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Yoshi King's Fire Emblem thread and gameplay journal

December 11th- Sending out FE Quiz prizes, and my epic return

Holy dicks I neglected the s**t out of this poor journal while playing through Radiant Dawn. I finally (after 87 hours...) beat the game, and am now just learning about all of the stuff I missed and how much more stuff there is to obtain on a new game+! I can't wait to get all of this new stuff.

As for Radiant Dawn's ending, I'd have to say I'm overall very satisfied with how everything came together in the end. A few loose ends weren't really tied up, which was a shame, but on the whole I would say that Radiant Dawn provided one of the best Fire Emblem entries to date for the series, especially for hardcore fans like myself.

My one major gripe with the game was how they neutered supports. I mean... sure, it allowed everyone to support with everyone else... but the backstories of the characters! We miss out on them all. crying Not to mentioned Mia's white-clad rival is never discovered...

Anyways, that's it for now. I'm hoping more information about FE 11 will trickle out soon.

November 10th- Contest Over, first few days of Radiant Dawn/impressions

After a rather disappointing turnout with the FE Questionnaire contest (Only 4 people entered...) I've decided to allow anyone else who wants to enter to do so... anyone who's already entered and wishes to resubmit may do so. The contest officially ends probably at the end of November now xp

That said:

Wow, 5 days into Radiant Dawn and I know I've only barely scratched the surface of this amazing addition to the series.

First of all, while many people may ridicule me for this, I have to say I love the battle save feature. For someone like me who doesn't have much time to play FE and wants to get through the game ASAP to get the glorious story, this feature has been a lifesaver for me. If not for it, I would probably still only be half as far as I am now sweatdrop . Plus, it allows me to make risky tactics, which is always fun. I know I'll get the full FE experience on hard mode though. @_@

Anyways, so far I'm up to Chapter 10 and I really have to say that I can't get enough of how awesome the game has turned out so far. It's a decent challenge, the characters (while mostly ugly... I'm looking at you, Meg and Aran) are really great and the story, despite being somewhat rushed, moves at a decent pace, especially regarding major plot twists (PART 1: CHAPTER 9 SPOILERS- I'M LOOKIN' AT YOU, ********' BLACK KNIGHT). In terms of actual mechanics, the Gamecube controller is still far and away the best thing ever, and a lot of the combat scenarios have been unique and challenging.

In terms of specific characters, I'm ecstatic already about the veterans from Path of Radiance. Especially "Kurth", who I'm sure made everyone go "WTF IS HE DOIN' THERE". I've found that Micaiah has turned into a Lucius-type of character (High MGC, SKL, RES; low HP and DEF... also my Micaiah is really slow but has shitloads of Luck), and I guess the RNG gods must hate me because all of my units have relatively low speed... sweatdrop ... How have all of your Micaiahs turned out, guys?

I guess for now that should be enough. I can't wait to see what happens when I beat Part 1! Hope you guys are enjoying Radiant Dawn as much as I am!

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Newbie Tips, and General Fire Emblem Information

Newbie tips!

Love the Fire Emblem series, but continually finding that your characters die? Getting frustrated over how to recruit a character? Don’t know what you’re doing at all? This should help you out!

1- Recruiting characters: If any non-boss character on the map has a portrait, 99.9% of the time they can be recruited by a character in your party. Usually, knowing which character you need to use is a matter of reading into the hints given by the character to be recruited... for instance, if a recruitable Myrmidon states before a chapter begins that he owes a brown-haired Thief some money, you should check your list of characters and see if you have that brown-haired thief. Have your thief approach the Myrmidon, and instead of fighting, make them talk. Voila! This can apply to all sorts of situations. If a character states they have a missing sibling, try looking for enemies that look similar to the character you've recruited.

