History of Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem is widely regarded as one of the premiere tactical role-playing franchises. To celebrate the launch of the latest game, Fire Emblem Engage, here is the history of Fire Emblem.
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Fire Emblem is considered responsible for popularizing the tactical role-playing genre to legions of console gamers and, over the years, has had numerous entries that introduced beloved characters, freshened up the fighting mechanics, and even introduced new social systems.

From the early days of Fire: Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light on the Famicon, through to handheld iterations like Fire Emblem Awakening, to success on the Switch, Fire Emblem has been a Nintendo mainstay for over 30 years. In this video, we chart the history of the beloved Intelligent Systems franchise.

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990 JP, 2020 WW)
02:48 - Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992 JP)
03:45 - Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994 JP)
04:44 - Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996 JP)
05:37 - Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999 JP)
06:25 - Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (2002 JP)
07:29 - Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003 JP & NA)
08:45 - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (2004 JP, 2005 NA)
09:45 - Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005 JP & NA)
10:18 - Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007 JP & NA)
11:17 - Fire Emblem Awakening (2012 JP, 2013 NA)
12:07 - Fire Emblem Fates (2015 JP, 2016 NA)
12:52 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions # FE (2015 JP, 2016 NA)
13:35 - Fire Emblem Heroes (2017)
13:48 - Fire Emblem Warriors (2017)
14:36 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)
15:38 - Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022)
16:10 - Fire Emblem Engage (2023)

[xoxo.pochacco]

The hate for the lack of motion controls in radiant dawn is so funny to me like, how on earth would they incorporate that 😭

[Katie-hbiq]

The funny thing is, Radiant Dawn is now one of the most beloved games in this franchise, and its protagonist in Micaiah is one of the series most popular. It shows that they made a great game and fans today are not disappointed. Many people want the series to go back to Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn world building, base management style, etc.

The difficulty charge was also the result of a translation error. The difficulty modes were Easy, Normal and Hard, but its a very misleading translation as the difficulties are actually Normal, Hard and Maniac. So when people played the game on Normal, they were in for a pretty tough experience. Play on Easy your first time - it's really normal.

[liamwilson]

The history of fire emblem is the perfect example of never giving up if you want to make it big.

[jacobdean]

Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn is begging for a port to switch and a fresh coat of paint, maybe bring the two together? Easily my favorite 2 of the series. Hoping to play Engage soon

[VideoGamesAndTheWorld]

Fire Emblem is one of my most favorite games series of all time. It may not get the same level of recognition and respect as Final Fantasy, but it is a GREAT game series to me. My favorites are Shadow Dragon, Blazing Sword, The Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn and Heroes. I also like Awakening as well. I want to play Three Houses so bad.

[isawhat]

Radiant Dawn was my first FE game. I remember playing it so clearly in my freshman dorm room. I loved it and treasure my game disk to this day. Maybe the fact that it was so difficult has served me well over the years as a FE fan. Awakening has probably been my favorite title in the series.

[Nu_Merick]

Fire emblem is the chillest game. love the characters, lore, and RPG elements. Three Houses is my favorite!

[golfer]

Even during their fire emblem history video GameSpot still can't get away from the stain of their infamous Radiant Dawn review.

[nailzeeGer]

Kind of sad, that Radiant Dawn got panned. Path of Radiance + Radiant Dawn is still my favorite Fire Emblem story

[franciscob.maciel]

Fire Emblem is my favorite franchise, I really love it.

[sophisticatedhobbit]

That’s not true. Fire Emblem 12: New Mystery of the Emblem was the first to incorporate casual mode, not Awakening.

[MrRockmusicjunkie]

Radiant Dawn was a fantastic game, people thought it was too hard because it was translated with "Easy Normal Hard" as the difficulties instead of "Normal Hard Lunatic" as they were in Japan. In reality it's only a bit harder than PoR.

The series' dip in popularity was due to the Tellius games being released only on console and then followed by the remakes of 1 & 3, which were unbalanced and messy. Awakening is a good game but to insinuate it's better than RD is questionable.

[sirmel]

They need to make these remakes faster. I want to play all the games but I'd prefer if they looked more modern.

[HolyAarom]

I draw a lot of parallels with the "Tales of" series and the FE series. Both of them got their western start in the early 2000s with their breakout games, and they both sported an anime style that wasn't as widespread back in the day, back when anime was more of a counterculture thing in the west.

Both series also have this thing where many of the installments are just different enough and have been coming out for years. This means that everyone will have their "one" that came out at the perfect time for them and that will remain their favorite. While I still love both series, Tales is sadly moving away from the style of gameplay that I play it for, and while my brain is happy that Arise is doing well, my heart isn't because I think it means the series will move in a different direction.

Meanwhile, FE has always stuck to its guns when it comes to the core gameplay, and I love that it has never strayed far from that core. Playing Engage right now and I can't help but smile multiple times while playing.

[leecarr]

Radiant Dawn was my first Fire Emblem game. I know the difficulty was a mistranslation but was accompanied by subtext. Easy was for newcomers to the series and have was for experienced players of the series. I picked easy and was enjoying playing.

[heydun]

the radiant dawn slander is crazy. one of the best games in the series

[royaviles]

I came to Fire Emblem from Super Smash Bros and Advance Wars. Radiant Dawn was my first game and I loved it. I actually still preferred it over the 3DS games until Three Houses blew all of them away for me.

[hikarisgamelorecompendium]

Crazy that Radiant Dawn is actually the best game in the series. Critics were tripping back in the day.

[heymr.k]

I remember the ending of blazing blade was so epic, and there was a huge cliffhanger with an evil dragon man, but the sequel was in Japanese. So crushing

[Natsu]

Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones is my childhood Fire Emblem game which I've got as a birthday gift from my dad. Ever since then, I fell in love with the series.