Why You Should Play Every Fire Emblem Game

[@logitimus3182]

Something Echoes pioneered that gets often overlooked is its introduction of fully voice acted cutscenes. When everything from the grandest battles to the silliest supports are fully voiced, it gives the characters a lot more room for expression and a lot of my favorite characters won my heart because of their incredible voice acting. Big shoutouts to the localization and dub, by the way, because the English cast is literally perfect.

[@Kristopian]

I second that, Fire Emblem Echoes has amazing Voice Acting

[@mercenarybdu]

The Satellite Chapters were the first to do the full voice acting in FE first. But that was only JP only with those actors reprising their roles later on once FE got full voicing everywhere else.

[@dessam3939]

Engage was so nice to see inspiring people to play the older games just like Awakening did for others before. Most of the games still hold up so well and the system to the games are so universal with their own quirks.

[@tahamohammad8842]

I’ve actually been playing FE3 on the japanese switch online and even without being able to read the text, it’s still a pretty fun game to find my way around. I’ll say it’s probably the most underrated game in the series

[@DownToTruck]

FE3 was the highest selling game in the series for a while. It is a really impressive game, looking back. Just looks a bit plain in comparison to the other entries on the super famicom

[@peste4592]

for english players might be, highly because no coming in the west

[@flygonkerel781]

New mystery on the DS has an English translation

[@Zekken_The_Lodestar]

​@@flygonkerel781 it does? I don't remember there being one unless it was a fan translation. Edit: fixed a typo.

[@Merry-36280]

you should play every fire emblem game because even the worst of them are still fun games overall. this is not something that can be said for every series!

[@chapstixxx]

this is completely false

[@lpfan4491]

Eh, I will never understand people liking FE1 and 3 as much as they do.

[@criticalblaster458]

@@lpfan4491 Patience... and lots of free time.

[@TriAzF]

⁠@@lpfan4491FE1 is abysmal to play today but FE3 isn’t anything like FE1. I honestly feels closer to FE4 in terms of how it feels in regards to UI and QOL. Still pretty old and outdated but it isn’t on the same tier as FE1 imo.

[@lpfan4491]

@@TriAzF I literally played Chapter 1 of FE3 on NSO and it has the exact same UI and QoL problems on the field as FE1 and 2. The unit menu is STILL inbetween clicking on a unit and moving them, moving has the most sluggish feeling grid and you cannot see the details of an engagement when you try to take it, you just have to precalculate how much you and your opponent do. Granted, the RNG is not broken like FE1, so that's nice. Does not help much tho. And I guess you can see actual stats in battle now, but that is pointless because those are visual fluff anyways. The moment you are in battle, you already don't have the ability to act on that information anymore, it just gets applied.

[@gameboyn64]

I really like to revisit radiant dawn a lot. It is arguably the most sound game mechanically speaking. Dispite being one of the longest games every map feels kind of like a trial map as you are given vastly different units to work with all the time. Echoes is probably the most fun game if you just want to sit down an chill. The whole game is voice acted so you don't even need to read. The characters are all well designed and you actually get to use everyone. Character progression is simple and straightforward so you don't have to do extensive planning and class bases do a decent job at keeping you on track.

[@philbuttler3427]

So you just auto pilot through? That's not fun

[@gameboyn64]

@@philbuttler3427 what do you mean by autopilot?

[@theflashgordon193]

@@gameboyn64 echoes had one of the presentation for me

[@BigKlingy]

Your comment on Trainees is an opinion I wish more FEtubers had. Sure they're not the most optimal (except Ross kinda), but I find myself using all 3 Trainees on most of my runs just for how FUN they are to build, and the branching promotion system means they have even more possible end-points for great replayability. I'm Paladin Amelia all the way though, not too fond of General Amelia. (Despite my love of armours as you can tell from my avatar)

[@actuallizard]

Yeah I almost always use at least 1 trainee. Ewan is my favorite!

[@BigKlingy]

@@actuallizard Another Ewan enjoyer, I see. While I tend to go with Druid Ewan, Summoner is always nice utility and his is one of the few "Super Trainee" promotions I consider for the novelty of having Light/Dark/Anima on one class, even if its Con sucks. (Though Amelia's "Lance crit build" super trainee is also really fun. Meanwhile Ross is stuck with "objectively worse Berserker".)

[@hajoeijgenraam295]

I mean, Mekkah who is probably the most quoted FEtuber when it comes to trainees being bad has never disputed that they're fun to use, but just objects when people earnestly claim they are good. He makes it a point to use at least one 'trash' unit every playthrough. I don't feel this is such a rare take.

[@EHShinobi]

I usually find myself using General Amelia, Summoner Ewan and Berserker Ross

[@ivanbluecool]

Honestly wish they could put all og games into one collectors edition and sell it on the switch. Everyone wants to play the older games so why not? Even add the non released games like Roy's and mystery of the emblem to really show they care about the fans. Easy money right there. Then 10 years later do the same thing again

[@actuallizard]

I would love that. Give me FE rereleases and take my money nintendo!

[@ivanbluecool]

@@actuallizard sad part is they already have the e shop versions. Just slap it on a cartridge and easy money for them. Entertainment for us.

