Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword | The Completionist

[@lute9278]

7:16 "It might even convince me to dust off my old copy of Awakening" *Shows footage from Fire Emblem Fates*

[@ozzy2012]

I remember finishing Lyn’s story and thinking I beat the game 😂😭

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

Me too. Got jebaited real good.

[@MerkhVision]

Lmaooo

[@champagnepapi2660]

The best feeling was finding out it wasn’t over and that there was 30 more chapters

[@ankurchawla1154]

That happened to me literally last week lol

[@urieluntevarin9934]

This happened to me today :D

[@Mangs1337]

This game seems kinda cool. I should give it a try sometime.

[@maplepuff2358]

Mangs daddy pls

[@yuzmanito]

Don't bother. Is not like it's a game you would play for 14 years or anything

[@ryomathekillers7421]

Please don't.

[@d4c_reznor470]

Mangs I recommend Binding Blade first

[@imachangedname2978]

yeah this serra is right and you most certainly will never shitpost a serra

[@whimsy7459]

This is tied for my favorite game of all time, but good god man, this was never meant to be one hundred percented

[@yschnippo6507]

Same, probably my favorite FE game.

[@toadrules4658]

I've never played this

[@micahreskey2623]

Neither are most things he completes lol

[@trod146]

@@toadrules4658 then why would you even bother to comment here? You cab get attention elsewhere without looking stupid...

[@forreal4937]

Just curious but what game is it tied with?

[@RebirthCrusader90]

16:55 Romance wasn't first introduced in Awakening. It was first in Fire Emblem 4: Genealogy of the Holy War, and even though it was a SNES game, the mechanics behind romance and subsequent child units were more complex since you had to consider aspects such as carrying over bloodlines so that they are able to wield weapons exclusive to a bloodline. If you thought THIS game made you think of Game of Thrones, FE4 is even more so.

[@StevenUlyssesPerhero]

I mean, let's be real, it was romance in this game too, it just wasn't "let's get married on the spot after having talked three times."

[@MsDarkz123]

Honestly the only new mechanic that Awakening introduced was the pair up system and it wasn't that great (I have to give credit to Fates for making that better though) it was broken in players favor and all the other mechanics or "new" options were already in previous games (the avatar playable and that mode were units don't die were already in Fire Emblem 12 for example) because they wanted to include a bit of each Fire Emblem game until that moment.

[@ATOMICGOPHAH13]

There's been romance in every game with supports, it just hasn't effected the game with new characters outside of Genealogy, Awakening and Fates. Also holy fuck the Love System of Genealogy needs a fucking tune up. When's FE Echoes: The Holy War?

[@elgatto3133]

arvis = sweet home alabama

[@kevandre]

Please please I want an Echoes remake of the SNES game. It sounds like it would complete my life

[@Zehnter]

Well thats the first time I heard someone complain about the overworld textures

[@superevilfencinator]

same

[@lordtullus9942]

Same

[@lordtullus9942]

Hello. Fancy seeing you here. YADAKA MY FRIEND

[@lordtullus9942]

No one. I was just spouting nonsense.

[@LectornAnigame]

oh hey it's you lol

[@shadowofchaos725]

Mother of crap. I'm usually a silent viewer for this channel, but damn. A classic Fire Emblem being on a big time KZbin review channel. What a time to be an FE fan. I love it. I love seeing Jirard's experience with it and his opinions he has formed. He completed Hector hard mode man. And the supports. And the sound test. I'm one of the more well known GBA hackers in the community. I've hacked all the GBA games to pieces man... and that's no small feat. Especially not in the space of a week. HE EVEN LEGIT GOT THE MARIO KART DOUBLE DASH UNLOCKS (including the Emblem weapons like holy crap) I feel bad he had to rush to do all this. Respect man. I understand all his pain. I understand his problems with the game. Fire Emblem is not meant for completion in a week. Jirard, on behalf of the niche FE community of Serenes forest: We welcome you, brother. We welcome your pain with the supports. We welcome your pain with stat level ups and 1% crits. With all respect we know that feel.

[@aulderx1437]

shadowofchaos725 Oh hey Shadow, funny seeing you here, im a fan you. Also its refreshing to see a classic like blazing sword being mentioned in the mainstream media. What a time to be alive. Also I got 3% critted by a 40% chance hit in Fe fates recently, seriously that rng is crazy....

[@sigh824]

I followed you for a while on Tumblr and I s2g ur practically the embodiment of the good fire emblem fandom. Whenever there's a translation issue or someone uses someone else's FE footage w/o asking, shadowofchaos725 is who to call. Best wishes!!!

[@noble8696]

a suprise thats for sure i hardly see big time youtubers or big time streamers tak about classic fire emblem its nice blazing sword and the fire emblem series as a whole got the spotlight

[@vali3033]

The 1% crits... *shudders*

[@smartboy201]

I may not share the FE sentiment, but that's all cool; I appreciate the feeling the same way, when a less-popular KZbinr that I follow, is brought up in a video. That spark and tingling in the back of the brain that makes one giddy with excitement. ... Oh, I should add that I love the gameplay of FE, but I just can't handle that Permadeath mechanic... but I KNOW it's necessary to affect the ending in several games. They're fine games, just not for me. *scratches head sheepishly*

[@Aquason]

20:57 Correction: Fire Emblem: Awakening was not the first instance of Casual Mode. More accurately, the Japanese-only "Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem" is when they added Casual Mode.

