History VideoGame / FireEmblemAkaneia

** '''''Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem ~Heroes of Light and Darkness~''''' (NintendoDS, 2010), generally counted as the twelfth title, is a remake of Book 2 of ''Mystery of the Emblem''. Unlike ''Shadow Dragon'', it is far less of a direct redo; it reincorporates characters left out of the original ''Mystery'', introduces those from the Satellaview chapters and ''Shadow Dragon'', alters the story slightly and implements a completely new subplot, as well as the inclusion of a player created character. It includes remakes of the four ''Akaneia War Chronicles'' chapters as bonus content, as well as completely new bonus chapters as downloadable content. For reasons unknown, [[NoExportForYou it didn't receive an English release]], so a fan translation is in the works.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:the Hardin/Nyna/Camus triangle in Book 2, Palla's feelings for Abel, Catria for Marth, and all the guys crushing on Caeda.]]

** ''Gaiden's'' is a little better, but it does contain a surprising amount of ObligatorySwearing, which feels... rather jarring in comparison to the rest of the series.

-->''Khadein is a free city. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment It is not under the rule of any country, and is an independent country.]]"''

** EasyModeMockery: Shadow Dragon gave you replacement units with rather insulting names like "Lucer", "Auffle", "Laim", "Rejek", "Owend", "Wymp", and "Wieklin"...

* JokeItem: [=FE3=] loves this -- they give you silver axes in a game where ''absolutely no one'' is able to use them. [[hottip:*:[[VendorTrash You were meant to sell them for funds]]; they are replaced by bags of money in the remake, as it actually has axe users.]] The remake gives you a bouquet of odds and ends, not the least of which is '''''[[spoiler:a bloody frying pan!]]'''''

** As an additional piece of trivia, it was the second anime adaptation of a Nintendo title (the first one being SuperMarioBros),a few years before the {{Pokemon}} animated adaptation appeared in Japan.

** As an additional piece of trivia, it was the second anime adaptation of a Nintendo title (the first one being SuperMarioBros), a years before the {{Pokemon}} animated adaptation appeared in Japan.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Marth]] [[RunningGag is only in four of these games.]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Marth]] [[RunningGag is]] [[BlatantLies not in any of these games]][[hottip:*:[[NoExceptYes This is actually true for one of them]].]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Marth]] [[RunningGag is]] [[BlatantLies not in any of these games]][[hottip:*:[[NoExceptYes This is actually true for one of them]].]]]]

Also present in the Akaneia canon are countless manga retellings, as well as a two-episode anime {{OVA}} adaptation of ''Mystery of the Emblem''. It actually ''was'' dubbed and released in the US by ADVFilms, long before ''SuperSmashBros'' happened, but remains quite obscure. Additionally, the next two ''Fire Emblem'' games, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' and ''Thracia 776'', are set in the same universe as the Akaneia games but in the distant past and on a completely different continent, [[FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral]]; the stories are pretty much only connected through Naga, the Divine Dragon God who has a large role in the histories of both continents. It's been all but explicitly stated that ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is set in the distant future of the Akaneia universe, with promotional materials not even trying to be subtle about it.

* LostForever: The Falchion in [=FE1=] and 3. [[EleventhHourSuperpower You know, the sword that is pretty much the only way to win the game]]? ''Shadow Dragon'' fixes that by giving you a weaker version if you fail to get the actual Falchion.

* NoExportForYou: Obviously, the original games had this status, and the fact that the 12th game is a remake of the third suggests that ''Gaiden'' will probably retain this status forever. ''New Mystery of the Emblem'' sadly looks to have also gone this way - it's been almost two years since its Japanese release, it was absent from Nintendo's 2011 E3 press kit (which announces many other US release dates), and there's been no word about it from any other international Nintendo source. It's particular odd since, given the recent rerelease of ''FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' as one of the Nintendo3DS Ambassador games, it's not like Nintendo of America/Europe has taken to [[EarthBound completely ignoring the franchise again]].

Also present in the Akaneia canon are countless manga retellings, as well as a two-episode anime {{OVA}} adaptation of ''Mystery of the Emblem''. It actually ''was'' dubbed and released in the US by ADVFilms, long before ''SuperSmashBros'' happened, but remains quite obscure. Additionally, the next two ''Fire Emblem'' games, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' and ''Thracia 776'', are set in the same universe as the Akaneia games but in the distant past and on a completely different continent, [[FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral]]; the stories are pretty much only connected through Naga, the Divine Dragon God who has a large role in the histories of both continents.

