Today's Amazon Deal of the Day for videogames is worth looking at. They've priced Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon at $14.99, which is a savings of 50%.
In case you forgot, Shadow Dragon is a remake of the original Fire Emblem for the Famicom and the first time the original game has appeared on US soil. The DS release featured online multiplayer with voice chat, six difficulty settings and an all-new prologue to Marth's quest in the tutorial section of the game. Quite a bit of stuff there.
I might pick this one up, personally. I have yet to play a Fire Emblem game and it makes sense to start from the beginning. And if I'm going to play as Marth in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, I might as well have a reason other than that I can kick ass using him.
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11:40 AM on 07.02.2009
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I would give the GBA Fire Emblems a spin before purchasing this one.
Why is that?
And when it comes to DS games 9/10 chnace blockbuster will have it complete.
I just believe that if you start with this one you might not appreciate how great the older ones were.
Been wanting to grab this since I beat the GC and Wii games, great series and actually tough on most settings.
If you wanna start the series then I suggest you start with FE7 like most American players (the GBA game without a subtitle and the dude with the red hair on the cover) it's one of the best SRPG games I can think of.
the first fire emblem that came out for the GBA is also my favorite. maybe it's a personal preference thing, but while the gameplay is always the same, the cast from game to game varies and FE7 had the most likable by far.
the game is much more fun when you give a damn about the characters. also, the story in that one is pretty good. it's nothing special, but the story in the others can be downright stupid sometimes.