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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Radiant Dawn is a turn-based tactics RPG and a direct sequel, 3 years have passed, to the game "Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance" for the Nintendo GameCube. It features new magic, class upgrades, weapons, and a…

75 22 February 2007

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Intelligent Systems, released 22 February 2007 on Wii.

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What Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Three years after the Mad King's War, the events of Path of Radiance. Daein, the war's instigator, and the victorious nation Crimea are still in the process of rebuilding. Although Crimea is ruled by Queen Elincia Ridell Crimea, Daein lacks a proper successor and is instead ruled by the occupation forces of the Begnion Empire. The Daein people are oppressed by the corrupt senate and imperial army. Now, a small band of freedom fighters struggle to end the long, dark night of Daein's oppression."
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Fire Emblem series

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is the 12th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. It arrived 2 years after Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. Its critic score of 75 is 5 points below 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: Radiant Dawn holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 87 votes.

What it launched against

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn launched on 22 February 2007, within three weeks of God of War II, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle and Crackdown. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War II, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle, Crackdown.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn come out?
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn was released on 22 February 2007 for Wii.

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