Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Toshiyuki Kusakihara, Genki Yokota, Chinatsu Kurahana, and Intelligent Systems' (in collaboration with Koei Tecmo) universally acclaimed, emotionally monumental, and award-winning tactical turn-based strategy JRPG masterpiece exclusively for the Nintendo Switch (Fire Emblem: Three Houses + *Cindered Shadows* Expansion Pass), released in July 2019 by Nintendo, winning Best Strategy Game and Player's Voice at The Game Awards (TGA 2019) alongside Strategy Game of the Year at the DICE Awards while earning a 9.5/10 from IGN, Eurogamer Essential, and 89/100 on Metacritic and selling over 4.1 million copies worldwide (standing as the single best-selling individual video game in the entire 34-year history of the *Fire Emblem* franchise), set on the war-torn fantasy continent of Fódlan, divided between three powerful nations: the Adrestian Empire, the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, and the Leicester Alliance, casting mercenary-turned-professor Byleth (male/female), appointed to teach at the prestigious Garreg Mach Monastery Officers Academy, choosing to mentor one of Three Student Houses: the Black Eagles led by princess Edelgard von Hresvelg, the Blue Lions led by prince Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, or the Golden Deer led by heir Claude von Riegan, single-handedly pioneering the revolutionary "Garreg Mach Academy Calendar Simulation, Battalion Gambits & Divine Pulse Time Rewind" engine (tutoring students, managing tea parties, exploring four completely distinct 50-hour branching wartime campaigns following a tragic five-year timeskip), commanding massive armies with Battalion troops, and Takeru Kanazaki's immortal, soaring classical orchestral, electronic, and vocal soundtrack featuring the soaring anthem *"The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare)"*.