Board 8 > Which Fire Emblem game with a release in the US

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Which one would you suggest I get?

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Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn

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Radiant Dawn is my favorite.

You'd need to play Path of Radiance first however.

And Blazing Sword (just called Fire Emblem in the US) is probably the most beginner friendly, though Path of Radiance isn't too bad in that regard either.

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Path of Radiance

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Shadow Dragon has Marth.

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pjbasis posted...
Shadow Dragon has Marth.

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pjbasis posted...
Shadow Dragon has Marth.

It also kind of sucks.

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Fire Emblem 7 aka "Fire Emblem" for the GBA

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Path of Radiance or Radiant Dawn. I'd probably have to flip a coin to pick. Otherwise I'd just pick one and keep changing my mind every few minutes.

Edit: FE7 or FE9 (Path of Radiance) are almost certainly the best two choices for someone entering the series. I think you could pick either really.

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Only one I ever played was Sacred Stones on GBA aka FE8, so I guess that one by default. I didn't like it all that much though, I mean it was fun at first but it didn't keep me interested.

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Fire Emblem 7

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My favorite is probably Path of Radiance, but I'd suggest starting with just 'Fire Emblem' on the GBA for various reasons.

One being that pretty much everyone likes it, even if it's not their favorite (there's not really a 'fanbase split' like some of the other games), another being that the first time through the game has a forced tutorial that's not as annoying if you don't know how to play and actually need to be taught (no other FE game has a forced one) so it's best to play first.

Also it has some of the best characters in the series, really well designed maps, great balance, and is extremely replayable because of lots of hidden stuff and alternate game modes.

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Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn

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Not Sacred Stones or the DS one.

If you're going to play Radiant Dawn, play Path of Radiance first.

Fire Emblem 7 is good too.

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7. Definitely 7.

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Yeah, FE7 is the best start.

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Well yes, FE7 is easily the best start though.

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Only played FE7 so far.

Loved it though.

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Radiant Dawn.

And you don't have to play Path of Radiance first. I've never played it. And I love Radiant Dawn. It's literally the only Wii game I love too.

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Fire Emblem for the GBA and Path of Radiance are both great starting points for a new FE player. Personally, I'd suggest starting with FE GBA and then moving in to PoR afterwards, if for no other reason than that Radiant Dawn is a direct sequel to PoR, and it's cool to play the two back to back. Also, RD is kinda hard, so having the experience from two FE's under your belt will prolly help.

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RD is probably the easiest Fire Emblem solely for the fact that you can save any time.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Radiant Dawn.

And you don't have to play Path of Radiance first. I've never played it. And I love Radiant Dawn. It's literally the only Wii game I love too.

Radiant Dawn is A LOT better if you've played PoR first. In fact, there are things that admittedly don't make much sense if you haven't played PoR first.

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From: SuorGenoveffa | #022
Radiant Dawn is A LOT better if you've played PoR first. In fact, there are things that admittedly don't make much sense if you haven't played PoR first.

Made plenty of sense to me. I got most of the story, and I read up enough on PoR to fill in some gaps. Honestly the story of any Fire Emblem game isn't as important to me as the gameplay.

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Also going to say if this is your first FE, start with FE7 (GBA). PoR is not a bad choice either.

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If you've never played a Fire Emblem game before, I would just start with Fire Emblem for the GBA (also known as Fire Emblem 7 sometimes). It's the best introduction to the series quite easily while still being a great game in its own right.

Yeah, FE7 was the first one I played, it's a fantastic game. I really enjoyed Sacred Stones too, for the most part.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
From: SuorGenoveffa | #022
Radiant Dawn is A LOT better if you've played PoR first. In fact, there are things that admittedly don't make much sense if you haven't played PoR first.

Made plenty of sense to me. I got most of the story, and I read up enough on PoR to fill in some gaps. Honestly the story of any Fire Emblem game isn't as important to me as the gameplay.

The gameplay is more important obviously, but I rather enjoyed the plot and the characters and I think that I wouldn't have liked RD as much as I did had I played it first, considering how it actually goes and completes what PoR had started and left unresolved.

I actually like to think of them as one huge game.

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Good point. In that case I'll probably be getting PoR at some point. For one thing it's more Fire Emblem that I have yet to play, so I don't know why I never got it in the first place.

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Guess it's time for me to finally get PoR and RD. Is Shadow Dragon worth playing?

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My favorite is probably Path of Radiance, but I'd suggest starting with just 'Fire Emblem' on the GBA for various reasons.

One being that pretty much everyone likes it, even if it's not their favorite (there's not really a 'fanbase split' like some of the other games), another being that the first time through the game has a forced tutorial that's not as annoying if you don't know how to play and actually need to be taught (no other FE game has a forced one) so it's best to play first.

Also it has some of the best characters in the series, really well designed maps, great balance, and is extremely replayable because of lots of hidden stuff and alternate game modes.

Radiant Dawn is my clear favourite, but I do have to second most of this, with a bit less hype for the characters (they're good enough, though, for FE).

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barreldragon88 posted...
Guess it's time for me to finally get PoR and RD. Is Shadow Dragon worth playing?

I assume you mean the DS version. I didn't like it for various reasons, definitely not worth playing it if you're not already a fan of the series IMO.

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The characters in FE7 are great, especially the Lords. Definitely a good intro to the series and I would also recommend starting with it.

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Blazing Sword. (FE7... AKA Plain ole "Fire Emblem" stateside)

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start with FE8. then do FE7.

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Wanglicious posted...
start with FE8. then do FE7.

I wouldn't suggest to start with FE8. It's not bad, but it's awkward compared to the rest of the series and not really a good showcase of what the series is about.

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Yeah FE8 isn't good to start with.

Not a bad game, but just isn't really a good representation of the series. Too many divisive gameplay elements that either you might just not like and give you a bad impression, or you might REALLY like and be disappointed they're not in any other game. It could go either way, really, but it's generally just too divisive of a game to recommend as the first in general.

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The only reason to start with FE8 is it's the easiest in the series

But FE7 isn't too bad difficultywise on normal mode and is the only one with a forced tutorial so if you're going that route there's no reason to pick FE8. Also FE7 is a much better game.

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From: barreldragon88 | #029
Guess it's time for me to finally get PoR and RD. Is Shadow Dragon worth playing?

It is the story of Marth, if you're interested in that. Otherwise, it's nothing special.

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Path of Radiance

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FE8's easier and inferior to 7, yeah. that's basically why it's a solid starting point. >_>; it's not a bad game by any means, just not as good.

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FE7 is the only good one.

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In all honest Shadow Dragon is not a bad place to start, it IS a remake of a NES game so it will feel the 'oldest' out of all of them.
The only thing it has over the other games in the series is class changing and there being save points throughout the map, which aren't that important to the rest of the series.

It's a good place to start because it'll make the other ones seem much better and it has Marth in it.

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Guess I'll check out SD whenever I get around to it (read: not anytime soon), if only to learn more about this Marth dude, whom I didn't know existed until Smash Bros Melee came out.

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Path of Radiance.

Though I'm not big on handheld games. So that may be why I didn't like FE7 as much.

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Fire Emblem 7. By a fairly large margin.

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From: Lopen | #037
The only reason to start with FE8 is it's the easiest in the series

Debatable. FE3 book 1, FE9, and FE11 are in contention for that at least. And the latter two would probably be a better intro to the series.

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