{"id":119680,"date":"2020-10-22T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/the_original_fire_emblem_is_coming_to_the_west_for_the_first_time_ever_on_switch"},"modified":"2020-10-22T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:10:00","slug":"the-original-fire-emblem-is-coming-to-the-west-for-the-first-time-ever-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/22\/the-original-fire-emblem-is-coming-to-the-west-for-the-first-time-ever-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Original Fire Emblem Is Coming To The West For The First Time Ever On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/553713d6a4eb6\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/553713d6a4eb6\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fire_emblem_shadow_dragon_and_the_blade_of_light\">Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon &amp; the Blade of Light<\/a><\/strong>, the very first game in the Fire Emblem series, will launch in the west for the first time as a rerelease on Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>The 8-bit game, previously exclusive to the Famicom in Japan, will launch in the US and Europe on the Nintendo Switch eShop on 4th December. Unfortunately, and following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/poll_how_do_you_feel_about_limited-time_games_from_nintendo\">a worrying trend from Nintendo just lately<\/a>, it&#8217;ll only be available to purchase for a limited time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;While players across Europe\/North America were first introduced to Marth as a fighter in the <em>Super Smash Bros.<\/em> series, the story of this bold and courageous prince actually begins in Japan\u2019s first entry in the <em>Fire Emblem<\/em> franchise, <em>Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon &amp; the Blade of Light<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The game\u2019s new release for Nintendo Switch features its first English language localization, bringing to life the tactical RPG classic for a new generation of players. This release will also include features like rewind, fast-forward and save states, which allow burgeoning tacticians to approach the challenge at their own pace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Screenshot (1) 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f33a8884baca\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-screenshot-1-2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f33a8884baca\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-screenshot-1-2.original.jpg\" alt=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Screenshot (1) 2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Screenshot (2) 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ca9e030edf1eb\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-screenshot-2-2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ca9e030edf1eb\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-screenshot-2-2.original.jpg\" alt=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Screenshot (2) 2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Screenshot (3) 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/83d2933e347f2\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-screenshot-3-2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/83d2933e347f2\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-screenshot-3-2.original.jpg\" alt=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Screenshot (3) 2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game will be priced at $5.99 and will only be available until 31st March 2021. A special Fire Emblem 30<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Edition release will also be available at selected retailers at a suggested price of $49.99, and includes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nostalgic, stylized physical NES box<br \/>&#8211; Replica NES Game Pak art piece with a protective sleeve<br \/>&#8211; Colourful, 222-page <em>Legacy of Archanea<\/em> deluxe hardbound art book<br \/>&#8211; Game download code<br \/>&#8211; NES instruction manual, newly localized from the original Famicom release<br \/>&#8211; Fold-out world map<br \/>&#8211; Mini <em>Nintendo Power<\/em> retro collectible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Artwork\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/091815c2ec917\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-artwork.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 506'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/091815c2ec917\/switch-fireemblemshadowdragonbladeoflight-artwork.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switch FireEmblemShadowDragonBladeofLight Artwork\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>What a lovely surprise!? <em>A<\/em><em>part from the limited availability, of course&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon &amp; the Blade of Light, the very first game in the Fire Emblem series, will launch in the west for the first time as a rerelease on Nintendo Switch. The 8-bit game, previously exclusive to the Famicom in Japan, will launch in the US and Europe on the Nintendo Switch eShop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}