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[[File:Ss fe05 sound room.png|thumb|210px|right|{{FE5}} introduced the Sound Room to the series.]] | [[File:Ss fe05 sound room.png|thumb|210px|right|{{FE5}} introduced the Sound Room to the series.]] | ||
In video gaming, a '''sound room''' or '''sound test''' (Japanese: {{ | In video gaming, a '''sound room''' or '''sound test''' (Japanese: {{hl|サウンドルーム|Saundorūmu}} ''sound room'') is a function built in to a game to allow the player to play the game's music tracks or sound effects at their whim. Traditionally, as the name suggested, the purpose of a sound test was for developers to test whether a game's sound and music were correctly functioning, and for consumers to test the performance of the game's sound on their hardware, acting as a way to easily compare the output in different modes of sound. As gaming developed, the sound test functionality largely evolved into a jukebox feature intended primarily, if not solely, as a reward for the player. | ||
In the {{FES}}, the first | In the {{FES}}, the first formal Sound Room was implemented in {{FE5}}; however, it was technically predated by hidden Sound Test modes in {{FE1}} and {{FE2}}. The Sound Room is traditionally unlocked upon first completing the game in question, though some games vary the unlock conditions. A common feature of ''Fire Emblem'' sound rooms, absent only in {{title|The Sacred Stones}}, is for it to also display the game's [[:Category:CG images|CG images]] and to allow the player to browse through them while listening to the game's music. Most ''Fire Emblem'' sound rooms contain the full game soundtrack, but on some occasions there are songs not accessible through the Sound Room at all. | ||
==Sound Rooms by game== | ==Sound Rooms by game== | ||
{| | {| class="cellpadding-3 basic" style="width: 85%; padding: 3px" | ||
!style=" | ! style="border-top-left-radius: 15px; width: 20%" | Game | ||
! style="width: 40%" | Main article | |||
! style="border-top-right-radius: 15px; width: 40%" | Unlock conditions | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light}} | |||
| [[Sound Test of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light|Sound Test of ''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light'']] | |||
| At the end of any chapter, choose not to continue playing after saving, then press the following button combination when [[Anna]] says to turn off the console:<br>↑ ↓ ← → ↑ A | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Gaiden}} | |||
| [[Sound Test of Fire Emblem Gaiden|Sound Test of ''Fire Emblem Gaiden'']] | |||
| Press the following button combination on the title screen:<br>↑ ↓ ← → ↑ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Thracia 776}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776'']] | |||
| Complete the game once with a [[ranking]] of A or greater. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|The Binding Blade}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade'']] | |||
| Complete the game once. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|The Blazing Blade}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade'']] | |||
| Complete [[Lyn's tale]] once. | |||
|- | |- | ||
{{ | | {{title|The Sacred Stones}} | ||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'']] | |||
| Automatically from the start. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Path of Radiance}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'']] | |||
| Complete the game once. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Radiant Dawn}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn'']] | |||
| Complete the game once. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Shadow Dragon}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'']] | |||
| Complete the game once. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}} | |||
| [[Sound Room of Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow|Sound Room of ''Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem'']] | |||
| Complete the game once. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Awakening}} | |||
| [[Soundtrack of Fire Emblem Awakening|Soundtrack of ''Fire Emblem Awakening'']] | |||
| Complete the game once. Accessed via the Unit Viewer. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| {{title|Fates}} | |||
| [[Soundtrack of Fire Emblem Fates|Soundtrack of ''Fire Emblem Fates'']] | |||
| Accessed via the Records Hall in My Castle. | |||
|- | |- | ||
{{ | | {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}} | ||
| [[Sound Test of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia|Sound Test of ''Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia'']] | |||
| Press the following button combination on the title screen:<br>↑ ↓ ← → ↑<br>or complete the game once. | |||
|- | |||
| {{title|Three Houses}} | |||
| [[Music Library of Fire Emblem: Three Houses|Music Library of ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'']] | |||
| Accessed via Extras from the home menu. | |||
|- | |||
| {{title|Engage}} | |||
| [[Music Player of Fire Emblem Engage|Music Player of ''Fire Emblem Engage'']] | |||
| Accessed via the Reminisce Menu from Alear's Room in the Somniel. | |||
|- | |||
| {{title|Warriors}} | |||
| [[Sound Gallery of Fire Emblem Warriors|Sound Gallery of ''Fire Emblem Warriors'']] | |||
