Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Masayuki Horikawa Masaki Tawara |
| Producer(s) | Toru Narihiro Hitoshi Yamagami |
| Artist(s) |
Masamune Shirow Daisuke Izuka |
| Writer(s) | Kouhei Maeda Koji Kawasaki Toshiyuki Kusakihara Shouzou Kaga (Original) |
| Composer(s) |
Yuka Tsujiyoko Saki Kasuga |
| Series | Fire Emblem |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Metacritic | 81/100 (42 reviews) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B+ |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Famitsu | 34/40 |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
| Nintendo Life | 8/10 |
| ONM | 86% |
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, known in Japan as Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken, is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is a remake of the Famicom title Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the first entry in the Fire Emblem series. It released in 2008 in Japan and Europe, and 2009 in North America and Australia.
Shadow Dragon retells the events of Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light. Set on the continent of Archanea, the story follows Marth, prince of the kingdom of Altea, as he is forced into exile from his lands when the evil wizard Gharnef and resurrected Dark Dragon Medeus begin their conquest of the continent. Forming new alliances with neighboring kingdoms, Marth must form a new army to retrieve the mystical Falchion sword and Fire Emblem shield to defeat both Gharnef and Medeus. The gameplay follows the Fire Emblem standards of turn-based battles played out on grid-based maps. Returning features include a character class system which evolves based on character usage, and permanent death for units defeated in battle.
Development began in 2007, overlapping with the final months of development on Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Many staff from earlier entries returned, including director Tohru Narihiro and original composer Yuka Tsujiyoko, who handled the remixed and expanded soundtrack with Saki Kasuga. Character artwork was redrawn by Daisuke Izuka, with special contributions by Masamune Shirow. First announced in late 2007, it was announced for an international release the following year, localized by external company 8-4. It was met with critical and commercial success worldwide, with many calling it a high-quality port of the original despite lacking originality.
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