The next Fire Emblem is called Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, it arrives on Switch 2 in 2026, and it’s taking fans back to the world of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. The strategy RPG’s reveal trailer showed students embarking on a bloody new classroom: a Roman Empire-style Colosseum.
While there’s no official mention of Three Houses in today’s Nintendo Direct announcement, house crest stones from the 2019 tactics game for the original Switch are clearly visible on some of the weapons in the reveal, suggesting Fortune’s Weave will be another game set in that world. Otherwise we don’t get a whole lot of detail about the upcoming game beyond the idea that teams will be competing in Colosseum-style games while also battling other threats outside the city walls. A ruler called the “Divine Sovereign” promises to grant the wish of whoever wins the tournament.
Here’s our first look:
Yes, Fire Emblem is back, with characters as cool and grid-based combat UI as ugly as ever. The trailer also ends with a surprise: Sothis sitting on a throne. The mysterious green-haired girl from Three Houses had the ability to manipulate time, and appeared in both younger and older forms. That leaves it to fans to speculate as to whether Fortunte’s Weave is will act as a sequel or prequel to the original.
Arriving just three years after Fire Emblem Engage, it perhaps shouldn’t be too surprising that Intelligent Systems’ next entry in the long-running tactics franchise doesn’t look like a complete graphical overhaul. The cinematic animations, character art, and cutscenes all look excellent for the series’ Switch 2 debut, though I’m hungrier for a deeper reworking of the isometric battle views fans spend most of their time looking at while actually playing the game.
Still, it’s clear Intelligent Systems is still holding a lot back about this newest entry. Given all of the cool character interactions and cozy-sim systems in Three Houses, I’m excited to see how those aspects of the game evolve in Fortunte’s Weave.