![]() ![]() Now, all that being said, is the game fun? Well…kinda? The game moves very slow and nothing in the game necessarily feels strong so it’s not uncommon for each enemy to be taken out by four hits. I’m not too far in yet but I’m sure nothing bad happens between Cain here and his fellow knight Abel.” Then I kept thinking about how alighted means to either leave a form of transport or for a bird to descend and I got distracted picturing the princess leaving a subway with feathery wings and, listen, ADHD is real. There was a little bit of dialogue in the beginning but all I got was that the princess had descended from her castle. When Shining Force CD came out, angstier me would be in the darkness of the basement playing through the massive title while letting a Stabbing Westward or Garbage CD loop.Ĭompared to other NES games, Fire Emblem: SDatSOL (which is even big as an acronym) gets a LOT done. When Shining Force came out I’d be in my mom’s room playing it until she’d beg me to turn the volume down as it was the same music over and over and over all day. I was OBSESSED with Shining Force for the Sega Genesis. And the overall shock when in your very first battle you discover that enemy pirates can walk on water (I know, they’re probably swimming but listen).īut from an NES perspective young me would have really dug this. The limited color pallet would be mentioned. If I reviewed it from a modern perspective I’d talk about how the game was really confusing at first because the game literally just drops you into a battle with no tutorial and the control scheme is really confusing because it fits everything you can do in two buttons. I played about 10 minutes of each just to get in the NES headspace because admittedly it’s really easy to get spoiled. ![]() The issue is this, how do I review a 30-year-old game? To do this, I need to get myself into the headspace so give me a minute while I play games that younger me would have played on the NES to get myself into the headspace.Ĭue screen wipe to hint that time has progressed.Īlright, so I played a bit of three games I was obsessed with on the NES when I was young. The only way to play it was either via an emulation program with a poor fan translation or to play the original and not entirely know what was going on if you can’t read Japanese.īut now, Fire Emblem fans can finally play the first entry at just about six bucks. audience because while Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was the first Fire Emblem game, originally for the NES, it never had a U.S. Recently Nintendo dropped a new Fire Emblem game on the Nintendo Switch. Title: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light By Eric Halliday 2 years ago With Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light on the Nintendo Switch, fans finally get a chance to finally see Marth and Roy’s origins. ![]()
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