

To further celebrate the series, the team pulled various tactics and features from numerous previous titles such as Skills, Promotion Branching, and Supports. Ultimately, the team decided that keeping the story in its medieval roots would be the best route to take. They explored many different concepts, including placing the story in a modern-day setting and even placing the story on Mars. The development team designed Awakening with the intention of giving the franchise a proper farewell if they were ultimately unsuccessful in selling enough units.

However, the Fire Emblem franchise had somewhat low sales and the development team was told that if the thirteenth title did not sell at least 250,000 units, the franchise would come to an end. Intelligent Systems was green lit to create the thirteenth title of the Fire Emblem series in 2010. Just like in the previous game, the player can choose between Classic Mode and Casual Mode. This game also features a playable character that can be customized, a feature previously seen in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. The traversable world map, last seen in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and special skills like Astra from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn return.

Players are able to combine the might of nearby allies using Pair Up and enter dual battles using the Dual System to defeat enemies. The story follows Prince Chrom of the Halidom of Ylisse and his companions as they struggle during a turbulent era. The game requires 8,579 blocks of free space on the SD Card, if the game is downloaded from the Nintendo eShop. It is also the first to take place on two continents, Ylisse and Valm, the future forms of Archanea and Valentia respectively. It is the thirteenth game in the Fire Emblem series. The game was released in Japan on April 19, 2012, in North America on February 4, 2013, and in Europe on April 19, 2013. Their meeting heralds the dragons' awakening-and the world's ending.”įire Emblem Awakening is a Japanese tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.

Two heroes marked with the symbols of the dragons. “Two sleeping dragons-one a sacred ally of mankind, the other its sworn destroyer.
