Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition
This collector’s edition of the game will include a nostalgic, stylized physical NES box and a replica NES Game Pak art piece with a protective sleeve that transports owners to the era of the original game’s…
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Intelligent Systems, released 4 December 2020 on Nintendo Switch.
What Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition is
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2020. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Marth is prince of Altea and a direct descendant of Anri, the warrior who slew the shadow dragon Medeus. However, after an attack from the neighboring kingdom of Dolhr, Marth is forced to become an exile in the neighboring nation of Talis. His sister Ellis is taken hostage after his father is killed battling the evil priest Gharnef. With the help of the Altean knight Jagen, the Talisian Princess Caeda, and others, Marth embarks on a quest to find the sacred sword known as Falchion and the Fire Emblem that will allow him to wield it. Only then will he be able to confront Gharnef and the resurrected Medeus, win the kingdom of Altea back, and rescue his sister.
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: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition is the 55th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. The next entry was Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes in 2022.
What it launched against
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition launched on 4 December 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Omori and Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Omori, Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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