Corrin:
The premonitions you have won’t help you this time.
Robin had premonitions about him killing Chrom, his best friend and the ruler of the kingdom of Ylisse. He used this foreknowledge to prevent that from happening in the future.
You’ll be begging for my mercy at my dragon shrine.
Players can go to offer sacrifices at a dragon shrine in Fates. Corrin is also a dragon.
Just like Gunter at the bridge, I’ll knock you off the grid!
Gunter, Corrin’s bodyguard, was knocked off a bridge by an evil ally. The FE games are known for having a traversable grid during gameplay.
And you’re gonna fall harder than Emmeryn did!
Robin created a plan to save Emmeryn, the sister of Chrom, from execution. That plan failed, and Emmeryn sacrificed herself by jumping off a cliff to her supposed death.
When you meet your defeat, your amnesia will repeat.
Robin is infamous for having severe amnesia.
You could never kick my ass cause you have no feet!
FE Awakening is known for the models of every character without feet. Nintendo underestimated the 3DS’ capabilities and left out the feet. Eventually they found out they could add feet, but it was too late.
I’m a Dragon with a burning passion, I turn up the heat!
Again, Corrin’s a dragon. Dragons breathe fire.
So go back to Ylisse and suck on some bear meat!
It’s revealed Robin’s favorite meat is… from a bear. A bear is also a big muscled hairy man in gay culture, and their meat is… well, you get the point.
It’s your Fate to have Awakening discarded on a shelf,
Corrin’s game is FE Fates. Robin’s is FE Awakening.
Before me, your greatest foe was none other than yourself!
Robin’s double is the final boss. If Corrin’s better than the final boss, he’s pretty tough.
It’s not a question of If, it’s a matter of fact!
In Japan, Corrin’s game is called Fire Emblem: If.
You’ll lose here today, and no destiny can change that!
One of the first lines of dialogue in Awakening is Chrom telling Robin, “This is it! Our final battle! You’re one of us, Robin, and no destiny can change that!”
Robin:
Yup, I have amnesia, you adopted cur.
Again, Robin has amnesia. Corrin is adopted… but he doesn’t know that till he’s grown up.
I’m gonna try and forget how bad those raps of yours were!
Hopefully his amnesia will have a nice effect this time.
I’m the most well-versed rapper that’s under the sun.
Making a pun with verse, meaning he’s experienced and this is an actual music verse.
You call that rapping? No, here’s how it’s done!
“Here’s how it’s done!” is one of Robin’s four Critical Quotes.
Why’d you ambition to fight against the tactician magician?
“The tactician magician” is the nickname given to Robin while fighting in the Boxing Ring stage in Smash 4.
You’ll be wishin’ you were fishin’ for easier competition!
Maybe Robin’s not as easy to beat as Corrin would have hoped?
Now I’m bringing the Thunder, shocking you like Thoron!
“Robin brings the Thunder!” is Robin’s tagline for Smash 4 to introduce him. Thunder and Thoron are electric spells, with Thoron being the strongest.
Come in, beat you, crush your towers like with Sauron!
In Fates, other players can enter Corrin’s castle and wreck the buildings he built up. Robin’s saying how he’ll defeat Corrin by entering his game (which he can actually do IRL) and tear down his buildings like with Sauron, the bad guy from Lord of the Rings. In Lord of the Rings, Sauron was defeated by troops entering and disposing the Ring, resulting in Sauron’s tower breaking.
Don’t try to stand up to me with two left feet.
Robin may have no feet, but ironically, the female Corrin’s official art has two left feet as a mistake. This was eventually fixed.
I’ll come and burn you harder than a wyvern in heat!
In Robin and Chrom’s support conversations, Chrom admits and apologizes for coming onto Robin “like a wyvern in heat”. Wyverns also spit fire.
I’m a matchmaker, too, with exceptional class.
Robin is responsible for marrying people in the entire army. No, really. It’s ALL him. Pun on class, not meaning his awesomeness, but his class, the Tactician class, is only available to him and his kin.
And so Corrin, you may now kiss my ass.
When getting married, the priest traditionally says “You may now kiss the bride” to the groom. Robin’s a matchmaker, so he can say this.
Corrin:
I am now free from my citadel with more skills than you could dream of
Corrin was kept in a citadel to do nothing but train. Pun on skills, not just saying he has more ability, but the FE games have Skills for each person. Robin can have at max 5 at a time, while Corrin can have at max 6.
