The Fire Emblem Thread

[The Teej]

Moved to General Gaming

Enjoy!

 

[Satirical]

LOL, we aren't gonna see you for the next month or so

Do you emulate Shining Soul I and II? And Fire Emblem you emulate via nesDS?
Nice, maybe I'll give it a try one day

Yeah, I know it's kinda weak off me to use RTS, but I'm not that good in Fire Emblem, and that's why I use those technics.
To be honest, the first Fire Emblem that I played was Fire Emblem GBA on VBA. God I loved that, I just could RTS so easily!
Really handy for difficult situations

I meant Shining Soul I and II on GBA and Fire Emblem + Sacred Stones on GBA

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List of My Games - (Tell me if I've missed any out)

Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising (prolapselol)
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania - Circle of the Moon
Contra Advance - The Alien Wars EX
Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure
Drill Dozer
Final Fantasy I & II - Dawn Of Souls
Final Fantasy V Advance
Final Fantasy VI Advance
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones
Golden Sun
Golden Sun - The Lost Age
Gradius Galaxies
Kingdom Hearts - Chain Of Memories
Kirby - Nightmare in Dream Land
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Kurukuru Kururin (I bet you haven't heard of that one ;])
The Legend Of Zelda - The Minish Cap
Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
Mario Kart - Super Circuit
Medabots - Metabee Version (F'ing love these two)
Medabots - Rokusho Version
Megaman Battle Network 5 Team Protoman
Megaman Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar
Megaman Battle Network (Yeah, I like Battle Net)
Megaman Zero 3
Megaman Zero 4
Metal Slug Advance
Metroid - Zero Mission
Metroid Fusion
Monster Rancher Advance 2 (A peculiar yet fun game)
Phantasy Star Collection (I found some kid on gamespot baww'ing about how it sucks because he thought it was a NEW GAME WITH SPECTACULAR EFFECTS AND AWGAZSUM SOUNDINGS)
Pokemon - Emerald
Pokemon - Ruby
Pokemon - Sapphire
Shining Force - Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Shining Soul
Shining Soul II (I used to play the SHINING FORCE EX game on PS2, that f***ing rocked. Seriously.)
Summon Night - Swordcraft Story
Summon Night - Swordcraft Story 2
Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World
Sword of Mana
Tactics Ogre - The Knight of Lodis
Wario Land 4
WarioWare - Twisted
WarioWare, Inc. - Mega Microgames!
Yggdra Union - We'll Never Fight Alone
Yoshi - Topsy-Turvy

Phew. And that's it...

 

[Toni Plutonij]

I meant Shining Soul I and II on GBA and Fire Emblem + Sacred Stones on GBA

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List of My Games - (Tell me if I've missed any out)

*snip

Phew. And that's it...

Maybe if you add Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance.....That List is great, I have all those games on as well!

 

[Satirical]

Maybe if you add Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance.....That List is great, I have all those games on as well!

Oh, thanks :]

I'll check that out then.

I'm definitely sure there are some I missed out though.

Meh. Check out the R4DS skins section and you'll see a custom GBA Loader Skin I made. It's just the regular one without the text or buttons.

 

[Satangel]

Haha, we're in General Consoles Discussions now

Nice list Satirical, there are some real gems in there.

 

[Satirical]

Haha, we're in General Consoles Discussions now

Nice list Satirical, there are some real gems in there.

General Consoles?

Are we to be moving up in teh forumz werldz?

Fire emblemz for tehr winrarz

 

[apb407]

I really am not liking the new one.....it just doesnt have the same appeal or emotion behind that drags me into wanting to play the other chapters. Also there are way to many units and a bunch of other things that is really causing me to not like the game

 

[Goshogun1]

I think Fire Emblem is one of my favorite games ever. I own every one of them (minus gaiden for the famicom), but the only one I have beaten is the remake of 1&2 for the Super Famicom using the new fan-translation.

One thing that attracts me to it is the connection you get with your characters. If the characters deaths weren't permanent, and they revived after each fight, I don't think it would be the same. Sometimes I will reset battles if someone really useful dies, but usually I will just leave them dead just because it makes things more realistic. This realistic death system also makes me use my head by having to really think hard about my next move. As opposed to most SRPGs where you can just send in fodder, knowing they will come back in the next fight. Every character has a purpose in these wars, right down to the lowly barbarian.