[@dzzykzzy8683]

Yeah, but no one played 12.

[@Ocsttiac]

Excuse you. FE12 is my favourite Fire Emblem game.

[@stickfigure8416]

... I played 12...

[@basiltheleafeon]

DZZY KZZY I want too but Nintendo didn't want to localize it Actually that goes for pretty much half of the entire series

[@HouYi-b6g]

No one but the Hard core fans. It practically did everything Awakening did outside of child units, even made the target sales that Awakening needed to make to "save the Series". Only game to not meet that target is Thracia776.

[@reconiciliono1642]

Enemy Archer 13% chance to hit. My unit 87% chance to hit. I miss, Enemy hits me with the 27 damage crit. T.T

[@elijahkaiza1320]

Rebecca

[@elijahkaiza1320]

@@QuickSilverKitsune Ever play Binding blade? Cuz that's just binding blade

[@sherrdreamz7232]

I'm just glad Shanna didnt get murdered by that Arcwind mage with 66% hit at the end of chapter 8 in my current Binding Blade playthrough. Only lost two units so far... RIP Ogier and Starting archer guy.

[@elijahkaiza1320]

@@sherrdreamz7232 I haven't lost anyone yet but I have made a terrible mistake in training clarine and Sue instead Saul and Thea . I grindied Shanna in the arena . She is easily one of the best fliers in the game, next to Miledy

[@azure8696]

Literally made me lol.

[@AGCrazyRabbit]

As I saw the thumbnail I thought "oh cool, he reviewed Fire Emblem 7, that's nice". Then I realized "Wait... this is the guy that beats games 100% before reviewing them... OH GOD....!"

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

Except that's Roy.

[@AGCrazyRabbit]

The thumbnail could be Leif for all I care, but I guess I could have specified the thumbnail AND the title. At least he had a proper Eliwood art in the review :P

[@ladydovaky8491]

i hope, for his mind, that he doesnt do awakening. lunatic+ will kill him

[@AGCrazyRabbit]

Paulo Roberto yeah

[@rofthebg7852]

HHM isn't that hard.

[@nessdbest9387]

UH YOU DO REALISE YOU CAN CHANGE ANIMATIONS FROM 1 TO 2?! THAT FIXES THE BACKGROUND PROBLEM!

[@leemeyer9395]

Hi

[@ihatevendingmachines2966]

Hi

[@Prince_Leif]

This Vid had so many problems jeez even the thumbnail is wrong

[@Bobrob1597]

Vid is 5 years old, post a comment about the game 3 years later after everything is done XD.

[@nothingsacred8684]

@@Bobrob1597 Well, that's probably not happening now

[@MrJeremyMagic]

Lol, I learned of fire emblem back in 2005. I was in the 5th grade and playing with 2 magnets. My classmate was so interested in them for some reason that he offered to trade my 2 magnets for Fire emblem 7. My classmate said it was a boring game and bad. Coming from a poor family and not being able to afford games I accepted the trade. Man, am I glad I did. It was fate that I found Fire emblem that day.

[@Edgeperor]

That’s the kind of story that sounds really fake but at the same time I don’t think you can make that kind of stuff up

[@themordeo1098]

@@Edgeperor nah I believe it. Kids are dumb and it's a pretty hard game with lots of reading so I could believe a kid would find the game boring. I've seen kids trade for dumber thing

[@lankthedank6931]

If you don't like the map showing in the background while fighting, you can change it via settings.

[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

What Fire Emblem game should be on my radar next? Should I dust off my copy of Awakening? Let me know!

[@tylerwilliams6484]

I always loved the sacred stones that was always my favorite.

[@razor5477]

That One Video Gamer GOTTA do path of radiance for the GameCube

[@pcport2698]

That One Video Gamer ROY!! ROY. ROY'S THE BOI.

[@razor5477]

true but if he does every pairing it'll take FOREVER

[@hype832]

As A longtime veteran, go with Path Of Radiance. Easily best in the series that's been officially localised

[@alvarlindstrom2188]

Lyns mode: tutorial waifu mode. Eliwoods: normal mode Hectors mode: Eliwoods mode but with Pegasus knights everywhere.

[@BardockSkywalker]

But Hector *LOVES* Killing Pegasus Knights

[@BardockSkywalker]

@Rellyali1987 He Can Marry 2 Actually, But For Real Doh, We ALL Know That Hector X Lyn Is The OTP In FE7, Along With Eliwood & Ninian, Of Course

[@elijahkaiza1320]

Lyn Hard mode=Waifu Mode Ellliwood hard mode= Exactly what it sounds like Hector Hard mode=FUUUUUUUUUU-

[@kylegardner9453]

See I didnt know this and thought I had done something cool

[@antifireemblem8224]

Lyn bad though

[@Nensago]

When the reviewed game is Blazing Sword, but the thumbnail artwork is Roy from Binding Blade Trigged

[@MarcusXD100]

same but to be fair the art used at the end of the completionist's intro is actually eliwood with the durandal

[@RJTheHero8]

Schloknak That moment when you click "Read More" and find a spelling error. XD You got my Like.

[@hype832]

Sigurd

[@johnanth]

Trigonometried

[@alextrin683]

Schloknak You get trigged, eh? I get triggered.

[@paradise8061]

This is a message from Lord Nergal, "I await you on the Dread Isle."

