The website for the newest DS Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu/Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem – Hero of Light and Shadow, is now officially open and full of good news about the game. As expected, it’s a port of the SNES game Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo/Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. Unexpectedly, the story is going to experience some slight changes due to the addition of a new character – you. Yes, for the first time in a Fire Emblem game, players will be able to be the hero (or heroine) and create a custom character to take part in the crusade against evil.

Players get to experience two stories in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem DS as their new character, a main prologue story and an unlockable side story…

Instead of starting work on a new entry in the Fire Emblem, Nintendo has decided to once again revitalize a past work and bring Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu to the DS. It’s understandable, even forgiveable, when you think about it though. The original Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo was an SNES game that contained a remake of and sequel to the NES game Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi. That NES game was recently remade and released on February 16, 2009 as Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for the DS.

It seems unlikely that Nintendo would rerelease another port of the original Fire Emblem game, so Andriasang’s guess that Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu will just be a remake of the sequel is probably correct. In the sequel, Marth discovers that he didn’t completely defeat the Dragon King Medeus. Hardin, Emperor of Akaneia, is taking over other countries and hunting down Marth after being corrupted by Medeus and Gharnef, the priest that killed Marth’s father. Marth has to get the Fire Emblem and Star Orb to save the day.

Nintendo also released a Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu DS trailer. Let’s take a look…

I picked up my first Fire Emblem game—Radiant Dawn—during one of the WiiGaps soon after the system’s release (WiiGaps being those periods where nothing new of note has been released or will be in the immediate future). I didn’t like it at first, but after going back to it a bit later, I was hooked. Completely enthralled…

Maybe you’re young, and when looking for your first gaming console, the Wii was the cheapest. Maybe you saw grandma and grandpa bowling at the retirement home, and thought, “Hey, this is for me!” Maybe your mom prefers you play fewer games with about killing zombies, nazis, or zombie nazis. No matter what the reason, you’ve got a Wii, you’ve played all the Marios, and you want to graduate to hardcore. So, where do you turn?

Those of us with an original DS or DS lite have probably been focusing solely on DS games lately. It’s understandable. It seems like there’s are at least five new, great games released for the DS each month.

But the GBA slot deserves some appreciation as well. After all, the Game Boy Advance also had a fantastic run with many memorable titles released. It doesn’t seem right to leave the slot empty all the time.

So to honor the GBA, and perhaps make the DSi owners a bit envious, Gamertell is looking back at some game series with multiple Game Boy Advance entries that are a perfect fit for on the go play, and maybe even give DS games a run for their money…

About a year ago, I barely had any idea what the Fire Emblem series was. Then I purchased Radiant Dawn on a whim during one of the many Wii title gaps. It’s one year later and I’ve now completed Radiant Dawn, Path of Radiance for the Game Cube and Fire Emblem and The Sacred Stones for Game Boy Advance.

I had to import the latest in the series, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, because I simply couldn’t wait for the February 2009 release in the US…

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Title: Fire Emblem: Radiant DawnPrice: $49.99System(s): WiiRelease Date: November 5, 2007Publisher (Developer): Nintendo (Intelligent Systems)ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ for fantasy violence and mild languagePros: Multiple difficulty levels, new support system, multiple chapters, multiple control schemes, deep storyline, double promotionsCons: You can feel left out if you haven’t played Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Only one support relationship per character. New support system. Can be quite challenging, so newcomers might be intimidated.Overall Score: Two thumbs up, 90/100, A, **** 1/2 out of 5

The Fire Emblem series is one crafted for the serious strategic RPG fan. There is a degree of realism brought into the series that doesn’t exist in other RPGs, from the permanent character deaths, specific character skills, troops who develop relationships if they work closely together and the weapons which aren’t invincible. It also is one of the more hardcore games, known for its difficulty level.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is the first game in the series on the Wii, and the second game in the series to be released on a North American console. Being one of the few RPGs on the system, it has a lot of expectations to meet, and thankfully it surpasses everyone. It is challenging enough and has enough characters and nostalgia to satisfy Fire Emblem fans, yet offers difficulty options, simple control schemes and a rich storyline that new-comers will enjoy…

I really love the Fire Emblem games. The first GBA one Fire Emblem (which is actually the seventh game in the series) was my first and it really kicked my butt. To this day I still haven’t beaten it. Despite that, I still love the game because it got me interested in the series. I also really liked the siblings Nils and Ninian as characters. They’re pretty useful. I found some great sprites of them at Sprite Database and decided I wanted to do a slightly larger cross stitch than normal with the two of them. Aside from some color difficulties (why did there have to be so many shades of blue), and an accidental miscounting on Ninian’s scarf that had to be repaired, I think it came out really well.

The PlayStation 2 may be the role-playing game (RPG) giant today, but it wasn’t always so. Back in the early 1990s the Super Nintendo, aka the Super Famicom, was undoubtedly the place to go for a large variety of solid RPGs. It featured great games like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire, Lufia, Earthbound, Secret of Mana, Super Mario RPG and Ultima. That may seem like a long list, but there were even more great RPGs which didn’t make it stateside.

At this point, it is possibly pointless to look for some of these old classics. They might occasionally pop up on eBay, but its not worth selling a kidney or lung to buy them. There are shady ways of acquiring these titles, but that isn’t recommended as it is illegal.

Today Important Importables honors Live A Live, Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, Star Ocean and Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Another Story.

Nintendo today (August 1, 2007) unveiled another new character for upcoming Wii brawler Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Ike from the Fire Emblem series. Ike has an apparently gilded sword and boasts a special move called “Aether.” Also announced today was a new item, the pitfall from Animal Crossing (which is actually useful now).

The game itself is a sequel to the excellent Super Smash Brothers (N64) and Super Smash Brothers Melee (Gamecube) fighting games that pit Nintendo franchise characters against one another in wild, anything-goes matches within ever-changing environments. Both prequels have been…