Oh dear. It seems that the big choice of which side to battle on in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS Fire Emblem is not so much a gameplay decision but rather a financial one. Nintendo has revealed that the game will be released with both a black and white version. Nintendo of Japan has announced Black Kingdom and White Kingdom will cover the two separate campaigns detailed in this week's...
Nintendo announced Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem for Wii U back in 2013, and then went silent on the matter. As one does, we all kind of worried it was dead. It’s not, it turns out, and it’s looking great. Today’s Nintendo Direct featured the newest trailer for the game. The game combines characters from the Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem games in a Shin Megami Tensei setting...
It's a story as old as time itself, or at least as old as the GameCube. Two mystery fighters appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee named Prince Marth and Roy, and many Americans were left scratching their heads over who these pretty-boy swordfighters were. This was many of our introductions to the Fire Emblem franchise, which Nintendo kept untranslated on Japanese shores for over a decade...
There's a lot to be said about Nintendo and Intelligent System's strategy RPG series, Fire Emblem. It's nearly 25 years old now, but Americans have only been able to properly enjoy it for ten. Exactly ten years actually, because the series first launched in America on November 4th, 2004. I remember standing in line to pick it up, not realizing that Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was...
Nintendo enters week 2 of its Super Smashing Sale, dropping the price of all games that feature characters from the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Last week included Mario and the gang with Little Mac making a guest appearance, but this week explodes with a whole host of options. Legend of Zelda is the biggest series of the bunch, represented by Link, Toon Link, Sheik, and Zelda. Strange...
Super Smash Bros Melee is given credit for making Marth and the Fire Emblem series popular in America, and now the legendary prince is about to return for his third outing in Nintendo’s all-star fighting franchise. Nintendo has confirmed that Prince Marth will be returning to do battle against his Nintendo cohorts in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS. This makes him...
The days are numbered for Nintendo fans to complain about Nintendo's lack of support for Fire Emblem is the States. Fire Emblem: Awakening has been performing admirably on the retail market, and even better than expected through digital distribution. With six games officially Stateside, we are approaching a 50 percent translation rate for the series, but it still feels like not enough...
Seriously, Nintendo? We all expect the cheap character mash-ups from Capcom, Namco, and SEGA these days, but I never thought we'd find you digging your heels in this silly trend. Yet here we are, the Nintendo Direct is now complete, and Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem on the Wii U is officially a thing. Yes, in one of the more bizarre announcements from Nintendo's press conference...
Looks like Nintendo is finally catching on to how things work in the age of digital distribution. I'm so proud! Following in the large footsteps of Bethesda, BioWare, and pretty much any development team who puts out an RPG these days, Nintendo is finally following suit by releasing DLC for an RPG. Even more shocking though is that this RPG is not a Pokémon game, but rather it's the...