
Release
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Critic score
83/100
Platform families
1
Editorial overview
What it is
A reinvention of the original NES titles with revamped graphics and intuitive touch control, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon will finally introduce longtime fans to the stories that gave birth to the series nearly 20 years ago in Japan, while introducing the Fire Emblem franchise to a broader audience of strategy and chess fans. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon also reveals the back story of Marth, the original lead character in the Fire Emblem series introduced and made popular in North America by the Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games.
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
More like this
Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 2 · Nintendo
Connected releases
Core game only
Game data from IGDB
Themes
Fantasy · Warfare
Languages
6 supported
Cinematic archive
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Trailer
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Base-game relationship
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no TsurugiThis release depends on or extends the game above.
Production dossier
Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

Wii U
Gen 8

Nintendo DS
Gen 7
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