I like the Second Seal in that it makes growths a matter of ease rather than the be-all-end-all of your results. You don't need to see a character you love get screwed by their gains; you just have to keep at it longer.
The gender-exclusive skills as they relate to child-bearing kinda threw me for a loop, though. I mean, not as if I can't whore Galeforce out enough as it is, but I'd have kinda liked to take full advantage of the possibilities (maybe getting a few more Counters out there) if I knew what they were up front. Oh well, comes with deciding to play the game unspoiled.
Marriages on my save are as follows:
[spoiler]Chrom + Sumia
Vent (My Unit) + Tiki (and Morgan is a FREAKING BEAST)
Vaike + Miriel
Stahl + Lissa
Virion + Sully
Donnel + Cordelia
Ricken + Maribelle
Gaius + Panne
Lon'qu + Nowi (Nah is ALSO a beast)
Gregor + Tharja (Gregor's supports crack me up. Especially as Noire's father; hat's off to CV fans)
Libra + Olivia
Frederick + Cherche
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I never played Radiant dawn, so I don't really know much about her character. She looks cute though, too bad you can't marry ghosts.
Then again, with most of these characters I don't know much about the character. Y'know, since the majority of the series is Japan only.
Only ones I'm looking forward to are Lyn and Ike, but I'll still buy the rest since loldisposableincome.
I'm glad that Micaiah is there, but I do admit her depiction is a bit off.
Basically, Micaiah is a Light magic specialist, and there IS no Light magic in Awakening. So they made her a Dark Mage, since they're the only "non-mainstream magic users", and their standard outfit looks sexier. Of course, the game's "current" Dark Mages are all psychologically disturbed, so that's a little weird. I do like her art, but yes, it's definitely different.
It's also kinda weird seeing her without Sothe. Those two are INSEPARABLE in RD, to the point where Sothe is generally a required unit.
Why's that?
Though all of the costumes for the DLC characters (Pr. Marth notwithstanding since his outfit is in the game.) are pretty crap since they all look so damn generic.
Maybe if they do something like this again, we can get non-generic units.
I'd settle for non-generic heads, to be honest with you. It seems like they're pulling existing facial expressions and hair styles; and if the character has ANY manner of headgear, it just doesn't work. I got Sanaki on Spot Pass, and...yeah.
I haven't really had the time to invest in DLC characters, though I'm collecting them just because. Took Roy and Marth for a little spin, but that was more or less it. I do admit, though, seeing Mist as a War Cleric would be pretty cool.