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
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 |
|---|---|
| Wii | 20 October 2009 |
| Nintendo 3DS | 1 August 2012 |
| Wii U | 4 June 2014 |
| Nintendo Switch | 13 March 2019 |
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Fire Emblem series
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light is game 1 of 24. All 24 in order ›
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light 1990
- Fire Emblem Gaiden 1992
- Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem 1994
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