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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I changed my review. This game is not like Zelda, sorry for saying that. That game has a sorta tactics style battles like in Advance Wars. You might remember Marth and Roy from Super Smash Brothers Melee. This game is really good and it's worth your money.

awesome.........

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: September 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

...this game is nothing like Zelda. Yes, it's true it was a game released only in Japan, but it's coming to America in English. I've played and nearly beaten the game all the way through, (on the Japanese one) the guy with the red hair is not Roy. It is Roy's dad, Elwood, and no, Marth is not on this game. He was on Fire Emblem 1: The Dragon of Darkness and the Sword of Light, and Fire Emblem 3: The Mystery of the Emblem. I've beaten both games. They were good too. This game is a game similar to Advance Wars, but it's set in medieval times. You have a lord character, (basically he/she is your leader) and your other units assisting you. If any of your characters die, you cannot bring them back. If your lord character dies, it's an automatic game over. First time through it is Lin, (the girl with the green hair on the cover), and second time through it is Elwood. I'm almost done beating this game. Like all Fire Emblem games, it is very fun. However, (so far anyway).....my favorite Fire Emblem game is Fire Emblem 4: The Geneology of Holy War. Like I said though, that may change. Fire Emblem 6 has a good story and good graphics. Since I don't want to ruin the story for you, all I can tell you is buy it and see what you think!!:)

great game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: September 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As cedon said, this game is set in medieval times. You have your different types of units which are: Pegasus Knights/Riders, Dragon Knights/Riders, (be especially careful with these two types of units, if they're shot by archers, chances are they'll die because the arrow will have a berzerk hit!) Social Knights,(basically a knight that can use a sword or lance) Lance Knights, (only able to use a lance) Paladin, (class change for social knights), Duke Knights, (class change for lance knights), Lord, (your leader unit, use him/her to conquer castles) Mage Knights, (I believe this is class change for a mage), Mages,(they can use magic) Priests, (use staffs to heal people), High Priests, (class change for priests) Sword Masters/Fighters, Archers, Snipers, Hunters, Sisters, (basically same as priest), Armor Knights/Generals, Freelance Knights, Axe Knights, Arch Knights, Fighters (ground axe fighter), Thieves/Theif Fighters, (they open doors/treasure chests)Bow Axe Fighters, (archers on horseback)Mountain Thieves, Torubadors, (female knights that can heal others)Great Knight, (class change for axe knight)Forest Knight, (class change for freelance knight)Warrior, (basically an axe fighter) Axe/Bow Armor, (armored knights with axes/bows) Mercenary, (basically a sword fighter) Bard, (like a mage, higher speed and skill, can also use light magic) Sage, (EXTREMELY powerful mage) Dancers, (give people back their turns, I'm not sure if they're on this game as I haven't beaten it yet on the Japanese one, same goes for bard and sage) Piper? (boy with teal hair, he gives people back their turns, but is not a dancer, also cannot use weapons). I believe this is all the units the player can have. I may have missed a few. Rough terrain slows down movement. Weather conditions also come into play on this game. When you start playing you'll have to enter a name, gender, birthdate, and element for your "Commander", in case you're wondering that's you! It'll also do a tutorial thing once you have all that done. It'll show you how to attack, use potions, (healing items) and conquer places. You can recruit characters on this game by having certain characters talk to them. If they're an enemy and they say something about a character you have on your team, try to talk to them with that character to recruit them. Don't let your Lord character die. If she/he dies, you'll game over. Be wary of the auto-save function on the game as well. If your Lord character dies, it'll save that happening, so proceed with caution. You can also level up your characters on your game and hook up your GBA system to another GBA and battle against their characters. Lin is the 1st female Lord character on a Fire Emblem game, and she's awesome. Same goes for Elwood. Normally your Lord characters really suck, (Ex. Marth, Leaf, Roy)the only reason why Roy and Marth were worth keeping around is because they had special swords which you needed to kill certain bosses. Celis and Sigurd were good, (Celis is Sigurd's kid). They were on Fire Emblem 4. Leaf was on 5, Roy is on 7, Marth is on 1 and 3. I never played Fire Emblem 2. The other Fire Emblem games are awesome too. If you can understand Japanese, you should think about playing them. This game series is definitely my favorite for RPGs. You should give them a try!!

