Now that Fire Emblem Engage has settled down a bit, I wanted to talk about the series as a whole, because Nintendo’s inability to see the value of making these games accessible on modern platforms is starting to get frustrating. Related reading: All Fire Emblem titles released in English, ranked!…
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Oh yes, I’m going there. With Fire Emblem Engage out in just a week, I’ve decided that DigitallyDownloaded.net needs a solid flood of very angry people, so I’m going to publish the definitive* ranking order of all the Fire Emblem titles released in English. (* Not actually definitive. This is…
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Fire Emblem Engage releases this month as the latest in Nintendo and Intelligent Systems’ long-running and highly lauded properties. I want to use this opportunity to go back to the very first Fire Emblem to be released in English, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (simply called “Fire Emblem” for the…
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Embargo on preview for Fire Emblem Engage has lifted, so I can show off a little of this utterly magnificent game for your viewing pleasure. I’ve been a deep fan of Fire Emblem for decades now. I bought the Game Boy Advance Fire Emblem on the day of its release…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Last week Nintendo localised the original Fire Emblem into English for the first time, to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon first released in Japan-only way back in 1990, and playing it in 2020 has been some real nostalgic joy. A lot of…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. It’s the big countdown! Just as you pull out your advent calendars to count down the 24 days to Christmas, so too are we going to count down in our own way, by highlighting 24 games that you could play this month to get into the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Fire Emblem got a slow start in the western world. It seems hard to believe given how much weight Nintendo puts on it now, but it wasn’t until the Game Boy Advance that we got our first localised Fire Emblem title. There were all these other…
Read MoreList by Matt S. This week brought with it the sad news that Nintendo has formally ceased production of the 3DS hardware. Of course, the console was already very much legacy at this point and Nintendo has long shifted all its development resources over to the Switch, but the 3DS…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nintendo Switch owners that have subscribed to the online service will get a new bunch of games to enjoy next week, with three new SNES titles and one NES classic to release on September 23. On the SNES side of things, you’ll have Donkey Kong Country…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Boy did we play a lot of great stuff this past week! From the first Fire Emblem that was ever localised into English (starring the ever-beautiful and perfect Lyn), through to more Atelier action, a look at our favourite game last week in Brigandine, and some…
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