History YMMV / FireEmblemTheBindingBlade

** Though it helps characters' fighting abilities, [[ShipperOnDeck those of us who like shipping]] will get frustrated about characters having only one love interest and sharing that interest with another person in support conversations. It distracts from the game a little too much and it takes a ''very'' long time to get the supports done. Made worse by the fact that not everyone's shared endings are necessarily happy.

** The ''ting'' of an enemy's attack bouncing off your unit for zero damage.

%%* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The reaction by vets to the magic triangle's change from fire, wind, and thunder to anima, light, and dark. Oddly, [[OlderThanTheyThink this happened in reverse]] when the ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]]'' returned to the original triangle, since Western fans [[GatewaySeries signed on as the change was being made]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The reaction by vets to the magic triangle's change from fire, wind, and thunder to anima, light, and dark. Oddly, [[OlderThanTheyThink this happened in reverse]] when the ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]]'' returned to the original triangle, since Western fans [[GatewaySeries signed on as the change was being made]].

** ''The Binding Blade'' is popular in Japan for its more back-to-basics approach following the more complex ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' and for its characters feeling [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute familiar]], while everywhere else, it's considered to be a rather weak title for all of these reasons. This stems from another case of this trope, as ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'', which ''The Binding Blade'' is a WholePlotReference to, is the most beloved game in the series by far in Japan, while it was [[NoExportForYou never officially released anywhere else]], even when it was remade for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS (in contrast to ''Shadow Dragon'' being localized), leaving Western fans with no NostalgiaFilter. Judging by review scores, Japan seems to consider ''Blazing Sword'' a case of {{Sequelitis}}, while Western fans think [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel the exact opposite]].

** Bolting, Berserk, and other long-range spells, more so in ''The Binding Blade'' than in any other game; nearly every chapter in the second half has several mages with Bolting hidden behind walls or swarms of enemies.
** Building Supports require that you tether two characters to each other for a long period of time (upwards of ''240 turns'' for some characters) before you can unlock a support conversation. It's even worse in Binding Blade, where you can only accumulate a total of 120 support points for ALL characters in any given chapter.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Of all the characters in this continent, Roy takes the cake. A big chunk of the [[AmericansHateTingle western]] ''Fire Emblem'' fandom despises him and considers him the worst Lord in the series for both his stats and characterization, calling him a useless unit and a forgettable FlatCharacter. Roy's fans however defend him by pointing out how his stat growths are actually good for the game and he only becomes a liability mid-to-lategame because of his late promotion time, and think he's a perfectly enjoyable and rounded character whose interactions with the rest of the cast don't get the credit they deserve. He also gets quite a bit of love from the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fandom, and if [[https://serenesforest.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Male-Poll.jpg his placing second]] on the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' ''Choose Your Legends'' poll for males, behind only [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]], is any indication, Roy's hatedom is a VocalMinority.[[note]]Marth and Robin, two characters who are also well-liked by ''Smash'' fans, placed behind characters such as Hector and Chrom, meaning a good portion of Roy's fans must come from the Fire Emblem fandom.[[/note]]
** Another Base Breaker is [[MysteriousWaif Sophia]]. She's infamous among players as a [[TierInducedScrappy Tier-Induced Scrappy]], but she's been shown to have quite the fanbase, as she retains rather high positions in popularity polls concerning ''Binding Blade'' characters, so people either find her one of the most interesting characters despite her flaws, or just a waste of space in the roster.

* MemeticLoser: Roy, due to being seen as the worst Lord in the series statwise and characterization-wise. He is treated as a MemeticBadass for his appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', however, but only for ''Super Smash Bros.''
* MoralEventHorizon: Zephiel definitely crosses it in ''The Binding Blade'' when he [[spoiler:kills Hector, the man who saved his life 20 years earlier]].

