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Box artwork for Fire Emblem.
Box artwork for Fire Emblem.
Fire Emblem
Developer(s)Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Year released2003
System(s)Game Boy Advance, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Preceded byFire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi
Followed byFire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
SeriesFire Emblem
Japanese titleファイアーエムブレム
Genre(s)Tactical RPG
ModesSingle player, multiplayer
Rating(s)CERO All agesESRB EveryonePEGI Ages 7+USK All agesParental Guidance
Neoseeker Related Pages
LinksFire Emblem ChannelSearchSearch
This guide is for the GBA game known in the U.S. as Fire Emblem. For the remake of the first game in the series, see Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Fire Emblem (Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, ファイアーエムブレム 烈火の剣?, Faiā Emuburemu: Rekka no Ken), also known as Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is the seventh entry in the Fire Emblem series, the second to be released for the platform after Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, and the first to be localized for Western audiences. It was released in Japan and North America in 2003, and in Europe and Australia in 2004. The game was later released on the Wii U Virtual Console on May 14, 2014.

Development of The Blazing Blade began after the release of Nintendo's crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee, which featured the characters Marth and Roy on its roster. Influenced by the reception to the Fire Emblem characters outside Japan, The Blazing Blade was designed with the potential new international audience in mind.

Story[edit | edit source]

The game is a prequel to Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi, set twenty years prior on the continent of Elibe. It tells the story of Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector, three young lords of the Lycian lineage who journey to find Eliwood's father and later thwart a larger conspiracy threatening the stability of Elibe.

Gameplay[edit | edit source]

The game was structured to open with a prologue story starring the character Lyn to specifically serve as an extended tutorial and introduction to Fire Emblem gameplay basics for series newcomers. The gameplay, which draws from earlier Fire Emblem entries, features tactical combat between armies on a grid-based map. Characters are assigned different character classes that affect abilities and are subjected to permanent death if defeated in battle.

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