The Hubba Tester is an extra feature available in Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates. Players can use this to guage a fake relationship between two characters, with readings changing every time the player leaves and reenters the room in Awakening and changing every time the player performs a reading again in Fates.

There is separate dialogue for when players pair two characters of the same sex together, which can be found on this page under the “Same Gender Friendship Final Reading” section. For example, a Mutual Best Reading results in “Whatever floats your boat” for two male characters.

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999): Marty and Dagdar

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003): Bramimond; Florina and Lyndis; Legault; Lucius and Raven

Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (2004): Ephraim and Lyon; Joshua and Gerik

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005): Ike and Soren; Jill and Mist; Reyson and Tibarn; Sigrun and Tanith

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007): Elincia and Lucia; Heather; Jill and Mist; Joke about Ike and Sothe; Kyza; Ranulf

Fire Emblem Awakening (2012): Gay Jokes and Queerness; Same-Sex Relationship Hack; The Hubba Tester

Fire Emblem Fates (2015): Forrest; Nina; Romance options; Same-Sex Relationship Hack; Skinshipping; Soleil; The Hubba Tester

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017): Leon; Lukas; Queer Readings

Fire Emblem Heroes (2017): Ally Support; Loki; Sharena

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019-2020): Byleth Pairings and Controversy; Non-Byleth Pairings

See also QRM’s entry for this game series

Citations:

1. Unassumingvenusaur. (2016, July 17). Fire Emblem’s Gay Awakening. Retrieved from https://unassumingvenusaur.tumblr.com/post/147514893590/i-put-my-gays-in-the-hubba-tester-and-look-what
2. Various. (n.d.). Hubba Tester. Retrieved July 24, 2020, from https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Hubba_Tester