Nintendo has revealed there will be a marriage system in Fire Emblem: Awakening. You’re able to marry any of your allies including a custom character that you create within the game. Once you’re married your children will be able to join you in battle. There’s a new video from the game after the break.

  • JOSHUA

    This is really good news for fire emblem!

    • ninty

      No its bad news.

      After you divorced, your wife gets to keep all your weapons and powers.

    • SparktehFox

      Not if you use the touchscreen to sign a prenub.

    • Anonymous

      This is actually a pretty awesome thing they’re reintroducing. FE4 had a system where you’re two paired units would have a playable child in the second generation – the child had a mixture of the stats and skills of both parents.

      It essentially encouraged eugenics, but it was a really interesting system. This is obviously a throwback to that – but at least the parents don’t all die.

    • Rhino Pubes

      This is pikmin all over again…
      Your breeding an army…

    • xSwag

      This is good news, now i have someone to make a sandwich in the middle of battle.

  • the pig

    wtf… thats hot, thats real hot

  • leo986

    I don’t want my children to fight in a battlefield and ultimately die….

    • Belinni

      If they’re not strong enough they deserve to die. Die fictional love children! Die!

    • http://www.facebook.com/fakkershuga Shuga

      You must train your childrens right so they can be strong and never die, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

    • DavidW

      Yeah, so I guess there won’t be much time to “bond” with your kids.

  • Colin

    Wait a second, did two girls just fall in love at the end?

    Good work, Nintendo!!

    • Reggie Fils-Aime

      Thank you, Nintendo has always wanted to show their support for lesbian and gay marriage.

    • http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Satoru Iwata

      うーん私たちが心を開いているので、ためにあなたに感謝しているおかげで…また、レジーさんは誰があなた自身の意志を持っていると言いました?ラインの外に話すいけない。または多分…あなたが住んでいた方法に戻ってしますか?

    • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

      you should be able to fall in love with a beast too. might as well do it.

    • TheGZeus

      No, that was her daughter.
      They were illustrating that their children can join you in battle.

      In fact, one of the first things they showed in that section is a man refusing another man saying something to the effect of “No matter how it looks, I’m a man!”

      So… bummer.

      Back to import versions of “Rune Factory Cute”, I guess.

    • mah boi

      Actually, that was the mother and daughter. It explained how family battling together increases status.

    • MY SWORD IS TOO POWERFULL

      I swear to god if I saw a gay couple on the street I would slice their heads with my sword (I do have a sword and I carry this thing around all the time)….and if it was 2 lesbian couples I would have a threesome with them…

    • TheGZeus

      @MY SWORD…
      That joke fails to be a joke, because jokes are funny.

      Laaame. Such “humour” stopped being funny last century.

    • TheGZeus

      Oh, and I was once arrested for hitting a car (that was being used to try and hit me) with a (metal, but fake) sword.

      I win the “having a sword on hand” contest.

    • Revolution5268

      @Colin “Nintendo supporting gay couples!?”

    • Lance

      -In fact, one of the first things they showed in that section is a man refusing another man saying something to the effect of “No matter how it looks, I’m a man!”-

      Haha wow. Wasn’t interested in this game, now even less so.

    • McJones

      ^ So, if a game doesn’t support gay marriage, you won’t buy it? Kinda pathetic, actually.

    • Lance

      If a game offers marriage options and leaves another group out of the equation then yes, I am not paying money for it.

      Try walking a few steps in my boots and you will be enlightened.

    • Mario

      oh my god there are gays!

    • Lance

      Mario: I know! And they want to be treated equally and be granted the same rights and options as heterosexuals!

      Just what in the world are they thinking!?!? Don’t they know their place!!!

    • Leah

      Yeah, it does suck that gay marriage is impossible…
      Even so, that shouldn’t deter you from getting the game
      Since you weren’t interested in the first place, it doesn’t really matter though…

      Maybe they only permit hetero so that you can have warrior babies.

    • Lance

      Leah: It bothers me because of the reasons I have stated here; it is erasure.

      Your point that “it doesn’t matter because I would have not gotten it” is inconsequential because I am not just dealing with this game specifically, but rather the state of the entire industry. Even if I had just talked about this game, my opinion would be just as valid.

  • J

    At first I was like WTF?
    But now that I think about it that is so cool. I can finally make an army of minions that are under my control!
    *evil laughter*
    I mean…children are just so…wonderful.