| Accessed via the Records Hall in Extras. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-bottom-left-radius: 15px" | {{title|Warriors: Three Hopes}} | |||
| [[Music Player of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes|Music Player of ''Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'']] | |||
| style="border-bottom-right-radius: 15px" | Accessed via the Records Hall from Extras in the home menu. | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Etymology and other languages== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The Sound Room in ''Sacred Stones'' had its buttons redrawn and recolored when the game was localized in the West. | |||
*''Path of Radiance'' is the only game in the ''Fire Emblem'' series where the Japanese version lists all of its song titles entirely in English. | |||
== Etymology and other languages == | |||
{{Names | {{Names | ||
|eng-name= | |eng-name=• Sound Room<br>• Soundtrack<br>• Sound Test<br>• Music Library | ||
|eng-mean= | |eng-mean=• Used in every game prior to ''Awakening''.<br>• Used in ''Awakening'' and ''Fates''.<br>• Used in ''Echoes: Shadows of Valentia''.<br>• Used in ''Three Houses''. | ||
| | |jpn-name=• SOUND TEST MODE<br>• {{h|サウンドルーム|Saundorūmu}} | ||
| | |jpn-mean=• Used in the NES games.<br>• Sound Room. Used in most games from ''Thracia 776'' onward. | ||
|span-name=Canciones | |||
|span-mean=Songs | |||
|fren-name=Musiques | |||
|fren-mean=Music | |||
|ger-name=Musikzimmer | |||
|ger-mean=Music room | |||
|ital-name=Colonna sonora | |||
|ital-mean=Soundtrack | |||
|dut-name=Muziek | |||
|dut-mean=Music; used in ''Echoes: Shadows of Valentia''. | |||
|kor-name= | |||
|kor-mean= | |||
|ch-simp-name= | |||
|ch-simp-mean= | |||
|ch-trad-name= | |||
|ch-trad-mean= | |||
}} | }} | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Ss fe02 sound test mode.png|Sound Test Mode in ''Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light'' and ''Gaiden''. | |||
Ss fe05 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''Thracia 776''. | |||
Ss fe06 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''The Binding Blade''. | |||
Ss fe07 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''Fire Emblem''. | |||
Ss fe08 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''The Sacred Stones''. | |||
Ss fe09 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''Path of Radiance''. | |||
Ss fe10 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''Radiant Dawn''. | |||
Ss fe11 sound room.png|Sound Room in ''Shadow Dragon''. | |||
Ss fe13 soundtrack.png|Soundtrack in ''Awakening''. | |||
Ss fe14 soundtrack.png|Soundtrack in ''Fates''. | |||
Ss fe15 sound test.png|Sound Test in ''Echoes: Shadows of Valentia''. | |||
Ss fewa sound gallery.jpg|Sound Gallery in ''Warriors''. | |||
Ss fe16 music library.png|Music Library in ''Three Houses''. | |||
Ss fewa2 music player.jpg|Music Player in ''Warriors: Three Hopes''. | |||
Ss fe17 music player.jpg|Music Player in ''Engage''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{Refbar}} | |||
{{NavMusic}} | {{NavMusic}} | ||
{{NavMech}} | {{NavMech}} | ||
{{NavSeries}} | {{NavSeries}} | ||
[[Category:Music]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:43, 10 December 2023
In video gaming, a sound room or sound test (Japanese: サウンドルーム sound room) is a function built in to a game to allow the player to play the game's music tracks or sound effects at their whim. Traditionally, as the name suggested, the purpose of a sound test was for developers to test whether a game's sound and music were correctly functioning, and for consumers to test the performance of the game's sound on their hardware, acting as a way to easily compare the output in different modes of sound. As gaming developed, the sound test functionality largely evolved into a jukebox feature intended primarily, if not solely, as a reward for the player.
In the Fire Emblem series, the first formal Sound Room was implemented in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776; however, it was technically predated by hidden Sound Test modes in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem Gaiden. The Sound Room is traditionally unlocked upon first completing the game in question, though some games vary the unlock conditions. A common feature of Fire Emblem sound rooms, absent only in The Sacred Stones, is for it to also display the game's CG images and to allow the player to browse through them while listening to the game's music. Most Fire Emblem sound rooms contain the full game soundtrack, but on some occasions there are songs not accessible through the Sound Room at all.
Sound Rooms by game
Trivia
- The Sound Room in Sacred Stones had its buttons redrawn and recolored when the game was localized in the West.
- Path of Radiance is the only game in the Fire Emblem series where the Japanese version lists all of its song titles entirely in English.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
• Sound Room |
• Used in every game prior to Awakening. |
Japanese |
• SOUND TEST MODE |
• Used in the NES games. |
Spanish |
Canciones |
Songs |
French |
Musiques |
Music |
German |
Musikzimmer |
Music room |
Italian |
Colonna sonora |
Soundtrack |
Dutch |
Muziek |
Music; used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. |
Gallery
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