If you’re going to Vote Down this free opinion (because I’m sure some kid will), at least have the balls to explain why.

I’m not against an unusual idea, and yes, I do know that sometimes they turn out to be awesome. But I’m taking a practical analytical approach to evaluating this game idea. SMT and FE are just two games that don’t particularly complement each other much. Everything from their art style, their settings, their gameplay, and their subgenres as being RPG games.

SMT centers on more of a traditional RPG game, with a traditional battle system with dungeon-crawling elements that bears a mix between Final Fantasy and Atlus’ own Etrian Odyssey. It’s a free-roaming game with a dynamic camera you can control as you freely explore environments, you can hack away obstacles in your way as you explore in a third-person view. While the series does deal with fantasy elements, it’s more of a “techno-fantasy” theme with most of the game being set in a technologically-modern world. You can assemble a small party of a couple of allies and battle together in fast-paced battling. There really isn’t much of a tactical element to the gameplay, as the franchise is more of a dungeon crawler.

FE centers on more of the tactical RPG genre that this classic franchise helped establish. It bears a battle system that’s similar to Tactics Orge and Final Fantasy Tactics (both of which FE inspired). It’s a fixed-area-roaming game with a fixed overhead third-person camera (until you engage in an attack, and then it goes down closer to ground level to show the attack animation), and pretty much all interactions in the game are confined to the battles. The game’s setting is an ancient medieval fantasy without modern technology. You assemble an army of numerous unique characters and battle together in grid-based turned-based-paced battling. You can use tactical elements to your full advantage such as the support system, an emphasis on group preparation and elevation advantages between battling units.

I’m not saying that you can’t make a game where two completely different franchises come together and work out well. I’m saying that they’ve got to still fit together sensibly and play off each other’s elements somehow. Besides SMT‘s conversation system being similar to FE‘s support system, their both being RPGs, and their both involving elements of divine themes and Asian mythology (and even there, they’re different–SMT plays on real-world examples of religious and mythological themes while FE deals with a mythology made just for the game), there’s not much else where these two franchises meet in compatibility. I don’t see much how any sort of synergy between the two franchises will be achieved.

As for the remark about the pop trend element, I am aware that the Persona sub-series isn’t the main Shin Megami Tensei series, but what I am particularly referring to with the “pop trend” thing is how in most games in the entire Megami Tensei franchise, you play as high-school-student protagonists with interests in technology and pop culture (like video games and school culture). They’re elements that pertain more to modern Japanese pop culture rather than much a medieval fantasy (which is where FE stays the entire franchise).

I should also note that the main SMT series has been taking on more of the elements found in the Persona sub-series, particularly taking on more of its modern edgier style (particularly since SMT3) and how the game (once again) centers around your high school student social life. Atlus has been taking their main series more along the way of Persona’s style, which is why I said that SMT is currently more pop-trendy in its modern-culture style.
Anyways, my point in bringing that part up was that it is a world away from the vibe of Fire Emblem, and as a longtime fan of FE, I’d rather see a more fitting series collaborate with FE, like Sega’s Shining Force.

You know most mainline SMT games are 1st person dungeon crawlers that focus heavily on Japanese mythology and folklore, right?