Fire Emblem Crossover Hack, a -Crossover, Story driven- romhack from @Mikey_Seregon, @Atey, and Ikethekiller
What is one thing about your project that you feel has had a lot of/the most time and effort put into it?
Mikey: Eventing and programming.
Atey: Portraits and proofreading (too perfectionist)
Ikethekiller: Writing.
What was/is the most enjoyable part of working on your project?
Mikey: Playtesting, especially when it comes to test features, skills, or events.
Atey: Seeing my artistic creations in a real game and how this project brought all of our team together and has resulted in MANY years of friendship.
Ikethekiller: I love playtesting the game, but by far what I enjoy the most is seeing my two partners enjoying and liking every new idea I bring to the table. Working together is an amazing experience.
What is one thing about your project that you wanted to talk about that you didn’t have the opportunity to include in your video?
Mikey: There are so many thing that I would wanted to showcase, but it would have been a very long and boring trailer.
Atey: It would have been nice to show some of the differences between the last demo and the one that we’ll be releasing because of how much has changed since then, but that would have transformed the trailer into a behind-the-scenes of sorts.
Ikethekiller: I would have loved to showcase more of the base conversations and supports, totally brand new interactions! But the trailer would have been too long and there are so many that I dont think I would have been able to choose which to represent haha.
What inspired your project’s creation?
Mikey: It all started with MK404’s hack, the first FE romhack I’ve ever played. That gave me the idea of making a crossover with characters from FE6 and FE8 in FE7. And thanks to Atey the scope expanded to more entries in the saga, and now (August 2024) we have at least one character from each title.
Atey: I came across the project in a Fire Emblem forum and since I was young and had plenty of time by then, I thought I’d give it a try to put into use my recently discovered skills in making FE portraits, and here we are now, haha.
Ikethekiller: Back in those days, I had just started playing a lot of hackrom games and mos from Fire Emblem. I always felt they were too focused on gameplay only with no focus on story or characters, the things I love the most. I met Mikey in said forums and after getting to know him and talking about the project, I decided this was my chance to finally achieve one of my Fire Emblem goals and dreams.
What got you into making Fire Emblem fan games?
Mikey: Fire Emblem came into my life right when I was getting into programming, that aligned pretty well with the start of the hacking scene and the creation of FEditor Adv. and Event Assembler. It was like a sign to get involved.
Atey: When I was very young, I was a fan of the game Shining Force, which got me into these kind of chess-like games. Fire Emblem got me pretty easily with that in mind, and what I really liked from FE over SF was how much developed the character where, which as someone who has had her own OCs since a very young age, is very important. So, when I learned that the GBA FE game that I liked so much could be edited to give life to a young girl’s dreams of seeing her own OCs in a real game, of course I wanted to give it a try.
Ikethekiller: Fire Emblem instantly became my favorite Nintendo franchise after playing a few entries of the series, so when I found out it was possible for us, the fanbase, to create our own stories and games in the same engine as the real games I was thrilled! Then, after playing a few of said fan games, why not try doing one myself? And after some luck in finding the correct people, here we are today.
BONUS QUESTION
If applicable, who is one early game unit in your project that you would recommend players use?
Mikey: Don’t ditch any lord, each one has a unique features that makes them different from each other. Make teams and rotate them whenever you can, things get easier if you train them all.
Atey: What Ikethekiller said.
Ikethekiller: We actually tried our best to make sure every unit was viable and good in some capacity so feel free to use your favorites! I guess if I had to recommend one unit from the early game, I would say trust in the process and use all the main lords in the series as much as you can, you will thank us later.