Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

Fire Emblem Fates is split into three story paths. Birthright is one of the two base stories, the other being Conquest. The other story path can be bought digitally at a discount through the in-game store. The…

90 25 June 2015

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

Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Intelligent Systems, released 25 June 2015 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 38.6 hrs to finish.

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What Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright is

Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This chapter of Fire Emblem Fates follows Corrin, a young royal torn between two warring kingdoms. Born into the peaceful, light-embracing realm of Hoshido but captured and raised as a beloved member of the shadowy kingdom of Nohr, Corrin has known only their adoptive family and their commanding king, Garon. When Corrin is sent on a mission that erupts into violence, they are captured by Hoshidan forces and reunited with the blood relatives they never knew, learning the truth of their heritage. Blessed with the rare power to transform into a dragon and entrusted with a legendary blade, Corrin is thrust to the center of an escalating war between the two nations. In this path, Corrin casts…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, drama, 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 Fates: Birthright is the 29th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. The next entry was Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest in 2015. 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 Fates: Birthright holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 109 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 38.6 hrs.

What it launched against

Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright launched on 25 June 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered and Her Story. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, Her Story.

Cheats and codes

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