That is according to Fire Emblem: Three Houses director Toshiyuki Kasukihara who told French publication JeuxVideo at a recent expo that completing the story playing as one of the three houses takes around 80 hours when you don't skip dialogue or cut-scenes. And so to see everything, via playing through the story with all three houses - well, it could potentially offer up more gameplay than anyone has free time.

Of course this could be read as the almost redundant, "Japanese-developed RPG game is a long one". But with Fire Emblem erring more on the side of turn-based tactics historically, the shift to a fully voiced RPG with a story that puts players in charge of a professor looking after one of three houses at an Officer Academy positions this as a rather massive entry in the long-running series.



One that has kind-of always offered up dozens of hours of story and combat. But never at this sort of cinematic level. The above trailer, which made its debut today, definitely looks promising. And with new of the game's epic size hinted at by its director - feels all the more epic.