[@ladydovaky8491]

This is a message from Lord Nergal, "I await you on the Dread Isle"

[@malluk7064]

Paradise This is a message from Lord nergal. "I await you on the dread isle

[@CommanderWiggins]

There's a settlement that needs your help, let me mark it on your map. Shit, wrong annoying video game message.

[@pyroctopus145]

SAY SOMETHING ELSE DENNING

[@NEETKitten]

>he thinks his shitty Denning memes can stand up to Batta the Beast

[@HajimotoSaito]

dude, eliwood's tale is more about finding his father, he just happened to get tangled with black fang along the way,

[@Draeckon]

The purpose of Eliwood and Hectors' journey changes over the story. First it's finding his father and eventually changes to finding the hero weapons in order to thwart the Black Fang and Nergel's plans to open the Dragon Gate.

[@stickfigure8416]

"There's no crying in Fire Emblem!" Uhh... actually, there's *a lot* of crying in Fire Emblem. It's pretty much part of the experience

[@joaquinduarte8438]

Remember what happened after getting the Durandal for the first time? Because I do.

[@rockotarsoldaccount]

GENEALOGY INTENSIFIES

[@irmatrubura4620]

Basically every game I've played from the series has really sad moments.

[@EbbFlowe]

27:30 "Dear Jirard, Your job sucks. I hate you. Play me forever. Love, FIRE EMBLEM!!!!!!" Yoooooo that part had me dyingggg! I've never heard or seen of this channel before, but your rage resonated through my bones in a way I could never imagine possible through a youtube video before. Subbed.

[@autodach]

Permadeath only becomes a problem if you always reset for every single character. But the game clearly isn't meant to be played that way. It keeps throwing new units at you to compensate for what you've lost. I recommend resetting only for your absolute favourites.

[@aboredprophet8128]

Unfortunately my current place in Sacred Stones has me controlling litteraly only some favorites with 2 non-cared about.

[@maninthetrenchcoat5603]

When I first played this game, I reseted so many times for Dorcas. He kept eating bad mutton.

[@Shadic24367]

All the units are my favorite therefore I will always reset on character death

[@elijahkaiza1320]

Or just use an emulator and save state every turn. That's actually how I practiced the game. I used save states to learn the advantages and disadvantages of certain characters and best fit my play style

[@Draeckon]

I'm the kind of player who refuses to let anyone die. Ever. So... I ended up resetting a lot until I got good at the game. Now I only occasionally have to reset when RNG flips me the bird. The biggest thing is taking your time and not rushing into fights. Even for stages where you're trying to beat them within a certain turn limit, you can usually figure out a strategy that lets you do it without being reckless with your precious units.

[@KamenRiderGreed]

I'm so happy you decided to cover a Fire Emblem Game finally! No matter what you think of this game, I love and appreciate the fact that you have chosen to cover this game.

[@Scorpion122178]

Every time I lost a unit I reset my GBA and started the chapter over. Doesn't even matter if it was a unit I never used.

[@Kuma5655]

Scorpion122178 I have a rule that in my first run of an FE game, I have to keep going no matter the costs. However, in subsequent playthroughs, I can't deal with losing anyone.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Bartholomew Peter I can only do that when I haven't played a Fire Emblem game in a while, AND when I'm playing a newer game. If I ever try out one of the older games, or especially Shadow Dragon, I reset whenever I lose a character that's useful, which in SD means any of my characters that actually have weapons because you can only see the Gaiden chapters if you have less than 15 living units and if you have that few the game throws generic units at you -_-

[@Kuma5655]

That's part of what kind of deters me from wanting to play Shadow Dragon. This whole thing I keep hearing about having to kill off people, which is why I choose to play the Jugral games next.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Bartholomew Peter Ah, I should mention that it's optional. It's only to get to the new chapters and extra characters that weren't in the original game. It's still a stupid way to unlock the extra levels, but you can play through the game just fine without it and then decide if the extra levels are worth it to go through again. I haven't really gone back to it more than once yet because I haven't played Awakening, Path of Radiance, Echoes, etc. yet XD

[@WindsSymphony]

I did the same thing if it was a character I liked. When it came to Shadow Dragon, I just said screw it to everything with that game after a while. When it also came to trying to get the sword for Marth I didn't know about a certain item you could use to hit every enemy until after I got past the chapter to get Tikki.

[@hmmurdockofids]

The music in this game is SO GOOD. Pretty much every track is a banger. Especially that Black Fang theme.

[@ppr580]

Big warning, Jirard: Lunatic difficulty in newer FE games is just the devil. It took me MONTHS to get through the tutorial mission in Awakening on Lunatic+... So be careful when you pick your next FE game to 100%

[@ppr580]

I like challenges... but sometimes, you gotta draw a line in the sand, you gott- ah; you know the rest :) I may give it a try, though.

[@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn]

Thank you for posting that. I thought I genuinely sucked dick for not being able to beat that level on lunatic plua

[@fuegonintendo9117]

Fire Emblem: Before Everyone went nuts over it

[@gewdvibes]

FuegoNintendo I remember I randomly picked it up used a few months after I got a GBA and I didn't even play it until a few weeks after I bought the game lol then after I played it I was like holy fucking shit this is a good game and I immediately checked if there was a sequel or anything and I found sacred stones. I've bought every fire emblem since

[@gewdvibes]

FuegoNintendo I find it a good thing that it got extremely popular, this series deserves it. It was such an underrated game until awakening came out

[@jacobg8640]

Especially because it would've died at Awakening if it didn't become main series.

