Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

In 1992, the second game in the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Gaiden, launched exclusively in Japan. Now, for the first time, fans outside of Japan will get a taste of this classic game on the Nintendo 3DS…

81 20 April 2017

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Fantasy Warfare

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is an adventure developed by Intelligent Systems, released 20 April 2017 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 41.9 hrs to finish.

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What Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is an adventure game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fire Emblem Echoes follows the same basic plot as Fire Emblem Gaiden, with the protagonists Alm and Celica fighting in a war that has consumed the nations of Rigel and Zofia on the continent of Valentia. Echoes introduces new characters to the story that did not exist in Gaiden such as a new friend of Alm, Faye, and a new villain in Berkut (which replace Seazas in Act 4), as well as a new prologue that expands on Alm and Celica's childhood relationship. Additionally, a sixth chapter is added after the end of the original Gaiden story, expanding on the lore of Valentia and connecting the game to Awakening.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Fire Emblem series

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is the 40th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. The next entry was Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Limited Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 81 is almost exactly 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 Echoes: Shadows of Valentia holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 106 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 41.9 hrs.

What it launched against

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia launched on 20 April 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.

Cheats and codes

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