** Sophia is she's similar to Nino but next to ''impossible'' to train since she joins at a point where virtually every enemy will kill her in one round. And unlike Nino, the result isn't all that worth it as her final stats are near identical to Lilina's, who was ''already'' a BaseBreakingCharacter as to whether she's good or not. What makes players really hate her though, is that you're ''forced'' to use her in the chapter she joins... which happens to be a Fog-of-War Desert map with tons of flying enemies, and she has to survive to unlock the sidequest chapter, turning the whole thing into an annoying EscortMission.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Of all the characters in this continent, Roy takes the cake. A big chunk of the [[AmericansHateTingle western]] ''Fire Emblem'' fandom despises him and considers him the worst Lord in the series for both his stats and characterization, calling him an useless unit and a forgettable FlatCharacter. Roy's fans however defend him by pointing out how his stat growths are actually good for the game and he only becomes a liability mid-to-lategame because of his late promotion time, and think he's a perfectly enjoyable and rounded character whose interactions with the rest of the cast don't get the credit they deserve. He also gets quite a bit of love from the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fandom, and if [[https://serenesforest.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Male-Poll.jpg his placing second]] on the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' ''Choose Your Legends'' poll for males, behind only [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]], is any indication, Roy's hatedom is a VocalMinority.[[note]]Marth and Robin, two characters who are also well-liked by ''Smash'' fans, placed behind characters such as Hector and Chrom, meaning a good portion of Roy's fans must come from the Fire Emblem fandom.[[/note]]

** Then there's Gwendolyn, who some consider even WORSE than Sophia despite joining earlier. She's very fragile for an Armor Knight and in fact can be one shotted in her joining chapter, with it being difficult to give her the levels she sorely needs due to her being limited to lances (until promotion) having the usual Armor Knight movement and coming before a very axe-heavy portion of the game. Even once trained she still has the movement issue that Generals suffer and isn't very practical to use thanks to the constant seize format of maps in the game. Thankfully, she isn't necessary to keep alive like Sophia, but she still has little going for her.

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Idunn]] is barely any stronger than the boss that just preceded her, has ''less'' HP than said boss on Normal mode, can't do ranged attacks, and the Binding Blade destroys her so utterly that a moderately trained Roy can one-round her... and an ''un''trained Roy, at his base stats with no more than promotion gains, can still take off 75% of her health by himself. The nicest thing most players can say about this battle is "At least she's not as bad as [[FireEmblemThracia776 Veld]]."

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Idenn]] is barely any stronger than the boss that just preceded her, has ''less'' HP than said boss on Normal mode, can't do ranged attacks, and the Binding Blade destroys her so utterly that a moderately trained Roy can one-round her... and an ''un''trained Roy, at his base stats with no more than promotion gains, can still take off 75% of her health by himself.

** If someone were to watch gameplay/read info on the story and the characters of the Archanea games, more so ''Mystery of the Emblem'', then you will find that ''The Binding Blade'' has some pretty glaring similarities to it. Just compare the appearances and stories to Wyvern Riders Minerva and Milady.

** Ekhidna is a powerful, useful pre-promoted JackOfAllStats in a game with a '''lot''' of {{Tier Induced Scrapp|y}}ies, and a somewhat unique female member of the Hero class with a forceful, yet playful ActionGirl personality. Not coincidentally, the path that recruits her is very popular, especially with those seeking a good challenge.
** Niime is also very popular despite joining late into the, both for being a snarky CoolOldLady and for being surprisingly good by late-game pre-promote [[LateCharacterSyndrome standards.]] It also helps that she's the mother of Canas, mentioned above.

** Chapter 16; aside from all of the irritating enemies with Bolting and Purge, there's a powerful enemy general running around who you must leave alive if you want to go to the gaiden chapter. And you can't simply rush through the level avoiding him, unless you want to skip all of the treasures.

** Cecilia from ''Binding Blade''. Although Valkyrie is a strong class, she's not very powerful, has limited room to grow, and just to rub it in, she takes a massive movement penalty in her first chapter, due to being a horse-mounted unit in a desert. It doesn't help that the previous Mage General was Pent, whose main downside was that he was ''so'' powerful that the problem with his chapter is that he steals all your EXP when you're supposed to rescue him (and you need to gain 700 on that level to unlock a gaiden chapter) and is out-competed by Nino if you put a huge amount of effort into raising her.