[@zinns]

FuegoNintendo pretty much

[@geek593]

It's a shame they finally realized for a second time that advertisements sell games when Awakening was on the docket. Awakening is an awful Fire Emblem game and the fact that it's the one that got the marketing love is really sad since it shifted the series so heavily into the garbage can. But keep in mind it was the second one to get pushed heavily in the West. The first was Blazing Sword, and it sold really well even with some of the most hilariously bad advertisements in gaming.

[@ScoopsMayCry]

7:13 Triggered me really hard when you put footage of Fates and were actually talking about Awakening.

[@donkeykonggaming4993]

humans. dragons. long ago, the two species lived in harmony. then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the strategist, master of all Three weapon types, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A 100 years passed, and my soldiers and I, discovered the new strategist, an apartment dweller named Mark. And although his strategies are great, he still has a lot to learn before he's ready to beat anyone. But I believe, mark can save the world.

[@deathstardoesstuff]

I love this. Nice Avatar: The Last Airbender reference!

[@samloyd9287]

Bravo. Bravo.

[@stevenquartzcutiepiedemayo4430]

Lmao i love you

[@Edgeperor]

Would’ve been funnier if it was about Paladins, since they actually have all three weapon types and are busted enough to make it make some sense

[@Dragonmaster146]

liked

[@TiltCntrlz]

I never understood why people don't like perma-death. Because I never let any of MY units die. HA

[@AzureRoxe]

Not really. Just don't be an idiot and don't put your units in danger.

[@psychokinrazalon]

Hence why you don't reset to get them back. Because it's tiring and not fun.

[@Joseph-td2um]

"Beat a scary boss" *Is fighting Yogi*

[@marcuspaul4319]

He is the hardest boss wym

[@kamilslup7743]

@Marcus Paul bitch have you played the mission "living legend" on hector hard mode WITH the lords having total XP under 800? the boss there is strong, fast (yes he moves) and there is fog of war

[@aceben8823]

No way, a Fire Emblem video? I mean, who is this, and what have you done with Jirard?

[@shizzleblitz]

AceBen next thing yknow he'll complete the all stars pack .

[@giratinaorigin]

I've heard that if he ever tries to complete Fire Emblem Awakening, there's a specific KZbinr(named N-Sight from Mindsight Games) who'd be willing to go through it with him.

[@Mudkip971]

"Their's no crying in Fire Emblem" truer words have never been spoken

[@deathstardoesstuff]

And if there is, smack it until it stops.

[@RevanSecura]

that was a nice reference to that baseball movie called A League of Their Own since the actual movie quote is "There's no crying in Baseball."

[@claytonweyl4135]

I think the sprite artwork is better than any 3d models. And that's why I keep going back to these games.

[@cjcoachzx8841]

Yeah a lot was lost in the translation from 2D to 3D. Then Fates took the worst aspects of awakening and almost ruined the series. Thank God 3H was as good as it was

[@Hirabeatz]

I disagree, models looked fine just.the poor resolution on the 3DS and DS consoles

[@Linkmstr]

To think I would see the day Jirard would make a Fire Emblem video. OoO;

[@anonymousanonymous5754]

I never thought I would see this. These games are hellish to 100% complete. Remember kids, if you want to play a Fire Emblem game, always just finish it the way you want to instead of trying to complete it because IT'S HELL to do so.

[@stickfigure8416]

My 300+ hour Awakening playthrough to fill the support log can attest to that.

[@peanutfish94]

Kind of waiting for him to do a Disgaea game. Yes, they're primarily a Sony franchise but we've had 'em on Nintendo systems just not very much, plus Switch is getting the complete package of Disgaea 5 so I'd love to see Jirard tackle that XD

[@Theshahz13]

Linkmstr I love your profile picture lol

[@ctse26]

I remember maxing all my characters and job advancement levels and collecting every single weapon in the game during my youth... I love this game and Sacred stones to death. Thanks for bringing back the nostalgia!

[@idontwantahandlethough]

me too, one of the first games I ever fully completed! That and the GBA Golden Sun games were my faves

[@JB-bc2ry]

20:58 R I P New Mystery. You will be immortalized in the hearts of fan translators.

[@minhv5513]

Oh man I was like 8 years old when I played Fire Emblem. I learned the complexity of its battle system and its story as I replayed and replayed it over the years. Loooove this game.

[@CelioHogane]

"kingdom named Caelin" Auch my lore hurts. Caelin is a County of the Lycia Alliance, Lycia IS the kingdom.

[@Draeckon]

Country* or Nation* or Confederacy/Alliance* A Kingdom implies it's ruled by a monarchy/king. The Lycian Alliance isn't that - it's an alliance of citystates, each ruled by a Marquis/Marquess. Yeah sure, there's one that acts as sort of a leader for all of them (Ostia in this game's timeline), but the amount of authority the leader actually has isn't what you'd think. The game makes it clear the only thing that keeps Ostia in charge is that the leader is good at diplomacy and has a strong enough military to act if one of the other marquis step out of line... and it's a tenuous alliance at best.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

@@Draeckon No man can be trusted after all

[@LegendStormcrow]

That's okay, he didn't realize you could name the tactician.

[@The_Triple_Point]

"these dialogue boxes aren't my thing" but Zelda can do no wrong huh? c'mon mah man

[@Kuma5655]

The thumbnail duped me. Thought he started with Binding Blade for a second.

