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The next Fire Emblem game arrives this year

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Fire emblem is awesome

Last week’s Nintendo announcement wasn’t exactly surprising. Mario, Donkey Kong and various other familiar mascots were trotted out for a bunch of new games, while the release date for the new Nintendo 3DS was the main drawpoint of the show. But ask any RPG fan watching, and they’d tell you that Nintendo spent their load in the opening minutes of that conference, with a Fire Emblem money-shot for the ages. And you can expect that game to unleashed later this year.

According to a Nintendo Australia Newsletter (via IGN), the untitled Fire Emblem game will indeed release this year. And that’s about all we know right now, so here’s the proof:

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If you haven’t played the previous game, Fire Emblem Awakening, then you’re missing out on one of the finest turn-based RPG experiences ever made. I can blame Geoff for getting me hooked on that game, as it got me emotionally invested in my various characters. Fire Emblem Awakening wasn’t just a solid mix of tactics and RPG mechanics, but also a game where death could be permanent, and you could lose hours of hard work. And by hard work, I mean pairing up your favourite characters to produce some offspring, as improving their relationship resulted in marriage eventually. And getting it on.

In short, one of the very best RPG games ever made, in the palm of your hands.

Last Updated: January 20, 2015

16 Comments

  1. Wow, so much praise for a jrpg :p

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    • Hammersteyn

      January 20, 2015 at 19:39

      Indeed, but I can’t help but feel that the 3DS gets the better exclusives sometimes

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      • Mandom (Umar)

        January 20, 2015 at 19:40

        Handhelds gets amazing games. Which is why I never play into the whole superiority of platform game, if you make everything about that more often than not you’ll ignore handhelds and thus miss out on some of the best games ever made.

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        • Skyblue

          January 21, 2015 at 07:41

          Picked up a DSiXL for my youngest son recently. Bought it before Nintendo started getting all weird this year. Decided against the 3DS due the XL not being available yet and against the Vita due to lack of quality titles available but there is such a huge library available. I wanted him to get his hands on Mario Bros again (the Wii has been packed away for a year and a half now) and experience some awesome classic playable titles like Contra, Metal Gear and Mario Kart.

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          • Mandom (Umar)

            January 21, 2015 at 12:30

            Can’t go wrong with the DS/3DS really, the quality of games is amazing. Great choice. only crap thing is finding games though, but the mainstream ones are easy to find like Mario etc

      • Skyblue

        January 21, 2015 at 07:46

        I was almost sold on the Wii U when I saw how awesome the animation was in the Mario Bros released, then I saw it on the gamepad and my mind nearly exploded. Great quality, just run by a bunch of clowns it would seem.

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    • Skyblue

      January 21, 2015 at 07:35

      Haha, I logged in to say that this is something you’ll be playing, which means I won’t and then saw you already commented ;-p

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      • Quo Vadis?

        January 21, 2015 at 07:42

        RACIST! XD

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        • Skyblue

          January 21, 2015 at 07:43

          Haha, it’s those bug eyes in Japanese animation I tell you, they stare into the depths of my shallow soul.

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          • Quo Vadis?

            January 21, 2015 at 07:45

            At least you have shallow soul. I think I’m like a ginger to be honest hahahaha

          • Skyblue

            January 21, 2015 at 07:47

            Condolences… here, hold this can of gas, I need to fetch some matches ;-p

          • Quo Vadis?

            January 21, 2015 at 07:48

            Why, sure thing. Uh, matches? You got smokes? Just use my lighter you doffie!

          • Skyblue

            January 21, 2015 at 07:51

          • Quo Vadis?

            January 21, 2015 at 07:55

            Not in my family at least. I’ll have to do an in-depth research into whomever I marry one day to find out if there has been a ginger, and if so, why said ginger wasn’t ostracized to the gulag’s of Siberia!

      • Mandom (Umar)

        January 21, 2015 at 12:31

        LOL Do you like turn-based games though? You should really try this out, the strategy element is amazingly deep!

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    • Skyblue

      January 21, 2015 at 07:43

      Also, turn-based RPG, just got started on Shadowfall Returns, loving it!

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