Yes as you mentioned fire emblem i must say that i would like to be sure of their is some way of protecting my charecters. For some of the other country's maybe include a spectators or a revivor who prevent you from losing dead charecters.

The kraken was reminiscent of Pirates 2!

Giant class: Boxer
equips: Knuckles
Armor- Light vests
A-Boxing Tech
R-Bonecrusher
S-Weapon att +, Auto regen
C-Punching combo

Move-KO - Finishing move - Chance of death rises as opponent loses health
-Jab - Consecutive damage

Magic Giant class - Shaman
Equips - Rods
Armor- Robes
A- Nature Magic
R-Return magic
S- Magic pow +, Half Mp
C- Nature Combo

Ahh the geomancer. This is the only magic based Giant class. I'll begin to work on progression and other classes later. As far as ability's go the 2 moves i'm thinking of are Elemental shift and "Warp" It changes depending on the place. It always does damge but...
Jagds:dark
River:Water
Mountain: Cold or fire
Town: Non elemental
Plains: Earth
Forest: Wind

Thoughts? Hey sky can you send me a current design document i would love to see what you have.