A second retelling of the original Fire Emblem on the Famicom, Shadow Dragon utilises the Nintendo DS online options in a first for the long running Fire Emblem series.

The game offers a graphical enhancement from Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken and Monshō no Nazo, which was the first remake of the original, as well as utilising the dual screens on the Nintendo DS to display the action and character stats simultaneously.

The main story centres on prince Marth as he embarks on a quest to reconquer his home kingdom and rescue his kidnapped sister. Characters and chapters that were not present in the original have been introduced in this version, as well as some that were omitted for Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo. Over twenty character classes are included in the game as well as over fifty individual characters to aid Marth.

Also included is the ability to save mid battle on special save point so a mistake in the last turn will not force a restart. Other features are the class swap for characters to change their abilities. Online battle features up to five characters per side in a two player battle.

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Alternate Titles

"ファイアーエムブレム新・暗黒竜と光の剣" -- Japanese spelling
"Fire Emblem: Shin・Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken" -- Japanese title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon	Nintendo DS	$22.94
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User Reviews

Great but not the best of the series

Bregalad (881)

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The Press Says

Pocket Gamer UK	Dec 15, 2008	9 out of 10	90
UOL Jogos	Mar 09, 2009		90
3D Juegos	Dec 03, 2008	8.7 out of 10	87
AusGamers	Feb 24, 2009	8.6 out of 10	86
Gameswelt	Jan 06, 2009	82 out of 100	82
Fragland.net	Jan 23, 2009	82 out of 100	82
Good Game	Feb 23, 2009	7.5 out of 10	75
JeuxActu	Dec 04, 2008	15 out of 20	75
Cyber Stratege	Jan 02, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Gamekult	Dec 10, 2008	7 out of 10	70