[@peste4592]

until they translate fe3, fe4, fe5 and fe6 officially one man can dream 😓

[@crawlinggoose]

What sucks is that they were willing to go back and translate Sword of Seals, but the decided not to, since they had just completed Sacred Stones and Nintendo wanted to focus on the next game.

[@ebitachy]

there's something about fe1 and gaiden's simplistic pixel art i really enjoy, especially for attacks, even if other people might see it as being "too rough". to express those impactful battle animations on the famicom with such limited color palettes and sprite sizes is just really special to me

[@blankblank6214]

Now if only they would release all the Japanese only release

[@ivanbluecool]

I try to play each game at least three times this list is amount of times I played them. Shadow dragon 5 Sacred stones 4. Echoes 4 Eliwoods game 1 only because it was on my switch and my charger broke. Awakening played every robin support from start to finish so like 20+ Fates 8 times 3 houses 3 times as I'm just going through it now. Engage 4 but it will be 5 when I actually play it again. Wish I could have played radiant dawn and path of radiance but I wasn't into rpg games on home consoles at the time as I saw it as "why play a strategy game on my console when I could play smash bros Kirby or whatever". Wish list. Genealogy of the holy war remake on switch.

[@obiwancannoli1920]

You can emulate PoR and RD!

[@crusaderking2257]

Great video. I played a LOT of Three Houses through the pandemic, which helped me a lot with being isolated. At some point a friend recommended I play the older games - just after I finished Awakening, Engage was announced which was perfect timing. I managed to get through Birthright and SoV before Engage released, and have since completed Engage twice. Currently about to finish Conquest and Blazing Blade - not sure what is next, but I have been having a blast playing through them all. Cheers!

[@Das_Mexikaner]

I can hear you so well! I appreciate your recording volume so much, in addition to pacing and phrasing. Ever considered covering some FE ROMhacks? The Lex Talionis engine has really opened up the possibilities!

[@actuallizard]

I've actually been streaming my playthrough of the Last Promise, I'll probably post a video on that once I'm through with it

[@Das_Mexikaner]

@@actuallizard I'll definitely check out your playthrough! Amazing stories aside, I have a hard time finding FE ROMhacks that allow Sacred Stones style grinding. And with the Lex Talionis engine, fan games are becoming as technically impressive as the newest entries!

[@TuskyBaby]

Man, are the people saying FE8 is easy just playing Normal-> Eirika route and grinding? I found Hard -> Ephraim route, no grinding legitimately engaging and challening. Loved making use of all the fun units that game offers, like Summoners. Also just have to say, there's not much reason to play Awakening over Fates imo. Fates just took the ideas and engine Awakening first introduced, and refined them into actually being solid. Conquest has some of the best map design in the franchise while STILL allowing for insane customization. I've literally felt no need to go back to Awakening since it's release.

[@jhon1406]

this is such a lovely dedication. as a superfan, thank you for putting this together. would have loved to see few1+2 featured as well!

[@mmorpgal4229]

A few tactics games I would recommend outside of the Fire Emblem series. Valkyria Chronicles 4: fun story with a more modern (in terms of tech) play of FE combat. Xcom 2: possibly my favorite Tactics game of all time. Fair but punishing gameplay. Excellent Unit customization a scenarios that can feel wildly different every time. Marvel Midnight Suns: a beloved game but a dark horse pick for sure. Base building ala three houses, character/relationship building and a fun/unique twist on combat.

[@actuallizard]

I gotta play Midnight Suns, it looks really fun

[@thedappermagician6905]

Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced

[@TheGuzeinbuick]

I have to say they totally nailed it with Heroes. The gameplay is tight and consistent and the art is so goddamn beautiful. I really, really wish it was just a normal game and not a gacha. I would have happily paid full price for a completed mobile game instead of a free game to get you hooked and then pack it full of pay-to-win or pay-to-play features.

[@GreatAether58]

Awesome video! Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn are still my favorite Fire Emblem games. Also really enjoy the GBA era, Three Houses, and Engage. I wish they would do remakes of the two Jugdral games. I played Genealogy years ago but Thracia 776 is the only FE story I haven't directly experienced myself. I didn't play any of FE1 to FE3, but their remakes cover those stories so I consider that sufficient. Awakening and Fates aren't my favorites (particularly Fates) but I have to admit this video did give me a new appreciation for those games. Gotta say that right now is truly a great time to be a Fire Emblem fan. It's so great to see Engage be mostly well received and inspire people to go back to older games in the series. Hopefully Nintendo and Intelligent Systems notice that and make them more accessible either through remakes/remasters or just straight re-releases.

[@justsomedude5727]

Whenever I get into a game series I always want to go back and try all of them, working on the GBA games because I can play it on my phone, buy I'm really looking forward to trying geneology, which I have a S-Famicom copy and a translated snes copy of

[@Percival917]

"On the weaker side" Boy, is that an underatatement regaring Fates' story.

[@Holli094]

Thank you for this awesome overview. As someone who only played the Switch titles, it's nice to know where the root started and what it has become over the years. I doubt that I'm ever going to play the older titles, because I'm missing my nostalgia glasses for them, but I hope that more of them get a remake with some modern creature comforts added to them.

