Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24510002-20170803160022/@comment-11860859-20170807152013

TanatatTigerTruth wrote: Broken Shield IV wrote: An idea just dawned on me...

What if there are 3 versions of IE:Ares? Each one follows one of the three captains...

Ares Yellow Version* could follow Inamori Asuto, Ares Purple Version* could follow Haizaki Ryouhei, and Ares Red Version* could follow Nosaka Yuuma, with three interweaving stories throughout each of the three games. Most of the Chapter Bosses would be the same, it just creates a multiverse where certain teams end up in the limelight!

From a story standpoint that sounds cool, however having three versions each dedicated to the protagonists is a bit of a chore for the developers and a nightmare for the buyers. This is because now they have to create an individual scenario for each of the protagonist which requires a lot of work as opposed to creating one over arching storyline, not to mention making exclusive scout characters and teams for each individual version. All of this will be a nightmare for the buyers because now they need to find not one but two people with the other two version as if finding one isn't hard enough.
 * = Temporary version names

What I think is that they should do the whole "choose your main protagonist to follow" but limit it to one cartridge. Having three seperate version will kill both the developers' budget and the buyers' wallets. I'm pretty sure it's the 'choose your main protaganist to follow' route that Ares will take. I'm just confused on how they plan to make a story that can turn out well for all the protaganists since the FF is a knockout tournament. We already know that Inakuni Raimon is facing Seishou in Round 1, so that's already setting one team for heartbreak, even though based on the trailers, Inakuni is easily outclassed.