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?