[@ariano1561]

im a fan that went from casually remembering that fire emblem exists in the back ground after playing halfway though both fe7 and 8 but then got awakening for birthday and got a lot more intereted i wateched this video more to boost it inthe algorithm and bc i hoped youd touch on fe fates bond units bc i got the impression not many people talk about them but oh well :^:

[@bressingham6]

Great video! I have played FE6, 7, 8, and 9 to completion, and have dabbled with 10, 11, and 13. I was planning on doing FE5 next due to the mechanics being closer to gba, but didn’t realize it spoils FE4, so FE4 first it is. This also inspired me to try all the new games as well. Cheers!

[@thebloatgaming553]

Awesome video! I’ve played all of the games from 6 onwards, (though I never finished Radiant Dawn or Three Houses. I want to though) and my favorite ones are the GBA games (Binding Blade is my number 1 favorite), Fates and Engage.

[@crawlinggoose]

You forgot the single greatest part about Sword of Seals: They finally allowed you to swap unit positions in the level setup.

[@OWRen5432]

My favorite one is Conquest and i hold Fates in a special place of my heart even wirh all the issues The story sucks but it's also extremely funny when you watch it ironically, but it's a shame that ended up like that but MAN how i like Fates's everything else, especially the gameplay, music and Azura. No FE game was able to replicate how much entertaining Fates was

[@thomasquesada7248]

You should try The eligor spear romhack It is a GBA hack and while it doesn’t have as much unit building as conquest or the pair up system it still has very clever enemy placement and it’s very hard but fair It also has like conquest special maps which are pretty unique and unlike conquest a good story The only downside is that you be in trouble if you know nothing about base fe8

[@urbanbetrayal5129]

I haven’t put any money in FE Heros. I’ve played since it came it. I don’t have any crazy OP units but I have all the Chrom variants, which means I am winning that game.

[@toxicity791]

My favourite game was Echoes, due to the sweet love story and the magical credits song that plays when you beat the game. Conquest took me the longest amount of time and effort to clear on Maddening difficulty. I played it without any planning ahead, shipping couples just based on personality and it was an absolute monster of a game that took me 2 months and to date has been the only FE to make me concede to losing a unit to permadeath, as I couldn’t clear the last boss without letting one of my front liners drop to set up enemy positions where I could clear them out on my next player phase.

[@AlizardJaeF]

I'm on record as a Fates defender; the story works a lot better if you're willing to look at it more through an emotional lens than a detailed one or if you're a fan of like, Saturday morning cartoon fun (which I definitely am). The same can be said for Engage's story, they're both built more on Pathos than Logos. Plus, the presentation of Fates is lovely, with a great style and animation in the cinematic cutscenes and clear distinctions in both looks and music for the different factions, making them feel more like different countries than in some other games. I may also have a soft spot for it because it helped me get through a rough spot emotionally in my life.

[@Tucans]

Im so glad i stumbled upon this video. I love fire emblem but ive only played awakening. This gives me a great insight on the other games in the series and ill probably play through all of them now!

[@hajoeijgenraam295]

I haven't played every fire emblem game, but for all of the ones i have your review was spot on. Very nice video :)

[@bloodykun4443]

I've only just started the series for myself playing Blazing Blade on the Switch and it's been much more fun than I thought. Not huge into tactics games in general, only having played little bits of things like Xcom 2, but this so far feels a lot more manageable around 13 chapters in. Guess it helps that I just got done with Metroid Fusion for my first time and Megaman Battle Network earlier this year and just kind of miss the retro Gameboy style. That being said, I do recall seeing some commercials? trailers? for the Gamecube one and thinking 'that looks like Wind Waker, but cooler', only to find out it didn't really play like it, and probably hearing about units dying means they are permanently gone kind of putting me off it back then. Much more excited to get to it now. Seen a bit of TMS, definitely looks a lot more on the Persona side of things, another series I don't have much playtime in but still neat and one I'll eventually get to myself.

[@fluffydemon1]

Three Houses was the first Fire Emblem game I played and I still enjoy it the most out of all the games I've played. I love the customization of the game and the way the students are written make me care about every single one of them.

[@xmasknight94]

Really good video. I’ve only played Modern FE Games “Awakening through Engage” so it was cool to see a perspective on some of the older games. I really hope Binding Blade and Holy War get remakes just because the GBA games don’t hold my attention enough for some reason. Maybe im just a snob who can’t get behind the old presentation of the combat animations. Definitely want to play Ike’s game soon. Cheers.

[@mega77]

Imo the combat sprites of the GBA era are the best animation the serie ever had. Even though Engage combat presentation is the best in 3D.

[@lestade682]

FE7 is my favorite one. I will try TMS, looks like fun.