2- Defeating tough bosses: Finding you’re not able to beat a particular boss in a chapter? Try looking at what defensive stats he is weak in. Often a Mage boss will be susceptible to a heavy attack from an axe user. Likewise, a heavily-armoured boss is likely to be weak to magic spells. Also, sometimes you might be facing an armoured unit- do you have a weapon such as an armorslayer, or a rapier? Be sure to check what weapons are super-effective against what units!

3- Bottle-necking: If you’re facing an onslaught of enemies, it’s best to try and keep them attacking one at a time, rather than letting them swarm your army. If at all possible, keep an armoured unit in front of a narrow pathway to prevent enemy units from attacking everyone!

4- Partner your units intelligently! If you send two mages into an onslaught of cavalry, you’re going to have two dead mages before you can say “Dead ma”- well, you get the point. Try and pair units of different types together, so that you can combat all types of threats. Also try to keep mages and bowmen in the back lines, so that they don't get hurt! They're frail, you know.

5- You know those really strong, promoted characters that look extra-awesome and are available right off the bat? Try to avoid using them. They're called Jeigan characters, and they suck up experience points. Use your weaker units first and level them up!

General FE Information

Triple Attacking
It's been a common add-on to any of the latest Fire Emblems, always being used by the Pegasus knights of each game, and, interestingly enough, Generals, in Fire Emblem 6. It's a powerful move, scoring a guaranteed critical hit (nomatter what) upon your enemy.

Again, the Triangle attack can generally only be performed by three recruited Pegasus Knights, or their promoted class, the Falcon Knight.

To pull off the Tri-attack, basically you surround your opponent with two of units used for the attack, and the third one comes in, making a triangle (hence the name), and attacks. Just so you don't screw up, here's a diagram. REMEMBER, you can make the triangle from any side- examples that I'm using aren’t the mandatory formation.

X- Your guys
O- The enemy

..X
XOX

X
OX
X

XOX
..X



In Fire Emblem 8 (The Sacred Stones), the triangle attack takes an interesting spin... The game allows you to use the re-introduced class of Wyvern Knight in the Tri-attack. However, this does not mean Cormag can participate in the attack, even if you DO promote him down the Wyvern Knight path. It must be used between the women 3nodding . Anyways, should you promote all of your Pegasus Knights into Falcon Knights, just use the move as normal. If one of them is a Wyvern Knight, however, that unit must always begin the Triangle attack.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance also includes a very interesting Triangle attack.

The first one can be used between the three brothers you get early in the game: Rolf, Oscar, and Boyd. There are certain requirements that must be met before you can use it, though.

First, you must read an "Info" conversation between the three brothers at the base around chapter 12 or 13. From there, you'll need to promote all of the brothers before the end of chapter 18. When promoting Oscar, ensure that you make his secondary weapon Bows. Boyd, who promotes into a Warrior, will automatically get bows as a secondary weapon.

When the brothers are promoted (Again, BEFORE THE END of chapter 18 ), read the "Info" conversation between the three at the base on chapter 19. This will unlock the triangle attack for the three brothers, which works exactly like the ordinary triangle attack, except one space further away. If you're still confused, read the description of how to pull off the Triangle attack, except apply it to attacking with bows.

The other Triangle attack can be used normally between the available Pegasus Knights.

That's it, that's all! 3nodding



Item Help

Afa's Drops, and Metis' Tome- these items, obtained in FE7 and FE8 respectfully, do NOT increase your speed of growth. You know how stat-ups are increased randomly by the RNG, right? (If not, go to the RNG section!) Sain, for instance, has a 60% growth rate for strength? Well, Afa's Drops and Metis's Tome increase those percents by 5. It's really great

The Hammerne Staff- The Hammerne staff is a helpful little thing that restores any weapon that's on the verge of breaking to complete durability (essentially it will make it brand-new). To use it, merely have any staff user walk up to the unit with the weapon in question that's going to break, use the staff, and select the weapon 3nodding It's really useful in extending the life of a really powerful weapon.

