IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HEROES AND WARRIORS HERE, BOTH OF WHICH CATER TO FANS OF AWAKENING AND FATES MORE THAN FANS OF OTHER GAMES.

WARRIORS HAS LOTS OF AWAKENING AND FATES CHARACTERS WITH ONLY 1 FE7 CHARACTER, 1 SOV CHARACTER AND A FEW FE11 CHARACTERS (3 AT LAUNCH).

HEROES HAD MORE CHARACTERS FROM AWAKENING AND FATES THAN OTHER GAMES AT LAUNCH. EVEN TO THIS DAY, FATES IN PARTICULAR GETS LOTS OF ALTS.

HECK, THE ONLY FIRE EMBLEM NEWCOMERS IN SMASH BROS SINCE BRAWL ARE ALL FROM AWAKENING (ROBIN, LUCINA AND CHROM) OR FATES (CORRIN). RIP ALL OF THE PEOPLE HOPING FOR CELICA LOL

IT FEELS LIKE AN ETERNITY BECAUSE COMPANIES WANT TO MAKE MONEY BY MILKING THE POPULARITY OF AWAKENING AND FATES FOR ALL IT'S WORTH. BLAME THEM, NOT US.