Journal. These outfits can only be worn inside the monastery or for specific classes of units during combat (this varies by character).
      • The new outfit can not be sent with a traveler.
      • The new accessory (Glasses) can also be put in Byleth's personal quarters. They can be combined with any other clothing. The glasses can be worn at the monastery and during the battle.
    • A confirmation message is now displayed when you abandon an item during combat.
• General
  • Fixed the bug that was blocking the game when Fortify was used while it was endowed with some skill.
  • Fixed bad character design in event still images.
  • Fixed a bug that incorrectly displayed a Caspar line like Linhardt's at the White Heron Cup.
  • Fixed the bug that displayed a "TBD" message when controlling the fight.
  • Fixed the bug in the boot sequence for a CRITICAL attack.
  • Fixed the bug that prevented Rescue Magic from working properly to move an ally into a close space of the user.
  • Fixed a bug that accidentally left the player into the closed hallway of the cardinals room.
  • Some texts have been revised.
  • The gameplay has been improved by correcting some additional bugs.