Brave Weapons: Brave weapons will allow you to attack four times per turn, provided the character wielding the weapon can already double attack. The weapons have a low accuracy rate, though if a character with a high Skill statistic wields the weapon, it won't matter much.

Having troubles with what an item does, or the effect of a particular weapon? Ask us in the thread any time. We'll be glad to help, and we'll add the item/weapon to our list. 3nodding

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Fire Emblems on the Horizon

source: Serenes Forest



Despite the mixed reception of Shadow Dragon, Nintendo has elected to remake another of the old classics, this time, Fire Emblem (3): Mystery of the Emblem. The original Mystery of the Emblem already contained a remake of the first game "Dark Dragon and Sword of Light," and expanded on the story in what was called "Book 2." It has been announced recently that this game will only be book 2 as Shadow Dragon already covers the remaking of Book 1.

New to this game however, is the main character: You! You will be able to create your own character who will play an integral role in the story (which it sounds by necessity will be altered from the original). You can customize your character's gender, appearance, class, background, and even personality, all of which will affect game play (well, the background and personality at least). The prologue/tutorial will revolve around this custom character, currently only known as "My Unit."



Aslo present will be many of the features returning from Shadow Dragon, such as re-classing, wi-fi shop, multiplayer maps, and multiple levels of difficulty including "normal," "hard," "maniac," and "lunatic."

It has also been announced that, in leiu of the grievances of many players about the lack of character development in Shadow Dragon, which, while true to the original game, breaks with the tradition established by many of the more recent games especially Blazing Sword and Sacred Stones that introduced the rest of the world to Fire Emblem, there will be


Whether that heralds the return of support conversations or simply alludes to the depth of the Radiance/Dawn style base "info" conversations that Famitsu reported remains to be seen, however in this Fire Emblem Fan's humble opinion, either one is still a major improvement over the impersonal atmosphere of Shadow Dragon's army.

For more in-depth information, check out Serenes Forest.

images and info courtesy of Serenes Forest

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Banners for the Thread

If you'd like to contribute a banner, feel free to PM Yoshi King with your submission. We're currently looking for more banners, so please feel free to submit them!

There are a few rules:
-Cannot be any bigger than 500x500 pixels
-Cannot be larger than 100 kb
-Must have something to do with Fire Emblem!

As for the banners we have up, please feel free to add them to your signature! Do be sure that if you have other pictures in your signature that you're not breaking the ToS. To put these in your signature, copy the code and add it in your signature section (accessed through your account settings):

A nice FE art montage (Submitted by: [Jirachii])-




A mix of popular North American Fire Emblem characters' official art (Submitted by: Kamata)-

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Past contests and their winners

Contest 1: The Fire Emblem Grand Cosplay Contest

The Fire Emblem thread's first contest was a rousing success, with excellent entries all around. Here's hoping that many more cosplay contests can be as great as this one! (Note: The extra gold was donated for use of TWO second-places, and TWO third-places due to lack of entries in the second area of the contest.)

In first place, we have Marth Lowell's Vaida, meaning he wins 3000 gold!


We chose Vaida as first place because it was simply an astounding idea that anyone could do her in the first place eek . Additionally, the cosplay itself was almost 100% accurate, leaving out only the scar that runs down Vaida's right leg.

Second place entries are awarded 2000 gold

In second place #1, we have Sinistral's Arthur.

<picture deleted, sorry guys>

Arthur is the one on the right. While Sinistral used a female avatar, it was true that the hair fit way too perfectly for words (Those who have played FE 4 will understand). The golden book was a nice addition 3nodding

In second place #2, we have Hero_Of_Time's Ninian.



This Ninian was extremely well-done. The hair colour wasn't exactly perfect, but it was pretty close, and the dress and other accessories made up Ninian nicely whee

Third place entries are awarded 1000 gold

In third place #1, we have Evilconquesco's Eliwood.



