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Video game · 1990

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Released 20 April 1990 on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Nintendo Switch

Developer
Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Research & Development 1
Publisher
Nintendo
Made in
Kyoto, Japan
Genre
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Themes
Fantasy, Warfare
Series
Fire Emblem
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About Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Fire Emblem: The Dark Dragon and Sword of Light is the first game in the Fire Emblem series, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was first released on the Famicom (known internationally as the Nintendo Entertainment System) on April 20, 1990. It takes place on the continent of Archanea. It stars Marth, a character who later appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee. The first time the game was released outside of Japan was in the form of a limited edition port for Nintendo Switch, under the same name, that runs a localization script in the background, but the original version of the game was never released outside of Japan.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)20 April 1990
Wii20 October 2009
Nintendo 3DS1 August 2012
Wii U4 June 2014
Nintendo Switch13 March 2019

Screenshots

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Videos

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light: Trailer

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.