Plot: The plot is told over two generations in which both father and son fight against the same tyranny of the Loptyrians, a cult trying to create a human vessel for their dark dragon god Loptyr. Main Character(s): Grannvalian prince Sigurd and his son Seliph Setting: land of Jugdral which bears the holy bloodlines of the Twelve Crusaders The first part is a remake of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light and the second has a new plot in which Marth is faced with the War of Heroes in which he must lead a rebellion against a corrupt former ally.įire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996) Plot: Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem is divided into two parts called “Books”: Dark War Compilation: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light and Hero War Compilation: Mystery of the Emblem. Plot: Alm must lead the broken armies of Kofia against Rigelian advance, Cecila must find the missing goddess Mila and unravel the mystery of the sudden famine in Zofia, and they both must take on the evil cult Duma.įire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994) Main Character(s): young warrior Alm and princess Celica Plot: Marth must assemble a resistance army against the Dolhr empire, find the sacred sword Falchion, and slay the Shadow Dragon Medeus. Main Character(s): exiled prince of the fallen kingdom Altea named Marth Setting: continent of Akanei or Archanea in NA localization Offspring of the Twelve Crusaders can also inherit a holy weapon if they have enough holy blood.įire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990) Holy Blood: Some characters can posses one of thirteen lineages of holy blood which enhance their growth rates and weapons ranks depending on the amount of holy blood they have. My Castle: A customizable castle-themed operations hub for the player. Later games included a Casual Mode or Phoenix Mode allowing characters to be revived at the end of battle or on the player’s next turn respectively. Permadeath: Characters that die in battle are removed from the game permanently. Romantic relationship that earn enough Lover Points can lead to offspring that become playable characters and inherit skills, weapons, and stats from their parents. Relationships & Children: Relationships between characters can strengthen abilities in battle. Weapons can be repaired, upgraded, or bought depending on the game. Weapon Durability System: Grants weapons a certain amount of uses before the weapons becomes unusable. Weapon Triangle & Trinity of Magic: Both govern how how strong or weak certain weapons or magic are against one another such as lances being stronger than swords and fire magic being stronger than wind magic. A character’s class can be changed or upgraded with or without special items depending on the game. Not all gameplay features are summarized below.Ĭharacter Class System: Grants characters different abilities and amounts of distance that can be covered on the battlefield depending on their class. Not all games in the series have the following gameplay features as the gameplay has seen several changes overtime. Below are highlights of Fire Emblem gameplay. It was the success of the game that promoted its development into a commercial game.įire Emblem gameplay consists of turn-based battles on grid maps and dialogue between battles for plot and character development. The series is well known for its seamless interweaving of RPG and tactical simulation elements.Ĭreator Shoukou Kaga made Fire Emblem as a doujin project with three other student developers. Plot and character development occurs between battles. The player is often tasked with bringing down evil characters set on conquering the world through battle simulation. Fire Emblems have been shields (Shield of Seals), stones (Sacred Stone of Grado), medallions (Lehran’s Medallion), crests (Velthomer Crest), seals (Imperial Seal of Bern), and more.įire Emblem is set in a medieval themed timed period and takes place across fictional continents. There is only one per game and what it is varies depending on the game, but each Fire Emblem is extremely powerful or grants the wielder powerful abilities. The series has also spawned manga ( Binding Blade and Awakening), an OVA ( Fire Emblem), trading card games ( Fire Emblem: Trading Card Game and TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)), a crossover game with Shin Megami Tensei( Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE), and more.įire Emblem gets its name from the magical objects in the games called Fire Emblems. 2016, the series consists of 15 games including remakes of which 5 have been released in North America and Europe. The first game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light released on Apfor the Famicom in Japan. Fire Emblem is a tactical RPG franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.
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