If you thought Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave was ambitious, it was originally supposed to be almost twice as big as what players got. According to Nintendo’s official developer interview published on September 15, Intelligent Systems originally considered including a whopping eight protagonists in the game, as opposed to the four players that we have now.
The team ultimately scaled the project back. Eight protagonists is a lot, to say the least, and it risked overwhelming players by giving them too much information to follow. Nintendo’s developer interview confirmed this was a genuine development consideration, not just a fan-made rumor. Now, Nintendo’s newly announced Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave expansion has fans speculating whether those four perspectives might see the light of day after all.
Key Takeaways
- Fortune’s Weave initially planned eight protagonists but was scaled back to four to avoid overwhelming players.
- Nintendo announced a $34.99 three-wave DLC: wave one live, wave two holiday 2026, wave three adds four character arcs.
- Wave three might restore four cut protagonists’ perspectives, deepening the game’s narrative if they’re full campaigns.
Nintendo Announces a Three-Wave Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass
Fortune’s Weave hasn’t even been out for a full month yet, and Nintendo has already announced a three-wave expansion pass for it. The $34.99 DLC contains three waves of content, the first of which is out now. Wave one adds four prototype weapons inspired by Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ Heroes’ Relics. Wave two, planned for holiday 2026, introduces three divine allies: Aurora, Smyrnos, and Jurah, alongside new outfits.
The third and final wave, however, is the most interesting and contains storylines for four of the games’ characters: Bertrand, Talimun, Orchel, and Anatolia. Additional recruitable allies and classes will also be added, but it’s the four storylines that pique our interest. Nintendo has not confirmed that these characters are the four protagonists that were removed during development, nor has it promised that these storylines will be full-length campaigns. They could be smaller episodes or potentially even completely different narrative experiences.
That numerical symmetry does seem quite coincidental, though, and considering those four characters already play important roles in the story, it does seem plausible that they could be our missing characters. If so, wave three of the expansion pass could make Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave a much more in-depth and nuanced experience.
One of the best parts of Fortune’s Weave is how its four central heroes offer differing perspectives on an interconnected story. Expanding that approach could deepen the world significantly and explore details that the game’s main campaign didn’t have the time or resources to touch on. $34.99 is on the expensive side for a Fire Emblem DLC, but if these are indeed the lost protagonist’s stories, the content added might make that a very fair price.
One thing is for certain, though—we aren’t getting any answers now. At least we already have wave one to keep us busy and wave two to look forward to.
- Released
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September 17, 2026
- ESRB
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Teen / Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, In-Game Purchases
- Developer(s)
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Intelligent Systems
- Publisher(s)
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Nintendo
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