History Trivia / FireEmblemAwakening

** Despite this game being significant for the franchise, notably saving it from being shelved for good, it has yet to be ported to another console. As a result, it has become rarer as the years went on, with used copies of the game raking up to at least $55 on sites like Amazon. Those without access to a 3DS or emulation, or were too young to play it when it was released at the time are in miserable luck when it comes to getting the game into their hands. Hurting it even further is that the 3DS eShop was closed by March 27th, 2023, meaning that digital copies can no longer be bought there.

** Despite this game being significant for the franchise, notably saving it from being shelved for good, it has yet to be ported to another console. As a result, it has become rarer as the years went on, with used copies of the game raking up to at least $55 on sites like Amazon. Those without access to a 3DS or emulation, or were too young to play it when it was released at the time are in miserable luck when it comes to getting the game into their hands. Hurting it even further is that the 3DS eShop had long since shuttered as of March 27th, 2023, meaning that digital copies can no longer be bought there.

** The impending closure of online play on the Nintendo 3DS means that it will no longer be legally possible to play the spotpass paralogues, recruit the einherjars, and obtain free regalia in a new save file created after April 2024.

** The impending closure of online play on the Nintendo 3DS means that it will no longer be possible to play the spotpass paralogues, recruit the einherjars, and obtain free regalia in a new save file created after April 2024.

* {{Blooper}}: Depending on how you play, Robin and Lissa's first support conversation can occur before the Risen appear in the story. If that happens, Robin will still mention them. The European version corrects this by changing the Risen into bandits.

* DummiedOut: Bartre and Ninian from ''The Blazing Blade'' have unused placeholder portraits in the game.

* FranchiseKiller: While developed to serve as the final game in the series if it bombs, the success of ''Awakening'' actually [[AvertedTrope prevented this trope from happening]] to the franchise as a whole, which was already on the verge of decline until that point.

** In terms of L.A-based roles, Creator/ToddHaberkorn went on to typically play {{Smug Snake}}s or {{Villains}} (like [[Literature/SwordArtOnline Sugou/Oberon]] and [[Manga/SailorMoon Jadeite]]). Male Morgan is neither of these, and is a bit of a dork, and is also NiceGuy.

** In terms of L.A-based roles, Creator/ToddHaberkorn went on to typically play {{Smug Snake}}s or {{Villains}} (like [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sugou/Oberon]] and [[Manga/SailorMoon Jadeite]]). Male Morgan is neither of these, and is a bit of a dork, and is also NiceGuy.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Thanks to the [=SpotPass=] optional battles and paid DLC, '''50''' characters from past games are appearing in English for the first time ever in this game.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: In the Japanese version, [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro the same lady]] does ''all'' the female Avatar voice options (which range from mature LadyOfWar to TokenMiniMoe) as well as [[CrossdressingVoices one of the male ones.]]

* DummiedOut: Bartre and Ninian from ''The Blazing Blade' have unused placeholder portraits in the game.

** Averted in his appearance in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' where he's voiced by Ray Chase (who is American).

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Thanks to the [=SpotPass=] optional battles and paid DLC, '''50''' characters from past games are appearing in English for the first time ever in this game. Marth himself averts this, having previously appeared in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon Shadow Dragon]]''.

** Creator/JamiesonPrice has a recognizable [[BadassBaritone deep and smooth voice]] that's pretty constantly used throughout all of his roles, meaning he usually doesn't get much of an opportunity to show off his vocal range. Those who played this game after some of the newer Fire Emblem entries recognize him as the original TinTyrant Red Emperor [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Rudolf]], or the murderous warlord [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Nemesis]]. So his role as Virion, who uses a lighter voice with a French accent, still comes as a shocker to many people; nobody thought he was capable of pulling something like that off. In fact, many people thought that Virion was voiced by Creator/DanWoren for years before news came out that it was Price. To steal a quote from the comment section of Virion's Behind The Voice Actors page:

** Despite this game being significant for the franchise, notably saving it from being shelved for good, it was never ported to another console. As a result, it has become rarer as the years went on, with used copies of the game raking up to at least $55 on sites like Amazon. Those without access to a 3DS or emulation, or were too young to play it when it was released at the time are in miserable luck when it comes to getting the game onto their hands. Hurting it even further is that the 3DS eShop had long since shuttered as of March 27th, 2023, meaning that digital copies can no longer be bought there.
** All of the DLC xenologues (including the DLC einherjar units) are no longer obtainable, and the only way to access any of them without pirating/hacking the game is through used copies that already had them installed long before the 3DS eShop's closure.

