feguess — Guess the Fire Emblem Character from a Pixelated Portrait

Pixel mode — guess the Fire Emblem character from a pixelated portrait

Pixel mode gives you the answer’s official portrait, reduced to a handful of coloured blocks. Your first look is roughly six blocks across: enough to read hair colour and armour tone, nowhere near enough to name anyone.

Each guess doubles the resolution — 6, 9, 13, 19, 28, 42, 64 blocks — until the full artwork is on screen. The skill is calling it early, from silhouette shape and palette alone.

How Pixel mode works

1. Study the blocks. Hair colour, armour, cape and background palette all survive heavy pixelation.
2. Type a guess. Every guess, right or wrong, sharpens the portrait by one step.
3. There are seven steps from coarse blocks to the full portrait, and no limit on guesses beyond that.
4. Only characters that actually have a portrait in the database can be the answer here.

Pixel mode — questions

Can I just inspect the page to find the answer?

No. Portrait files are stored under hashed filenames rather than character names, and the image is drawn to an offscreen canvas before being downscaled — the visible canvas never holds the original pixels and there is no image element with the answer’s name in it.

Does Pixel share progress with Shadow mode?

No, they are fully separate: separate answers, separate seeds, separate saved progress. (An earlier build did leak state between the two — that was a bug, and it is fixed.)

How many steps does the portrait take to clear up?

Seven. The block grid goes 6 → 9 → 13 → 19 → 28 → 42 → 64 and then to the full-resolution artwork.

Why is a character I know missing?

Pixel mode can only use units with an available portrait. Characters without one are still valid guesses, they just never appear as the answer.