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5 min readFire Emblem Fortunes Weave, the new Switch 2 exclusive from Nintendo, asks you to manage 170 turns of free time between major battles, and the hosts of The Besties cannot stop talking about a feature called "perfect bird time." Griffin McElroy describes the moment he finished a gruesome, body-horror-heavy chapter and then immediately spent his free time as a pudgy little bird, receiving treats from townspeople who confess their marital problems to him. "If someone says I'm thinking about leaving my wife, and then you do a little dance, they are not going to like — big mistake," Griffin explains. "But if they do like it and you get it right three times in a row, you get perfect bird time, which it says on the screen in big letters." The bit spirals into a discussion of whether Griffin's wife appreciates him recreating this scenario at home, which she apparently does not.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Perfect Bird Time** - Griffin describes the game's absurd bird-based side activity where you can become a bird and receive treats from townspeople.
- 2 (02:59) **Episode Setup & Guest Introduction** - The hosts introduce themselves and set up the episode's focus: *Fire Emblem: Fortunes Weave* on the Switch 2.
- 3 (05:32) **Fire Emblem Franchise History & Personal Histories** - Each host checks in on their history with the *Fire Emblem* series.
- 4 (09:00) **The Core Structure: Time Travel & Four Campaigns** - The hosts explain the game's ambitious narrative and structural conceit.
- 5 (12:32) **Time Commitment & Difficulty Options** - The hosts discuss the game's massive length and flexible difficulty settings.
- 6 (14:24) **The Overwhelming Free Time System** - Griffin details the game's dense between-mission structure, which he finds excessive.
- 7 (17:52) **Automation & Management Overload** - The hosts discuss how the game's complexity forces players to use its automation tools.
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Show Notes
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is the biggest exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2 — quite literally. A completionist run of the new tactics RPG could take you 200 hours. For some fans, the epic length will be a decadent pleasure. For others, like Plante, it’s a threat. To guide us through the huge adventure, longtime Fire Emblem-lovers Griffin and Frush share what works and doesn’t. Meanwhile, Plante wonders if the current list of exclusives has made the Switch 2 a worthwhile upgrade.
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