History VideoGame / FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight

* CanonForeigner: New characters Frey, Norne, Athena, Horace, Etzel, Ymir and Nagi are added into the remake. Most of them are exclusive to original sidequests, while Frey is added to the prologue.

* MercyMode: The game gives you replacement units if your unit count is less than the minimum required for a chapter.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Humans, and Manaketes have a long cycle of mutual oppression with eachother.

* TheAnimeOfTheGame: A two-episode OVA based on the first game was released in 1996, and was licensed by Creator/ADVFilms in 1997. WordOfGod put out that it was supposed to last longer, but did not due to a lack of funds. Marth was voiced by Creator/HikaruMidorikawa, who went on to voice him in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''; his dub voice was Creator/SpikeSpencer, who as of yet hasn't reprised the role, even in Marth's ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' appearances. The OVA was also the second anime adaptation of a Nintendo title (the first one being based on ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''), a few years before the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' animated adaptation appeared in Japan.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The character you sacrifice in the prologue can't be brought back to life using the Aum staff (even though characters that die by other means in the prologue can). [[spoiler:Frey appears in the tutorial of ''New Mystery of the Emblem'' and reveals that he was the canon sacrifice. He was beaten up and left for dead, but was then rescued by some citizens and ultimately survived with some memory loss and a terrible scar. You could not revive Frey with the Aum staff because he never actually died to begin with.]]

-->'''Malledus:''' ''"Sire... You must live. Drink deeply now of these injustices; sip on these slights they serve. Remember them!"''
* SchizophrenicDifficulty: Normal Mode can be inconsistent with how it handles difficulty. The only chapter to use Bishops that use staves and tomes is Chapter 17, the only enemies in the Mercenary class are in Chapter 11, mounted enemies only appear in the early games as incredibly difficult enemies and disappear forever past Chapter 8 outside of one last appearance in Chapter 16, Dracoknights are interchangeable with Pegasus Knights a la Wyvern Riders in the GBA games instead of being treated as promoted enemies, there are no enemy Sages, Warriors, Berserkers, Dark Mages, Sorcerers (sans Gharnef, though even he was initially a Bishop), Myrmidons, or Swordmasters since they didn't exist in the first game, Bishops and Mages were interchangeable almost every time the former appears, and the only healer enemies in the Final Chapter are a pair of Curates.
* SomeoneHasToDie: The final prequel chapter requires that the player select a unit to act as a decoy for a pursuing army. Interestingly, the game actually accounts for a few variations: it won't let the player send Marth (he needs to be alive for ''Mystery of the Emblem''), and the locked door preventing escape will open if you kill Gordin as an enemy or if [[KillEmAll Marth is the only unit to survive that long]]. Subverted as of ''New Mystery''; Frey (who is the canon sacrifice) explains what really happened.

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: The one thug say to the tied-up Gordin that when he'll see him dressed as a Gra soldier, he'll say “Yow! It’s an enemy ambush!” Sure enough, Marth saids the same line.

** Characters' Weapon Ranks are based on a stat that randomly increases on level-up like the other stats, instead of gradually increasing based on weapon use.

** Marth had a shield that does not show up with him after the Super Nintendo remake.

* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: It is wise for your decoy unit in the prequel chapter to trade away all his items to the other units so that those items can be carried over to the main campaign.

** The Mercenary and Myrmidon class lines were originally a single class line, using the names of the Mercenary-family classes but functioning like a blend of the two. Additionally, Knights were able to wield both Swords and Lances, as opposed to being restricted to one weapon type.

* InconsistentDub: The American and European releases had several disagreements with names. For example, Caeda in the US was Shiida in Europe, Aurelis was Orleans, Macedon was Medon, and Dolhr was Doluna.

** There are no class- or character-specific stat {{cap}}s, so all characters can max out at 52 HP and 20 for every other stat.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several items like the Elysian Whip can only be found in the Online Shop, which is no longer accessible due to the DS Wi-fi servers being shut down.

* PantsFree: Given the time period this game is made, some male characters come with no pants, most notably Marth.

** Marth had a shield that does not show up in the remake or later appearances.

''Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light'' was followed by ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', which takes place on the continent of Valentia in the same continuity. The remake ''Shadow Dragon'' was followed by ''New Mystery of the Emblem, Heroes of Light and Shadow'', a remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem''.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Some enemy units may use forged versions of otherwise unforgable weapons or their own unobtainable weapons such as Swarm, Meteor, and Glower tomes.

%%* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: But Manaketes aren't really any better.

%%*DeadGuyOnDisplay: When Marth's army moves in on the Archanea Palace in Shadow Dragon, Nyna recalls that this done to her entire family in the early days of the war.

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