** Despite this game being significant for the franchise, notably saving it from being shelved for good, it was never ported to another console. As a result, it has become rarer as the years went on, with used copies of the game raking up to at least $55 on sites like Amazon. Those without access to a 3DS or emulation, or were too young to play it when it was released at the time are in miserable luck when it comes to getting the game onto their hands. Hurting it even further is that the 3DS eShop had long since shuttered as of March 31st, 2023, meaning that digital copies can no longer be bought there.

** Despite this game being significant for the franchise, notably saving it from being shelved for good, it was never ported to another console. As a result, it has become rarer as the years went on, with used copies of the game raking up to at least $55 on sites like Amazon. Those without access to a 3DS or emulation, or were too young to play it when it was released at the time are in miserable luck when it comes to getting the game onto their hands. Hurting it even further is that the 3DS eShop is due to shut down in March 2023, meaning that digital copies will no longer be bought there.
** All of the DLC xenologues (including the DLC einherjar units) will no longer become obtainable starting March 2023, and soon the only way to access any of them without pirating/hacking the game is through used copies that already had them installed before that time comes.

* SwanSong: The series was about to be cancelled due to low sales, so Intelligent Designs made this as one last hurrah. As with the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', it instead went on to sell like gangbusters, becoming the KillerApp for the 3DS and inducing a NewbieBoom to the franchise as a whole, securing its fate for the foreseeable future.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The English dub provides many examples.
** [[Manga/DGrayMan Yu Kanda and Allen Walker]] can potentially be father and son as [[Creator/TravisWillingham Lon'qu]] and [[Creator/ToddHaberkorn Male Morgan]].
** If you recruit [[spoiler:Walhart and Priam]], then [[spoiler:Creator/RichardEpcar and Creator/JamiesonPrice]] once again voice [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors super strong warriors]] [[OneManArmy capable of wiping out hundreds of soldiers]] in the same army. Though their characters never interact, [[spoiler:except for their Hot Spring Scramble conversations,]] their roles kind of intersect, too, since [[spoiler:Walhart and Dong Zhuo are both [[EvilOverlord evil overlords]], and Priam and Lu Bu are [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] killing machines]].
** In [[Manga/{{Gintama}} another world in Japan]], Lucina and Chrom's happy relationship turns completely upside down, because [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Chrom]] is justifiably annoyed and abusive at [[Creator/YuuKobayashi Lucina]] for being such a creepy sadomasochistic StalkerWithACrush. All of them PlayedForLaughs.

* TalkingToHimself: Insofar as VoiceGrunting allows, given doubling up among both casts.
** Especially notable though with the mother-daughter pairs Sumia/Cynthia and Cordelia/Severa in the respective dubs (Ayano Yamamoto and Creator/JulieAnnTaylor respectively).
** Some of the fathers and sons can end up talking to themselves if you pair the mothers up appropriately: Lon'qu and Brady, Kellam and Gerome, Gregor and Laurent, or Yarne and Robin (if the right voice option is picked on Robin).
** Also, Donnel and Stahl are both voiced by Creator/SamRiegel.

** This game also marks [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Lilina's]] non-cameo debut in the PAL region. This is due to the fact that the PAL version of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' omitted the extended epilogue that was retained in all other versions of that game.

** Despite this game being significant for the franchise, notably saving it from being shelved for good, it was never ported to another console. As a result, it has become rarer as the years went on, with used copies of the game raking up to at least $55 on sites like Amazon. Those without access to a 3DS or emulation, or were too young to play it when it was released at the time are in miserable luck when it comes to getting the game onto their hands.
** As the 3DS eShop is due to shut down in March 2023, all of the DLC xenologues (including the DLC einherjar units) will no longer become obtainable, and soon the only way to access any of them without pirating/hacking the game is through used copies that already had them installed before that time comes.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As the 3DS eShop is due to shut down in March 2023, all of the DLC xenologues (including the DLC einherjar units) will no longer become obtainable, and soon the only way to access any of them without pirating/hacking the game is through used copies that already had them installed before that time comes.

** Averted in his appearance in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Fire Emblem Heroes]] where he's voiced by Ray Chase (who is American).

** With regards to localizations, just about ''everyone'' called "[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Thor Hammer]]" [[TranslationCorrection becoming]] "[[Myth/NorseMythology Mjölnir]]".

** The weapon "Thor Hammer", which had shown up in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral previous games]] [[NoExportForYou but never in English]], was properly renamed Mjölnir in the English localization. Likewise the ultimate wind spell, which was generally romanized as Holsety before, was changed to Forseti, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forseti which gets the mythological reference right.]]

* SwanSong: The series was about to be cancelled due to low sales, so Intelligent Designs made this as one last hurrah. As with Final Fantasy, it ended up revitalizing the series as a whole.

* FanNickname: [[FanNickname/FireEmblemAwakening So many it got its own page.]]