[@mor3gan285]

The anniversary port of fe1 was so fun. I am a bit of a veteran though, cause i dont know how new players could do it now. Im so sad people cant buy it anymore

[@LordEmpyreal]

I'm very curious what a Fire Emblem player who enjoys seeing older, or non-conventional mechanics would think of the Shining Force series. It was more-or-less the Sega analogue to Fire Emblem back in the day and has it's own mechanics that make it a very different experience, such as an MP system, magic being more focused on AOE than simply acting as an alternate damage type, and as opposed to turns, characters on both sides move in turns based on stats and luck. Fast characters can sometimes move twice in between a slow character getting two turns. It's also got a more familiar RPG exploration style, between battles you explore towns and overworld areas, talk to people, visit shops ect.

[@neroatlas]

Great video! I'll link this from now on to introduce people to Fire Emblem ^_^

[@AkagiRedSun]

For a newcomer FE7> Awakening> Three Houses Depending on which one you like you can go deeper FE7 (Fire Emblem GBA) classic era Awakening are mix classic and modern Three Houses for modern and easy to acquire

[@unstablepc5913]

I think why you should NOT play FE next is also an interesting idea. Symphony of War and Vestaria Saga are my recommendations.

[@90kalos1]

For anyone wanting to play sacred stones on an emulator I highly recommend the mod on Mekkahs channel that lets you do both routes in one playthrough

[@emily-rose4182]

For the last.... more than a year now, my girlfriend has been playing through every single fire emblem game, chronologically, and streaming them to me. It started when she wanted to stream Awakening lunatic mode to me, but when we finished that she was like "you know, I've always wanted to play through every fire emblem game". Anyway, we're now up to FE12, which on lunatic mode is certainly an experience! The games have definitely had their ups and downs! Our unfortunate experiences with FE3 have made me biased against Marth, Gaiden was surprisingly unique and enjoyable (we're looking forwards to Echoes), FE7 (Hector Hardmode) was probably the most well-rounded and generally enjoyable game (our Lyn got super strong for some reason and she killed the final boss dragon), the Tellius games had the best story and characters (Ike is my favourite lord, Lyn and Hector come second) but the long enemy phases were somewhat suffering, and we had a great time churning through FE11 sacrificing many characters to get all the Gaiden chapters. I don't really play FE myself but it's been super fun to watch and we've been having a great time, so I'd definitely recommend giving a full playthrough a shot! Especially since emulation is free and not too difficult. The older games will emulate well even on crappy old laptops.

[@lanceareadbhar]

Agreed. I'm five away. Haven't played FE1-FE3 or Tellius yet.

[@actuallizard]

I had a blast going back to play 1-3 last year, and Tellius is a real treat. Hope you enjoy them

[@isaac3000]

Thanks, I genuinely enjoyed this one! Thraccia 776 is the only one in the series I have yet to play (and the original Gaiden but I won't play that one). Got FE1 on switch and have played it a bit (up to the chapter where you meet Minerva) and I am slowly but surely hacking my way through Engage. So many good games, such a great series!

[@Dreq458]

0:53 Wait, does that mean that unit selection was the only thing you had control over, abd everyone needed to huddle around Marth for convoy to optimize their equipment?

[@mega77]

Something important that isn't really mentioned, and important to me is the game "ambiance". I personally enjoy Fire emblem games when there is less fantasy and anime characters and tropes (that are heavily pushed since Awakening). I appreciate more "realistic" settings with western medieval elements and references. I like when the story feels like a real journey, traveling through states, forests, replenishing goods at towns, having a merchant following your armies. I don't like when you have those magical hubs that kills the immersion. I like when the geography makes sense and slowly shifts from plainnto mountains, to deserts etc. I do not like when Japanese nation is glued to fire nation, that is next to water nation. I like when the characters make sense and have dialogues that make you feel they are real lords thanks to the vocabulary they use. It isn't just what people call "the story", it's all those world building elements that immerses the player to a medieval world filled with fantasy. I feel games with great ambiance like FE6/7/8, Ike's, SOV or 3H to an extent have this little edge compared to other games.

[@StefHaynes]

yeah, totally agreed

[@andrebaxter4023]

I'm the newest of Fire Emblem fans. On chapter 20 in Engage at the moment(my first fire emblem game). Doing 3 houses next. Will at least play Awakening and Fates down the line. As a fan of Disgaea and Final Fantasy Tactics. I'm surprised these games flew under my radar initially.😳

[@lazerboy4942]

I started with Echoes, which I know isn't exactly the norm. Since then, I've beat FE4, FE6, FE7, Awakening, Three Houses and Engage. Loved all of them, FE4 is my favorite game of all time

[@justapickedminfan]

My first FE was Gaiden, which I played on an emulator in '09, and I am kinda surprised I have stuck with the series for so long in spite of that...

[@Armaganth]

Mark from FE7 being forever forgotten as the first player avatar is so sad. Even more so considering he is (arguably) the best.

[@MirrenTheDragonKnight]

Why is he the best, though? He has no character and barely any presence. I understand the people bothered by the avatar being the central character, but I think Robin, Byleth and especially Shez and Kris are really good examples of avatar characters, as while they are "the protagonist", the Lord is still the main character, if you get what I mean. Yes, I know main character and protagonist can essentially mean the same thing.