I was forced to train my ass off, now I’m like a second Grima!
Grima’s the big bad dragon ready to destroy the world in Awakening.
I’ll tear through your body quicker than some seaweed in a store.
Robin bought some fiber-enriched seaweed and decided to eat a whole bunch of it in one time. ...It didn’t go well.
I thought MY father was controlling. ...And then I met yours!
Corrin’s adopted dad, Garon, is mean and has an iron fist over everything. Robin’s dad, Validar, can actually mind-control Robin to do his bidding.
Your daddy found some bitch and did the No-no Cha-cha.
This is true. The No-no Cha-cha is another way to say the Woohoo dance, I guess.
You were raised to be a puppet and to kill a Naga!
This is also true. Robin was to be born to be a vessel for Grima and to kill the good dragon, Naga.
But you failed him, like how you failed at picking your lines.
Robin didn’t do this, but actually killed Grima instead, failing his father’s expectations.
Then you killed him, like I did to this battle with my rhymes!
Then Robin killed his father in a duel. Twice, if you count the part in his premonitions.
Stepping in a Prince’s territory is an act of war!
Again, Robin can enter into Corrin’s personal castle IRL via his amiibo.
You will die here today, as the son of a whore!
Referring back, this is one of the theories players have. Robin’s mom may or may not have been a prostitute.
This is my verse, My Castle, my win, and my game!
Corrin’s castle is lovingly named, officially, My Castle.
Do you not accept my judgement? Well, your outcome’s still the same!
At one point, Chrom’s daughter Lucina wants to kill Robin for some matter. The textbox reads, “Accept Lucina’s Judgement?” Many similar decisions, including this one, have the same outcome, despite Robin picking either Yes or No. Back to Lucina’s judgement, the scene always ends with Lucina sparing Robin. For Corrin… that might not be the case.
Robin:
This “win” that you claim is as obscure as your release date!
Japan’s version of the game was released June 25th, 2015. For the US, they say “2016”. ...When? No one knows.
I’d paint a picture of your future, but it wouldn’t look great.
Double meaning here. In a support conversation, Robin is revealed to be a poor painter. Robin is also saying Corrin’s future isn’t so good.
Everything you’ve said to me was just a mere taunt!
Robin rarely seems to falter against his enemies, and Corrin is no different.
You bitch, my hobby’s killing dragons whenever I want!
After beating the game, the game resets to the time before the final battle, where Robin gets to kill the dragon Grima. Literally, he can kill dragons whenever he wants to.
Your sibs have always lost you and your family’s a fake.
Corrin’s blood siblings lost him since he was little, because Corrin was kidnapped. His foster siblings loved him, and he loved them back. He grew up only to find his family was fake.
Your birth was a mere accident, ‘cause my game took the cake!
Awakening was initially the last FE game. However, since it got so much critical acclaim, they decided to make Fates.
Since you invite friends to your room to make pornos all the time,
Corrin can invite his siblings and fellow soldiers into his room and “build interactions” with them by touching them on the face. You can also strip characters down to their underwear and… interact with them? Either way, they will say things like “Not now, Master Corrin… what if someone sees…?” That quote is from his butler.
Unsheath your sword, Dragon Warrior, and grind for some Slime!
Corrin carries a sword. He’s also a dragon. Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest is another game that has enemies called Slimes. Grinding for slime in this sense means… the obvious.
Screw your US release, I’ll just come over and seize.
Robin’s taking a big risk, battling Corrin before his US release. Pun on overseas. Robin has gone overseas to the US already, and he actually went across an ocean in Awakening to kill some bad guy. Seizing is a popular FE command to finish a level.
‘Cause you ripped off a Narnia book, and made it Japanese!
In the Narnia book The Horse and his Boy, a young boy from a foreign country is taken to another country where he finds out he’s actually the royal of another country. At birth, he was kidnapped from his home and taken to another country, just like Corrin. And get this… the protagonist in that Narnia book… his name is Corin.
Chrom, get Falchion. Make sure it’s well gripped,
Chrom is Robin’s best friend, and he wields the legendary sword Falchion, which does critical damage on dragons and wyverns. Corrin, again, happens to be a dragon.
Because this little dragon just got his scales tipped!
“Time to tip the scales!” might just be Robin’s most famous line EVER. It’s also one of his Critical Quotes. Also, there’s a pun here, as dragons are covered in scales. ...It’s an epic end line if you’re a big FE fan.