While the game’s themselves were generally well received, it began to seem as if the franchise would never make the same big jump into the pop culture consciousness as other fantasy RPGs like Final Fantasy or even Monster Hunter.
Melee) made their way to American shores.Īs could likely be expected with a niche genre like turn-based strategy, Fire Emblem’s relationship with American audiences was good but seldom great. It was the early 2000s before the series proper (in the form of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade) and its iconic characters (Roy and Marth cameoed two years earlier in the GameCube standout Super Smash Bros. Its migration to the States, however, took some time. With a history that stretches all the way back to 1990-and the release of Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light on the Nintendo Famicom- Fire Emblem is a property with a seriously lengthy legacy.