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/ladyRazzi TopHatPokemon

      ROFL
      mwahahaha
      yes i’ll make own army of minions too…………………………………………………………. i mean children

  • Beat

    Fire emblem turned Hravest Moon. Whoah.

    • Beat

      *Harvest

  • Markes

    What about us gaymers? :0

    • Duncan

      haha…. i get it.

    • the psvita is better

      its a nintendo game
      so no gay relationship for you sir

    • Henry Anderson

      Pretend the dude was once a chick?

    • Aggression

      ike is gay, psvita is better is clearly a troll

    • Damn it I spilled coffee

      GAYMERS BURN WITH LUCIFER.

    • Anonymous

      Go kill yourself. Shoving your sexuality down our throats all the bloody time gets us fangirl styled garbage like Mass Effect 3.

      And “the psvita is better”, Intelligent System games generally do have plenty gay characters. Look at FE10, and Vivian from Paper Mario.

    • macarrano

      GAYMERS BURN WITH LUCIFER

    • TheGZeus

      Lucifer doesn’t burn, and only exists in poor translations of that book of faerie tales.

    • the psvita is better

      why am i a troll?
      its a nintendo game dude. they tend to be appropiate for everyone
      i have nothing against gay realtionships, but i dont think it would be appropiate to have one in a nintendo game, then again this game is not really for everyone

    • nintendo knight

      same sex sex goes against nature so i highly doubt it’d be in a game were the point is to have children (THEY WONT PUT SURRAGETS IN A NINTENDO GAME) its common sense people somthing that the human race is missing

    • Lance

      I do not expect many intellectual people to hang around here, but this is hilarious.

      macarrano: Hahaha. Go eat your Bronze Age books.

      Anonymous: “Go kill yourself. Shoving your sexuality down our throats all the bloody time gets us fangirl styled garbage like Mass Effect 3.”

      So this doesn’t constitute shoving heterosexuality down everyone’s throats? You are an idiot if you believe that equality = bad.

      the psvita is better: So a 10-year-old gay kid is now suddenly R-18 material? Sorry, but being gay doesn’t make one “inappropriate”, no matter what overweight trailer trash may think.

      nintendo knight: Nope, I’m quite sure I was intended to be this way. This game could have easily implemented an alternative to that, and the fact that this is simply a feature, means that it is not as relevant or important at all (i.e. you could just not have children at all). Go be a bigot somewhere else.

    • Nintendo Knight

      @Lance Im not a bigot but i am a big anatomy fan and the anus was made for excretion of waste not sex and men are here to fertilize women its nature you’re just a gap in the natural world and alternatives like what adopt soldiers and still get the same results and surrogates are out of the question considering the games settings

    • Nintendo Knight

      Also saying people that don’t agree with you are stupid dosn’t sound very intellectual on your part

    • Lance

      You know what is unnatural? Those clothes that you are wearing right now, that keyboard you are typing all this crap on, and the video games you oh so love.

      It’s irrelevant – you can just NOT have children and simply battle with your spouse. Anything can be devised; you are simply attempting to come up with an excuse.

      “I’m just a gap”.

      Haha, no. The American Psychological Association, The Canadian Psychological Association and the Australian Psychological Society all disagree with you – all of them with indisputable facts. Try again.

      I call unintelligent people unintelligent; a spade’s a spade.

    • Lance

      Oh and by the way, what you are doing right is called the Naturalistic Fallacy, which is, surprise, a fallacy.

    • the psvita is better

      @lance dude a lot of religions, parents, etc. dont approve gay relationships, thats what i meant for everyone, not specifically kids. thats what nintendo do, they create games that are not offensive to anyone or that might go against the belief of any person because they like to appeal to everybody and i am pretty sure no gay person will find offensive that they cant marry a person of the same sex in a game
      i think all those people are retarded of course. there is nothing wrong with being gay and its stupid to think it is
      also i think you should stop pretending you are smart. it looks retarded actually

    • nintendo knight

      your right homosexuality is a mental problem like zoophelia, pedophillia and other unatural sex orientations if it wasn’t for people boasting about how it should be acepted ther would be treatment for it. but going against nature isn’t normal men and women were made to be together same sex relations is either a result of curiosity or mental illness or the need to stand out. and that whole i said he’s an idiot means he’s an idiot still does’nt sound intellectual either way you slice it homosexuality isnt natural and should only be accepted if it stays behind closed doors were it belongs

    • http://MacroManJr.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

      For goodness sake, they’re featuring the marriage system only for the sake of allowing children to join in battle. It reflects nothing about marriage in society, nor is romance even a real component of the game–it’s just a neat feature to allow creating characters from two other characters. It’s a gimmick, not a statement. Don’t make such a social movement about it.

