Fire Emblem facts for kids

Fire Emblem is a series of exciting video games made by a company called Intelligent Systems. Nintendo started releasing these games in 1990 for the NES. At first, the first six games were only available in Japan. But then, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword became the first game released in North America and Europe.

These games are a mix of strategy and role-playing. You control many characters on a long journey. Your goal is to fight a common enemy and complete your mission.

How to Play Fire Emblem

In Fire Emblem, you move your characters, called units, across a special map that looks like a grid. You take turns moving your units. Each part of the story gives you a new challenge. For example, you might need to defeat all enemy units.

During your turn, you can choose to make a unit fight, move, heal other units, or visit shops. When two units fight, they use their chosen weapon. Some weapons are stronger against others. For instance, swords are usually better against axes.

When your units defeat enemies, they gain experience. This experience helps them "level up" and become much stronger. A unique thing about Fire Emblem is that if a character takes too much damage and loses all their "hit points," they are gone forever from the game. You can't use them again!

Where Fire Emblem Games Take Place

Each Fire Emblem game mostly happens on a fictional continent. A continent is a very large land area. Some of these continents are used in more than one game. So far, six different continents have been featured in the Fire Emblem series.

The Fire Emblem Games

The first six Fire Emblem games were only released in Japan. Later, many games were also released in the United States. Some games even became available on the Virtual Console for the Wii.

• Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken - This was the very first game in the series, made in 1990. The main hero, or protagonist, in this game is Marth.
• Fire Emblem: Gaiden - The second game, released in 1992. It tells an extra story related to the first game. The main characters are Alm and Celica.
• Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo - This game is a new version, or remake, of the first game. It came out in 1994, and Marth is again the main hero.
• Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu - First released in 1996, and later on Virtual Console in 2007. This game has the biggest maps in the Fire Emblem series. Sigurd is the main hero for the first part, and Celice for the second.
• Fire Emblem: Tharacia 776 - An SNES game from 2000. Some players think this is the hardest game in the series. Leif is the main character.
• Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi - This was the first game in the series made for a handheld device. It came out in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. Roy is the main hero.
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword - This was the first Fire Emblem game to be released in the United States. It tells a story that happens before Fūin no Tsurugi. The main heroes are Hector, Lyn, and Eliwood.
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - Another game released in English. It came out for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. This game has its own unique story, not connected to the others. It's similar to Gaiden. The main characters are Eirika and Ephraim.
• Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - This game was released for Nintendo GameCube in 2005. The main hero for this game is Ike.
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - Released for the Nintendo Wii in 2007. This game continues the story right after Path of Radiance. It also uses many of the same characters. Ike and Micaiah are the main heroes.
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - This is the second remake of Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken. It was the first Fire Emblem game on the Nintendo DS.
• Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyū - A remake of Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo that was released for the Nintendo DS in 2010.
• Fire Emblem: Awakening - This game was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. It was the first Fire Emblem game on the Nintendo 3DS.
• Fire Emblem: Fates - Released in 2015 in Japan and 2016 in North America and Europe for the Nintendo 3DS. It has three different story paths you can choose: Birthright, Conquest, and Revelations.
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Released in 2017 for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden.

Other Appearances

Marth and Roy were special characters you could unlock in the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee. Marth came back in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Ike was added to that game instead of Roy.

Images for kids

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  A robot, like some characters in video games.

See also

In Spanish: Fire Emblem para niños