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|released={{JP}}September 28, 2017<br>{{NA}}October 20, 2017<ref>{{Cite web| quote=#FireEmblemWarriors Special Edition includes 3 CDs, a dual-sided poster & 25 character art cards! Available Oct. 20th for #NintendoSwitch.| author= NintendoAmerica | published= August 28, 2017 | retrieved = August 28, 2017 | url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/902285893427499009| title= NintendoAmerica on Twitter| site=twitter.com}}</ref><br>{{EU}}October 20, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|quote=Available 20th October|author=Nintendo UK|retrieved=August 22, 2017|published=August 22, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEw2yRactuk|title=Fire Emblem Warriors - A Twist of Fate (Nintendo Switch)|site=youtube.com}}</ref><br>{{AUS}}October 20, 2017<br>{{NZ}}October 20, 2017

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'''''Fire Emblem Warriors''''' (Japanese: {{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 無双|Faiā emuburemu Musō}} ''Fire Emblem Unrivaled'') is a {{FES}} crossover with the [[wikipedia:Dynasty Warriors|''Dynasty Warriors'']] Series. It is Nintendo's second crossover title with ''Dynasty Warriors'', with the first being ''[[zeldawiki:Hyrule Warriors|Hyrule Warriors]]''. It was released on both the [[Nintendo Switch]] and the [[Nintendo 3DS|New Nintendo 3DS]] systems in Fall 2017.

Rowan, Lianna, and Darios, having escaped with the [[Shield of Flames]], decide to gather Gleamstones to implant into the Shield and defeat the invading monsters and their source, [[Velezark]]. The trio travels the continent searching for the Gleamstone-bearers, heroes from other worlds, [[Chrom]], [[Ryoma]], [[Xander]], [[Corrin]], and [[Marth]]. During this Darios and the Shield of Flames is captured when the group is retreating from a failed siege on a Gristonne fortress.  

The twins are crushed by Darios's betrayal and return to Aytolis to take it back from Gristonne and the monsters. At Aytolis they find the possessed Darios and his father, [[Oskar]]. Oskar intends to sacrifice Yelena to revive and control Velezark. However, the plan goes awry when Rowan and Lianna rescue Yelena before she can be sacrificed. Oskar, frustrated with his son's failure in the plan, asks him how he intends to rectify the situation in their favor. Darios reassures Oskar that he has another plan, and then impales him with his sword, offering Oskar's blood in place of Yelena's.  

==Gameplay==

''Fire Emblem Warriors'' is a [[wikipedia:Dynasty Warriors|''Dynasty Warriors'']] spin-off similar to ''[[zeldawiki:Hyrule Warriors|Hyrule Warriors]]''. ''Warriors'' games feature hack and slash gameplay of a single player against many enemy units at once in real time. Generally, routing the enemy is not the goal, and win conditions are often things like capturing a number of enemy fortresses or defeating one or more enemy commanders, among other objectives.

The game has several gameplay mechanics inspired by {{FES}} titles. The [[weapon triangle]] is present and has a large effect on how much damage is done to combatants; a [[sword]] using character will have difficulty taking down a [[lance (weapon)|lance]] user quickly. [[Dragon_Vein#Fire_Emblem_Warriors|Dragon Vein]]s also appear and can cause changes to the map such as opening new paths or removing hazardous terrain. [[Pair Up]] and [[support]]s are also featured in the game as avenues to power up characters during battle.

===Preparing for battle===

Like mainline {{FES}} titles the game has a preparations screen before the actual battle begins. When starting a map characters placed on blue tiles are the ones that can be freely swapped between during battle; there is one darker blue tile that signifies that the player will begin the battle controlling the character placed on it. Green tiles in the deployment screen signify NPC characters that cannot be swapped to, though they still can be given commands in the map menu. Depending on the scenario the player may be subject to deployment limits limiting units to a specific set of characters or weapons.  

Strong attacks are denoted as follows ingame:

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Characters with unique movesets not shared with anyone else are as follows.<Br>

===Battlefield structures===

When a character is in a fort of their own faction they slowly regenerate [[HP]]; this means it is wise to take the fort housing a strong [[boss]] before trying to engage the boss in their own fort. If the fort is not taken first the boss will regenerate HP as long as they are physically standing in the fort, though they may also be pushed out of the fort if they are attacked relentlessly. They will retreat to their fort if they are left alone.

==Chapters==

History Mode maps contain a wealth of textual references to the games the scenarios are from, and also other games. For instance, one of the dimensional distortions in the [[Together to the End (Warriors)|Together to the End]] map partially reenacts [[Hidden treasure/Super Nintendo Entertainment System games#First generation|a secret event]] in [[Lady of the Forest|Chapter 1]] of {{FE4}}, where [[Lex]] drops his axe in a pond and is gifted a [[Brave Axe]] by a mysterious woman in the lake after honestly stating the gold and silver axes she had offered him were not the ones he dropped. Scenes typically use stand-ins for characters, with Lex being represented by [[Lissa]] and the mysterious lady of the lake by [[Celica]]. Numerous scenes from other games are represented in this fashion.

==Development==

==Reception==

===Sales===

''Fire Emblem Warriors'' is reported to have sold through 50% of its initial shipment in Japan at release.<ref>http://nintendoeverything.com/fire-emblem-warriors-sold-through-50-of-its-initial-shipment-in-japan/</ref> Opening sales were 41,491 copies for the [[Nintendo Switch]] release and 18,357 copies for the [[Nintendo 3DS|New Nintendo 3DS]] release.<ref>https://gematsu.com/2017/10/media-create-sales-92517-10117</ref> At the end of 2017 the Nintendo Switch release sold 64,747 copies in Japan.<ref>https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-year/2017-top-100</ref>  

** [[Zeldawiki:Link|Link]] from [[Zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''The Legend of Zelda'']] was used as a placeholder playable character in the earliest stages of development before any ''Fire Emblem'' characters were implemented.<ref name=Link></ref>

* According to a Switch news article, ''Fire Emblem Warriors'' was the thirteenth most played game on Nintendo Switch in 2017 in North America.<ref>http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-reveals-the-most-played-games-on-switch-since-launch-in-north-america/</ref>

* Warriors does not exclusively reference {{FE11}} and instead appears to use a blend of the original game's and their remake's content.

** The ''Shadow Dragon'' themed [[History Mode|History Map]]s use [[NES]] console sound effects from {{FE1}} while featuring ''Shadow Dragon'' graphical assets.

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Ba japan n3ds fewa.png|Japanese box art for the New [[Nintendo 3DS]] version.

FEWA key artwork.png|Box artwork featuring [[Rowan]], [[Lianna]], [[Marth]], [[Chrom]], [[Corrin]], [[Xander]] and [[Ryoma]].

Fire Emblem Warriors Shield of Flames Wallpaper.jpg|My Nintendo desktop wallpaper showing the [[Shield of Flames]]

Fire Emblem Warriors Shield of Flames Phonepaper.jpg|My Nintendo smartphone wallpaper showing the [[Shield of Flames]]

===Screenshots===

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