Fire Emblem Awakening

I'm almost at the end of the game story-wise, just finished Chapter 23 and after some revelations I'm moving into what I expect to be the last couple of chapters now. (I've avoided all spoilers / walkthroughs etc thus far, and have enjoyed the game more for doing so).

At the end of the game, you're given a choice between allowing Chrom the final blow to Grima, or delivering it yourself. Allowing Chrom to deal it means Grima is defeated but only succeeds in putting him in a thousand year slumber. MU delivering the blow - being part of Grima himself - will kill the Fell Dragon for good, yet MU will also perish. I opted for the latter. One life for millions of future lives? No contest for the strategist, surely?

The ending rolls, showing MU briefly saying goodbye to Chrom as he disappears from existence, then the rest of the crew all have their say, Chrom basically saying he believes MU is still out there somewhere, as Naga had told him that the fiercest bonds - like those between MU, Crom et al - are not so easily broken, and that Chrom will devote himself to finding his closest friend.

The credits roll whilst you get a little breakdown of what everyone does with themselves after Grima's defeat. The paired ones are interesting, but the individual ones are, frankly, a little underwhelming. The words "The End" appear on screen, but Awakening has another trick up its sleeve; the game appears to be starting again, MU overhearing Chrom and Lissa talking, reciting their lines from the opening scene, and I'm expecting it to throw the time travel loop at me and suggest MU will just repeat ad infinitum. Still, Chrom takes MU's hand, and this time it's missing the brand present for their first encounter - later revealed to be Grima's brand - and smiles, before saying "welcome back."

Hell yeah, I'm back bitches! Cliché and a little cheesy it may have been, but it didn't half put a huge smile on my face.

... allowing Chrom to deliver the final blow. As everyone celebrates Grima's defeat, MU seems troubled, racked with guilt that he didn't act when he felt he should have done. Chrom reassures him that even if Grima does reappear in the future, his bloodline will always be waiting to fight and that MU is needed in the here and now, and the fellowship agree, all thankful the sacrifice of their friend wasn't required.

In my game, Lissa, Owain and Morgan (MU's wife, son, and daughter respectively) all had more personal dialogue pieces with MU before the credits roll. Here though, there's no end scene, the game simply ends when the credits are done.

I chose right the first time, MU taking the final blow is the more satisfying and emotional outcome.

Fucking Walhart's an asshole. ...Or maybe I'm doing something wrong, Which is most likely the case as I've just been beasting with MU, Chrom, Vaike, Lon'Qu, Donny, & Fred. >_>