Fire Emblem Series

[Fryguy64]

For some reason, NinDB ranks quite highly for information on the Fire Emblem series, despite having little information on them. However, we were one of the first websites to carry information about the series when the site opened back in 2001.

Nevertheless, I am awful at strategy games and RPGs, so this strategy/RPG series remains in my "can't quite beat them" folder.

So I really need some help gathering information on these games. Please can anyone who has any knowledge of this series provide me with as many resources or other information as they can. It will be hugely appreciated.

Fire Emblem Series

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Sword of Light
System: Famicom
Year: 1990

Fire Emblem: Gaiden
System: Famicom
Year: 1992

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
System: Super Famicom
Year: 1994
- The first half is a remake of the first game, while the second half continues the story, set after several years have passed.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
System: Super Famicom
Year: 1996

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
System: Super Famicom (Nintendo Power), Super Famicom (cart)
Year: 1999

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
System: Game Boy Advance
Year: 2002
- Also translated as the "Sword of Seals" or "Sealed Sword"
- The hero, Roy, first appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee before his official debut in this game.

Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword (Fire Emblem GBA)
System: Game Boy Advance
Year: 2003
- First game released outside of Japan

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
System: Game Boy Advance
Year: 2004

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
System: GameCube
Year: 2005

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
System: Wii
Year: 2007

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
System: Nintendo DS
Year: 2009

Fire Emblem Cameos
Note: I will be working through my extensive archives to ensure the correct credits are handed out, so don't worry if your name doesn't appear here. I still love you!

Super Smash Bros. Series
Extra information page will be written on this.
- Melee: Marth, Roy, trophies, music
- Brawl: Marth, Ike, trophies, stickers, music

Kirby Super Star
Marth's Falcion Sword appears as a treasure in the Great Cave Offensive. It is simply labelled as "Sword" in the US/PAL versions. This was corrected in Kirby Super Star Deluxe.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (US/PAL)
A Toad tells you he has been playing Fire Emblem on GBA. The game had only just been released in America at the time.

Trace Memory (US only)
One of the books in the library is called "Path of Radiance".

Glory of Heracles
When your party tried to gain access to Trantian’s giant wooden horse headed for Troy, Princess Piazza tricks a Trantian soldier into letting them on by lying to him by saying, “I am Princess Piazza, representative of Trantia’s ally nation of, er, Archanea."
Archanea was the name given to Akaneia in the US version of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (the European version kept it as Akaneia).
- Submitted by Korre

[TV Eye]

YoungLink seems pretty obsessed with the Fire Emblem series. I'd try squeezing some info out of him.

[Wildcat]

I can chip in on the ones I've played (7 - 9, plus Shadow Dragon). What exactly do you need? Character bios, plot, game enhancements, how the FE battle engine works, etc.?

[Volray]

I mentioned on the cameo board, there’s a Fire Emblem reference in Glory of Heracles.

At one point in the game your party will try and board Trantian’s giant wooden horse headed for Troy. Princess Piazza tricks a Trantian soldier into letting them on by lying to him. She says, “I am Princess Piazza, representative of Trantia’s ally nation of, er, Archanea."

Archanea was the name given to Akaneia in the US version of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (the European version kept it as Akaneia).

[Leon]

You know that I'm good for helping out with Fire Emblem. I've been chipping away at different stuff for the site over the past few months, but I can't deliver any real good stuff until late April due to college life.

[Fryguy64]

Can somebody post the links to as many Fire Emblem fansites in English and Japanese as they can? That would allow me to get a good start.

Also, any information on the Satellaview games would also be useful, as information on those is currently missing.

[Wildcat]

Here's a couple in English that I've thought were useful:
Serenes' Forest - serenesforest.net/
FE Planet - www.feplanet.net/
Here's a few others:
fe-online.co.uk/
www.sealed-sword.net.tc/

For art, Gamehiker's loaded with all of the NA/European released entries, and the two I listed I believe have decent offerings of the earlier games.

As for me, I'll get started on FE7, as that's the one I know best. I'll begin with some character bios and some info on the battle system.

[Fryguy64]

For reference, there's a lot of info on the official websites in Japan:

Fire Emblem World which includes the Fire Emblem Museum - covering the games back to the originals, including complete character stats. This used to be hosted on the Intelligent Systems website, but seems to have migrated to the Nintendo Co. Ltd. website now.

Then the official pages on Nintendo.co.jp for each game (with varying levels of info between games):
Mystery of the Emblem
Genealogy of the Holy War
Thracia 776
The Binding Blade
Blazing Sword
The Sacred Stones
Path of Radiance
Radiant Dawn
New Shadow Dragon

[nocturnal YL]

Bye to Japanese and English sites, the most useful (gameplay-wise) FE site I found was in Italian. I can't read that language, but like any new languages you encounter, you'll start to know it when you read enough of it.

Fire Emblem - War of Dragon


In Japanese, we have the obviously popular Kawaki Chatei, and then there's this place called Valhalla.

If you are looking for sites hosting fan-based creations, there are too many to list.


So anyway... I'm good with FE6~10, and in other words, I'm not too good with FE1~5 and FE11.

Proofreading time, lol.

FE6:
"Prince Roy" - a prince is a male member of a royal family, but people can easily be lead to think it's a king's direct son. And Eliwood is not a king in title. "Marquess' son" should explain Roy's status better.
This page does not contain errors.

FE7:
What, no mention of Eliwood? You only covered less than one third of the game.
This page contains no errors, but should be heavily revised.

FE8:
Again, correct info, but not enough details.
"...and the day ends" - the concept of days is in the original Famicom Wars series, but story-wise this doesn't quite apply to FE games.

FE9:
No errors.

FE10:
No text.

...I guess I can help in writing for these games, but that will have to take time.

[Fryguy64]

I figured it would take time, which is why I decided it would be good to start this early. I'm not expecting to have all the details tomorrow.

I'm aware I will probably have to try and play through these games properly, especially the early ones, which is why I am in need of more website resources. Some of these are just what I need, which is excellent. Because I really am very crap at these games

I can work on things like characters and stats, etc.

I might even be able to make a start on rewriting the game pages so they're more accurate... but I will get some other franchises out of the way first, as Fire Emblem is a surprisingly big one to cover!

I will, of course, appreciate any and all help for getting anything done

[Wildcat]

I'll happily work on FE7, YL (nice to see you again!), if you want to focus on the others.