Regional Differences

This is a sub-page of Fire Emblem Fates.

To do: The Japanese Special Edition doesn't appear to contain Revelation on the cartridge.

A notable facet of Fire Emblem Fates are the numerous changes made when localizing the game, ranging from minor dialogue changes to an entire minigame getting axed.

General Differences#

Fire Emblem Cipher DLC#

Unique DLC codes were given away with special Fire Emblem Cipher box sets in Japan, containing download codes for 3 unique characters. Marth from From the Archanea series, Masked Marth from Fire Emblem Awakening and Minerva from the Archanea series!

Functionally, these characters were very similar to Amiibo, except they did not have My Castle conversations, special accessories or any unique weapons. And, instead of having voice lines and unique portraits, their portraits were based off of the Cipher illustrations that these characters were based on. Ironically, Yūsuke Kozaki did the Cipher illustrations for Marth and Masked Marth, who was also the character designer for Fire Emblem Fates! Mari Shimazaki drew Minerva's illustration however.

In general, all 3 characters were also fairly weaker than their Amiibo comparisons, coming with nothing equipped and being 5 levels lower than any of the Amiibo as well as having lower weapon ranks too.

Marth#

Portrait	Class		Level	Weapon Lvl
	- Lodestar		10	Sword - D
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL
Base Stats	25	13	2	19
Growths	60%	40%	5%	70%
Max Stat Modifiers	N/A	-1	0	+1

Masked Marth#

Marth was a unique unit, unlike actual Marth, this version of Lucina had a unique character model to Fates, her masked iteration from the early chapters of Fire Emblem Awakening. While you can obtain her mask as an accessory via her Amiibo, she never has her hair styled this way with her Amiibo version and it is unique to her Cipher iteration.

Portrait	Class		Level	Weapon Lvl
	- Great Lord		10	Sword - D/Lance - E
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL
Base Stats	24	14	3	16
Growths	55%	50%	5%	55%
Max Stat Modifiers	N/A	0	0	0

Minerva#

Minerva is by far the most unique out of all of the Cipher cards, while Marth appears identical to his Amiibo version, and Masked Marth is functionally identical to their own, Minerva is a completely original character. They have their own unique model that is based off of her Cipher art!

On top of that, she has her own unique class in 'Pegasus Knight', which is a modified version of the 'Falcon Knight' class. Though instead of A rank lanced and b rank staves, it has S rank lances! It also has more min-maxed stats and growths to make it a more physically offensive class as well. This also makes Minerva the only non-infantry unit in the entire game capable of using an S rank weapon. It did however retain the same skills as Falcon Knight.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;" |- ! Falcon Knight ! HP ! STR ! MAG ! SKL ! SPD ! LUCK ! DEF ! RES |- ! Growth Rates | 0% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 15% | 20% | 0% | 20% |- ! Capped Stats | 55 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 27 | 35 |}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;" |- ! Portrait ! colspan="3" | Class ! Level ! colspan="2" | Weapon Lvl ! colspan="2" | Skills |- | | colspan="3" | - Pegasus Knight | 10 | colspan="2" | Lance - C | colspan="2" | Speed +2 - Relief |- ! ! HP ! STR ! MAG ! SKL ! SPD ! LUCK ! DEF ! RES |- !Base Stats |22 |13 |1 |9 |17 |7 |15 |12 |- !Growths |40% |60% |0% |40% |65% |35% |50% |35% |- !Max Stat Modifiers |N/A | +1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -2 | +3 | -3 |}

Festival of Bonds DLCs#

The two downloadable contents, 絆の白夜祭 Kizuna no Byakuya Matsuri (Hoshidan Festival of Bonds) and 絆の暗夜祭 Kizuna no An'ya Matsuri (Nohrian Festival of Bonds) are released only in Japan.

Similar in structure to the 'Scramble Pack' from Fire Emblem Awakening, the maps were relatively easy, but the main appeal was rather allowing characters to have long talk conversations with each other which equated to support conversations. These were between characters who normally would not interact in the story, like children & adult characters who weren't related or characters on opposing nations in Revelations. This unfortunately means all of those conversations are cut content from the international releases as well.

Voices#

The avatar has five voice banks for each gender in the Japanese version, but only three for each gender in the international releases.

