The very first Fire Emblem game is getting an official translation after 30 years since its Japanese release. Nintendo is bringing the Famicom game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light to the west, on the Nintendo Switch. It'll be available on December 4th, and will be priced at $5.99 on the Nintendo eShop, though just like Super Mario 3D All Stars, the game won't be around forever. You'll have until March 31st to purchase Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, after which it'll be delisted.

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Just like other Nintendo Switch Online NES titles, this game will offer the ability to use save states or rewind functions. There will be a limited physical release, which will include a replica NES-style box, with an NES cart inside, though it is only an art piece, and not an actual playable cartridge.

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[Worldblender]

If not that I want to get the Collector's Edition, I hope that at least someone scans the art stuff, takes pictures of the physical items, and then then upload all of that online later on. That way, I don't have to spend any money just to see this new, remastered art.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

Patiently waiting for the ROM dumps.

 

[Spectremint]

I guess this is cool?
Not a big Fire Emblem guy but it's cool to see that they're doing this. The Special Edition looks awesome though.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

This stunt to increase their fiscal end of year report is getting really fucking old nintendo...

3D All Stars...super mario 35 (free game????)...now this. Ironic that they all end distribution on March 31st.

Fucking stop it.

 

[StarveBread]

Would buy this, but I ain't dealing with that limited time crap so nope

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

It’s even more weird because they remade gaiden which ended up being one of the best 3DS RPGs in my opinion. I guess the argument can be made that they already did on DS....but I found that one to be really ugly lol

Going to be honest, I don't really play fire emblem games, but if I did, it would be on a modern console, not a "classic" one. Classic shining force in comparison feels much more approachable (too bad there hasn't been any reboots, remakes, or new entry in the series lately) I'm not too much into the complex plot and development of characters, I feel like it half game, half visual novel at this point. (and I been saying why not just make a dating sim) * insert smirk here *

The latest one has sounded a bit more appealing due to the "accessibility" features, but is mostly the structure and plot I'm afraid of not finding appealing. The social/political narrative of things bores me compared to the simple "generic" hero saves the day from evil magical being that shining force has that everyone seems to despise. But maybe I'm just far too simple that it's doesn't bother me. As long as it's appealing in some way, well written script, voice cast, events, fun world full of interesting things. Stuff like tales of symphonia, or breath of fire IV with the fantasy setting, multiple races of people or demi-humans, gods and such, that's what I like. Not liberating nations and structural hierarchy, with loads of betrayal and plot twist within what supposed to be alliances.

 

[godreborn]

I have the other fire emblem games on the switch, but I haven't played them yet. I'm interested, except isn't this like you lose a main character on the battlefield, they're dead for good? that's one thing I didn't like about final fantasy tactics, but I think you had like three turns to bring them back to life. that's why my favorite srpg is shining force. I don't remember them ever implementing that in any of those games. I actually bought a saturn just for part 3, then I sold part 3 a while back for over $90 (I hear it's worth a lot). they also had parts 2 and 3 that were never released in the states. I think Japan had a premium version with all three parts. it would be awesome if they released that some day.

 

[MaxToTheMax]

I think it's cool idk....

It's NES. Arguably, if they brought over Holy War, or any of the SNES Fire Emblem games, it'd be a big deal, since those are considered to be high points in the franchise, and niche games that deserve a wider audience.

I think the SNES games will come if this game sells well. It sucks that publishers think that paywalls like that work.

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

I have the other fire emblem games on the switch, but I haven't played them yet. I'm interested, except isn't this like you lose a main character on the battlefield, they're dead for good? that's one thing I didn't like about final fantasy tactics, but I think you had like three turns to bring them back to life.

Starting with New Mystery of the Emblem on the DS in Japan and Awakening on the 3DS for the rest of the world, you have the option of playing on a Casual mode that turns the permanent death feature off. Anybody that dies come back after the battle, the only way to get a game over is if all your characters die all at once in a map. The way permadeath works, if someone in your party dies, they're gone for good unless you start the map from the beginning again, and if any of your main character units dies (usually your Avatar unit and the main Lord of the game depending on the map) then you just automatically get a game over and have to start over the map from the beginning, unless you're playing on Causal.

 

[godreborn]

I do remember resetting several times when that happened in final fantasy tactics. if there's one thing that I don't like, it's wasting time, which it feels like I just wasted an hour if someone I've spent dozens of hours building dies. that does piss me off.

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

It's heaviliy mitigated in the most recent entries that have a time-rewind feature that lets you rewind to a specific turn instead of starting over from the beginning. Hell, in Three Houses as soon as someone important dies, it immediately lets you rewind time if you still have the energy for it(you can only do it so many times in a battle).

 

[godreborn]

I preordered it a few hours ago. I also have pikmin 3, the new hyrule warriors, the final fantasy legend saga, and 3d world preordered. other than that, there's also ghostrunner, which for some reason doesn't seem to have an eshop page when it comes out in like five days. I'm kinda enjoying buying games again. every other system is piracy, but then I don't play the games at all. I did recently beat ys origin, but I'm probably going to have to go back through that to see where this item is that I'm missing along with one of the fire upgrades.

 

[Lumstar]

Are we certain this translation would run on an actual NES? Technical limitations made variable-width text very rare.

One other bit caught my eye. Wasn't Intelligent Systems uncredited in the original FE1?

 

[UltraSUPRA]

Are we certain this translation would run on an actual NES? Technical limitations made variable-width text very rare.

I don't doubt that it will. Trials of Mana works on real hardware, and while that's a Super NES game by Square Enix, its translation works on real hardware.

 

[Xzi]

If nothing else, at least the price is right. Hopefully this means we get other previously Japan-only retro releases in the future.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

If nothing else, at least the price is right. Hopefully this means we get other previously Japan-only retro releases in the future.

*glances at Rin*

 

[godreborn]

haven't tried trial of mana on real hardware, but I did on the snes mini. works without issue. however, I didn't actually go through the entire game.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

Is anyone rewatching Ultimate Falcon Match? Or, in my case, watching it for the first time?

 

[Lumstar]

I don't doubt that it will. Trials of Mana works on real hardware, and while that's a Super NES game by Square Enix, its translation works on real hardware.

I hope so. The presumption of guilt just frustrates me. People take one glimpse at games like this, and start flinging accusations that it's lazy/emulated/whatever. We simply do not have any grounds to determine from the trailer whether the translation depicted is even an NES game at all.

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Think shittendo has finally gone senile.
Gotta put down this old yeller.