** And by extension, Roy. In Japan, he's one of the most popular characters in the entirety of ''Fire Emblem'', while in the west, though he does have his fans (particularly the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' crowd), he's usually regarded as a boring character and the worst Lord unit in the series and is a BaseBreakingCharacter at best.

** And by extension, Roy. In Japan, he's one of the most popular characters in the entirety of ''Fire Emblem'', while in the west, though he does have his fans (particularly the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' crowd), he's usually regarded as a boring character and the worst Lord unit in the series.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Of all the characters in this continent, Roy takes the cake. A big chunk of the [[AmericansHateTingle western]] ''Fire Emblem'' fandom despises him and considers him the worst Lord in the series for both his stats and characterization, calling him an useless unit and a forgettable FlatCharacter. Roy's fans however defend him by pointing out how his stat growths are actually good for the game and he only becomes a liability mid-to-lategame because of his late promotion time, and think he's a perfectly enjoyable and rounded character whose interactions with the rest of the cast don't get the credit they deserve. He also gets quite a bit of love from the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fandom, and if [[https://serenesforest.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Male-Poll.jpg his placing second]] on the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' ''Choose Your Legends'' poll for males, behind only [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]], is any indication, Roy's hatedom is a VocalMinority.[[note]]Marth and Robin, two characters who are also well-liked by ''Smash'' fans, placed behind characters such as Hector and Chrom, meaning a good portion of Roy's fans must come from the Fire Emblem fandom.]]

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Of all the characters in this continent, Roy takes the cake. A big chunk of the [[AmericansHateTingle western]] ''Fire Emblem'' fandom despises him and considers him the worst Lord in the series for both his stats and characterization, calling him an useless unit and a forgettable FlatCharacter. Roy's fans however defend him by pointing out how his stats are actually pretty good and he only becomes a liability mid-to-lategame because of his late promotion time, and think he's a perfectly enjoyable and rounded character whose interactions with the rest of the cast don't get the credit they deserve. He also gets quite a bit of love from the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fandom, and if [[https://serenesforest.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Male-Poll.jpg his placing second]] on the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' ''Choose Your Legends'' poll for males, behind only [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]], is any indication, Roy's hatedom is a VocalMinority.

** ''The Binding Blade'' is popular in Japan for its more back-to-basics approach following the more complex ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' and for its characters feeling [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute familiar]], while everywhere else, it's considered to be a rather weak title for all of these reasons. This stems from another case of this trope, as ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'', which ''The Binding Blade'' is a WholePlotReference to, is the most beloved game in the series by far in Japan, while it was [[NoExportForYou never officially released anywhere else]], even when it was remade for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS (in contrast to ''Shadow Dragon'' being localized), leaving Western fans with no NostalgiaFilter. Judging by review scores, Japan seems to consider ''Blazing Sword'' a case of {{Sequelitis}}, while Western fans think [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel the exact opposite]].

** Renault gets this too, being a Bishop recruited in the penultimate chapter with very poor magic stats for his level, though he has some good equipment.

** Rath, like the other Sacaean characters, can score critical hits like a madman, but otherwise, his stats are sub-par, even when promoted. It doesn't help that he comes a little late in the game and the chapter following his recruitment is a desert chapter, making it impossible for him to get anywhere due to being a mounted unit.

* {{Woolseyism}}: [[TheGreatOffscreenWar The Scouring]] was simply called the "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dragon/Human War]]" in the Japanese version.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The Support Conversation system was considered awesome when it was first released. Until latter games where its weakness starts to get more visible, aside of the primitiveness of the conversations, only certain Supports with Roy can change that character's ending, unlike newer games where a non-Lord character can be shipped with another non-Lord to have a paired ending. Back in those days, people would call Roy a pimp, but after this, people could easily say Roy is a 'relationship hogger' that gets all the fun, not sharing it with his army.

** If someone were to watch gameplay/read info on the story and the characters of the Archanea games, more so ''Mystery of the Emblem'', then you will find that ''The Binding Blade'' has some pretty glaring similarities to it. Just compare the appearances and stories to Wyvern Riders Minerva and Milady.