Fire Emblem

Juddas

768 Posts

August 09 2011 03:45 GMT

Hey TL! I have been talking to a lot of people and I searched this forum and no one seems to know about Fire Emblem! These games are so awesome. If it weren't for them I probably would not have ever purchased a GBA or grown up with games. So the purpose of this thread is to educate the ignorant and I really have a good feeling that people will enjoy these games.

Another side purpose will hopefully be to talk about certain strategies, characters, choices, etc.

Intro to Fire Emblem
OK the Fire Emblem series are turn based strategy games originally from Japan that are some of the most difficult but addicting and fun games you will ever play. The biggest reason why they are so hard is because there is a special twist that most TBS's don't have: If any player you control dies, you will never be able to use that character again. This gives these games a unique experience.

They also have a very in depth story line that almost always has a main character that is a Lord of some Fictional Country on a fictional continent. This Lord's country usually gets invaded and then all hell breaks loose. You control a small band of heroes throughout the game that gain experience as you defeat foes. There is always a grid-style map that the characters interact on. Each player can move any number of units in one turn. Once a unit reaches 100 experience, they level up, plain and simple. Once they level up they have a chance to increase some stats. These stats are chosen by an RNG and each character has a different % to level up certain stats so you will quickly learn which characters are going to shine later on in the game. Very fun I promise.

I almost forgot. THE SOUNDTRACK IS AMAZING. you will have so many eargasms when you play, that you will vividly feel the gooey wax flowing down your shoulders in a hot sensual way.
On a related note: the black knights theme is my ringtone for my mom XD

So, I have never actually played any of the Japanese games because I am so addicted to the American games I continue to play them. In chronological order the games are:

http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/index.php?search=games&fulltext=0 great site for all help/info on the games

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light (Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi) AKA FE1

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Fire Emblem: Gaiden AKA FE2

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Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo) AKA FE3

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Fire Emblem:Genealogy of Holy War (Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu) FE4

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Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 FE5

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Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi)

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Fire Emblem GBA AKA FE7

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Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones GBA (<<My personal Fave) AKA FE:8

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Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance GC AKA:FE9

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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Wii AKA: FE10

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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon DS FE:11

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Now with Emulators being so available, I encourage you to try one of the GBA games and see how you like it. They are all incredibly fun games that for some reason always fly under the radar. But there is a WARNING: If you are the type to get easily frustrated, or don't want to play a challenging game, don't even bother.

Oh and PS: If you were ever wondering where Ike/Roy/Marth from Super Smash Bros. came from, here it is.

Hope I didn't bore you!!!

If someone could please post a link to a good ROM site or at least say the best place I will edit it in to the OP. Thanks so much!

For anybody who has played some of these games on normal or easy difficulties and are looking to challenge themselves, you may want to check out this link Archetypes. It is super helpful knowing which units to avoid and which are worth it.

For everybody new to the series i think this poll will help some.

Poll: Favorite Fire Emblem?

FE7 (68)

48%

FE8 (20)

14%

FE4 (19)

13%

FE10 (13)

9%

FE9 (7)

5%

FE6 (6)

4%

FE5 (4)

3%

FE1 (2)

1%

FE11 (2)

1%

FE2 (0)

0%

FE3 (0)

0%

141 total votes

Your vote: Favorite Fire Emblem?

(Vote): FE1
(Vote): FE2
(Vote): FE3
(Vote): FE4
(Vote): FE5
(Vote): FE6
(Vote): FE7
(Vote): FE8
(Vote): FE9
(Vote): FE10
(Vote): FE11

And for funsies!

Poll: Favorite LordCharacter

Lyn (40)

26%

Hector (36)

24%

Ike (28)

18%

Emphraim (9)

6%

Eliwood (9)

6%

Marth (7)

5%

Roy (6)

4%

Eirika (6)

4%

Micaiah (6)

4%

Cellica (2)

1%

Alm (2)

1%

Leaf (1)

1%

152 total votes

Your vote: Favorite LordCharacter

(Vote): Marth
(Vote): Roy
(Vote): Ike
(Vote): Emphraim
(Vote): Eirika
(Vote): Eliwood
(Vote): Hector
(Vote): Lyn
(Vote): Micaiah
(Vote): Leaf
(Vote): Cellica
(Vote): Alm

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

August 09 2011 03:53 GMT

Oh god, I've played way too much Fire Emblem back in the day. I bought all the english ones and still play them sometimes. You can play all the japanese fire emblems since there are community translations out. My fav is FE7, followed by FE6.

DanceCommander

United States1808 Posts

August 09 2011 03:58 GMT

fire emblem is still one of my favorite GBA games ever, right behind FF tactics and golden sun

Mistapibb

United States78 Posts

August 09 2011 03:59 GMT

Fire Emblem and Tactics Ogre on my gameboy were the most played games I have, I think...

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

August 09 2011 04:02 GMT

I'm actually the best Fire Emblem player in the world.

You forgot A LOT of Fire Emblem games, and FE6 is the best one. You say you don't play the Japanese ones because you're addicted to the American ones, but you should definitely play them.

