Fire Emblem: Three Houses Gets New Gameplay Videos Showing Links in Action

After a long string of character reveals, Nintendo has started showcasing the gameplay mechanics of Fire Emblem: Three Houses with new videos.

The videos were released on the official Twitter account [sources: 1, 2] and they showcase the “Link” system.

Basically, Links happen when you attack an enemy that can also be attacked by one or more of your characters. This encourages the players to keep their characters close to each other. It also improves the support values of the characters involved.

When you use links, both hit and dodge receive a boost, and the higher the support value between the units involved is, the higher the boost. That being said, you can still miss or be hit by enemy attacks despite the bonuses, so you shouldn’t rely on links excessively.

You can check out the videos below.

If you want to see and learn more of the Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you can enjoy a lot of trailers from a coiple of days ago, tons of recent gameplay, the previous trailer, the screenshots and video showing Eldegard, more for Dimitri, assets for Claude, screenshot and video showing Jeralt, more starring Rhea, the recent reveal of Catherine, that of Alois, the showcases of Setes and his sister Fren, the reveal of Yeritswa, the unveiling of Tomas, that of Gilbert, a look at Shamir, and more assets revealing Cyril.

We also have the introduction of Sothis, a look at the main hero and heroine Beres and Beret (or Byleth as they’re named in English), the introduction of Hubert, the reveal of Doudo,  the introduction of Manuela, that of Dorothea, the reveal of Felix, the assets introducing Hilda, more showcasing Hanneman, the reveal of Ferdinand, even more showing Mercedes,

You can then check out more assets focusing on Raphael, the first look at Bernadetta, on top of the introduction of Ash, the presentation of Lysithea, the reveal of Kaspar, the reveal of Annette, the video and screenshots for Ignace, those for Petra, the introduction of Sylvain, the assets showing Marianne, the videos and images for Linhardt, these for Ingrid, the first look at Leonie, the reveal of a pair of shady villains, and three more.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses will release on July 26 exclusively for Nintendo Switch.