[@wexon4840]

yeah sadge missed potential he could have more impact to the lords and plot of the story would be a fun twist if he's like another persona of Bramimond or a morph of Bramimond,

[@pokemongirl5674]

I have 2 favorite games in the series: Genealogy for the story and how I really got emotionally invested, even if some of the cast don't have much development and I also really love the cast of Sacred Stones so darn much that I couldn't decide which of the two is my favorite. So both are a tie but I am wanting to play the og Fire Emblem game at some point as for whatever reason, the sprites caught my interest.

[@shiniblackrose]

Scared Stones, my first was Eliwood, but my friend from Maryland introduced me to the game. We were in this karate after-school program. When i first played it, i fell in love😊

[@vishuprathikanti9352]

Definitely agree with everything said about thracia. Especially the "equal parts genius and confusing" part lmao. A spoiler-free guide is definitely a must but I'd say after your first go-around there's a lot more flexibility with your units than most fe games. Every run just feels better and better and it's the only fe game I've Ironmanned. I'd say it's weirdly Ironman friendly! So many units and so many ways to make them good (crusader scrolls, multiple paragon sources) but not stupid broken (low stat caps)

[@QueenAleenaFan]

"playing one doesn't add that much to playing the other, in my opinion." Mine too. I feel like they would have been better off as unrelated games, since thinking about them too hard makes you go, "huh?"

[@bunk-o2495]

I can't believe you talked about the Tellius games without pointing out that it's full of furries and that that would be an obvious selling point to a decent amount of people lol

[@CommanderOfHavok]

That’s what I w been doing, I’ve played 11(1) 15(2) 12(3) 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, whatever three houses is, three hopes, and Fates: Revolution, I have yet to play Sacred Stones and Binding Blade as I’m still finishing up Hectors Story on Blazing

[@danielgrotz6599]

For me, Three Houses is the only don't miss experience. I really enjoy fire emblem as a series, but that's largely cause I like both tactics and long term planning. For the typical gamer, I think three houses is going to be far and away the best experience, in part because the cast is so good, but also the story and setting. To be fair I haven't played Ike's games yet...

[@coolguy1215]

Great video, really like your voice. Keep up the good work

[@sindrisuncatcher653]

I have a hard time going back to the pre-GBA entries (or the shadow dragon remake), because a big selling point to me of the Fire Emblem series over most of the other turn-based tactical games out there is the fact that every unit is a unique character. Without the unit-specific side conversations, there's nothing to distinguish between them and random generic soldiers except for a portrait, so it feels like the whole game is just one lord plus entourage where the later entries felt like a found-family of colorful heroes each with personal motivations that brought them together in pursuit of whatever your cause is. And even thought I grew up on the GBA games, they're kind of hard to go back to now because of the limit for how many total support ranks each character is allowed to have. I feel like I'm only getting about 1/5th of the story and characterization on each playthrough, which as a kid felt like a reason to replay over and over, but now that I have so many things pressing on my time I really can't justify re-doing a whole game over and over unless it has dramatically different choices and routes (like Fates or Three Houses). [I need to get around to the Radiant games; I never had a gamecube and haven't emulated them yet.] I've heard a lot of people say the series peaked with Awakening, and I might have to agree with them (though SoV and 3H both provide some competition), since it refined a lot of the mechanics better than anything before and was the first game that opened up support conversations so you could get the whole story of each of your characters in a single playthrough if you care enough. And while I'm not personally a fan of the child mechanics, I really appreciate how well it was integrated into the story with the alternate futures and time travel. My only real problem with it is that the 3DS models and animations will never look half as good as the old pixel art. Fates had very cool mechanical ideas, I like how they iterated on the pair-up mechanics from awakening and the idea of having different class and weapon lists for each culture was really fun to me. But the writing didn't grab me as much, there were multiple issues with the localization, and when you take away the core time travel story the whole idea of child units becomes sort of off-putting. And the whole 'capture enemies and then "interrogate" them until they fight for you against their friends and family' thing is definitely a war crime. Ultimately, the game felt like a downgrade from Awakening. Shadows of Valentia is great. It's definitely a different kind of game from the rest of the series, but I enjoyed all the things it experimented with. Some bits felt unrefined, just because they hadn't been iterated on fourteen times before, but they still worked and I hope that future entries draw more inspiration from here. Plus the story is nice and the characters are cool and the new emphasis on exploration is fun to me. Finally, Three Houses is my current obsession. I miss some bits of the 3DS games like the pair-up mechanic, and even though the 3d models are finally starting to look good I don't like them as much as the 3ds pixel art, but overall it's a strong contender for best in the series imho. I love how pretty much the whole cast is here from the beginning and freely interacting with each other even before you convince them to join you, so you never have problems with a late entry to the group feeling underdeveloped or like their niche was already filled before they arrived (anybody who joins after about the halfway point always feels like an outsider to me). I love how every character has unique aptitudes that make a specific class (or three) and specific weapon type *best* for them, but without locking you into *just* that option or ever making me question why an archer can't also carry a sword until after they promote or vice versa. I love how detailed the development of the world is, where so many otherwise great games in the series seem to have a generic fantasy cardboard cutout behind their story. And thematically, I love how in all four routes there's a bunch of things you can do to make things better and mitigate the damage, but the story is always going to end in some degree of tragedy... which integrates perfectly with the game mechanic where the protagonist can turn back the clock to try to avert disaster, and with the NG+ mechanics, to let me RP as a teacher trapped in a time loop desperately going back to the beginning over and over trying to find a way to save all their students and going slowly more insane with every loop. [I haven't touched Engage yet, but what I've seen doesn't really appeal to me. It feels like they took all the wrong lessons from Heroes, and decided to lean hard into the 'technicolor waifu collector' aspect at the expense of like, having an interesting story or characters? And the callbacks to favorite entries earlier in the series feel more like token nostalgia bait than an actual return to the characters or connection with their stories... Maybe I'm just being unfair but I think this takes a lower priority than getting an emulator for the first entries, and probably getting around to the Warriors spinoffs.]

