Fire Emblem Heroes, as an idea, doesn’t seem to match Nintendo’s efforts in the mobile space so far.

Pokémon Go removed much of the base series’ depth for location-based social activity. Super Mario Run relegated the sophistication of Mario platforming to button taps. Fire Emblem as a series is resistant to that kind of reduction. The strategy role-playing game series is all about lengthy battles, challenging maps and memorable characters whose stories play out over several chapters.

Yet…