[@danielshepard3067]

Bartholomew Peter Kuma plays Fire Emblem?

[@Kuma5655]

Yes. Along with my bible I make sure to always carry a gameboy advance or a 3ds. I have to get my tactical fix somehow.

[@harm991]

As a Fire Emblem completionist, I have to say you 'completed it' when you manage to beat the hardest difficulty!! In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, doing the hardest difficulty AND having every character survive - which I did - is insane. Not recommended.

[@brohacks9193]

harm991 can confirm for tellius series I did both. didn't struggle too much with por on hard mode after first half probably cuz I focused on 7 units. would love to try the maniac mode if it wasn't exclusive to Japan. radiant dawn on hard really tested my patience. all without anyone dying

[@laggalot1012]

Path of Radiance is not that bad, if only by virtue of the fact that our most difficult mode is Hard Mode, and not the Japanese Maniac Mode, but Radiant Dawn really is tough as nails above 'Easy' mode (Which is actually Normal mode, but lol-mistranslation).

[@Levitz9]

Path of Radiance has some ridiculous unlock bonuses, though! You have to beat the game up to 15 times to unlock characters like Petrine and Ashnard as useable characters in the trial maps, then you have to link the game to the GMA titles to unlock some character potraits and trial maps.

[@asebeleketo1466]

Sacred stone was my childhood

[@jalex777]

yesss

[@victikirby15]

Title says Blazing Sword Thumbnail has Jirard dressed as Roy I am confused

[@Daniel-qd6qg]

victikirby15 They look basically identical.

[@pretsal4955]

Except one of them is cool. And the other one is Roy.

[@Daniel-qd6qg]

not!Quacksely Yo, I guess I got lucky, but Roy was leading the charge in my playthrough.

[@KhaPha]

for what, the first ten chapters? Cuz then he hits a wall at level 20 and turns into a throne seizing bot for the next 12 chapters. Not saying our boy is bad, but the devs screwed him over with his late promo

[@Daniel-qd6qg]

KhaPha Naw, man, except for like the last couple chapters, he was tearing it up. I got lucky rolls I guess.

[@alecfelmlee1483]

This is my favorite video on KZbin. Best game ever made, and a great job on the commentary.

[@blobisbored]

12:54 did... did you just... attack an enemy that you visibly saw that you could do 0 damage to?

[@RAGEAlanBun]

Blob Is Bored he was talking about when his “troops get decimated” so there’s every chance he just recorded that footage to show his unit dying rather than an actual play through of the game. The footage was from the very beginning of the chapter after all so probably got the footage then just reset it.

[@Prince_Leif]

Gotta get that WEXP

[@quality3118]

I bought Echoes today and im so happy! It's amazing trust me you should play it!

[@deathstardoesstuff]

Silly moth. *ALL FIRE EMBLEM GAMES ARE GOOD* silly. *DON'T FORGET*

[@strwrbttlfrnt]

Some are good for beginners and some are terrible with some such as awakening for beginners and radiant dawn is terrible for beginners trust me that was the game I played first and I hated as well I loved it

[@ThisIsEmerald]

"Mario Kart Double Dash, which is the best Mario Kart" YES

[@eddythegreat2909]

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!! 10:45 Nergal is not the leader of the Blackfang... he used a morph called Sonia to seduce Brendan reed, who IS the leader, to take control of the blackfang. Initially the black fang were actually vigilantes, targeting the rich, helping the poor kind of thing.

[@samloyd9287]

It’s okay. You don’t need to correct them on the plot of FE7. It’s not very well written anyway.

[@redcoatlegion1183]

Yah, you can see he makes a lot of mistakes regarding the game, like the survival ranking.

[@OmegaJester09]

Man I adore this series, been a massive fan of the FE series ever since this game was release to the west. I'm impressed man, I was only ever able to get around 95% of the support conversations. Honestly never knew how to max out Karla's support conversations when you got her so late in the game. Damn I miss those epic sprite animations though...

[@Trizudora]

The endgame chapter, Light, has the second phase where you fight a different boss. It actually counts as a seperate battle, so you can build those Karla supports there.

[@OmegaJester09]

Hm yea I do sorta recall doing that, didn't you need to finish a stage in a limited amount of turns to unlock one of those bonus stages? I think I remember trying to get them but they just didn't happen for me, I got like a B. honestly though its been such a long time.

[@thecrimsonmeteor]

at least your aren't completing binding blade. in order to unlock all the character for extra mode you have to beat the game 20 times

[@kevin-cy3cf]

OnFireGamer why just why at that point i would be burn out of the game

[@smoresthebird7541]

OnFireGamer And it's quite difficult compared to fe7

[@lrdalucardart]

Gr8 game, didn't knew Big KZbinrs also played good games once in a while.

[@Edgeperor]

Elitist warning needed

[@darianwright9488]

FE 4, now. Do it. 100% that shit. It gives me a Holy War in my pants.

[@tackthewise6421]

Darian Wright in my pants? IN MY PANTS

[@darkadvent610]

Darian Wright If he did Genealogy and Thracia, my life would be complete.

[@drawnseeker]

This was the 1st rpg stragedy game i'd ever played. I bought it as soon as it came out and have been hooked ever since. The characters were so fleshed out they felt like real people. I would replay battles if my favorite character died. As a gal in high school, I even did an art project using cut outs of the characters from the official game guide. So the GBA games and the wii game are pretty much my favorite games of all time. Also Lyndis and Fiona for ever! And Matthew's back story just broke my heart. I loved the sound test, I would play "Together we ride" on loop.

