Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem (Japanese: ファイアーエムブレム) is a popular strategy and role-playing video game franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. It is from the developers of Advance Wars, from the Nintendo Wars series (which shows in the gameplay, both games having almost the same gameplay). It was created by Shouzou Kaga, who later developed Tear Ring Saga. The Fire Emblem franchise has graced the Famicom, Super Famicom, Game Boy Advance, and the Nintendo GameCube. It was confined to Japan until the seventh installment, which was released on the Game Boy Advance in North America in 2003. Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken (Blazing Sword), for Game Boy Advance, is the first Fire Emblem game to be localized to North America and Europe. It was released in the United States and Europe under the name of "Fire Emblem" without any subtitle. Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 is the last game on the Super Famicom. The Fire Emblem series was scored by Yuka Tsujiyoko, the composer for Paper Mario who also scored part of Tetris Attack, except Fire Emblem: Seima no Kouseki, which was scored by Saki Haruyama, Yoshihiko Kitamura, and Yoshito Hirano, under Tsujiyoko's supervision. Shouzou Kaga resigned from Intelligent Systems after Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 and started his own business, Tirnanog.

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Strategy - Role-playing - Video game - Intelligent Systems - Nintendo - Advance Wars - Nintendo Wars - Shouzou Kaga - Tear Ring Saga - Famicom - Super Famicom - Game Boy Advance - Nintendo GameCube - 2003 - North America - Europe - Yuka Tsujiyoko - Paper Mario - Tetris Attack - Tirnanog

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Death is permanent in a Fire Emblem game if the game progress is saved. Some characters get revived automatically; for example, in Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken ("Fire Emblem" in the US), if one character dies in Lyndis's story, they get automatically revived in Eliwood's or Hector's story, but lose valuable level-ups. However, if a leading character dies (for example: Lyn, Eliwood, or Hector in Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken) or if a home base gets seized by the enemy, the story will cease and the chapter must be replayed. Fire Emblem features many character classes. Fire Emblem is remarkable amongst Tactical Role Playing Games in that it is quite easy to learn. The primary system, the Weapon/Magic Triangle, is quite simple. Lance beats sword, sword beats axe, and axe beats lance. In the same vein, Anima magic beats light magic, light magic beats dark magic, and dark magic beats Anima magic. In Fire Emblem: Seisen No Keifu, light and dark magic are evenly matched against each other, and they both beat out the natural magic triangle of fire, wind, and thunder, wherein fire beats wind, wind beats thunder, and thunder beats fire; in Fire Emblem: Souen No Kiseki, the natural magic triangle remains, but light magic is neither effective nor ineffective against it (and dark magic is non-existent in that game).

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Death - Lyndis - Eliwood - Hector - Character classes - Lance - Sword - Axe - Anima - Light - Dark - Fire - Wind - Thunder

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The original Fire Emblem was a shield which allowed the wielder, Marth, to use the Falchion. During the second part of Monshou No Nazo, the Fire Emblem can be upgraded with the 5 orbs to turn it into the Shield of Seals. In later games, the Fire Emblem takes on different meanings. In Rekka no Ken and Fuuin no Tsurugi, the Fire Emblem is a seal required for a ceremony to recognize the heir to the throne of Bern. The seal was stolen twice in the history of Bern; once by King Desmond to prevent the recognition of his son, Zephiel, as heir (FE7) and second by Guinivere, in order to delay the war her half-brother Zephiel started (FE6). In the Sacred Stones, the Fire Emblem is the Sacred Stone of Grado, which holds the Demon King's Spirit, but is split in two (the other half forms the Dark Stone), and then the Fire Emblem is crushed.

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Shield - Marth - Falchion - Shield of Seals - Zephiel

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In 1995, an anime OVA (co-produced with KSS) was produced and released; it was closely based on the first three acts of the very first game in the series or more specifically, the remake contained in Monshou no Nazo. See also Fire Emblem (anime).

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1995 - Anime - OVA - KSS - Fire Emblem (anime)

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