History YMMV / FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes

** Many fans began speculating that the new purple-haired character (Later revealed to be Shez) fighting Female Byleth in the trailer is in fact an alternate version of Male Byleth. This is due to the character wielding an unknown Hero's Relic that seemingly has no Crest Stone, his clothes and hair looking similar to Jeralt's, and with the box art showing them together with Sothis and what appears to be a counterpart to her in the background. Not to mention the fact that on the ''Three Houses'' box art, it has Female Byleth on the left and Male Byleth on the right, which may add fuel to the fire. At the same time, however, other people believe it's a mere coincidence, and that these similarities are a result of the character being Byleth's [[EvilCounterpart Evil]] ([[GreyAndGrayMorality ?]]) [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]]. The second trailer, however, reveals that Shez is the PlayerCharacter of ''Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' and Byleth is an antagonist of some sort in this game.

** Sothis' narration, timed with a scene that looks like it takes place at the point where Jeralt dies, and the reveal art showing a figure positioned as something of an opposite to Sothis, quickly caused speculation that part of the games narrative involves Byleth attempting to undo past events like Jeralt dying, only for the mysterious pink haired man to intervene to try to stop them. In particular, this has lead to numerous guesses that Jeralt will be playable as a result.

** After the premiere trailer, many people disliked the fact that only Female Byleth was chosen as the focus of marketing, and would likely be the only version of Byleth that would be seen in the in-game cutscenes ([[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors akin to Male Robin and Female Corrin]]), especially since Male Byleth [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer seemed to be completely absent from marketing]]. This isn't helped by the release of the game's box art having only Female Byleth. Mercifully, the Mysterious Mercenary trailer confirms that you can choose Byleth's gender and that Female Byleth is simply used as the default for promotional purposes.
** Fans of Female Byleth were ecstatic that she was front and center in the marketing of the game had their turn to be deflated by the reveal in the second trailer that Byleth isn't actually the main character of the game, [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent a new character named Shez is.]] Byleth is instead seemingly being billed as one of the primary ''antagonists'' instead.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** In the initial reveal trailer, many worried that there is only one form of Byleth available in the story. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5TrSaoYmZ8 The second trailer]] alleviates this by revealing that you can choose which between Male or Female Byleth would appear in the story scenario proper.

** Many fans began speculating that the new purple-haired character (Later revealed to be Shez) fighting Female Byleth in the trailer is in fact an alternate version of Male Byleth. This is due to the character wielding an unknown Hero's Relic that seemingly has no Crest Stone, his clothes and hair looking similar to Jeralt's, and with the box art showing them together with Sothis and what appears to be a counterpart to her in the background. Not to mention the fact that on the ''Three Houses'' box art, it has Female Byleth on the left and Male Byleth on the right, which may add fuel to the fire. At the same time, however, other people believe it's a mere coincidence, and that these similarities are a result of the character being Byleth's [[EvilCounterpart Evil]]([[GreyAndGrayMorality ?]]) [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]]. The second trailer, however, implies that [[spoiler:Shez is the PlayableAvatar of Fire Emblem Three Hopes and Byleth is the HeroAntagonist of this game]].

** After the premiere trailer, many people disliked the fact that only Female Byleth was chosen as the focus of marketing, and would likely be the only version of Byleth that would be seen in the in-game cutscenes ([[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors akin to Male Robin and Female Corrin]]), especially since Male Byleth [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer seemed to be completely absent from marketing]]. This isn't helped by the release of the game's box art having only Female Byleth.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** In the initial reveal trailer, many worried that there is only one form of Byleth available in the story. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5TrSaoYmZ8 The second trailer]] alleviates this by revealing that you can choose which between Male or Female Byleth would appear in the story scenario proper.

** Many fans began speculating that the new purple-haired character fighting Female Byleth in the trailer is in fact an alternate version of Male Byleth. This is due to the character wielding an unknown Hero's Relic that seemingly has no Crest Stone, his clothes and hair looking similar to Jeralt's, and with the box art showing them together with Sothis and what appears to be a counterpart to her in the background. Not to mention the fact that on the ''Three Houses'' box art, it has Female Byleth on the left and Male Byleth on the right, which may add fuel to the fire. At the same time, however, other people believe it's a mere coincidence, and that these similarities are a result of the character being Byleth's [[EvilCounterpart Evil]]([[GreyAndGrayMorality ?]]) [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]].

*** Of course, for many people this had the exact opposite effect as a female character getting more or exclusive coverage is almost unheard of so Bylass being (possibly) the canon protagonist of Three Houses has delighted many.

** Of course, for many people this had the exact opposite effect as a female character getting more or exclusive coverage is almost unheard of so Bylass being (possibly) the canon protagonist of Three Houses has delighted many.

* MemeticLoser: Male Byleth not getting featured in the premiere trailer or the box art of the game had the side-effect of this. Female Byleth was considered by many to be the more popular of the two sometime after ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'''s release, in part due to the franchise's LGBTFanbase and the fact that she could romance all three main lords. As such, the spinoff game using her as the default choice has made some people think of her as "the canon version" of the character, making it feel like it is only twisting the knife further.

** While the fact it is a HackAndSlash game already set some people this way, the implications that the game's story would be similar to ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', and possibly result in a GoldenEnding despite the original ''Three Houses'' actively avoiding one, resulted in some expressing concern and skepticism at the game's existence.