[@septimus5202]

Watched this video twice because it is so refreshing to have a fresh view on the series not blinded by nostalgia.

[@FarleyProductions]

Man this game brings back so many memories. It's still my favorite Fire Emblem game to this day and I'd play it again any day. Regardless of how I feel about the permanent character death. =] Good job on the review as always Jirard! I look forward to the next one.

[@SuperKamiGaming]

So is anyone gonna leave a comment talking about Sacred Stones? No? Ok.

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee]

SuperKamiGaming Sure. Sacred stones is a game, a Fire emblem game........Done

[@captaindinglepants4890]

Because Sacred Stones can speak for itself

[@sudds3003]

It was the very first game I played so it will forever have a special place in my heart but I can still put down my fanboy glasses and admit that it does have a mediocre story at best.

[@trod146]

SS is the best GBA game

[@deathstardoesstuff]

Yes... Dah Scared Scones. Delicious

[@soraxsonicfan4728]

I'M NOT WITH YOU JIRARD!!!

[@anthonyjones1213]

SoraXSonicfan472 omg your real XD

[@thomasgensamer8324]

....... .. . I am complete.

[@americanfootball8194]

I #$&@ing love you

[@DragonNexus]

I'm also commenting on this when your comment is a year old!

[@Sann_Omega]

Well I commenting 3 years later

[@theowiddicombe5653]

21:01 I don't want to be "that guy" but Casual mode was actually introduced in 2011's Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

[@cheebo4319]

Theo Widdicombe granted, that game was Japan Only

[@darkstorm2579]

True but it was still the first game to have Casual mode.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Also having units marry is in this game and was introduced in geneology

[@Ultima228]

my biggest request and finally you did it. I really wanted to see what you thought of these games.

[@Ckamaya]

I came here to get a crash course of Fire Emblem becos apparently I'm one of those who lived under a rock for some +years and didn't know about this series only to see ads for Fire Emblem: Three Houses and wanted to be enlightened..... Only to make it to the end to give this KZbinr my "like, comment, subscribe, and PRAISE" for a job well done!!! BRAVO FELLA!!! Tis the passion & insanity of being a compleationist.

[@TheSmithPlays]

The last 7 minutes of this video is pure gold😭

[@lucascrane164]

Hey Pat, I love your videos man!

[@RebirthCrusader90]

This and Fire Emblem 4: Genealogy of the Holy War are the best games in the entire series, without a doubt in my mind. Fire Emblem 4 was remarkably deep for when it came out, and Fire Emblem 7 has a much better cast than 6.

[@RebirthCrusader90]

ZeroSigma1 I dunno, I really liked how huge the maps were. Probably still some of the biggest maps in the series. I think the only map I didn't like is the map where you get Jamke and Deirdre around the same time, because there's an obnoxious bottleneck forest. But that's about it for me.

[@doc_eh2747]

+ZeroSigma1 there was some good and bad things in fe4 map design, but it's definitely not the worst in my opinion. That honor goes to gaiden.

[@lpfan4491]

i dont know anout the mapdesign,but the maps perfectly hit into the contient because of their shape and scale.

[@dalle4962]

Love how you can feel that Jirard really enjoyed the game at first, but slowly losing his mind towards the end

[@mjpliterallyaflower]

Also also, all was cool with the dragons and humans. But then, the Fire Nation attacked.

[@ladydovaky8491]

Does the fire nation have the fire emblem?

[@davo9407]

Paulo Roberto as someone who's played a lot of FE I can confirm the fire nation always has the fire emblem

[@ladydovaky8491]

Le' Derp well say that to.... shit you are right

[@Sebdotmp4]

>says Fire Emblem was released in 2002 >main menu of game says 2003

[@GrayFoxHound9]

Firelord Seb japan/eu/us dates are diff

[@extradelux8088]

They predicted the future 😮

[@nitro5247]

GrayFoxHound9 both versions were released in 2003

[@Knoct]

One of my all time childhood favorites. Thanks Jirard. I didn't know you had done this until now.

[@bradandmawm3630]

5:47 Would you even say...it set it on a path of radiance?

[@hylianfelldragon1308]

Brad and Mawm ... Heh!

[@maddoggnick96]

I hope you complete Valkyria Chronicles one day. Much respect for completing this game.

[@Gaming_Garo]

Fun fact: Advance Wars being the first game of Nintendos Wars series released in the west, was also the seventh game and also came 13 years after the first game in the series. Only two years BEFORE Fire Emblem. Saying the Wars series is even older than the Fire Emblem series.

[@evertime123]

Literally the best Fire Emblem. Great story, all the lords are interesting and the game is actually balanced.

[@playaskirbyandwin267]

evertime123 "balanced" tell that to hector

[@Kuma5655]

evertime123 I'm playing through Binding Blade right now and I'm wondering what balance even is. So much pain, so much difficulty.

[@TheMike0088]

I agree that all the lords are interesting, but gameplay wise lyn is like one of the worst lords in FE history imo (or maybe I just got unlucky with her growths). also, while the game itself is great and even more so a good entrance point for people interested in the series, I think its way too easy once you have this fire emblem thing down, which is why I don't believe it can be considered the best in the series. the dread and suspense the series is known for is just not present when playing this game.

[@xSilentZeroXx]

Karla and Eliwood-mode Eliwood resent that statement.