Personalities#

In the Japanese version of Fates, the Avatar's story and support dialogue changes based on what voice type the player chooses, with each "voice" being assigned a different way of speaking (formal, informal, etc.).

These options were removed in all international releases of the game, presumably to cut down on the amount of text that was going to be translated - each avatar personality would have to have a different response for EVERY support involving the avatar! The 'mute' Avatar option would have been particularly labor-intensive - the entire game script would have to be rewritten, not just the Avatar's lines.

Unlike in Awakening, there is no mute option for this game's avatar.

Hot Springs Camera#

The option to manipulate the camera while using the Hot Springs was removed in the international releases. This also means most of the geometry of the Hot Springs goes unseen in the international releases.

Mess Hall#

Whenever a character cooks at the Mess Hall, the voice clips that play are captioned in the Japanese version.

Swimwear#

Swimsuits that were made unavailable in the international versions of the game without resorting to hacking. The only remaining obtainable "Swimsuit" accessory remaining in the international releases is the Bath Towel. The accessory names and descriptions are listed below:

Kana's Paralogue#

During Kana's paralogue, the portrait expression before Kana transforms into a dragon was changed to their worried expression in the international releases.

Japan/Korea	International

Dragon Roars#

To do: Rip audio for comparison. I don't have a rip of the Japanese cutscene audio.

The avatar's and Kana's dragon roars are changed in the international releases.

Face Touching Minigame#

The Japanese version contains a minigame that is accessible from the Private Quarters that was removed from international releases, likely owing to the sexual connotations. The minigame in question functioned similarly to the Pokémon-Amie mode of Pokémon X and Y, allowing you to invite allies over and pet them to bond with them. The international versions instead rewards you a heart as if you completed the minigame and plays the post-minigame cutscene when you invite an ally over or bond with your spouse. As a result of this minigame being cut, the green background that appears when petting an ally goes unused in the international versions.

Heirs of Fate Music#

The map theme that plays in the first four stages and the sixth of the Heirs of Fate DLC differs between the Japanese and the international versions. For the first four stages, the international version's change may have been made so that the music would set up the fact that the battles were actually taking place in Valla as opposed to Norh and Hoshido. As for the sixth stage, the song that plays is sung in Japanese for the Japanese version and thus needed to be dubbed in English for the international versions.

Supports / Dialogue#

Japan to International#

• The cutscenes after a character's S support were shortened due to the dialogue during these scenes being shorter in the international versions. This also extends to several character's post-minigame cutscenes.
• Niles's unique S support with the male avatar was changed in the international releases to reuse the dialogue from his S support with the female avatar. This also applies to Rhajat's S support with the female avatar. The reason for this change is unknown.
• Soleil's supports with the male avatar were revised due to carrying unfortunate implications. In the Japanese version, the avatar slips her a powder which causes her to see men as women. The international versions has Soleil donning a blindfold and envisioning men as women instead.
• Saizo and Beruka's C support was completely replaced by ellipses. In the Japanese version, they discussed about experiences of assassinating people.

International - USA to Europe#

Unlike Awakening, there are almost no differences between the American and European text, not even adapting spellings for British English. Most differences are related to fixing typos.

Notes:

• For Saizo & Oboro's C-Support, the word "solder" was corrected to "soldier".
• For Xander & Felicia's B-Support, instead of Xander talking it was corrected to Felicia talking. This error was not present in the Japanese version.
• For Revelation Chapter 15, the word "actully" was corrected to "actually".

Name Changes#

Several characters had their names changed in the international releases. In addition, the Korean release uses almost every personal names from the international releases (notable counterexample is Kamui), while the place names are from Japanese. This is likely because the English voice clips is used in the Korean release despite the base text for the Korean translation is in Japanese.

First Generation

Second Generation

Other

Song Names
Some of the song names in the Records Hall have also been inexplicably retranslated between the USA and European versions.

Korean Version#

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The Korean release contains Birthright and Conquest on one cartridge. This is different from the Special Edition, in that Revelation is needed to be purchased separately. Systemically based on the international versions, the features removed in the international releases like the face touching minigame is not available, and the English voice clips are used. Despite that, the Korean translation is mostly based on the Japanese texts, while some that have corresponding voice clips are translated from English.