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• The Fire Emblem Echoes season pass costs more than the game itself

  Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the 3DS-bound remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden, will be getting a lot of paid DLC.

• The latest Fire Emblem Fates trailer introduces the characters you'll be marrying off

  This new trailer for Fire Emblem Fates introduces several of the key players, and explains the relationship, marriage, and class systems. The second episode in Nintendo’s ‘Life on the Front Lines’ series details how this game expands upon Fire Emblem: Awakening’s best feature – the partner system, which allows relationships to blossom on and off […]

• Rumor has it a new Paper Mario is in development for Wii U

  There’s a rumor making the rounds that Fire Emblem studio Intelligent Systems is working on a Wii U entry for its popular Paper Mario series.

• Fire Emblem Fates will allow same-sex marriage

  Same-sex matrimonies are going to be supported in Fire Emblem Fates.

• Fire Emblem Fates sees the return of marriage and kids

  The marriage system of Fire Emblem Awakening is back in the newest game of the series, along with having children.

• Fire Emblem Awakening has sold close to 1.8 million copies worldwide

  Fire Emblem Awakening has sold close to 1.8 million copies worldwide as of December 2014, developer Intelligent Systems has announced.

• Fire Emblem If gets super easy 'Phoenix Mode' and scraps weapon usage limit

  More details on Fire Emblem If have popped up that may rope in new players to the series by making the game less daunting.

• Fire Emblem If will come in White Kingdom and Black Kingdom versions with amiibo support

  We’ve finally got some juicy details on the next Fire Emblem game, but the most interesting aspect is that there will be two versions of the game.

• Abraham Lincoln orders you to battle aliens in new Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. trailer

  Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. is either pure genius, utter madness or some delightful mix of the two.

• New Fire Emblem may release in the west this year

  Fire Emblem If may make it west before the end of 2015.

• There's a lot more to Fire Emblem than 2011's Awakening

  Fire Emblem was long known as “that Japanese strategy RPG the guys from Smash Bros. come from”. Now that Fire Emblem: Awakening has put the franchise on everyone’s radar, catch up on the franchise’s history with the latest episode of Did You Know Gaming.

• Fire Emblem studio's next release is 3DS music title Brand Bros. P

  Fire Emblem: Awakening developer Intelligent Systems has announced its next release will be a new title in the Daigasso Band Bros. series, or as it’s called in the West, Jam with the Band. The new 3DS game is called Band Bros. P and the teaser site is open now.

• Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem to have a modern setting at least partially

  Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem will take place in modern times, according to producer Hitoshi Yamagami.

• Fire Emblem: Awakening was almost last game in the series, dev reveals

  Fire Emblem: Awakening co-producer Hitoshi Yamagami has explained that the 3DS smash hit was – at one point – billed to be the last in the series, until it came out and sold very well.

• Advance Wars could make a comeback, developer suggests

  Advance Wars developer Intelligent Systems – the same team who recently worked their beautiful magic on Fire Emblem: Awakening – has suggested that its turn-based war series may be on the rebound.

• Fire Emblem: Awakening team was divided over Casual mode inclusion

  “That’s not Fire Emblem,” one Intelligent Systems staff member said when confronted with the idea of introducing a Casual mode to turn-based RPG series Fire Emblem, which traditionally punishes carelessness with permadeath.

• Fire Emblem series could have gone present day, sci-fi

  Fire Emblem: Awakening is described by its developers as a “culmination” of everything the series has produced in the past, but it was very njearly something totally different.

• Fire Emblem: Awakening US release delayed, retailers suggest

  Fire Emblem: Awakening hits the 3DS’s eShop in the US on February 4, but reports suggest the physical release may lag a few days behind.

• Fire Emblem: Awakening will launch on the US 3DS eShop

  Fire Emblem: Awakening is getting a retail and digital simship, according to a new listing on the 3DS eShop. Visit the listing on your handheld to see some new, 3D screenshots. The Intelligent Systems RPG arrives in the US on February 4, but you’ll have to wait till April to get it in Europe. Check […]