    • ZimmerRemmiz

      Well the whole reason the system is in place is basically to breed warriors for your team, two dudes or dudettes can’t really do that, I’m sure it’s nothing personal, especially considering the dozens of cross dressing and or clearly homosexual characters in Nintendo games, seriously: Birdo, Gracie, and Thanatos to name a couple…

    • Lance

      the psvita is better: I already said that what an Arkansas soccer mom thinks is irrelevant when dealing with “morals”. The words you are looking for are “make the game more palatable to those who think less of gay people”. Try using that next time.

      nintendo knight: I provided sources that may heal your lack of understanding. Use your head and read them, for starters. Afterwards, you can come back with a spanking new brain.

      Brian Lockett: I have addressed this so many times already that the poor horse carcass is falling apart.

      ZimmerRemmiz: You could just as easily play through the game with your spouse; the same way irl people who choose not to have children live their lives.

    • Nintendo Knight

      you know what lance considering what you just said didn’t make much sense and your to stubborn to get my message im just going to give you the speech i give my six year old brother when hes like this: your right lance your always right everyone else is wrong and only smart people agree with you. yea lance going against nature isn’t wrong its smart and a person who stated facts is dumb and ignorant college doesn’t teach right men were made to be with men. sarcasm ends there sorry bro homosexuality is the same as necrophilia and zoophilia it wrong and goes against nature but as you fail to comprehend that ill put it into a more simple term its like smashing two puzzle pieces that don’t fit into each-other and saying it works

    • Csaw

      @Nintendo knight don’t you dare compare a consenting same sex couple that love eachother to having sex with an animal or a dead body. IT IS NOT THE SAME. People like you are the real problem of this world

    • Alex

      I’d just like to propose a hypothetical question to all those who disagree with gay people. If you were allowed to get away with doing anything you like, absolutely anything, and you were walking down the street and saw two guys kissing on a bench, what would you do? If you could do anything you liked to them, what would you do?

    • Nintendo Knight

      a boy dog will consent to sex with anything does it make it natural F**K NO comsent isnt the problem the problem is they both go against the natural way things should be thats why I call it a mental issue like zoophelia and it shouldent be accepted as a social norm cause its not a normal in any case thats why it should stay behind closed doors DONT ASK DONT TELL we all have different things that get us off but putting it into society like its normal is like making a game with pedo activity because that company NAMBLAA thinks men having consentualn sex with boys is normal or that zoophile company demanding that you can have sex with animals in sim games there all wrong in every way

    • Lance

      I’m afraid this poor excuse for a human being is beyond help.

    • Alex

      Yeah. Nintendo Knight sounds like he has some issues he needs to work out.

    • Nintendo Knight

      i know when im wrong and im not if you feel the need to cling to your ignorance and just say im stupid well what was the point of argue if ur going to act like a six year old i don’t hate gays i hate that they want to bend society to make everything incorporate there disgusting unatural fetish. if asking gays to be more secreative about there fetish to avoid bad things like say crimes and bullying i mean you can’t be descriminated agaisnt if you dont yell im gay this should have gay stuff in it because im gay to people who dont care you gays set yourself up for the backlash thats been hapening because of your inabillity to keep what you do in bed inside the bedroom which leads me into alex’s statement i see gays making out all the time it wouldent bother me cause i make out with my girlfriend in public sometimes and i wouldent want to be desturbed and it wouldd be there buisness not mine but if they were saying something along the lines of HEY EVERYONE WERE GAY AND MAKING OUT id chime in with a havnt you people ever heard of CLOSING THE GOD DAMN DOOR and if they are stubborn and continuosly bloat about what should be intimate buisness id have them locked in there home until they can learn to keep what they do to theirselves im convinced tht i cant change your mind about bloating what should be personel but if your going to reply like 6 year olds i dnt want to continue the conversation

    • Csaw

      Ur the one acting like a child. I have seen gays together and I have never once seen them yell it out to the world. It shouldn’t have to be a secret, gays and lesbians should be allowed to go out in public and have a relationship without being judged. You can’t just pretend that it doesn’t exist because it does, people are born this way. Your brother might be gay and you don’t even know it. If he was wouldn’t you want him to be happy and be able to have a relationship withOut being judged by everyone. Shouldn’t they be allowed to have characters in videogames that they can relate to so that they don’t feel left out.

