Fire Emblem: Three Houses update adds ‘Maddening’ difficulty

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a great game, but it’s not that challenging. Even on “Hard,” I breeze through most fights. But Nintendo and Intelligent Systems development team have something to keep all of you tactical geniuses on your toes: “Maddening mode.”

Nintendo has launched this higher difficulty tier as part of a new wave of downloadable content for Three Houses. This mode changes the game up in a few key ways. Levels will now have more enemies, and those opponents will have better stats. But the biggest difference is that the more deadly named villains will now pursue you.