Fire Emblem
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The rightful heir to the throne of Rikea is finally returning home after many years lost to her people. But before the celebrations can begin, you must first guard her through the evil lands that await before you, by taking charge of an elite group of soldiers possessing skills unlike any other.
The first Fire Emblem title to be released outside of Japan includes an all new quest featuring a selection of warriors, wizards and dragons (both good and bad). Battle through turn-based environments and choose your moves wisely, as those you lose during a fight will be lost for good.
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- ファイアーエムブレム 烈火の剣 - Japanese spelling
- 火焰之纹章:烈火之剑 - Chinese spelling (simplified)
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Average score: 86% (based on 48 ratings)
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Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 60 ratings with 7 reviews)
A game this good should have been released years ago in the United States.
The Good
First of all I would just like to say that there arn't that many good Gameboy Advance games out there. Most of the gameboy games out there have very poor graphics, not a good plotline, and is simply not even fun to play. There are a few amazing gameboy games like Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission(i think that that is the name), Golden sun and Golden Sun The Lost Age, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Firemblem easily joins that list. The games graphics are quite good, at least for a gameboy game. You don't get to build your own character, and you really don't have that much to do with any characters generation. The combat system is straight forward, easy to pick up, but complex enough for more strategic people. Basically the story is that dragons have been locked away for thousands of years, dragons in this case are bad, anywho an evil leader named Nergall is trying to free them to use against the world. The battle graphics are quite good. There arn't that many different weapons. There are a few that get stronger as you buy them in steel and silver classes.
The Bad
What I didn't like about this game is that the leveling up process is almost completely random. You gain a hundred xp, and some if only one of your stats will just automaticly go up by a single point.
The Bottom Line
Buy the game if you like strategic games.
Game Boy Advance · by Jester236 (34) · 2004
The Good
The system itself is simple and effective. The system is a respectable fantasy warfare system without the need for 20 pages of rules on hit modifiers. There's a simple rock-paper-scissors method, with random element and some situational things. Easy enough to learn and keep in mind, complex enough to keep things interesting. And the AI is pretty fun: It can actually retreat to keep me annoyed at times, and can pick weak units and attack them. (Nothing like getting everything done 90% correctly, almost ready to crush the last baddies like bugs, and this smart thing decides to do just what I hoped it wouldn't do: kill the leader, Game Over.)
One thing that struck me that this game has great characters. Each of them have a lot of personality. There's good dialogue and nicely tangled yet generally straightforward plot.
Graphics rock - very nice sprite animations here too. Music is just plain amazing.
A weird thing is that I liked the auto-save thing. I'm either staying current or having to get the whole chapter done from the beginning. If I've taken a break and can't remember a thing, I can always restart the chapter and not feel bad, because the chapters are generally pretty nice and short. And the chapters are generally pretty well designed to keep things balanced as I pick up more and more of the game: The 10-chapter tutorial doesn't even feel like a tutorial.
The Bad
Once again, here we have a really, really nice game that's just about perfect in every way and the only things to complain about are in the technicalities. I think the only really annoying thing is the fact that the text speed cannot be changed, and every letter appears slooowly on screen and make beep when they appear on screen. (That's so 1980s. When do the game makers learn this isn't the way to go anymore?) The dialogue can be sped up (and skipped), so this isn't that bad, except when you speed up the text, you miss character animation...
The Bottom Line
I had heard that Fire Emblem was a great series, yet when I heard it was a strategy game and from the team that made Advance Wars, I was a bit skeptical - I thought Advance Wars was decent but it didn't just get me really really excited. But I have always liked fantasy strategy games more than modern/sci-fi strategy games, so I just got it.
And my skepticism was uncalled for.
It's actually a very fun game, quite challenging yet it's never really annoying at all. If I mess up, it's never really depressing to start the chapter over. The story is fun to follow, characters are great, and in general, everything in the game makes sense.
Fantasy strategy at its finest, indeed!
Game Boy Advance · by WWWWolf (444) · 2005
One of the most immersive games ever
The Good
This game sucks you in right from the beginning. The tactician role was perfect, although the game overglorifies the player sometimes. The story is great, with it's many plot twists and tragedy and drama. All in all, it's balanced, has a decent difficulty, and replayability is great, as you try to get all of the CG's.
The Bad
Well, the fact it's on the gba as a 2D strategy game irks me, because it would have been SOOOO sweet if it was a fully fledged 3D rpg game on the Gamecube, complete with cinematics and graphics. (oh and the char. dies no revive irks me too)
The Bottom Line
dude, just go buy the game and enjoy the immersiveness of it!!!
Game Boy Advance · by Maceart BeefKing (6) · 2004
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References to the game
Lyn appears as an assist trophy in the Wii game Super Smash Bros.: Brawl.
Version differences
The introduction music features a voice in the Japanese and American version of the game. The European version of the game has the melody played by a flute instead. Most probably they needed more space for text in different languages, and they removed the voice to gain more space.
The Kingdom of Bern was renamed Biran in the French and German translations of the game, probably because the capital of Switzerland and its region is also named Bern, which could create confusion amongst some gamers.
Awards
- GameSpy
- 2003 – #5 Game Boy Advance Game of the Year
- 2003 - Revival of the Year (Game Boy Advance)
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Game added December 1, 2003. Last modified January 2, 2024.