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| developer= [[Intelligent Systems]]
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| publisher= [[Nintendo]]
|developer=[[Intelligent Systems]]
| designer= [[Shouzou Kaga]]
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| successor= {{FE4}}
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'''''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''''' (ファイアーエムブレム　紋章の謎, ''Faiā Emuburemu: Monshō no Nazo'', "''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''") is the third game installment in the {{FES}}. It features two sections, titled "Books". Book 1 is a remake of {{FE1}}, the first game in the series starring [[Marth]] of [[Altea]]. Book 2 takes place two years after Book 1, pitting Marth against his former ally, the now possessed Emperor [[Hardin]] of [[Archanea (nation)|Archanea]], and the resurrected [[Earth Dragon]] [[Medeus]]. An enhanced remake of Book 2, {{FE12}}, was released in Japan in 2010.
'''''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''''' ({{hover|ファイアーエムブレム　紋章の謎|Faiāemuburemu monshō no nazo}} ''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem'') is a turn-based strategy role-playing game released in 1994 for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]], exclusively in Japan. It is the third game installment in the {{FES}}, the first for Super Famicom, and in part a direct continuation of the story of the original game, {{FE1}}, again set on the continent of [[Archanea (continent)|Archanea]] and following the adventures of [[Marth]] of [[Altea]].
 
''Mystery of the Emblem'' is divided into two sections, dubbed "Books". Book 1 is a slightly abbreviated remake of ''Shadow Dragon'', again following Marth's journey in the [[War of Shadows]] as he leads the army of the Archanean League against the [[Dolhr]] Empire and their ruler, the feared Shadow Dragon [[Medeus]]. Book 2 tells a new story set two years after the first book's events, in which Marth must lead a rebellion against a powerful and corrupted former ally in a new conflict, the [[War of Heroes]], all the while uncovering the true history of Archanea and the mysterious origin of its sacred relics, the sword [[Falchion]] and the [[Shield of Seals|Fire Emblem]].
 
During the Super Famicom's lifespan, ''Mystery of the Emblem'' was supported with the release of {{FEBS}}, a series of four chapters broadcast through the [[wikipedia:Satellaview|Satellaview]] satellite radio streaming service which told new stories featuring other members of the cast in adventures leading up to Marth's own. The first few chapters of Book 1 were also adapted into a short-lived [[wikipedia:Original video animation|original video animation]] series, ''[[Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (anime)|Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]'', which received an English-language dub long before the ''Fire Emblem'' games themselves commenced international releases.
 
Sixteen years after the release of ''Mystery of the Emblem'', an enhanced and extended remake of Book 2 was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] console, {{FE12}}. In addition to its two [[Virtual Console]] re-releases in its original form, ''Mystery of the Emblem'' was also available as a playable [[smashwiki:Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] in the Japanese version of {{SSBB}}, allowing players to experience a three-minute demo of Marth's origins as a character; owing to the game's lack of an English version, it was removed from international releases of ''Brawl''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
{{sectstub}}
===Book 1: The War of Shadows===
===Book 2: The War of Heroes===
==Gameplay==
''Mystery of the Emblem'' plays by and large identically to the Famicom ''Shadow Dragon'', with the addition of a small assortment of new gameplay mechanics.
===Supports===
Although significantly different from its widely known modern incarnation, ''Mystery of the Emblem'' features the first known appearance of [[support]] system, in which characters can perform better in battle if they are near their friends, family or loved ones. Most playable units have a hidden in-built support bonus with certain other units, and receive a boost of a few points to their stats in battle if they are within a three-tile [[Range|radius]] of their support partner.
===Dismounting===
''Mystery'' is the first of three games to implement the [[dismount]]ing system, in which units who ride on horses, pegasi or wyverns can get off their mount and continue to fight on foot, losing their vulnerability to [[effective damage]] in exchange for lower [[movement]] range. In exterior chapters units can dismount or remount at will, but all riding units are forced to dismount when participating in indoor chapters.
===Other changes===
* For the first time, when selecting a unit the player is shown their [[movement]] range and where they are able to attack. In the Famicom titles, this range is not shown due to the limitations of the console.
* It is now possible for units to gain [[experience]] from using staves; in the original game, the only way Priests could ever gain experience was by letting enemies attack them.
* Exclusively in ''Mystery'', [[Manakete]]s and their [[dragonstone]]s function differently from other games in the series. When used as items, the unit is transformed into their dragon state both on the field and in battle for five turns, giving them access to a breath weapon matching the dragon type.
* ''Mystery'' connected four previously stand-alone classes into [[class change]] lines: [[Knight]]s now promote to [[General]]s using a [[Knight Crest]], and [[Hunter]]s now promote to [[Horseman|Horsemen]] using an [[Orion's Bolt]]. A few other classes still lack class change options entirely, which were implemented in the [[Nintendo DS]] remakes.


