Fire Emblem: Heroes coming to Google Play in February

Nintendo gave us our first look at Fire Emblem: Heroes, the upcoming mobile Fire Emblem game the company hinted at last year. Revealed at the Fire Emblem Direct event held today, the game will condense the series' tactical RPG combat into bite-sized battles that you can play on the go.

Featuring both story and multiplayer modes, players lead their heroes to victory by sliding and tapping on an 8x6 grid. Each character has an elemental affinity (red, green, or blue) that grant them unique strengths and weaknesses. Players select from an expansive list of well-loved Fire Emblem characters and new faces to build up a customized team. Each character has a star rating that determines their power, but you can always improve this by levelling up. You can also summon highly powerful heroes to battle using colored orbs. These orbs can be won in battle or via, yes, IAPs. Alternatively, succesfully beating Hero Battles will convince these powerful figures to fight alongside you.

Fire Emblem: Heroes launches on February 2 on the Google Play store. You can pre-register at the official website. iPhone and iPad users will have to wait for news on the App Store launch, however.