Tonnes of info on the Fire Emblem games here: http://serenesforest.net/

ph33r

Canada58 Posts

August 09 2011 04:02 GMT

You're missing out if you haven't played the japanese ones! For starters, FE6 is the prequel to GBA "Fire Emblem" (FE7 in the series). FE4 is considered by most fans (I believe) to be the best game in the series. And not to mention the hardest Fire Emblem game in FE5. You'll find translations of these games out there.

Still waiting for the 2nd DS game to get localized too...

Juddas

768 Posts

August 09 2011 04:09 GMT

LOL I have always heard I need to play them. I will take my own advice and try them out.

Still waiting for the 2nd DS game to get localized too...

and thank you!! I was so pumped when I watched some Japanese Youtube vid about it but it has been soo long...

Oreo7

United States1647 Posts

August 09 2011 04:10 GMT

Ahh the first english one, I think fe7 was my childhood. I loved that game so much. I played the other ones too.

I really liked all the different ways you could play the game. Ahh...good times. Might boot up the old emulator tonight during gsl.

Kalent

Canada253 Posts

August 09 2011 04:13 GMT

I'm doing a re-run of fire emblem 6 right now. My favourite game next to Broodwar and Super Robot Wars

K3Nyy

United States1961 Posts

August 09 2011 04:13 GMT

#10

I loved this series, especially FE6 and FE7. The characters, the story, the strategies, everything I loved. I spent thousands and thousands of hours on these games. ><"

Glad to see some people play it! Anyone ever play Hector hard mode or FE6 hard mode? =x

Endymion

United States3701 Posts

August 09 2011 04:16 GMT

#11

I could never get into fire emblem, it never felt as fun as advanced wars or as rewarding as FFT or tactics ogre.

Kyyuna

United States1222 Posts

August 09 2011 04:17 GMT

#12

Fuck man, good memories of this game, too bad i dont have a wii to play FE =(

I do love the GBA ver. a lot, such a great way to spend most of my high school life playing it,lol

Sermokala

United States14137 Posts

August 09 2011 04:19 GMT

#13

Loved this game so much hate the new ones though.

Juddas

768 Posts

August 09 2011 04:22 GMT

#14

On August 09 2011 13:19 sermokala wrote:
Loved this game so much hate the new ones though.

What what?! Why? Radiant Dawn is my second favorite. It is so long though. Just replayed it yesterday in Hard mode=57 hours.

Anyways, I updated the OP with numbers, working on getting the Japanese ones in there. Can someone tell me if those are the correct numbers?

Neb1000

United States183 Posts

August 09 2011 04:22 GMT

#15

These are great games. I have played all the US released ones but none of the fan translated ones though, maybe I should.

Spica

United States5582 Posts

August 09 2011 04:24 GMT

#16

Omfg, finally a thread for one of the greatest games of all time, YES. I fucking love Fire Emblem yeahhhhh

I've actually picked up playing Fire Emblem again after not playing in an eternity and have been playing a ton this summer; I just finished FE6 a few days ago and it was definitely as difficult as everyone says it is, but I still prefer FE7's storyline and characters. (y u such a wimp Roy and y u so beast in SSBM) I'm going to start playing FE8 either today or tomorrow and I'm hoping that it'll still be fun even though everyone says it's a cakewalk. I am so going to abuse the crap out of the Tower of Valni lol.

I've wanted to play Path of Radiance for a long time, but I don't know where my Gamecube is anymore and don't know if you can play it on an emulator. Is it possible?

Anyway, thanks for making the thread Juddas; I'm glad that there's now a thread where TL members can discuss some good ol' Fire Emblem with each other and curse at the RNG gods for screwing characters over. :D

MegaManEXE

United States845 Posts

August 09 2011 04:29 GMT

#17

I love the FE series, haven't played the DS one or Radiant Dawn though

My favorite is FE6, then probably FE7

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

August 09 2011 04:30 GMT

#18

I couldn't get into fire emblem because as said before not as fun as advance wars or as awesome as the game I keep returning to(Star Craft I never left) : The battle for wesnoth

Juddas

768 Posts

August 09 2011 04:44 GMT

#19

OK updated OP. Can some of you experts tell me if it is now accurate???

And yes @ Spica LOL.

CURSED BE THE RNG GODS!!!!

LunaSaint

United Kingdom620 Posts

August 09 2011 04:45 GMT

#20

FE6 and FE7 were amazing games, and FE9 had a lot of nice things.

FE4 I didn't really enjoy as the mechanics were not very good and the fun stuff of the game was running around with legendary weapons and crazy skill combos, which you probably wouldn't find without a guide.

FE5 I have heard good things about but never played myself.

I have a half-finished HHM run somewhere, but most Fire Emblemming I do these days involves me hacking the game and seeing what I can do with the engine.
Unfortunately, most of my stuff is on my old laptop which I fear is having a hard drive failure. Only my FE8 hack is intact, and I swear that still missed its Eireka route hack after I spent ages making it. >.<

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