    • Nintendo Knight

      im not saying they should be secreative because i dont want them to exist ( because they will always exist because mankind will never perfect) i want them to be secreative because sick fetishes should stay in the bedroom i live in new york and one time i saw a gay rally and i thought WTF are they rallying for attention no gay was recently descriminated against so and it cant be eqaulity as i havn’t spoted any unreligous (plz tell me how to spell tht word) place that said straight only. the world knows its out there so why push the dagger farther by seeking attention then when a gay does get bullyed they feel victimised but if you hadn’t let the whole world know what should be an intimate secreats re stating making out in public isnt bad unless you draw attention to yourself. if i had a gay brother it would be normal as long as his boyfriend and him don’t do well you know unacceptable things in my house or prescence (this method works with my girlfriends cool gay freind. but if he couldent stop boasting for attention because he was gay well we wouldent talk much READ THOROUGHLY THIS TIME

    • Lance

      So your new point is “you should tone down your homosexuality!/gay people would not get bullied if they did not showcase all their gayness!”.

      This is what you are, factually, saying, which is simply classy and wonderful. I would not expect any less from someone like you.

      Next up: you will attempt to twist your very own words for a millionth time while simultaneously attempting to come off as “progressive”.

    • Nintendo Knight

      yay you sound mature about it but i really don’t want to continue this do what you want scratch that cause then the conversation will continue you put up a good argument which earns you my respect but neither of us came out with a changed mind so it was a waste of both of our time and that is irritating im going to eat a churro because i need a break you should take one to and a churro

    • AceOfhearts

      Guys. I’d hate to dive into this flame war, but I think the reason Nintendo only has heterosexual marriage in the game is because the whole premise is to have your children fight with you. I’m not against homosexual individuals, but if homosexual marriage were implemented in game, the child part would be undoable, causing the mechanic to be useless. They would have to create an adoption mechanic, which would only further complicate the system. If they were developing this for say, the Wii U, then they could develop the adoption idea, but the 3DS, as a handheld, would not be powerful enough to handle the extra memory.

      I do agree with your points though, Lance.

    • brony destroyer

      @ace uh that was said multiple times lance is just stupid or stubborn or maybe even both gays never cease to amaze me

      @lance thats right every person who doesnt except banana crammers as normal are dumb and ignorant and what ever else you can pull out your ass………. or shove into it

    • Lance

      Nintendo Knight: I will tell you once again: read.

      AceOfhearts: I have discussed this already. It’s only a few scrolls away.

      brony destroyer: Your bigotry is showing. Might wanna try and cover that seeping wound.

  • LaLaLa
  • CrimsonalCore

    HOLY SHIT THIS GAME MUST COME TO US

    • Natto1995

      It will im sure of it, if it doesn’t im so going to get a gatling gun and take war to japan but i guess it will come here so no point…

    • MrPokeyLope

      Definitely agreed. Just worried about the delay cause from the looks of the vids it seems there will be a look of dubbed over sound clips…

  • person

    So if you’re guy, and marry a guy…you’ll get adopted children? o.O

  • Captain Falcon

    lolwut

    • Revolution5268

      long time no see.

  • Daniel

    So does this mean I could have a gay or lesbian marrige like in Mass Effect? Not that I’d want to!!

  • Colin West

    Can’t wait to get this game! Looking forward to this game and Hatsune Miku and Future Stars Project Mirai (that is if it gets a U.S. release)

  • YAMCHA DUCK

    I am a lonely weeaboo and so help me God if this does not come to the US…

  • iPoopPoopPoopOnTheFloor!

    does it support gay marriage?

    • Green Reuben

      I hope so (I’m not gay), they should follow biowares lead and allow for that

    • Damn it I spilled coffee

      they won’t support gay marriages you idiots..and why would they do that ? it’s disgusting and Nintendo have a big fanbase that’s constructed of christians and muslims where homosexuality if considered a sin and if they did put gay marriages they will lose alot of fans…and not putting gay marriages in their games wont make them lose their gay disgusting fans…

    • Lance

      Damn it I spilled coffee: All I read was “blah blah blah blah I’m a christofascist blah blah blah gay people are disgusting”.

