Anniversary: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade First Launched 20 Years Ago Today

The West's first Fire Emblem game.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, the seventh entry in the Fire Emblem series, in Japan. But what makes this title extra special is that this was the game that brought the tactical RPG series to the West. A North American release followed in November 2003, with Australia and Europe following in February and July 2004, respectively

Known simply as Fire Emblem outside of Japan, this marked the first game in Intelligent System's strategy series to leave Japan. And in part its probably thanks to two things — the success of the developer's other famous TRPG series in the West, Advance Wars (which similarly also was the first game in the Famicom Wars series to launch in Europe and North America), and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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