Another thing thats great is the overall character design, and the little villages you can visit to actually learn things that can save your life. That, and the great amount of secrets that exist on many of the maps. I love how it often goes beyond, "Destroy all enemies and win".

Anyway, Fire Emblem is an awesome series that I am glad is still being made by Nintendo.

 

[Satirical]

I think Fire Emblem is one of my favorite games ever. I own every one of them (minus gaiden for the famicom), but the only one I have beaten is the remake of 1&2 for the Super Famicom using the new fan-translation.

One thing that attracts me to it is the connection you get with your characters. If the characters deaths weren't permanent, and they revived after each fight, I don't think it would be the same. Sometimes I will reset battles if someone really useful dies, but usually I will just leave them dead just because it makes things more realistic. This realistic death system also makes me use my head by having to really think hard about my next move. As opposed to most SRPGs where you can just send in fodder, knowing they will come back in the next fight. Every character has a purpose in these wars, right down to the lowly barbarian.

Another thing thats great is the overall character design, and the little villages you can visit to actually learn things that can save your life. That, and the great amount of secrets that exist on many of the maps. I love how it often goes beyond, "Destroy all enemies and win".

Anyway, Fire Emblem is an awesome series that I am glad is still being made by Nintendo.

Couldn't have said it better myself

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A FE Anime would be good to explain the series and hopefully expand it's capabilities outside Japan...

It's not too 'Well-Known' is it?

 

[Goshogun1]

Anyway, Fire Emblem is an awesome series that I am glad is still being made by Nintendo.

Couldn't have said it better myself

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A FE Anime would be good to explain the series and hopefully expand it's capabilities outside Japan...

It's not too 'Well-Known' is it?

FE has laid dormant in popularity for years until the US GBA release of FE VII. I think it has become rather well known nowadays. Especially considering the praise the recent releases have received. It took time though, and 4 of them have yet to see a release here.
There actually is an old FE anime out there based on the first game. I think its only a 2 part OVA though. Here's a youtube link of the first ep. Crap video quality tho...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YalB0uEPqVk

 

[Satirical]

Anyway, Fire Emblem is an awesome series that I am glad is still being made by Nintendo.

Couldn't have said it better myself

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A FE Anime would be good to explain the series and hopefully expand it's capabilities outside Japan...

It's not too 'Well-Known' is it?

FE has laid dormant in popularity for years until the US GBA release of FE VII. I think it has become rather well known nowadays. Especially considering the praise the recent releases have received. It took time though, and 4 of them have yet to see a release here.
There actually is an old FE anime out there based on the first game. I think its only a 2 part OVA though. Here's a youtube link of the first ep. Crap video quality tho...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YalB0uEPqVk

Very interesting.

I'll try and track this OVA down sometime.

Thanks for the link ;P.

 

[Satangel]

I'm at chapter 12 now, and god I'm in love with this game!
Everything is going great, got Lena already to a level 20 Healer and promoted her to Bishop. All the rest is gaining levels fast too.
In chapter 11 there's an arena too, and I completed that level in about 120 turns, so you can guess how long I've used the arena then

 

[Satirical]

I'm at chapter 12 now, and god I'm in love with this game!
Everything is going great, got Lena already to a level 20 Healer and promoted her to Bishop. All the rest is gaining levels fast too.
In chapter 11 there's an arena too, and I completed that level in about 120 turns, so you can guess how long I've used the arena then

o ma gawds, must play Naooooo!

I got my battery about 3 or 4 days ago and everything works fine, but I've been playing Izuna / Chrono Trigger (awesome games btw)

My DS is on charge now so I'll play FE a bit latar.

 

[Louisiana]

Isn't grinding defeating the purpose of the game?

 

[Satirical]

Yes

. But it's fun.

There's an arena in Chapter 8, isn't there? I was just playing it. Pretty nice.

 

[Rod]

The thing that elevates them to great game status is permanent death.

I don't think it elevates it to great game status, I think it can make it more frustrating...

Fire Emblem's permadeaths are only frustrating if you die. And that's the great thing of it: the fear of losing a companion will make you strategize more, giving you a constant feeling of being on the edge. If permadeath wasn't there, it would turn the game into a complete exercise of bore.

