What is Fire Emblem?

    Fire Emblem is a Turn-base Strategy Role Playing Game(RPG). Where you move unit around in a Fantasy War Setting. 

     Developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. First game was publish in Japan on April 20, 1990 headed by Shouzou Kaga. The first game to come to America was released November 3, 2003 in North America both Simply Titled Fire Emblem.

             1990                                                     2003

    Fire Emblem has it's roots in Chess, the king in the game most be protected at all cost for if you lose your king it game over. Another similarity in chess is that each unit has a role to fill, armored units acts as a rook they are good defensive unit that protect the king from the enemy by blocking the spaces with it body.

    Fire Emblem also takes inspiration for Dungeon and Dragons (D&D). Leveling up is a staple of Fire Emblem and D&D. Units in the game gain experience and grow stronger to take on stronger foes. Being a small band of skilled heroes against a large number of weak foes.

    What separates Fire Emblem from Chess and D&D is the cleaver writing in the games. Each unit have their own story in the games and chemistry with other characters. Many characters like Marcia who is on a mission to find her brother who has accumulated a ton of debt. Makalov the brother of Marcia, can later be found on a later map and recruited by Marcia. Marcia scold her brother for being a scumbag and later join your group of Mercenaries.