[@DuelingShade]

@Bartholomew Peter just get gonzales, and give him an iron axe, by the end of the game he'll be tanking dragons, with just an iron axe.

[@marcosperezomg]

No mention on the beautiful crit animations? Seriously, that shit's epic

[@Teh67chrome]

I have nothing but respect for you man. I always figured this would be one of my favorite games you'd never get around to due to how messy and drawn-out the completion bonuses are with supports, but damn. I guess I should have figured no game would be to difficult for you to tackle after you completed Skyrim. Keep up the awesome work!

[@claytonweyl4135]

When you are passionate about the GBA Fire Emblems and they didn't do their research in the intro. TRIGGERED

[@bigevilshark1958]

Wild Productions Too true

[@ShermTank7272]

What do you mean? Yes they did. They made a kinda dumb joke out of it, but Alex knew that FE7 was a prequel to FE6. It can also be called a "sequel" inasmuch that it was the next game in the series after Binding Blade. They got their stuff right.

[@claytonweyl4135]

ShermTank7272 They were saying all that stuff about the NES version. I guess I didn't understand that it was a joke.

[@KishisHope]

Wild Productions I

[@lpfan4491]

i got the joke,but still complained in the comments because that doesnt make sence xD that can actually confuse people

[@EnderCrypt]

we need an advanced wars review :P

[@GrizzlyGuernseyGamer]

I second this! I love that series =D

[@ferdinandavila-soto7233]

Got to admit, I really like the character portraits and battle animations in The Blazing Blade. The bright, varied colors are also a really nice touch, especially when compared to Fire Emblem: Awakening and Fates.

[@claytongrange2137]

You eat JRPGs for breakfast? How many JRPGs have you completed on the show? Not many I can think of. I saw Golden Sun footage! When are you going to complete that?!

[@Kuma5655]

Well, in general, the guy has played his fair share of em.

[@StarryNovaSaiyan]

I see the video on my sub feed. I knew Jirard was going to lose his mind trying to 100% this.

[@ikazuchioni]

I fell in love with this game. I am personally attached to the characters.

[@smhfirebruh5630]

Zoo in which rich kids get to pet Gorillas through the glass, what Zoo kid you go to as a kid Jirard?

[@TromboneMaster95]

YES YES YES YES YES. DO ALL FIRE EMBLEM SWORD OF SEALS! SACRED STONES! PATH OF RADIANCE! RADIANT DAWN! AWAKENING! FATES! S H A D O W S O F V A L E N T I A Maybe not shadow dragon. Thank you for doing one of my favorite games from my all time favorite franchise

[@TromboneMaster95]

Also I would've watched the heck out of you playing this game on Super Beard Bros

[@ItsNep]

I like how you ignored the games that were Pre GBA.

[@qtpie1144]

Sam Hassel lol I noticed that too 😂😂😂

[@benshaul6976]

RIP Thracia

[@xylon7333]

I think shadow dragon is worth playing

[@SureGibson777]

The permadeath definitely adds to the game in more positive ways the negative for me. I would always restart chapters if I lost someone but I remember making it to the final chapter of the game and Kent, got hit by an archer I wasn't watching for. Killed him and I had one turn left to beat the game. I let him go and it felt like his death was part of the story.

[@rfs845]

seriously started this game last night. cool timing

[@Trizudora]

Good luck and have fun with it

[@ezzenious9923]

WHAT I like literally just got into this series and beat this game

[@ezzenious9923]

What the shit it's only been a year.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

I remember when this game came out and like 50% of the topics on Game FAQs and FE fan sites were "Is Marth and Roy in this game!?"

[@michelthrun3514]

Every loves sain. Everyone

[@shupasopni]

Not me. I hate em.

[@michelthrun3514]

shupasopni gasp of utter and complete shock! But how? He was the best character in that game.

[@michelthrun3514]

So was lyn, and all the Pegasus knights

[@michelthrun3514]

And everyone in fire emblem

[@BIackViper]

sain was probably actually the best character in blazing blade

[@k-bobkid6866]

Now complete Awakening. Yes, including the support log for both genders of Robin (and yes, free DLC characters.) You didn't think I really forgot about Lunatic+ Classic, did you? Yes, I am maniacal!

[@noircore]

K-Bob Kid You madman...

[@williammarchman5856]

Literally who would play Casual Luna+

[@THEFEZFEZ]

This is one of my favorite games ever, it inspired my username and made me a long time strategy and rpg fan. I've never even come close to completing those damn support conversations, and I never ever will.

[@Animekirk]

The amount of people who still to this day, think that the ONLY difference between casual and classic modes in FE Awakening was how often you have to reset, honestly astounds me. Its nothing short of ignorance. NOT having to account for permadeath allows for exploitation of bum rush type strategies with braindead execution that frankly has no business calling itself a "strategy" game. Sure restarting is frustrating. And if you're the type to drop a good game because of frustrating moments, i feel sorry for you. But for those of us who keep playing in spite of frustration, we find that the frustration often helps to train us. It is a harsh lesson on how not to play. And games with harsh, even frustrating punishments for failure are not a bad thing. I think he raised a good point in this video when he said "for someone like me who has to complete the game in just a few weeks..." this is the disconnect that will forever exist between games reviewers and game enthusiasts. You cant accurately tell how much i'll like a game if i play for enjoyment and satisfaction, and you play as a job on a tight deadline. In that case your opinion will always be biased against anything that punishes with loss of progression. Because it gets in the way of your deadline and as a result stresses you out more, influencing your overall opinion and enjoyment.