The red hair and pose are quite nice, and made Lyndis and I reminisce about when Eliwood first starts his journey in Blazing Sword. The cape isn't perfect, but everything else seemed to go nicely 3nodding

In third place #2, we have Marth Lowell's Lucius



This Lucius was extremely well done! Most traits about him were spot-on, even using the female avatar xd .


Contest 2: The Fire Emblem Super Support Contest!

Well, after a great showing from everyone, the Super Support contest has finally finished, and the entries judged. Without further ado, here are our winners!

Winning first place, for 2000 gold, is Nightseverer/HopelesslyDevoted’s entry:

14 for technique
17 for character matching
13 for overall presentation
44 total

C-level:
Sain: Milady!
Lyndis: Ah....Sain. What is it?
Sain: Do I need reason to speak with you, Lady Lyndis?
Lyndis: Of course not. But there is no need for formalities, Sain. I consider you a close friend. Lyn will be fine.
Sain: Lyn.....Thank you!
Lyndis: It is not a problem.
Sain: It means the world to me. Thanks.
Lyndis: ........
Sain: The look in your eyes....Can it be love?
Lyndis: Sain!
Sain: Urgh.....Such a strong blow....I’m sorry, milady. I overstepped my bounds. I beg your pardon. I must be going now.....
Lyndis: Sain......

B-level:
Lyndis: .......
Sain: Milady?
Lyndis: .......Sain? Is that you?
Sain: Aye. Mila.... I mean, Lyn.... What is troubling you?
Lyndis: It....It’s nothing.....
Sain: Lyn, from our travels, I’ve come to know when something ails you.
Lyndis: .....
Sain: What’s wrong, milady?
Lyndis: It.....it’s Kent.
Sain: Oh....
Lyndis: I had grown quite fond of him and thought he felt the same. But.... It seems he is more interested in someone else......
Sain: ....Fiora....
Lyndis: How did you.....?
Sain: Kent is my comrade. He told me how he felt about her.
Lyndis: Oh.....
Sain: Please, milady, don’t be sad. To see such a pretty face bloched by tears wrenches at my heart. If there is anything I can do to help, will you let me know?
Lyndis: Sain.....
Sain: Come, we have to get back to the fight.
Lyndis: You’re right.... And Sain?
Sain: Hmmm?
Lyndis: Thank you.
Sain: Don’t worry, milady. It is part of my duty as a knight.

A-level:
Lyndis: .....Sain?
Sain: Hmm?
Lyndis: I was thinking about what you said.....
Sain: Which part milady? I’ve said many things to many women and I don’t know specifically what you are talking about.
Lyndis: When you said that you’d do whatever you could to help, what exactly did you have in mind?
Sain: Just as it sounds, milady. I would die to protect you and I live to see you smile. For you have the loveliest smile in all the land.
Lyndis: Sain..... I have this emptyness, now. I thought Kent was the one for me....
Sain: Kent did have feelings for you, Lyn, He confessed how he felt to me and I promised not to get in his way. I can’t, however, just watch as he leaves you in such pain. I guess the heart of a man is a fickle thing. But how he could possibly pass up on a prize such as yourself is beyond me.
Lyndis: Sain..... Could you do me a favor?
Sain: You know I’d do anything for you.
Lyndis: I want you......to stay.
Sain: What?
Lyndis: I trust you. I’ve grown to love you in the wake of what happened. I want you to be mine, and only mine. To love me, and only me. Can you do that for me, Sain?
Sain: You have no idea how long I’ve waited to hear that...... It is a sad day in the world of women. To be exclusive.....For you..... I’d do anything.