Very entertaining!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Like the title says, this game is very entertaining.It has easy controls with different gameplay.You find yourself saying ,Ill do just one more chapter, but you want to keep playing.IF you like RPG'S,This is A good one with tactics you must also use.A last detail is you put in your birthdate,name and time.This is A good , All around game.I would highly suggest this game.

THE REAL GAME OF THE YEAR

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Only a fool would own a game boy advance and not own Fire Emblem.

My initial impression is that nothing can stop this from being GOTY aside from the fact that game boy games are usually snubbed and fire emblem will be snubbed too.

The localization for this game is much better than the localization for Intelligent System's other popular strategy series advance wars. According to a review I read, Fire Emblem is better than Advance Wars as a single player game, and so far I have to agree with that comment.

I haven't been this immersed in a game since Chrono Trigger for the super nintendo. After several hours of playing the game I feel that the character development and dialogue is probably the best in any game boy game ever made or at least any game boy game I have ever played.

Presentation 10 out of 10
Flawless presentation. All the menus are top-notch and the game is designed to near perfection.

Graphics 10 out of 10
Beautiful hand-drawn backgrounds and excellent character design. The graphics are technically and artistically wonderful.

Sound 9 out of 10
I was amazed at what I heard coming from my gba speakers.

Gameplay 10 out of 10
Flawless turn based strategy.

Lasting Appeal 9/10
The multiplayer is only bested by Advance Wars.

Intelligent Systems is now my favorite game development company.

FIre Emblem

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a fun game to play. The character are the cools and but it is

The game rocks

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 26
Date: November 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Since I have to buy my own games, I really take pride in choosing the right one. Even though I had not played a lick of tactical strategy (i.e. Advance Wars series) in my life, I decided to start playing with Fire Emblem. The game looked interesting, and I had read good reviews about it.There were other equally good looking competitors out there- Sword of Mana,Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, just to name a few. The early screenshots of Fire Emblem looked great, so I went out to purchase it at my local shop. I brought it home, quietly opened it and started playing with the first mission. To my surprise, it was a smooth drive. The gameplay flowed coherently, and the animation and storylines fit into the game. I knew I was going to have a great time.

Another fantastic strategy title for GBA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 121 / 126
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of Nintendo's Intelligent Systems; who wouldn't be after Paper Mario, Mario Kart Super Circuit, Advance Wars 1 & 2, and Metroid Fusion? Their latest game is Fire Emblem, a long running series in Japan making its first English debut.

Comparisons to Advance Wars are inevitable - turn-based strategy game, grid map, and little groups of units battling it out. At the first play, it may feel too similar to some gamers, but differences emerge making Fire Emblem a completely separate interpretation of how to make a tactical strategy game. The RPG elements included in Fire Emblem provide depth and character without sacrificing simplicity. Characters only use one type of weapon and no armor. When characters reach a certain skill level, they can advance to a new class (i.e. knights to paladins) which allows the character to use another type of weapons, further extending their usefulness. The weapon types follow a rock-paper-scissors approach, or in this case, swords-lances-axes. There's three types of magic that interlock in a similar manner. While the outlying mechanics are simple, when facing down various enemies in the battlefield, maneuvering your squad to get the right match-ups is a challenging and ultimately pleasing puzzle.

