Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the latest entry in the Fire Emblem tactical strategy series, took a unique approach to storytelling by offering four routes to choose from and further dividing the routes into two parts, the first taking place while the characters were enrolled at Garreg Mach Officer's Academy and the second occurring five years later. With the reveal that musou-style spinoff title Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes would feature brand-new redesigns for the student characters, fans wondered how the Academy story and time skip would be handled. A free demo for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, released on June 8, 2022, quickly addressed this question