Fairy Fencer is a great JRPG out now on the Nintendo Switch. This game came out in 2013. This game is a fantastic anime styled RPG. In this game, there are three different paths, with three branching stories. This game is all about saving the world, and in this, friends can become enemies and enemies can become friends.
This game tells the story of a reluctant hero named Fang. He is forced into a journey and after a loss in battle vows to help awaken a sleeping Goddess. This guy is honestly only after food, and the fact that he is chosen is because of his hunger which is humorous. Fang meets a bunch of characters and they join his party, becoming essential characters often in an instant.
The group of characters is rather varied and they are all voiced, just like most of the characters in the game. The characters are joined by fairies who act either as friends, lovers, or caretakers for their companions. The relationships these characters have are well developed and work well in the idea of the game. The player will probably begin to care about them due to how much dialog and character work the game provides.
Battles in this game are turn-based but also relies on the player guiding the player around the arena. The character’s attacks take some guidance to use right so the player will effectively have to choose where to attack. Players can even attack multiple enemies with one magic attack which is good when working on conserving magic power. The animations look great and the magic is spectacular especially in moments where it’s needed.
The game continuously adds more layers to battle with tutorials to learn new ideas. This game just cannot stop layering on new ways to combo and take down enemies and it makes the game so much more exciting. Eryn, Fang’s fairy will pop up and often give a lengthy explanation and then that idea can often change the battle formula extensively.
Players also get to fuse their characters with their fairies using the power of Fairize. This power-up lets players use a stronger attack and take down opponents with relative ease. Bosses will take some power to take down so often times these attacks can help end bosses in a flash.
The characters themselves also have their own abilities in battle. Fang, for instance, can raise his power at the cost of all of his regular attacks costing thirty SP, the magic of the game. Other characters can analyze opponents for weaknesses and raise other stats.
The characters will gain WP at the end of a battle and it’s important for upgrades. These points can go into upgrading the number of times the character can combo, the strength of their fairize, and even how high their attack and magic stats are. But, it’s good to use these points wisely because they can also be used to learn magic and new moves to combo with. Once the points are spent they are spent, so players will need to start fighting monsters again to gather more.
When it comes to choosing where to go, players will move around a map. On this map, players can do something known as world-shaping. Using fairies players can change the dungeons they are heading too, by changing the effects. Players can do things like increase the amount of experience at the cost of attack among other buffs and debuffs. Players can adjust these to as they see fit, so it’s good to take stock of the effects from time to time.
As players battle through the game, they will unlock many fairies. These fairies are strengthened by awakening the Vile God or the Sleeping Goddess. These two forces will grant different powers as players slowly but surely wake them. Depending on the rank of the fairy players can chip away at the sleeping form of these deities. Once players have chipped away they cannot reset unless they start a new game so the players need to choose wisely. These two beings also contribute to how the game finishes so it is good to take stock and unlock things based on how the player wants to end the game. It is never good to wake up the ultimate evil though, and the characters consistently will tell the player that.
The music in this game is also great. There is a fantastic anime battle music that plays when the player fairizes. Even the brassy Goron city-esque music is great and it plays a lot over the course of the game. It’s always good when a game has a good soundtrack and this one is delightful.
One big interesting thing about this game is the use of the HD Rumble. Players can mess around with the rumble in the settings and they might need to right off the bat. This game makes the console rumble quite a bit and sometimes it is just too much. It’s often times so explosive and gratuitous the player might think something is wrong. Players will start the game with half the rumble and honestly, that is good enough, though it is interesting seeing how hard the system can actually rumble.
Fairy Fencer is a great game and one that is filled with solid RPG fighting. The voice acting is fantastic as is the music, and the characters can often be rather funny and interesting. The game’s world-shaping and dungeon customizing is also rather awesome. All in all, Fairy Fencer is a fantastic JRPG worth playing. With it on the Switch will the player help save the world and awaken the Sleeping Goddess?
Disclaimer: A review key was provided