[@Suoly_]

The fundamental issue of permadeath that so few people realize is that while resetting and replaying missions has become the norm amongst players, it's not really how the developers intended it to be played (which is why you have so many more units than you will ever actually use) characters dying is supposed to hurt, but if you choose to reset afterwards, you can't really complain about it being tedious when just continuing the game normally would completely circumvent that problem. ADDENDUM: I understand that in completing the game that's obviously not an option, but to the standard player it is a very different experience

[@HylianHorse]

Actually that's not completely true. The developers are aware that people reset and even play the game that way themselves. That's why the casts of fire emblem have been getting smaller and smaller. The game with the largest cast was the 3rd game (and it's remake) back before they knew that most people would reset if a unit died. In an interview, a developer even wore a shirt that said "Reset? Bring it on!"

[@Suoly_]

Of course they understand that it happens but i think their original vision of the series definitely did not include reseting.

[@rom7233]

Damn. He went all in on Fire Emblem. As a veteran of the series who's also done this I give him props, but I have to give him more props because he did it in a shorter period- I did it all, minus the emblem weapons and the Mario Kart disc, over the course of a year or two. I hope he plays others, even if it's just the newer ones, and I'm glad to see the series still get good exposure from a larger channel.

[@ArthurCrane92]

This game needs to come to the eshop!

[@SaturosCombato]

Arturo Garza it is it's on the Wii u ship along with SS

[@robfresh4471]

We also need Sword of Seals

[@cainreval7885]

Strangely enough this game was available to the 3DS abasitors

[@captaindinglepants4890]

It did

[@septimus5202]

I wouldn't doubt it if they re-did this game with romance elements added in. The supports are basically begging to ship units together.

[@noircore]

Septimus Ehh...there are some canonical parings in the game, though, like Pent and Louise that would make that hard. The game likely should just go the Echoes route with supports.

[@captaindinglepants4890]

What do you think A rank is? Characters can get married. They just don't have children. Genealogy, Awakening, and Fates have it where the children can be units

[@ImmaLittlePip]

@@captaindinglepants4890 I mean they do but it's in the previous game

[@BrainScratchComms]

Three Houses handles the perma-death mechanic in a really fun way. First: red lines project from enemies to tell you where they're going to target based on all your units' current positioning and where you're about to move your currently-selected unit. Second: Sothis gives you a limited number of charges with which you can rewind time (move-by-move, and you can go back quite a distance to whatever specific point you feel is needed to make a mistake, AND all the RNG rolls are preserved so when you take the same actions again, they play out the same way--allowing you to change only what you want to). So you're no longer restarting whole battles when you lose a unit, only when your margin for error is used up, and when you lose a unit, it's not so much random chance and more just the result of the choices you made. It's real fun. - Lewis

[@rinbobethir6425]

I think you should do it in the overseas release order, so that Sacred Stones is up next.

[@cooperbutfiloski4496]

LOL "There's no crying in Fire Emblem!"

[@davidwalbrun]

thank you for reviewing my favorite game from my favorite series, I literally gasped when I saw your upload

[@alexbiersner3350]

Knock, knock -Who's there? Complete -Complete who? Complete Castlevania Bloodlines

[@fanb1536]

Jirard, you REALLY should play EarthBound Beginnings. It's actually very good, despite its multiple flaws, such as the balancing and spawn rates. The music is absolutely great, the locations and NPC's, while simple, are very charming and likeable, and the story is a bit more mature than EarthBound (SNES), while also giving some interesting backstory FOR EarthBound. You're probably going to play the bare, original game regardless (I did just so I can say I did), but I would still recommend playing through it with the fanmade Easy Patch, which doubles Money and EXP, while halving the spawn rate. All the grinding you have to do in the vanilla game really bogs down the enjoyment you get otherwise IMO.

[@fanb1536]

I know you never see my comments Jirard, but that doesn't mean I won't stop trying, because I really like the stuff you put out. And maybe, just maybe, I can put out hope that I'll be lucky enough for you to actually notice my comments. You may not see me, but I am here supporting you.

[@sirdrmcmagical4677]

I remember having a Gameboy SD. I had Fire Emblem, FF Tactics Advance, Advance Wars, all the tactical based games. These games all have fantastic game but this story is just sooooooo good

[@DarkLink1996.]

Welp, time to be that guy. The subtitle is actually "Blazing BLADE". This can be seen in both Fire Emblem Heroes and the chapter title of this game.

[@icarusmarioFAN]

DarkLink1996 He actually used both in the video at different points

[@bluefulcon362]

DarkLink1996 isn't it Binding Blade and Blazing Sword? I didn't think they were both blade.

[@oifey1274]

BlueFulcon nope

[@EmporerEmblem]

Ok, this is like 8 months late, and I'm gonna be "that guy," but the Japanese name "Rekka no Ken/烈火の剣" can be translated in a myriad of ways. The only character I'm gonna focus on is 剣, this is the same character for ken or tsurugi based on how it's read, which is why it's used for both FE 6 (封印の剣 = sword of seals, binding blade) and 7 (烈火の剣 = blazing sword, blazing blade, sword of flame). Nintendo and IS have officially recognized Blazing Blade as the English subtitle for the sake of branding, but technically any reading of the name is acceptable.