      You are a riot.

    • RNorthex

      appearantly you spilled that coffee enough times to be considered literally a retarded
      ever considered that -you- might be disguisting? your personality for sure is and your social life is non-existant, that i’m sure of

      they wouldn’t lose any fans, nintendo usually stays away from romance themes, mario and peach not zelda and link have any sort of relationship apart from friendship if you haven’t noticed
      but alright, let’s say you’re right, then i’ll enjoy the fact that mass effect/dragon age/f3.Nv and a ton of game was praised to have a homosexual character while play the binding of isaac which would’ve been the best 3dsware yet but not because of christians

    • ZimmerRemmiz

      Not likely, the whole reason the system is there is to basically breed more pokemon to fight for your team, two dudes and or dudettes can’t exactly do that…

    • McJones

      Sigh, A post about marriage in a video game degrades to anti christian bigotry. Pathetic. Not surprising, mind you, but pathetic.

    • Lance

      “Think of us POOR RELIGION PEOPLE BEING OPPRESSED!!!!”

      Lol.

    • McJones

      @lance You suggest I “walk a few steps in your shoes and be enlightened”, and then proceed to insult my beliefs. I have never said anything derogatory about you or your beliefs. Might I suggest you take a bit of your own advice?

    • Lance

      No.

      I am quite tired of religious people playing victims the moment their ugly faces are displayed for everyone to see. I was addressing a bigoted religious person and then you immediately jumped in to defend their sick arguments. These were the events.

    • Nivedevino

      Okay guys, we can stop fighting, we all have our beliefs, gay or not. The problem with this world is not any one belief, but the fact we all have different beliefs, and no one accepts any but their own. If we could just understand where we all are coming from than we can all be unified as one great world full of peace and prosperity. If we all had respect and understanding for each other we would not argue. So stop arguing about a game, what are your problems. Im only 14 and I am tired of people talking about who you have sex with. Im christian so i have my beliefs but i dont argue with people about theirs. Words of Advice, take them however you want

    • obama

      Wow, Coffee, you’re a huge dick. And you’re not the only one in these comments…but still.

      Fucking homophobes need to get a life. You don’t think other game companies (who allow same-sex marriage in their games) don’t have a vast fanbase of all religions? Besides, Fire Emblem has had homosexuality in the past. Just look at Heather from whatever game she’s from

    • Lance

      Wow, I am quite sorry Nivedevino, but I have absolutely no intent to build a “peaceful and loving world” with people that consider me and millions of others as undeserving and unequal.

      This is not a matter of “differing opinions”, but rather about what is TRULY right and what is TRULY wrong.

    • Nivedevino

      fine than, can we end this discussion. This is way off topic of fire emblem supporting marriage systems. now we’re fighting about what is right and wrong. I think we should quit this and talk about how good the game is going to be. not argue about how gay and lesbian marriage and or publicity is right or wrong. So, this game is looking good. I have always wanted a healer good at critical hits.

    • Nivedevino

      Oh and I love pie.

    • Lance

      Just a hint: taking this “pacifistic” stance of yours every chance you get will not earn you any points. You have no right to tell people (even LESS towards oppressed minorities) how they should react to things and I sincerely hope that you will learn this.

  • Acecombat

    Didn’t one of the older Fire Emblem games have a similar system? My memory fails me. :O

    • lolo

      Yes, in fire emblem 4 genealogy of the holy war for the snes you could marry your units.

    • Natto1995

      You mean like sacred stones?

  • mah boi

    NA release please?

    • Eric

      I know this is largely irrelevent but how come it looks like during their animation they dont show the characters feet? I love the FE series and will gladly buy the game. Game looks great do we know if it will have random battles like in FE Sacred Stones?

  • Daniel

    Ill make a army of Bisexual females and have the biggest orgy on the face of the earth!

    • http://tankgirlcomicfan.deviantart.com/ FetusBrigade

      Oh sweet baby Jesus, yes.

    • Green Reuben

      I will happily fight for you

  • the pig

    not really a fan of the battle system cuz its on a grid and remids me of a board game but hopefully they hav a demo so i can atleast see if itll be fun!