Winning second place, spot 1, is Preseac’s entry:

12 for technique
17 for personality matching
13 for presentation
42 total


"Prince Ephraim!"
"Hello Amelia. Is something troubling you?" Ephraim asked.
"Uh... no. I just wanted to thank you for letting me join your army. You don't mind me being here, do you?"
"Not at all. I'm glad to have your help. It's just..." Ephriam raised his eyebrow.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Amelia looked at herself to see if anything was out of place, "Do I have something on my face?"
"You're still holding your lance like that? You have to move it upward more. Like this." Ephraim showed Amelia how to adjust her fighting stance.
"I see, but Prince Ephraim..."
"You don't have to call me by my title. Call me Ephraim."
"Ok Pri-Ephraim, but I don't know if I can hold my lance like that." Amelia suddenly looked depressed. "General Duessel already showed me how, but..."
"General Duessel taught you how to use a lance, too?" Ephraim pondered, "I shouldn?t be too surprised. You are from Grado after all."
"...Too...?" Amelia's eyes went wide. "You also were taught by General Duessel?"
"It is because of him that my fighting is as good as it is today. Not that I've learned everything there is to know about fighting. I still have much to learn."
"You are still much better at wielding a lance than I am, Prince Ephraim."
"We are both learning more about combat in this war, Amelia. I can assure you of that. The more fighting you do, the more you learn about it."
"Alright. I'll be trying my hardest to learn as much as I can."
"Just don't overdo it out there. If you feel like you are outmatched, we'll all be there to help out."
"I know. I won't overdo it."
"I'm sure if you practice enough, you?ll become a better fighter. One of the best."
"Thank you! Oh... here comes another enemy. Good luck out there, Prince Ephraim!" Amelia runs off to fight the enemy.
"... She called me 'Prince Ephraim' again. I guess old habits die hard."



Winning second place, spot 2, is Kurai007's entry, involving Ephraim and Innes

9 for technique
18 for personality matching
15 for overall presentation
42 total

Support C
Innes: -Singing- ‘...Now that the Spring is in the air. Pretty girls are everywhere. Think of me and I’ll be there...’

Ephraim: -moves forward- Innes...?

Innes: -opens his eyes- What? Oh, you. What is it?

Ephraim: I was passing by, and I just heard someone singing...

Innes: ...

Ephraim: I never knew you could sing so...uh, well.

Innes: You expected any less?

Ephraim: Well...

Innes: Hmph, your ignorance will be your undoing. -leaves-

Ephraim: -Sighs- Our conversations are always so short. Eirika...why do I always listen to you?

Support B

Innes: -Stringing his bow-

Ephraim: Innes!

Innes: Ephraim...

Ephraim: I was thinking about you yesterday night.

Innes: Oh really.

Ephraim: Yes really. I was just wondering, how did you learn to sing so well?

Innes: ...Are you interested?

Ephraim: -shrugs-

Innes: If you have no answer then...

Ephraim: Wait. It was Eirika...

Innes: Eirika? I see...what a persistent woman. ...Wait, is she interested in me?

Ephraim: Huh?

Innes: Forget it. You really are hopeless.

Ephraim: ...So, are you going to answer my question?

Innes: ...I was bored when practicing my bow. So I taught myself to sing.

Ephraim: You’re lying.

Innes: -glaring- Lying? How would you know?

Ephraim: I asked Tana about it, last night.

Innes: You were with Tana...at night...

Ephraim: Don’t take it the wrong way, Innes. Now, she told me that you bugged her to teach you how to sing. Believe me, I nearly died when I heard that you asked for help!

Innes: ...one wish’s that happened...

Ephraim: ...Tell me the truth.

Innes: If you really want to know, a few years back, there was a Bard who came to the castle for a ceremony. His singing was decent enough, I have to say...

Ephraim: ...

Innes: I never really had a taste for singing, it was a waste of my time. Well, during one of his songs, he stumbled over the words!

Ephraim: What happened?

Innes: Tana and I could not help but to laugh. The bard was embarrassed over it, you see. Turning to us, he asked: ‘If you think it easy, why don’t one of you step up and sing?’

Ephraim: ...wasn’t he out of line for saying that?

