Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996)

by Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes:Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story:Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a Japanese Super Famicom tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released on May 14, 1996 in Japan. It is the fourth title in the Fire Emblem series, the second Fire Emblem title for the Super Famicom, and the last game produced by the late Gunpei Yokoi. It was released on the Japanese Virtual Console service on January 30, 2007. The game was originally to be titled as Fire Emblem: Light Inheritors.Show more
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When Diarmuid managed to dodge 5 of the dead lords and killed two of them in retaliation that was when I knew that this game was something special. Straight up this is the best snes game along with the next fire emblem game and I am tired of these games getting ignored because NOA doesn't know how to translate games. I guess all that gatcha money from FEH means nothing. I will scream when the remake gets announced.
user avatar@UncleBobbouser avatar@UncleBobbo
January 30, 2025
One of my favorite games of all time, yet I am stuck between wanting a remake because there's no legal way for me to play the game and understand what's being said, and not wanting a remake because just about every decision this game made from story to gameplay was very risky and would likely be sanitized for broader appeal
This game is the game that taught me that mounted units are best. The shear difference in usefulness between mounted and unmounted units is hilarious. This game has the best soundtrack as well.
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