[@MirrenTheDragonKnight]

The first "Warriors" game is a solid "meh" as far as story and character go, but it does have some good supports, being funny and/or heartwarming. My favourite funny one is between Oboro and Leo while I think the best heartwarming ones are between Tiki and Robin and Azura and Olivia. The gameplay is really fun though. I don't know enough about musou games to give a proper explanation, as "Three Hopes" was my first one. On subject of "Three Hopes", just as the original FEW and HW ("Hyrule Warriors") was a mash of various characters and settings film the whole franchise with a story to justify it (though I do think "Hyrule Warriors" has a good story), "Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes" is FEW "Age of Calamity", right down to being focused on one game in the franchise and being an alternate timeline. The gameplay is largely the same, but you have more experimentation with builds and great QoL changes such as not being punished for Auxiliary Battles (permadeath is still a thing there in there on Classic Mode, though), auto weapon repair after fights, and being able to level characters to same as your higher level one. It also runs alot better than "Age of Calamity".

[@theflashgordon193]

Probably because i play path of radiance first but i always prefer 3d combat animation.

[@Taurinensis]

I still remember when #FE was supposed to be a Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem crossover game and then it got canned for that weird thing I don't hate it but I'm very sad lol. Although Majin Tensei on the SNES is kind of like Fire Emblem a bit so I guess we still have a sort of "crossover" to go back to

[@Realmidboss]

Literally playing Engage as my first FE (at least more than trying one map on Awakening and Echoes), I'm surprised that I haven't dropped it already even at the base difficulty. Mostly beacuse I'm not a fan of the main feature of FE which are growth rates. Even when you can manipulate some of them the idea that I have to try RNG even with level ups to me it's......... not exactly great. The only other one I tried more than a few minutes is TMS mostly because I'm a Atlus fan and I do enjoy the Idol/Toku theme of the game.

[@BigKlingy]

Engage has a fixed growth mode, but you have to either beat the game to unlock it, or play Maddening. (Which is locked to Fixed by default and you have to beat it to unlock Random)

[@Realmidboss]

@@BigKlingy I'm still forced to either playin once on random or going for the hardest mode so it's not a good way to make me interested.

[@Rutawind]

The lizard thing in your thumbnails is cute lol

[@SamuraiSam]

Do you recommend the easier "Elite Mode"in Thracia? Why or why not?

[@Sidnv]

You can go for it. It probably won't change the experience much. Combat is not that important in Thracia, but the extra exp may help in some of the tougher mid game chapters like the prison escape. It won't matter in the late game at all, since every stat is capped at 20 and the scrolls you get give you huge growth boosts if you move them around. Thracia gameplay is defined more by utility and positioning via the fun and broken warp, steal and capture mechanics, so Elite won't make the game too easy if you're worried about that.

[@natthaphonhongcharoen]

My entry to the series is Three Houses and I love the story. Very excited for Engage release, and was very disappointed at how bad both story and characters were. Story wise which of these 2 is the exception and which of them is the norm?

[@Ocsttiac]

Here's a recommendation you skipped out on: Fire Emblem Cipher Though its support has sadly ended, it's a fantastic TCG with intuitive and deep tactical gameplay, between deckbuilding and actual play. It's also where most FE content creators nab glorious art of the characters because it features gorgeous illustrations of almost every character in the series.

[@FIFAmusicMAN]

Honestly you should play every FE game just to figure out how many different ways there can be a fire emblem.

[@Mikerochipz]

Sacred Stones is the perfect Fire Emblem imo. It does everything so well while. Like the tower brooooo the towerrrrrr bring it back

[@LightShadowOnyx]

I am going through engage, three house, echos, awakening, fates right now and play heroes

[@AdamTheGameBoy]

TMS is a real mixed bag, it has some of the most engaging gameplay and it is satisfying to get your whole party ganging up on demons and beating the hell out of them. The combat is just a major improvement on Persona/SMT and the music and aesthetic is peak. The black enemies are so obnoxious though; there had to be a better way than making them immune to all field attacks and having them be the same tedious enemies everytime, and they spawn constantly.

[@DrunkedOwly]

I'm still sad we didn't get a smt x fire emblem game

[@sewnmind1786]

I'm literally watching a video telling me to do something I already have. Even the Kaga Saga games... I don't know what I'm doing.

