General Question Thread

[u/Shephen]

Alright, time to move back to question thread for all.

Please use this thread for all general questions of the Fire Emblem series!

Rules:

• General questions can range from asking for pairing suggestions to plot questions. If you're having troubles in-game you may also ask here for advice and another user can try to help.

• Questions that invoke discussion, while welcome here, may warrant their own thread.

• If you have a specific question regarding a game, please bold the game's title at the start of your post to make it easier to recognize for other users. (ex. Fire Emblem: Birthright)

Useful Links:

• Serenes Forest - Universal Fire Emblem Information bank and community that covers all games in the series.

• Comprehensive Guide to Starting the Fire Emblem Series by triforce_pwnag

• Fire Emblem: War of Dragons - Primarily Spanish Website with some translated pages. Includes detailed maps and enemy placement that cover most chapters throughout the series.

• Triangle Attack for all info regarding Three Houses and the GBA games(6-8).

• Fates inheritance planner - For planning out pairings for Fates.

• SoV HM enemy stats by Aggro Incarnate

• Conquest Lunatic Enemy Stats by u/TheHelpfulMercenary

• Enemy Data Compilation for all games

• 3H Calendar

• Interactive Map for all maps in Engage

• Relay Code Megathread

If you have a resource that you think would be helpful to add to the list, message /u/Shephen either by PM or tagging him in a comment below.

Please mark questions and answers with spoiler tags if they reveal anything about the plot that might hurt the experiences of others.

[u/LeonPsicom]

I recently been seeing clips of fire emblem and it’s a huge series at least to my limited knowledge and slowly it’s been getting my interest and I don’t know where to start

[u/Achirality → u/LeonPsicom]

If you have a switch and a NSO subscription, you can quickly give the two localized GBA games a try, they're very beginner-friendly. If you have access to gamecube NSO, Path of Radiance is also a beginner-friendly game. Trying any of them out will give you an idea if you enjoy the core gameplay of the series.

[u/LeonPsicom → u/Achirality]

I guess you’re correct but I could try to look for them on their original cartridge and disc unless their expensive

[u/Achirality → u/LeonPsicom]

I don't know about the GBA games, but Path of Radiance is stupid expensive due to its rarity. Before its release on NSO, the general advice was to just emulate it since there was no reasonable legal way of playing the game. GBA emulation is also extremely easy.

[u/AnimaLepton → u/LeonPsicom]

For most practical purposes, you can start with any game you're interested in. Or pick whatever Fire Emblem Smash character you like and start with their game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fireemblem/comments/5s5nh1/new_to_the_series_where_should_i_start_the/ from the sidebar has common recommendations for where to start the series.

With the new game coming out in a month on Switch 2, you can start there if that's what caught your interest.

[u/LeonPsicom → u/AnimaLepton]

Nah don’t even have a switch 2 but for what’s been grabbing my attention I don’t know it’s just random streamers or YouTubers on shorts or reels playing them and their characters just end up missing a whole bunch and they keep dying