One of the notable features of Fire Emblem is frail mortality of the characters. When characters die in a level, they cannot be brought back to life and do not return for subsequent battles. Exit stage left, thank you for playing. Fire Emblem tries hard to keep the player as honest as possible by transparently saving after every menu selection. If you try to cheese the game by turning off the GBA right as a character dies, when you turn your system back on, you'll be treated to the same death scene each time you load your game. The only way to save your characters from death replaying the entire level- levels can span 30-45 minutes, and restarting can be a serious sacrifice to save a less favored character.

To further burden the decision of whether to let a character die, characters that end up along side each other develop support relationships that provide bonuses when they fight together. It takes a long time to develop these relationships and the bonus are worth the effort. A death of one of a partner in one of these relationships seriously effects the other's effectiveness, therefore it becomes even more difficult to allow one player die.

While the rigid approach the game takes to standard save/reload cheese may come off as annoying, it does much to make the game world more vivid to the player. Characters are almost as close to living things as could exist in a videogame format. You become attached to them because they can be so fragile and you think seriously about the consequences of leaving a weakened party member exposed to enemy forces. (In a brilliant turn, the game allows some characters to rescue other characters and pull them from dangerous situations.)

That said, the scenarios are entertaining, well scripted, and have a wide enough amount of variety to keep the player on their toes. Some levels feature fog of war, indoor battles with doors and breakable walls, anti-magic wells, or special requirements like defending a certain character. My favorite levels are ones where your group of a dozen soldiers has to split up and accomplish different tasks, almost in a Mission Impossible-style. Deciding who to bring on the mission, how to divide them up, equipping them correctly, and synchronizing the battle so that everything falls into place is supremely satisfying.

There's nothing that an experienced gamer hasn't seen before in Fire Emblem, but I've never seen those components stripped to their essence and combined in such a elegant matter. Fire Emblem is the only console strategy game that can be compared favorably to Advance Wars, and that's all the praise I need to give.

COOL!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game, Fire Emblem, is a fantastic game with its art work, story plot, and characters. I've been playing this and I really like the plot and art work of the game. It reminds me of Golden Sun a little but much different.
Basically, you act as a tactition (spelled incorrect) for the game. You battle bandits, confront other characters, fight to stop the dragons from coming to the world, and basically KICK BUTT! What you do is move your characters to attack and what-not. Sometimes this game can be very frustrating because when a character dies, you can't use that character EVER AGAIN! It's best to not put your characters out into the battle field all willy-nilly. You might need that character in further chapters in the game.

Fire Emblem

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to say i really haven't played the whole game. only about two-three chapters because it was my friend's. after that i wanted it soooooooooooooo bad but couldn't get it because it's too close to x-mas...ok...now:

from two-three chapters experience, THIS GAME TOTALLY ROCKS!!! heh sorry....anyway ^_^=really good @_@=ok -_-;=bad(sweatdrop):

GRAPHICS: ^_^ - i think the graphics are REALLY good because for anime they're great and for gba (game boy advance) they're really pretty good, but they have been getting better

STORY: @_@ - it's an ok story-line, and i like that the characters have personalities and their wepons fit their personality somewhat. I mean, Lyn (i only know about 5 characters...) is tomboyish and kind, but i can easily picture her with a sword, and thats what she has (in the beggining).

SOUND: @_@ - i didn't play with the sound on, but the sound effects seemed pretty good, although sometimes they were very...odd...

FUN!!!: ^_^ - it has to be one of the really good games that has action, adventure, and it actually explains the story!!! if you need guides for everything, like you hate running around until you find the answer or losing characters without dying this game is a complete nono (excuse my lack of better words) because my friend told me that it is different each time. But overall if you love strategic games, this is definetly a great game

MOTION PICTURES: @_@ - the moving graphics are reely good, but the horses (4 those characters who have horses) seem to 'dance'. i no this sounds weird, but they do things that are very odd for a horse to do. I don't mean to critisize (cuz i luv the game teehee) but i've gone to summer camp and our horses never do that (im pretty advanced : cantering, trotting, walking) but sometimes it's actually pretty funny to see them 'dancing'.

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