[@neoentertainment4957]

Why do Engage fans and Three Houses fans and Fates fans and Awakening fans and New Mystery fans and Shadow Dragon fans and Radiant Dawn fans and Path of Radiance fans and Sacred Stones fans and Blazing Sword fans and Binding Blade fans and Thracia fans and Genealogy of the Holy War fans have to play every single fire emblem game?

[@stormfallvalkyri8389]

New lizard video lets gooooo!!

[@madeleineevelinaguekguezia550]

Gaiden W H I P S!! Did you know that Triangle Attack can proc on enemy phase!?!?!? I lost my mind when it happened in my first playthrough

[@rayette715]

im pretty sure sharp fe is supposed to be a smt/persona x fire emblem type thing

[@EnderPryde]

I don't remember which one was my first Fire Emblem, but I think it was FE4? - admittedly it was way back in college in the mid 2000's on a fantranslated emulator, provided by my roommate. I admit to completely bouncing off the game and not really enjoying myself. I came back later with Awakening and definitely enjoyed myself much more. Partially because I came over from Pokemon, and long convoluted chains of passing skills down for unit optimization definitely scratched that itch. I played Fates as well, but didn't enjoy it nearly as much - it was definitely as complicated for optimization, which was nice, but there was a lot less "okay, my plan of engineering the perfect soldier was a success and I can now solo the entire game with just them", so my long chains of class and skill inheritance just didn't feel like it paid off.

[@Obileo346]

I legit love three hopes it's a far better combo of fe and the warriors franchise (two of my favorites) than the original fe warriors and could be a great point for people who aren't fe fans to jump into the series. I'd u like three hopes, you'll probably get into three houses very easily cause it's the same cast and story at its core. Then three houses can serve to familiarize u with the bare basic fe combat, which could catapult u into the rest of the franchise.

[@Dreq458]

I played Awakening, Fates, and currently playing 3H and Engage. I heard that Echoes is one of the best, but now that the 3DS eshop is gone....

[@ifsey]

FE8 has a desert motif??

[@chriswhinery925]

Genealogy is my favorite... of the ones I've played. The problem is there's a lot of FE games I haven't played due to all of them being Nintendo system exclusives and me not usually bothering to get Nintendo systems. Really wish they'd start releasing the older ones on Steam or something.

[@m00nrabbit_]

i've held a grudge against fates since i was like 15 bc it was the first game i was truly disappointed by but honestly i might give conquest another go after this vid hehe

[@ThespianGamr]

A little late but I feel there is a big missed opportunity not mentioning the FE OVA episodes as a big reason to play Shadow Dragon or Mystery of the Emblem.

[@seymourflux747]

Imma Firin' Mah Emblem

[@sdp728]

TMS MENTIONED LETS GOOO

[@Gabry_deleto_blue]

Almost done... Started with three houses, went quickly to conquest because my brother owned it, Then bought engage The i went to Awakening by modding my 2DS Then echeos Conquest again, birthright and revelation, Fe8 Then I downloaded a GBA emulator and played fe6 and after 6 months (now) Playing PoR This is in the span of like... 3 years

[@kevingame3198]

Unfortunately, I played fire emblem warriors three hopes before fire emblem engage because I was hoping that this game was going to be a follow up to Fire Emblem Warriors three hawks but instead, I had to look up the Internet on some theories and speculations ago make sense to fire emblem engage storyline it’s like saying you should play every Armored Core game before you play a Armored Core, six fires of Rubycon

[@Pleasejustforgetme]

I have minus 3 hopes and even including the spinoff games like TMS and Warriors on the 3ds and I gotta say, genealogy slapped

[@NintendoMasterNo1]

Don't even mention Heroes, it's incredibly predatory and should just be ignored competely.

[@Mintcar923]

This video reminds me how much of a FE addict I can be.. My huge regret is trading in my original DS line to focus more on PSP.. I really hope they rerelease the FE 1 remake.. That said you can’t ask for much more than the two bangers available on Switch

[@megarotom1590]

I'm curious what your thoughts on Tear Ring Saga since that's more fire emblem than Mirage Sessions is

[@snolls105]

I really want to play geneology, but I have no idea how to get a hold of it. where do I go to get a hold of it?

[@CaloysKeyboards]

I started out with Awakening and then played Fates, Three Houses, and am currently playing Engage. Three Houses is definitely my favorite and one of my favorite games of all time. Awakening is probably second. I'm having a lot of fun playing Engage. I'm doing my very first Maddening run in any Fire Emblem and it is literally maddening but I've managed to survive until Chapter 12 so far. I'm very easily frustrated and so I never play games on super high difficulties but despite the numerous times I've had to retry some maps, I'm finding the Maddening Engage experience to be quite rewarding. I'm very disappointed in Engage's story, writing, and overall vibe though. I think a lot of it is just me expecting more Three Houses so the lack of branching narratives and the sheer boredom of the Somniel compared with Garreg Mach are huge disappointments for me. The story and writing I find to be really poor. It feels like fan fiction written by a teenager, honestly, and I care about none of the characters outside of their combat ability. Anyway, great video! I'm looking forward to playing some more of the games from the past and this should be a very useful guide for me.

