Fire Emblem (series)

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Fire Emblem is a popular turn-based RPG video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. It is the first of its genre, the strategic role-playing game, and based on medieval times.

The series currently has 11 games, which cover the Famicom (NES), Super Famicom (SNES), Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Wii and Nintendo DS.

Contents 1 International Release 2 Games 3 Characters 4 Permanent Death

[edit] International Release

From the first game,(released in 1990), to the 6th game,(released in 2002), this series was only released in Japan. In 2001, Nintendo released Super Smash Bros. Melee, a fighting game with characters from many different series. The Japanese version included Marth and Roy, from previous Fire Emblem games not released outside Japan. In North America, the game went debug testing, and it was Nintendo of America's decision to keep them in the North American version. It was because of their popularity in North America that Nintendo of America decided to localize and market the Fire Emblem franchise to North America and Europe.

As well as Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl also had fire emblem characters in it being Marth and Ike (Roy was one of only five characters who did not return in Brawl)

Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, the seventh title in the series, became the first Fire Emblem game outside Japan, though it was simply titled "Fire Emblem". All Fire Emblem titles since then have had an international release.

[edit] Games

The series currently has 11 games:

1. Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
2. Fire Emblem Gaiden
3. Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo
4. Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu
5. Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
6. Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
7. Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
8. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
9. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
10. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
11. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

[edit] Characters

Unlike most series, many of the Fire Emblem games have completely different characters. Although a few Fire Emblem games are prequels and sequels, there are still many characters in this series, which include Marth from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, to Ike from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

[edit] Permanent Death

In the Fire Emblem games, when a character's health points reach zero, they will die permanently and be left out of play for the rest of the game. This is a deviation from most traditional RPGs, where characters would reach zero health and be merely incapacitated or can still be revived. This leads players to be mindful of their units and use care in deploying them into battle, keeping back any significantly injured units.