  • Akimbosabi

    Can i atleast get to tap on my wife on rpg mode? Just joking but i will give this game a try good news for this.

  • Invictus

    Is there a feature that this game does NOT have??

    • Belinni

      dolphin petting and that mini-game in every platformer from the 90′s that had the main character ride in a mine cart.

    • Natto1995

      AR cards

  • danie bello

    Can you same-sex marry?

  • keaton

    That is hilarious…

  • Lv.5 Jacob

    Fire Emblem is a turn-based SRPG, where the S stands for “shipping”.

  • Marquis

    The girl looks very… happy.

  • The Question awnserer guy

    Just to make it clear there probally wont be same sex marriages due to the fact that it goes against the child part. If two men get married they can’t have children and Im pretty sure adoption is out of the question.

    • Lance

      Irrelevant. They could just not have children at all.

    • ZimmerRemmiz

      @Lance the system isn’t there to simulate marriage, it’s there to simulate Pokemon breeding…

    • McJones

      @Lance. Why? What would be the point of getting married in a video game if it didn’t add new characters. A same sex marriage in this game would have no effect on the gameplay whatsoever, and would thus be pointless. Stop letting a video game offend you.

    • Lance

      So according to you people, a gay person getting married serves no purpose whatsoever?

      Checked.

    • McJones

      Try to pay attention. We said that a gay person getting married IN THIS GAME serves no purpose whatsoever. And we are correct, because the purpose of the marriage feature IN THIS GAME is to have children to join the battle. If, as you suggest, they just didn’t have children at all, it wouldn’t be a game mechanic. It would merely be a political statement, which Nintendo isn’t prone to make.

    • Lance

      It would, though. I have no idea how many more times I have to beat this poor horse, but I have said that you could potentially just go through the game with your spouse. I also addressed the “political statement” thinly-veiled bigoted argument below. Try again.

      This is not difficult to understand so why some people are being thickheaded is beyond me.

    • McJones

      @lance Nothing that I said was in any way bigoted; veiled or otherwise. You see what you want to see and are blind to everything else. You are clearly not a reasonable person, so I will make no further attempts to converse with you.

    • Lance

      You can try that attitude as many times as you want; it will not work out because I have stricken them all down.

    • AceOfhearts

      Lance, I agree with everything you say. Gay marriage should be allowed.

      However, as stated by them, the only reason it exists IN GAME is for their children to fight with them. they don’t add the feature just to say, “Characters should be able to marry. It will serve no purpose.”

      I understand how it would be to be insulted for your sexuality. But none of these people are insulting you or gay marriage IN REAL LIFE.

    • Lance

      I have not states anywhere that this video is DIRECTLY ATTACKING me. The only thing that I have brought up is heteronormativity.

      I do not understand what is so inconceivable about this. The fact that breeding children is part of the “package” that specifically comes AFTER the “main event” only serves to prove that a union without children would be equally plausible.

      It is advertised as a “feature” and therefore it could easily be absent.

    • AceOfhearts

      Wait.. the marriage system begins after the main game? If it does, then I’m sorry to assume it is a main feature. I can’t understand Japanese.

      While heteronormativity is not a good thing, Fire Emblem is not trying to promote only opposite sex relationships. If marriage in-game raised your units stats or something along those lines, then same-sex marriage should be included. But its only purpose is to have children (which I think is a little stupid as a feature, but that’s beside the point.)

      I wasn’t saying the game itself wasn’t offending you, but rather some people in the comments. The question awnserer guy, ZimmerRemmiz, and McJones (he/she never once says anything derogatory about gay people) all are saying that it’s useless in-game. You state you want it only for equality, and I can see that, but it serves no purpose in the game.

    • AceOfhearts

      *It WOULD serve no purpose in-game.

      Wanted to clarify that.

  • The Question awnserer guy

    Ok I might be wrong in the description it says that you can marry ANY of your allies so gay marriages would work here. I guess for the kids they would need to either find someone to have the baby for them or one of them would have to have both reproductive organs.

  • http://gravatar.com/kayriss Kayriss

    Same sex Marriage ftw, I’m gonna use a Female character and flirt around with other girls lol.

  • EpicLight*

    2:30 wow! you’re able to transport your players? Now that’s new!

    • lolo

      Actually you can transport your units in other fire emblem games, but you couldn’t use the transported unit for battle.