[@flygonkerel781]

Definitley play mystery genealogy and the tellius games!!!!!!

[@EthanKironus8067]

Speaking of a fan translation of New Mystery--where do I find one?!

[@lpfan4491]

Serenes Forest.

[@EthanKironus8067]

@@lpfan4491 Thanks. I think I actually did finally find a while ago, after I put this message, but am saving it for later (currently on Genealogy and also Mekkah's Shadow Dragon but Better mod; I'll have to run through New Mystery before I can play that one, whenever it gets put out).

[@christianacosta4013]

Good to see another youtuber to have FE8 as their favourite. Will always be the best fire emblem imo and one of the best I've ever played. Gets so much hate for how easy it is but there's so many ways you can up the difficulty. From difficulty patches, benching ross and no tower of valni allowed. It started alot of the staples of all the new fire emblem.

[@0715yt]

Lol I love the suggestion of benching Ross to handicap yourself

[@arianshahalin]

what part of alm' s route got cut?

[@BAIGAMING]

I'd really recommend Three Hopes as well, yeah it's a "musou" or "Warriors" kind of game which is an action game where you defeat mobs of enemies but it's genuinely a fun game that still sticks the style of Fire Emblem. One strength is that the plot is an extremely different series of events, it was fun seeing some good characters in Three Houses end up behaving more evil in Three Hopes, the pacing is better because I felt Three Houses was a bit bloated, and you get more character support events too so you see even more of your favorite characters. My favorite thing about Three Hopes was the protagonist, he wasn't a generic self-insert and actually has a personality as a mercenary, Shez wasn't as provocative as Ike but you can see he's a guy who just wants to get the job done and has a good reputation as a mercenary and you even get to fight and see Byleth as a supporting character instead of the protagonist.... If you've ever played SMT4, it's similar to how SMT4: Apocalypse turned the protagonist of the original 4 into a supporting character. Fire Emblem Warriors is also a fun spinoff of Fire Emblem, it's bland unfortunately but you get to see more of your favorite Fire Emblem characters. Edit: One last thing is I like how you covered the old FE's such as 1, Gaiden and Mystery even though they have remakes as well, there's so many differences between the different versions. Technically there's also the Satellaview Fire Emblem that was made between FE 3 and 4, it's lost media, it was a Nintendo satellite service where the game would stream to your TV at designated times. I believe most of these were made into DLC or episodes for Fire Emblem New Mystery, but they're not one to one. The original satellite Fire Emblem episodes played like an audio drama and was very interesting, they went into detail for the smaller characters such as the thief stealing from a palace as well as Harden's marriage falling apart.

[@En_n_glish]

Question: how do you feel about emulating? I really wanna play fates, but due to Revelation no longer being accessible I’m tempted to emulate it.

[@justapickedminfan]

Mod your 3ds. It's way easier than you might expect.

[@Dnetwork007]

My stance on emulation is it's ok if you actually own the game or if there isn't an "official" way to buy the game from the company anymore. I remember saying repeatedly how shortsighted it was for Nintendo to release Revelation digital only back in the day.

[@gaberobison680]

Is engage worth it? I’m not a fan of how ungrounded it is compared to 3H by just warping in other heroes isekai style

[@actuallizard]

I think the gameplay is very fun in Engage! Sort of depends what you want out of your fire emblem game. It doesn't sound like you'll like the tone of Engage, but you might still enjoy the gameplay!

[@Hiya8partyz]

Have played most of the games, only haven’t touched fe1 and new mystery. I promise I’ll finish fe11 and fe6 files that are at least two years old one day. That said I am close to finishing fe6. I just hate ch21. A lot. And fe11 is just…eh. Gaiden’s surprisingly fun tho, unfortunately you have to rlly speed it up in order to enjoy it, which bars you from its excellent soundtrack (why else would echoes OST be such a bop? Tbh ppl don’t give Yuka Tsujiyoko enough credit, she’s a great composer). Anyways if you’re loser enough to read a random ramble within the comment section of a very excellent video and channel, I leave you with this: Peepeepoopoo

[@tiffyfemboy]

Okay... *But I don't have money to buy an switch tho, neither an +4k pc to run an emulator...*

[@Dnetwork007]

you can play the first 8 games on your phone with an emulator 😂

[@Neogears1312]

I’ve actually found 6 to be the best entree point. Every person I know who’s played fe8/7 first got bored and or felt like a moron because there’s this bs unit who wins everything for you. But they played 6 and were more engaged and found it easier to learn because it expects you to learn stuff. And there’s always a tutorial if you’re not feeling confident.

[@rosheafan]

Same here. I played FE8 as my second FE and it almost killed my interest in the series. Such a boring game.

[@MagikarpPower]

fe8 pretty much killed it for me as well after 10 fe games. I decided to play on hard with no grinding and it became painfully difficult, not fun difficult like conquest or radiant dawn. 7 I also quit the first time around bc it was way too easy. I love 6 but the ambush spawns make it hard to recommend. I think POR or shadow dragon are the best entry points.

[@drakebogataj]

Play binding blade if you want to feel like a god by warp skipping entire maps with rutger and roy who have 20 movement thanks to buyable boots