Fire Emblem: Awakening is the best soap opera since CBS cancelled Guiding Light. If you've never played a Fire Emblem before, imagine Final Fantasy Tactics from an overhead perspective, or a particularly bloated derivation of chess. Nintendo's stalwart helped establish the turn-based tactical RPG genre, and Fire Emblem: Awakening features everything you expect from ...
Amazon sale on 3DS games: Fire Emblem: Awakening, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and more
Whew! E3, huh? Right? Y'all remember when that guy said that stuff, and then all the things happened? What a crazy week! We don't know about you, but we're feeling like it might be time to unwind from this week's insanity by catching up on our gaming backlogs while we wait for all these ...
Nintendo: 30% of Fire Emblem sales on eShop, Luigi does better at retail
Nintendo's executive vice president of sales and marketing, Scott Moffit, revealed during a Nintendo event in San Francisco that Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon has sold 415,000 copies in the US, while 3DS RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening has sold 240,000. This data will be reflected in tomorrow's NPD ...
Intelligent Systems divided over Fire Emblem: Awakening's casual mode
Unlike most other games in the series, Fire Emblem: Awakening includes an optional "casual mode" that lets you use characters in future battles even after they're killed. It's surprisingly controversial, even within developer Intelligent Systems. "I was on the side that said we shouldn't include ...
Fire Emblem Awakening posts 180K first month sales, 63K downloads
Fire Emblem Awakening shifted 180,000 units across its debut month at North American retail, Nintendo of America tells us. In a statement sent to Joystiq, the company said the tactical 3DS RPG enjoyed best ever first month sales in the franchise's nearly 23-year history. No doubt that was helped by ...
Capture free Fire Emblem: Awakening maps through SpotPass
Fire Emblem: Awakening has DLC maps available through its "Outrealm Gate." But there's also extra content coming to the strategy game for free, through the 3DS' SpotPass download service. Today, you can get a map called "A Hard Miracle," about Prince Chrom rescuing a group of villagers, by going ...
See where Fire Emblem: Awakening's DLC takes you
This trailer gives you a good idea of what you get when you buy Fire Emblem: Awakening DLC. Depending on the map or map pack you buy, you'll get vintage Fire Emblem characters, tons of money, rare items, or even items that let you change your characters' classes to the "Dread Fighter" or "Bride." ...
Fire Emblem: Awakening 'Lost Bloodlines' DLC brings back another old character
This week's new Fire Emblem: Awakening DLC is "The Lost Bloodlines 1," available alone for $3 or as a $6 bundle that also grants you two more maps when they're released. Successful completion of this map unlocks a card to summon Leif from past Fire Emblems. If you're a Fire Emblem fan, this may be ...
MH3 Ultimate, Fire Emblem Awakening EU bundles unveiled, Circle Pad Pro too
Nintendo revealed European hardware bundles for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Fire Emblem Awakening in this morning's Direct broadcast, along with a release date of April 19 for Awakening. The Wii U MH3U bundle includes the black Premium edition of the console, a black Pro Controller, and the game. ...
Report: Fire Emblem Awakening retail shipments delayed [Update: Nintendo responds]
Amazon is warning of a "potential shipping delay" for Fire Emblem: Awakening, and GameStop marks it "currently unavailable online" – despite today being the official release date for the 3DS strategy game. Best Buy also shows it as unavailable. Game Informer spoke to a few stores, and found ...
GBA's Fire Emblem is a great strategy RPG for beginners
This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to offer. In 2001, Nintendo of America had a ...
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