    • macarrano

      @lolo you have to look at it and you see that the
      two units attacked an enemy unit and defeated them

    • macarrano

      him not them

  • Owen

    BUT. Is homosexual marriage allowed like in Skyrim? I don’t know why this is important to me, I am straight…I think. But it’d be cool to have girl on girl action for the babies.

    • http://gravatar.com/kayriss Kayriss

      We yuri fans can only hope.

    • http://MacroManJr.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

      That’s completely illogical. It’s asinine to defy genetics just to satisfy one’s personal social movement. Just because a game features a marriage system doesn’t mean it’s got to support all forms of marriage–especially when the game’s not trying to make a statement, but simply trying to utilize a gimmick. This feature is added in the game merely as a new form of character customization, a way to mix two different characters into a new character. It’s not meant to speak against or neglect the case of homosexual couples–the game’s just using the simple fact that babies are produced by heterosexual coupling. I just don’t get what all the complaining is about here.

    • Lance

      Walk a mile in a gay person’s shoes and you will actually see what the “issue” is all about.

      I am not expecting anything from a franchise that has been in the gutter for years (and one that I have no interest on), but to say that “oh they are not TRYING to make a statement” is disingenuous because you are purposefully ignoring the ramifications of heteronormativity in video gaming – which is one of the most archaic forms of media when it comes to representation and acceptance.

  • tony

    Is there gonna be a time skip in this game like in fire emblem 4? Please god no!

  • Jwong

    WAIFUS
    WAIFUS EVERYWHERE

  • nintendo knight

    the marriage system in this game is beneficial so same sex relations will defeat the purpose

    • Lance

      They would not. You did not even make an argument, wow.

    • Nintendo Knight

      thats right your adopted army can have all the benefits of both parents *sarcasm* and arn’t you the guy who made that zero suits on guys isn’t wierd arguement

    • Lance

      I already addressed your incorrect argument. Look up.

      Yes, that would be me.

    • Lance

      Oh, and I just answered on that Zero Suit thread. Thanks for reminding me.

    • Lance

      Oh, haha, silly me, I forgot this site closes comments section after 2 seconds of the article being posted. C’est la vie.

      Yes, I still do not think that a man using a neoprene costume is weird at all. Maybe for you and your heteronormative mindset.

    • nintendo knight

      :) ya thats right i think wierd but we all have our problems like having things inserted and or inserting things in places they shouldent naturaly be

    • Lance

      Using smiley faces doesn’t mean that you are not a bigoted brute :)

    • The Raven

      @Lance
      Not even animals are stupid enough to be gay.

    • Alex
    • Lance

      Pretty sure that humans constitute as animals as well, The Raven.

  • Nintendo Knight

    this is an rpg you homo rights people are over thinking the situation

    • Lance

      Wanting equal treatment = blowing things out of proportion.

      Try putting yourself in other people’s shoes for a second.

    • Nintendo Knight

      i think you guys are should be able to get married but forcing your sexuality into everything is just stupid

    • Lance

      This game is already “shoving” a sexuality down everybody’s throats.

      Try another fallacious argument.

  • miiworld2

    Reminds me of Genealogy of the Holy War. Good times.

  • http://MacroManJr.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

    That is so awesome! I love this new way to create a character–progeny! I just can’t wait for Fire Emblem: Awakening to come stateside!

  • Spi3000

    So let me get this straight, so you’re able to marry allies, those two eventually. . . do things I should not mention. . . then they have kids, and you have the option to force your kids into battle. I have but one question. . . What the hell kind of parenting is that? Please note I’m not knocking on the game, but I just find it slightly humorous that you have your kids in the game fight a war at some point.

    • http://gravatar.com/kayriss Kayriss

      This is…they’re DESTINY

  • Lex

    The amount of homophobia in the comments makes me weep for the human race.

    Thanks for letting me know that you view me as less than human and undeserving of the same rights and respect as others just because I happen to like guys instead of girls (and yet some of you hypocrites are simultaneously drooling over “hot lesbians”).

    And that you think I am “shoving my sexuality down people’s throats” just for existing and wanting to be visible and represented in society like every other person.

    I didn’t think a game like this would include same-sex options seeing as Japan is still very homophobic. I agree, it’s not fair. But I didn’t expect it, to be honest.

