Nowadays, the worst of the "Old Guard" consists of anyone from the pre-3DS era, as they've bonded over a common "enemy" in anyone who came into the franchise with ''Awakening'' or ''Fates;'' these fans not only bashed the games themselves, but attacked and harassed fans of the games for their personal tastes and loudly proclaimed that ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'' "weren't true Fire Emblem games."<ref>http://shadowofchaos725.tumblr.com/post/143039724285/so-i-got-into-an-argument-with-a-guy-who-was</ref><ref>http://shadowofchaos725.tumblr.com/post/159888533135/dont-you-love-little-crapheads-like-these-in-the</ref> This has caused backlash from the "New Blood," who absolutely refuse to give the older games a chance and even bash them.<ref>https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-hopes-for-fire-emblem-switch-do-more-with-less-characters.13552/page-3</ref> Others believe the hate for the newer games comes from fandom's tendency to jump on a bandwagon of complaining about anything new simply ''because'' it's new.<ref>https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/75504-awakeningfates-hate/&page=4&tab=comments#comment-4989288</ref> | Nowadays, the worst of the "Old Guard" consists of anyone from the pre-3DS era, as they've bonded over a common "enemy" in anyone who came into the franchise with ''Awakening'' or ''Fates;'' these fans not only bashed the games themselves, but attacked and harassed fans of the games for their personal tastes and loudly proclaimed that ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'' "weren't true Fire Emblem games."<ref>http://shadowofchaos725.tumblr.com/post/143039724285/so-i-got-into-an-argument-with-a-guy-who-was</ref><ref>http://shadowofchaos725.tumblr.com/post/159888533135/dont-you-love-little-crapheads-like-these-in-the</ref> This has caused backlash from the "New Blood," who absolutely refuse to give the older games a chance and even bash them.<ref>https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-hopes-for-fire-emblem-switch-do-more-with-less-characters.13552/page-3</ref> Others believe the hate for the newer games comes from fandom's tendency to jump on a bandwagon of complaining about anything new simply ''because'' it's new.<ref>https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/75504-awakeningfates-hate/&page=4&tab=comments#comment-4989288</ref> |