Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)

“This was a remake of the original Fire Emblem for NES I believe... They made it look really good for the system during battle sequences but the grid combat felt like a gameboy advanced title on a DS. Considering I just wrapped up the Wii Fire...”

“This was a remake of the original Fire Emblem for NES I believe... They made it look really good for the system during battle sequences but the grid combat felt like a gameboy advanced title on a DS. Considering I just wrapped up the Wii Fire Emblem game and then jumped on this I was shocked that the very same team couldn't put in just a little bit more effort into aesthetics... Still, rather enjoyable game, and I feel this series was made for portable gaming. I hope if they make a 3DS entry they make it look more like the beautiful Wii title. I hope to see more, and I hope Ike makes another debut because Marth just doesn't do it for me.”

“I am little hesitant to say they ruined this game.... It is a Fire Emblem game of course. They replaced the wonderful sprite based art, with cheap polygonal rendered stuff that resembles clip art. You know, the clip art you see in online gif...”

“I am little hesitant to say they ruined this game....

It is a Fire Emblem game of course. They replaced the wonderful sprite based art, with cheap polygonal rendered stuff that resembles clip art.

You know, the clip art you see in online gif ads for stuff you really are not interested in to begin with, but only make things look even more tackier to look at?

Looks aside, the game play is much of the same.

Though, I seem to recall the GBA version having more intros that tell me who I could recruit.

Most of the rest is the same... turn based strategy fun, where you map out where your troops go, attack, etc. Different unit having advantages over others.

Also the typical AI attacking the characters I really like >.>'... How the heck does this game do that, I have had enemies tear through my ranks specifically to attack a character I like,,, o.o'

Classic Fire Emblem action. Nothing added, nothing overly noteworthy removed.

If you like Fire Emblem, pick it up.”

“Shadow Dragon is a DS port of the first game in the series, featuring Marth (probably the only know Fire Emblem-hero outside his own game) and some others less important ones. + The fire emblem series offers plenty of challenge without it being...”

“Shadow Dragon is a DS port of the first game in the series, featuring Marth (probably the only know Fire Emblem-hero outside his own game) and some others less important ones.
+ The fire emblem series offers plenty of challenge without it being impossible hard. With stuff like auto-saves, perma-dead characters,...
+ Something kinda uncommen (at least, as far as I know...) in the series: a secret boss! You could complete the game and think it's finished but if certain conditions are met you'll get to fight the real threat behind the well... more obvious threat you previously eliminated :D
- The characters lack depth. Most often I try to preserve all characters (unless going for gaiden missions) but here... well... if you lose 'em you're more likely to think "meh. I've got plenty more where that come from" insted of "OH NOES! restarting batle...".
- The game allows you to reclass your character. You're still limited by the classes you got troughout the campaign, they can't define their characters (it's easy to develop a persona for a knight but that wouldn't fit for a knight-myrmidon-pegasus-whatever) and nearly all your characters are supposed to change to a specific class but you don't know that...

It's a good game and a fine installment to the series but it obviously lacks quite a lot. Play other FEs.”

“I love the Fire Emblem Series back from Fire Emblem on the GBA. I love building my own forces up, using who I want to achieve victory over the AI. I love the strategical value of the game, the storyline is traditional if the FE series and...”

“I love the Fire Emblem Series back from Fire Emblem on the GBA. I love building my own forces up, using who I want to achieve victory over the AI. I love the strategical value of the game, the storyline is traditional if the FE series and enjoyable. It's always fun discovering the twists and turns in some of the characters through the special conversation you can get and even figuring out how to get some of the characters on your team in the first place. Though, I think the job change system in this one is completely unneeded. Yeah it's come in hand and made things easier on a map but other than that one map I haven't really seem a use for it. The game should be built on like the others, characters having single classes and utilizing the classes to the best of your ability.”

“Fire Emblem has always given us good games. This continues that tradition.”

“Fire Emblem has always given us good games. This continues that tradition.”