 

[Louisiana]

I got to stage 27 in Fire Emblem 7! It's great! So many dudes to kill! I wish the whole game was like this.

Fire Emblem would work in the context of an endless mode!

 

[Satangel]

In chapter 16 now, just got Xane.
And another Arena here, time to grind some more

 

[vic_rattlehead]

Yes, the problem with Shadow Dragon is that it's not in 2D. 2D is lovely and beautiful. All the 2D Fire Emblems are absolutely gorgeous. Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn are disappointments because they used 3D instead of 2D. With the Gamecube and Wii they could have done high-res, hand-drawn stuff like in Odin Sphere, but they took the easy way out and did 3D.

I don't like 3D graphics. The only 3D graphics I like are in killer7, Jet Set Radio, Katamari Damacy and Ico. I like plenty of 3D games, but the best of them are hideous (minus the four above) compared to the best 2D stuff.

I agree to a certain extent. I'm convinced that the pinnacle of 2D graphics - such as Final Fantasy VI on SNES (just as an example; of course this applies for Dragon Quest, Fire Emblem and even Super Mario games too) - are far superior to the beginnings of 3D graphics, such as Final Fantasy VII on Playstation.

Good 2D graphics have stood the test of time and still look beautiful today, whereas old 3D looks ugly and dated today.

However, like you pointed out, there are plenty of great looking 3D games out there, and it's mostly those that are in cell shading. I'd add No More Heroes, Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy, and plenty of Nippon Ichi games to your list. I like games that look like anime or animated shows; smooth animation and fluid character movement makes graphics timeless in my opinion.

I'm glad that they added some cell shading to Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn even though the traditional 3D visuals are still pretty bland.

I'm quite a big fan of the Fire Emblem series, but I really suck at them

I've played the 2 GBA versions a lot, and I still play them sometimes.
I tried the Wii version, but I didn't really like it. Fire Emblem doesn't belong on a console, it belongs on the handhelds.
That's why I really love Fire Emblem DS.
The graphics are nice IMHO, and there are some interesting things added to the gameplay, which makes the game easier overall, so more people get interested in them.

And I'm loving this game even more because of my CycloDS, because it can Real Time Save

I'm telling you, the Arena abuse can get endless this way.

How is the original GBA game? I really want to try it but unfortunately I haven't had the chance yet.

I own and have finished:

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

I'm currently playing Radiant Dawn on Wii and I'm on Part 4 Endgame-3 Rebirth, where you have to fight the king of the Goldoans, Deghinsea. It's really hard! Much harder than the Black Knight fight. Question for you guys who've finished the game: Do you remember how you beat him? Did you first clear the stage of enemies and then take your time on him (I've read that reinforcements stop coming in after Turn 14) or did you just charge him to start with? I'm concentrating my attacks with the four most powerful characters in my game: Tibarn, Caneighis, Ike, Shinon, Haar and Renning.

I've also played the Jap versions of Fire Emblem V: Thracia 776 and Fire Emblem VI: Sealed Swords, but I didn't finish them.

Have any of you played the English emulator versions? Are the translations good?

I don't think permanent death elevates it to great game status, I think it can make it more frustrating...

It's definitely frustrating, but that's what I like about it! It's much more challenging and despite being irritating, it makes the game incredibly addictive at the same time. Sort of like Super Monkey Ball.

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QUOTE(Rod @ Feb 1 2009, 04:06 AM)

Fire Emblem's permadeaths are only frustrating if you die. And that's the great thing of it: the fear of losing a companion will make you strategize more, giving you a constant feeling of being on the edge. If permadeath wasn't there, it would turn the game into a complete exercise of bore.

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[Satangel]

There are 3 Fire Emblems for the GBA:

Fire Emblem: F?in no Tsurugi
Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken (Fire Emblem in the USA/EU)
Fire Emblem: Seima no K?seki (Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones in the USA/EU)

The first Fire Emblem for the GBA, Fire Emblem: F?in no Tsurugi, hasn't been published outside Japan, but you can get a translation patch here.

I haven't tried it yet, but it's always better then to play it in Japanese.

From the 2 I've played, I liked Sacred Stones the most. The story gives you a choice at a certain moment, and then you need to choose which path you pick. The addition of a certain place where you can always train is very handy.

For more translations (that are usually incomplete or still in progress) be sure to check out Romhacking.net