Innes: ...Doesn’t matter. I quickly got to my feet. ‘Pshaw!’ I said, pointing at him. ‘You will regret your decision.’

Ephraim: So...?

Innes: ...let us just say I was humiliated. In front of everyone. -rolls his eyes- I should have let Tana sing.

Ephraim: Now I see.

Innes: Put two and two together, eh?

Ephraim: So, you took lessons from Tana, so you could re-challenge him?

Innes: Looks like you are not as dense as I thought.

Ephraim: Eirika’s a pretty good singer...maybe I should-

Innes: Singing is useless! But, it helps time to pass by.

Ephraim: Still...

Innes: Are you planing on taking me on?

Ephraim: What? I-

Innes: I will never lose to you. -leaves-

Support A

Innes: Ephraim...

Ephraim: ...what are you snickering about?

Innes: Your performance the other day was horrible. You sang an octave lower than you should have.

Ephraim: Innes! There’s no need to be so blunt!

Innes: Regardless, I think I should be the one to teach you. I wouldn’t want Eirika to suffer.

Ephraim: Not now...though.

Innes: Of course...when this is over.

Ephraim: ...

Innes: -looking him up and down- You. You aren’t as bad as I first thought. I may
come to like you...a little.

Ephraim: Our sisters would be happy.

Innes: Don’t read too much into this relationship. It’s only for your singing. -Puts one hand on Ephraim’s back and the other on his chest-

Ephraim: What are you doing?

Innes: We need to pass some time. What better way then to sing, right? You need to work on your posture, Ephraim. It’s horrifying.

Ephraim: No need to be blunt!

Innes: I will teach you. -snaps fingers- Back straight, chin up, don’t be too stiff! Here let me show you. ...Ephraim? Where are you running off to?Ephraim...EPHRAIM!



Winning third place, spot 1,lilboy_boy’s first entry, involving Sain and Fiora.

12 for technique
17 for personality matching
12 for overall presentation
41 total

The winner of the second third place winner is Saturnos' entry, due to the help of a thread member 3nodding .

Saturnos’ entry:

10 for technique
17 for personality matching
13 for overall presentation
40 total

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Fanart, Art, and Supports Section

Have a drawing relating to Fire Emblem that you'd like to show off, or have you found a site that's chock-full of FE fanart and beautifully crafted supports by others? Here's the place to show it! Either PM the drawing to Yoshi King, or post it in the thread. He will be sure to put it here to show off to everyone!

I hope you don't mind that I just put the url and not the picture itself on the post. I wanted to minimize the load time a bit and help keep the page from stretching out... sweatdrop


Fanart:

(submitted by: Takako_tenshi) Ninian Fanart
(submitted by: Hero_of_Time) Ninian Fanart-Black and White
(submitted by: Hero_of_Time) Ninian Fanart- Color


Official Art:

Lots of official art from FE's 6 and 7 (Submitted by: Musourenka)--
http://www.drifting-dreams.com/FE.htm

Official art from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Submitted by: [Jirachii])

(For those having not played the game yet, it's not recommended that you look at these. Spoilers abound, kids!)

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/826/826984/imgs_1.html
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/826/826984/imgs_2.html
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/826/826984/imgs_3.html

Supports:

Entire support lists for Fire Emblem 7, 8, and 9 (In order):
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/game/468480.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/game/921183.html

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I was browsing through YouTube the other night, when boredom brought me over to the Fire Emblem OAV (Yes, they had one). For some reason, I never thought to post it on the thread for you guys to enjoy, so I thought I would do that now. For those who don't know, The OAV features Marth, and was made shortly after the first game.

I posted them in links, because I don't have the time right now to upload them to Photobucket. Sorry. The videos are on average about five minutes long each.

Episode One


Part One of Five
Part Two of Five
Part Three of Five
Part Four of Five
Part Five of Five

Episode Two


Part One of Five
Part Two of Five
Part Three of Five
Part Four of Five
Part Five of Five

Enjoy!