    And, FYI, the phrases “I don’t have a problem with gays, but…” or “I have gay friends, but…” or “I’m not homophobic, but…” are usually followed by a homophobic statement. So if you’re thinking about saying something with any of these statements at the beginning, thinking that you’re magically exempt from being called homophobic if you do that, do us all a favour and just don’t.

    Here’s to hoping people will actually learn to behave like decent human beings someday.

    • Belinni

      Let’s see if I have this stereotypical thing down…

      “I don’t think I have any gay friends BUT I have nothing against them, if one day a friend of mine told me he/she was gay that wouldn’t change my views on them.”

      Though it seems to be true that Japan is being controlled by some homophobic people, it also seems like America is opening up to homosexuality (examples being certain choices in Mass Effect and have you SEEN what Marvel Comics are doing?).

      I’m certain some day the freedom of choice everyone should and inevitably will have will also be reflected on the games we play.

    • My name is NOT Earl

      Actually it’s pretty ironic how everyone’s rioting about an option of a game that only about half of them will actually buy, I won’t, but this caught my attention a bit. Yes, what lex says is true, people are quite stupid hating gays and adoring lesbians, not saying I’m pro or against it, it is just not my problem their sexual preferences so them I give no damn if it doesn’t involve me or someone close to me, and besides my family is religious and both my sister and mom have a gay friend and my dad and me accept that fact

    • My name is NOT Earl

      But still don’t hang out with him, but mostly cause they mostly talk like women, not cause he is gay, and both my dad and me are heterosexual as my mom and sister are, but I see all this stupidity about an option, besides, it’s nintendo, they nearly have entered hd graphics, how do you expect them to bring same sex marriage to an e10+ game? Well who cares in the end the game will still get a lot of fans, gays will be gay, haters will hate, trolls will troll, potatoes will pirate and all this shit will stay buried as comments on a post no one will read again in about 2 weeks time. My final statement is that hating this game for having or not gay marriage is like hating Zelda because it believes in a religion that is not the one you believe and you will hate all of them for that, everyone who’s in that flame war should shut up and get into the real world with different opinions and likes.

    • My name is NOT Earl

      Potatoes will potate*, sorry, silly auto correct.

    • keaton

      there’s a difference between a phobia and disliking. i wish people would stop dishing that out. When you call someone homophobic, it doesn’t mean they hate or are against gays. The word “phobia” means to have a fear or be uncomfortable with something around you. if someone was claustrophobic (afraid of tight spaces) what would you call him? a wall hater? would you tell him to stop being mean to walls? same goes with arachniphobia(fear of spiders etc.) or any other word that ends with phobia or whatever. if someone is literally homophobic they would feel uncomfortable, or fear gays and would want to leave. Even though a phobia is a bad thing, why make them feel worse? i hate it when people label the wrong things. people really need to know the difference between a Homophobic person and an Asshole.

    • Lance

      homophobia
      : irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals

      Yes. Homophobia is rampant in this thread.

      Being “tanatophobic” doesn’t mean that a person has an irrational fear towards the Ancient Greek personification of death. Stop being caught up in etymologies and read.

    • Lance

      And yes Earl, you need to read and educate yourself as well.

      If you take this as offensive, then so be it.

    • Ginny

      Amen, Lex. The amount of bigoted comments I have read in this thread is rather upsetting, and over a silly videogame no less, some people should be ashamed of yourselves, your irrational hate is disgusting. it is a reminder of how far we still have to go.

  • Nobody

    Marriage? If there is homosexuality, there’s gonna be a controversy. If there isn’t homosexuality, there’s gonna be a controversy. Athought tbh I don’t see how it’ll work. Two men can’t make babies as far as I know.

    Also, can the making of our children be interactive? If not, I’m not buying, lol.

    • Lance

      “If there isn’t homosexuality, there’s gonna be a controversy”

      If it is purposefully left out, then yes. Rightfully so.

      I have addressed your other point already.

  • PineloTiile

    …just casually have your children age enough to fight…there must be some kind of time skip in the game

  • random

    Everyone lets agree to disargee? … Problem solved.

    Can’t wait to raise an army of super children that can KO any boss in a matter of minutes!

    • Lance

      “Agreeing to disagreeing” has never and will never solve a discussion that is so clear-cut; it would have led the women voting and African American rights movements nowhere.

      That same mentality continues to be one of the many obstacles for LGBTQ equality.