* MemeticLoser: Male Byleth not getting featured in the premiere trailer or the box art of the game had the side-effect of this. Female Byleth was considered by many to be the more popular of the two sometime after ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'''s release, in part due to the franchise's LGBTFanbase and the fact that she could romance all three main lords. As such, the spinoff game using her as the default choice had made people consider her "the canon version" of the two, making it feel like it is only twisting the knife further.

** After the premiere trailer, many people disliked the fact that only Female Byleth was chosen as the focus of marketing, and the one who would seem to be in the in-game cutscenes ([[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors akin to Male Robin and Female Corrin]]), especially since Male Byleth [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer seemed to be completely absent from marketing]]. This isn't helped by the release of the game's box art having only Female Byleth.

** Hubert's appearances in the trailer quickly became a source of various memes, ranging from his stiff posture looking like he's T posing, or his somehow greasier-looking hair becoming the source of jokes.

* EpilepticTrees: Many fans began speculating that the new purple-haired character fighting Female Byleth in the trailer is in fact an alternate version of Male Byleth. This is due to the character wielding an unknown Hero's Relic that seemingly has no Crest Stone, his clothes and hair looking similar to Jeralt's, and with the box art showing them together with Sothis and what appears to be a counterpart to her in the background. Not to mention the fact that on the ''Three Houses'' box art, it has Female Byleth on the left and Male Byleth on the right, which may add fuel to the fire. At the same time, however, other people believe it's a mere coincidence, and that these similarities are a result of the character being Byleth's [[EvilCounterpart Evil]]([[GreyAndGrayMorality ?]]) [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]].

** After the premiere trailer, many people disliked the fact that only Female Byleth was chosen as the focus of marketing, and the one who would seem to be in the in-game cutscenes ([[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors akin to Male Robin and Female Corrin]]), especially since Male Byleth [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer seemed to be completely absent from marketing]]. This isn't helped by the release of the game's box art having only Female Byleth.

** After the premiere trailer, many people disliked the fact that only Female Byleth was chosen as the focus of marketing, and the one who would seem to be in the in-game cutscenes ([[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors akin to Male Robin and Female Corrin]]), especially since Male Byleth [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer seemed to be completely absent from marketing]]. This isn't helped by the release of the game's box art having only Female Byleth.

* EpilepticTrees: Many fans began speculating that the new purple-haired character fighting Female Byleth in the trailer is in fact an alternate version of Male Byleth. This is due to the character wielding an unknown Hero's Relic that seemingly has no Crest Stone, his clothes and hair looking similar to Jeralt's, and with the box art showing them together with Sothis and what appears to be a counterpart to her in the background. Not to mention the fact that on 'Three Houses''s box art, it had Female Byleth on the left and Male Byleth on the right, which may hold true here as well. At the same time, however, other people believe it's a mere coincidence, and that these similarities are a result of the character being Byleth's [[EvilCounterpart Evil]]([[GreyAndGrayMorality ?]]) [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]].

* MemeticLoser: Male Byleth not getting featured in the premiere trailer or the boxart of the game had the side-effect of this. Female Byleth was considered by many to be the more popular of the two sometime after ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'''s release, in part due to the franchise's LGBTFanbase and the fact that she could romance all three main lords. As such, the spinoff game using her as the default choice had made people consider her "the canon version" of the two, making it feel like it is only twisting the knife further.

** Hubert's appearances in the trailer quickly became a source of various memes, ranging from his stiff posture looking like he's T posing, or his somehow greasier looking hair becoming the source of jokes.

** While the fact it is a HackAndSlash game already set some people this way, but the implications that the games story would be similar to ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', and possibly result in a GoldenEnding despite the original ''Three Houses'' actively avoiding one, resulted in some expressing concern and skepticism at the games existence.
** The fact that this game ''exclusively'' focuses on characters from ''Three Houses'' instead of characters from several different entries like the previous game also resulted in this, especially after how much the previous game was criticized for having its roster focus too much on the casts from ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'' to the detriment of the older games. It doesn't help that one of the reasons given for excluding characters like Ike and Roy in the previous game was so they could save them for a sequel, which this game completely contradicts.

* MemeticLoser: Male Byleth not getting featured in the premiere trailer or the boxart of the game had the side-effect of this. Female Byleth was already considered the more popular of the two at the time of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' release, bolstered by both her design, the franchises' LGBTFanbase, and the fact that she could actually romance all three main lords. So the spinoff game using her as the default choice feels like it is only twisting the knife further.

** The fact that this game ''exclusively'' focuses on characters from ''Three Houses'' instead of characters from several different entries like the previous game also resulted in this, especially after how much the previous game was criticized for having it's roster focus too much on the casts from ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'' to the detriment of the older games. It doesn't help that one of the reasons given for excluding characters like Ike and Roy in the previous game was so they could save them for a sequel, which this game completely contradicts.

* TaintedByThePreview: While the fact it is a HackAndSlash game already set some people this way, but the implications that the games story would be similar to ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', and possibly result in a GoldenEnding despite the original ''Three Houses'' actively avoiding one, resulted in some expressing concern and skepticism at the games existence.

* MemeticLoser: Male Byleth not getting featured in the premiere trailer or the boxart of the game had the side-effect of this. Female Byleth was already considered the more popular of the two at the time of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' release, bolstered by both her design, the franchises' LGBTFanbase, and the fact that she could actually romance all three main lords. So the spinoff game using her as the default choice feels like it is only twisting the knife further.