* HeroicLineage: A strange case. Marth and the other Altean royal family members claim linage from Anri, the hero that defeated Medeus. Then Mystery of the Emblem reveals that they aren't actually descended from Anri, but his younger brother Marcelus. Yet Marth is called Anri's decedent anyway.

* FridgeLogic: In Shadow Dragon's ending, it's stated that Jake and Anna dreamed about visiting far-away continents. Although we don't see Jake per-se, Anna ends up traveling to different continuities in the series as the in-game tutorial person.

** '''''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon''''' (NintendoDS, 2008/2009) is a remake of the first game, and is generally counted as the eleventh in the franchise. It is the first game in the series to have a vaguely decent multiplayer mode, complete with online play, and has a new feature that lets the player switch the classes of their units at will; otherwise, it's pretty much a straight remake with only a few additions and modifications. With the release of ''Shadow Dragon'', [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Marth is now the record holder for "longest delayed solo debut after a debut in another series"]].

* ''BS Fire Emblem: Akaneia War Chronicles'' (SuperFamicom / {{Satellaview}}, 1997) is a series of four Satellaview broadcast games based on the ''Mystery of the Emblem'' engine, telling a number of sidestories set before the beginning of the first game and between the first and third. The nature of these games' distribution system makes them difficult to emulate at all, never mind with accuracy, so they generally go overlooked. These games are generally not counted in the numbering scheme of the ''FireEmblem'' series, though GuinnessWorldRecords does count them.

The original ''FireEmblem'' timeline, and by far the one most proliferated in the franchise, sporting a respectable three main games, two remakes, four {{Satellaview}} maps, an {{OVA}} and countless manga adaptations. [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Yes, these are the ones with Marth]], but he didn't show up in the west properly until ''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' hit in 2009.

* ''Fire Emblem: The Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' ({{Famicom}}, 1990) is the franchise's debut, starring Prince Marth of Altea (who would appear in ''SuperSmashBros Melee'' and ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros before the remake of the first game was released internationally]]). It tells of his efforts to win back his homeland and the entirety of Akaneia from the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Dolhr]] empire, and of his search for his family's AncestralWeapon Falchion, which is needed if the dragon emperor Medeus is to fall. A FanTranslation was completed in 2011.
** ''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' (NintendoDS, 2008/2009) is a remake of the first game, and is generally counted as the eleventh in the franchise. It is the first game in the series to have a vaguely decent multiplayer mode, complete with online play, and has a new feature that lets the player switch the classes of their units at will; otherwise, it's pretty much a straight remake with only a few additions and modifications. With the release of ''Shadow Dragon'', [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Marth is now the record holder for "longest delayed solo debut after a debut in another series"]].
* ''Fire Emblem Gaiden'' ({{Famicom}}, 1992) is the second game, taking place in the same world as the first game but on the fairly distant continent of Barensia, and its plot has minimal relation to that of the first game. It's the odd duck of the series, playing quite differently and featuring a lot of unique gameplay elements that haven't been seen since (or only in its [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successors]] ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' and ''TearRingSaga''). A FanTranslation was completed in November 2009.
* ''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem'' (SuperFamicom, 1993) is the third title in the series, comprising both a compressed remake of the first game and a new sequel, giving players the option to skip to the sequel if they're already familiar with the original game. A fan translation was completed in March 2008.
** ''Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem ~Heroes of Light and Darkness~'' (NintendoDS, 2010), generally counted as the twelfth title, is a remake of Book 2 of ''Mystery of the Emblem''. Unlike ''Shadow Dragon'', it is far less of a direct redo; it reincorporates characters left out of the original ''Mystery'', introduces those from the Satellaview chapters and ''Shadow Dragon'', alters the story slightly and implements a completely new subplot, as well as the inclusion of a player created character. It includes remakes of the four ''Akaneia War Chronicles'' chapters as bonus content, as well as completely new bonus chapters as downloadable content. For reasons unknown, [[NoExportForYou it didn't receive an English release]], so a fan translation is in the works.