Fire Emblem Awakening

Armies clash as the world burns. As an inevitable war draws ever closer, you must stand with Chrom and his forces--knights, mages, archers, and more--commanding them against the armies of kingdoms, empires…

90 19 April 2012

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Fantasy Warfare

Fire Emblem Awakening is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Intelligent Systems, released 19 April 2012 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 36 hrs to finish.

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What Fire Emblem Awakening is

Fire Emblem Awakening is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2012. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Long ago, the Fell Dragon Grima sought to destroy the world, until the Divine Dragon Naga granted the ruler of Ylisse the sacred sword Falchion and the magical shield known as the Fire Emblem, allowing him to strike the beast down and send it into a long slumber. Two thousand years later, the land is divided among three nations: the Naga-worshipping Halidom of Ylisse, ruled by the gentle Exalt Emmeryn and defended by her militia the Shepherds; the Grima-worshipping kingdom of Plegia; and the warlike Regna Ferox. Into this uneasy peace stumbles Robin, an amnesiac with a gift for tactics who awakens in an open field with no memory of the past. Found by Emmeryn's brother, Prince Chrom, and…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Fire Emblem series

Fire Emblem Awakening is the 16th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. It arrived 2 years after Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo - Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu. The next entry was Fire Emblem: Awakening - Champions Pack in 2013. Its critic score of 90 is 10 points above the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Fire Emblem Awakening holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 281 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 36 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 75 hrs, roughly 2.1 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Fire Emblem Awakening launched on 19 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Fez. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Fez.

Cheats and codes

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