Nintendo Fire Emblem Series

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Fire Emblem for the GBA. I would call this a perfect mix of strategy from Advance Wars, and RPG elements. The characters all have depth, the storyline is well-written, if cliché at times, but keeps you not wanting to turn the game off.

This game was a wonderful experience, but the best part was sending in the select few to battle an army. Matthew dominated in most of my playthroughs with his super speed and decent critical.
 
I play Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones for a period of time and found it most enjoyable, until I got to the point where I simply couldn't for the life of me go any further. Good game though, I reccommend it.
 
I just got Sacred Stones a while ago - I think its a great game, highly recommend it for anyone with a GBA or GBA emulator.
 
It was a good game. I got mad at how many criticals my enemies got on me. Infuriating it was.
 
I think this series is amazing. I love the turn based strategy (which exceeds that of Advanced Wars....there no buying new characters). I have both GBA games and the Gamecube one and I love them. My only downside is that it's easy to level up characters that aren't actually suitable for later missions.....because it's easy to get hooked on certain characters. The Wii Fire Emblem should be very good. :D
 
I've only played Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, and I must say that I'm already hooked. I know there's other Fire Emblem games out there, but what really stumps me is that they are only made for certain consoles. :mad:

PoR was made for Gamecube, which I have. Then I saw that there's also Radiant Dawn for Wii, which I don't have. -_- I know there's a couple more made for GBA (The first original Fire Emblem and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones). I don't like the fact that they are dividing the series for different consoles...

Anyway, I'll go ahead and say my reviews for PoR.

Fantastic. One of the best tactical RPG game I've played so far. (Not that I've played many). They included the laguz race, which I thought was very neat, although not as innovative.

Storyline can be quite boring, and the characters aren't really developed (not to mention that if they die in battle, you lose them for the remainder of the game), but that's because they focused more on the battle-system more than anything, which by the way, is extremely fun and entertaining.

Really, I was more into the battles than I was for the story or character development, which is totally opposite of what my usual tendre for is in a game. I recommend this to anyone who loves strategic games.
 
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I own all three games so far (will buy the Wii version when it's released here in UK). Much like the Dragonquest/Dragon Warrior series made by Enix, the first Fire Emblem game that was released on GBA was the 7th in the series.....but was the first released outside Japan. Here's a link to more info on the series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Emblem

Anyway, I'm a fan of the games and really like them too. They can be very unforgiving and I'm afraid to say I've not finished a single one I have. The main reason for buying the first game was because I had bought Advanced Wars and really loved it. Seeing as this was by the same company but with a fantasy twist, I jumped at the chance to play it. I was completely happy with it. I love the fact that you have to keep your character alive the whole game or they're gone forever. It makes you want to keep them alive whereas in Advanced Wars you could just build more units once they were killed.
 
I am also a fan of the Fire Emblem series. Although, I only own the two GBA versions. Anyone who is a fan of tactics style RPG's should be a fan of Fire Emblem.
 
Great series! I enjoyed the handheld ones more than I liked the gc version. (haven't played the wii version yet)

Hopefully they'll continue making handheld ones, or at least re release the old ones that were for the snes.
 
I am also a fan of the Fire Emblem series. Super Smash Bros. Melee is what led me to become a Fire Emblem fan. Marth happened to be my favorite character in the game. Ever since then, Fire Emblem overtook Mario as my favorite Nintendo game series. Fire Emblem Gaiden, a 1991 Japan only Famicom/NES release, was my first Fire Emblem game. I was introduced to Fire Emblem even before Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken for the GBA first came out. I have played Fire Emblem games up to Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, including the Japan-only releases. My favorite Fire Emblem game is Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, a 1996 Japan-only release for the Super Famicom/SNES. During later my takes on that game, a black-haired swordswoman happened to overtake Marth as my favorite Nintendo character. She started one of the most popular Fire Emblem classes, called "Swordmaster." She was known for starting the special skill called Ryuuseiken, or Astra as it is called in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn. Her name is Ayra (known in Japan as Ira).
 
The only version of FE I've ever played and own is The Sacred Stones on the GBA. I do have a love of the SRPG genre with the Nippon Ichi titles and this does stand out as a great little title, probably better than even the Advance Wars titles although to be fair they do slightly work differently.

If the DS title proves to work as well as SS then I would consider it a worthwhile purchase. The fact that it apparently revolves around Marth is a plus for me.
 
I played the Wii version first of all, and really liked it. Then I bought Path of Radiance, so I stopped playing Radiant Dawn for a while. Gotta say that they excellent games, despite the fact that many people find them boring/bad. Anyway, right now I can't play any of 'em, until my Wii gets fixed, :S
 
I love Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken.

However.

That game is difficult. I still haven't finished it. (I admit, I gave up after a few months.) Oddly, it was refreshing to play a game that difficult. I like it when Japanese companies trust American gamers to play difficult RPGs. I'm sure I'll go back and finish it eventually. I really wanted the Gamecube and Wii titles, but the Wii actually belongs to my brother, and he doesn't want to buy it. (I have a PS3.)

I can't wait for a DS version.
 
I've played a few of these games, and I've liked them. Sacred stones was way too easy, but still enjoyable. I borrowed path of radiance (along with a gamecube) from a friend to play, and I like how they brought back a lot of elements from the older snes games though something I couldn't put my finger on irritated me slightly about the game.
 
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I heard Ike is extremely overpowered. Is that the irritating thing?

I regret not playing Sacred Stones because I've heard there are actually chances to train your characters in that game. One of the things that made Rekka no Ken so difficult is the fact that you go from one plot battle to the next with no breaks, meaning it's tough to not rely on a few strong characters. I'm actually stuck on a bonus battle right now. (Maybe I should have stuck with the main storyline...)
 
Cecily said:
I heard Ike is extremely overpowered. Is that the irritating thing?

I regret not playing Sacred Stones because I've heard there are actually chances to train your characters in that game. One of the things that made Rekka no Ken so difficult is the fact that you go from one plot battle to the next with no breaks, meaning it's tough to not rely on a few strong characters. I'm actually stuck on a bonus battle right now. (Maybe I should have stuck with the main storyline...)
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In sacred stones, you can fight monsters between chapters as much as you want. It really ends up making the game way to easy. I will say, though, that sacred stones did have a lot of good characters.
 
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In sacred stones, you can fight monsters between chapters as much as you want. It really ends up making the game way to easy.
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I see. I guess there would be a temptation to overpower your team.

I like that these games make you think. It's hard to win a battle by just rushing in. You really have to think about things like healing range, enemy spawn points and timing before making a single move. Thrilling!
 
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