Tag: Fire Emblem: Awakening

Genre/Divergence – Turn-based tactics

Genre/Divergence is a new series of features that dive into niche genres of gaming, exploring their history, impact on the industry and current standing. At their core is the topic of theme and variation. What defines the genre in its simplest terms, and how games have built upon and modified the central idea. Without further…

May 11, 2014
Marth Joins the Super Smash Bros. U Roster

After first appearing in Super Smash Brothers Melee on the GameCube and again in the Wii sequel Brawl, Nintendo have revealed that iconic Fire Emblem lord Marth will be playable in Super Smash Bros. U. Marth was most recently referenced in this year’s Fire Emblem: Awakening, which is set in the same continent as the…

November 7, 2013
Cute Chronicles – Impossible Feat

Susan is giving up on Fire Emblem: Awakening… and it’s not because of the feet.

August 13, 2013
The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 18 – “Ginxed!”

It’s the return of Laura. The Welsh one is back and is joined, alongside Tony, by ‘Young’ Scott and Lucy James, host of “The Blurb” on Ginx TV.

May 9, 2013
The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 15 – The Voice of the Resistance

Laura’s in charge, and is joined by Big Boss Dan, along with Sean, and Andi from Midnight Resistance. They talk lots about Monster Hunter!

March 28, 2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening

You wouldn’t think it with how long it took to get localised here, but the Fire Emblem series is the grand-daddy of the tactical JRPG genre. It pre-dates every QUEST game out there, and even SEGA’s Shining Force franchise wasn’t around when Marth was first charging the fields of Archanea on the Famicom. Even so,…

March 24, 2013