These weaknesses and strengths aren’t as pronounced as in the strategy games, but still affect combat. The strategic element makes its way into Fire Emblem Warriors, meaning you sword wielders will be weak to lance wielders, lances weak to axes, and axes weak to swords. This time though there’s a bit more influencing combat, like the weapon triangle. Gameplay is, of course, very similar having you mow down hordes of enemies while completing objectives. Now with Fire Emblem Warriors, the new title adapts quite a bit from its series. Of course iconic moves like Link’s spin dash appeared in the game, and you could even upgrade weapons and abilities at a Skyword Sword-like bazaar. Although they still used the same core gameplay, each boss either needed to be staggered first or had a small trick to defeating it. Another big feature brought from Zelda into Hyrule Warriors was boss battles, making you face off against giant creatures in certain battles, or other elite characters. You can also find chests scattered around the battlefield which reward you with new weapons or Heart Containers to give you more overall health. Although there wasn’t any in depth puzzle solving in Hyrule Warriors, it did feature a degree of puzzles making you use your items. These were weak but could cause various effects, like bombs staggering enemies and blowing up obstacles. In addition to main attacks each character had items like bombs, the boomerang, and the hookshot that they could use in battle. Zelda’s inspirations creeped in with a few different ways, first of all by featuring different equipment that you could use. Hyrule Warriors featured traditional warriors gamplay, having you capture bases and take down hordes of enemies. In this regard, however, Fire Emblem Warriors adapts much more about its series into Warriors than Hyrule Warriors did.

As such, the two games are very similar in core gameplay but feature a number of small tweaks and changes. Both Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem Warriors adapt Nintendo’s series into the Warriors formula.

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