==Characters==
==Characters==
{{main|List of characters in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem}}
{{main|List of characters in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem}}


==Gameplay==
Between the two Books, ''Mystery'' features a total of 60 playable characters, with 46 in Book 1 and 45 in Book 2. Six characters from {{FE1}} - [[Roger]], [[Darros]], [[Wrys]], [[Jake]], [[Beck]] and [[Gotoh]] - are no longer playable, and all but Gotoh do not appear at all.
 
==Chapters==
{{main|List of chapters in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem}}
 
''Mystery of the Emblem'' features a total of 44 chapters, with 20 comprising Book 1 and 24 comprising Book 2. Five chapters from the original ''Shadow Dragon'' were cut from ''Mystery'' Book 1, with their recruitable characters and important events condensed into other chapters in the game.
 
==Reception==
In Japan, ''Mystery of the Emblem'' has remained the best-selling ''Fire Emblem'' game in Japan ever since its release by a significant margin, having sold an estimated 776,338 copies in its original Super Famicom print run.<ref>Translan: [http://www.translan.com/jucc/precedent-2002-11-14d.html 日本ユニ著作権センター／判例全文・2002/11/14d:] (University of Japan Copyright Center / Case law full text 14-11-2002) (Japanese)</ref>  Among Japanese gaming communities, ''Mystery'' is widely revered as the best and most popular title in the series, and was voted the sixty-eighth most popular game in [[wikipedia:Famitsu|Famitsu]]'s "top 100 games" list in 2006, although its initial critical reception by the magazine was lukewarm, having only been scored 24/40 at the time of its release.<ref>実験!! ゲーム家族のクロスレビュー: ファイアーエムブレム 紋章の謎. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.343. Pg.107. 14 July 1995.</ref>


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ba japan fe03.png|Japanese box art of ''Mystery of the Emblem''.
File:FEMN logo.gif|Japanese logo of ''Mystery of the Emblem''.
File:Ss fe03 title screen.png|Japanese title screen of ''Mystery of the Emblem''.
</gallery>
==Etymology and other languages==
{{Names
|eng-name=''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''
|eng-mean=As of {{FE13}}.
|jap-name={{hover|ファイアーエムブレム　紋章の謎|Faiāemuburemu monshō no nazo}}
|jap-mean=''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''.
}}
{{refbar}}
==External links==
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/shvc/em/index.html Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]'' official Japanese website
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_fe/index.html Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]'' Wii Virtual Console website (Japanese)
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/jahj/index.html Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]'' Wii U Virtual Console website (Japanese)
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/fe_museum/monsyo/map/index.html Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]'' Fire Emblem Museum section (Japanese)


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Mystery of the Emblem

File:FEMN logo.gif File:Ba japan fe03.png
Japanese logo and box art.

Developer(s)

Intelligent Systems

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Designer(s)

Shouzou Kaga

Release date(s)

Super Famicom
JPJanuary 21st, 1994
Wii Virtual Console
JPDecember 26th, 2006
Wii U Virtual Console
JPFebruary 20th 2013

Rating(s)

CERO: A (Virtual Console rerelease)

Platform(s)
Predecessor

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Successor

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

On partnered sites

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (ファイアーエムブレム　紋章の謎 Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem) is a turn-based strategy role-playing game released in 1994 for the Super Famicom, exclusively in Japan. It is the third game installment in the Fire Emblem series, the first for Super Famicom, and in part a direct continuation of the story of the original game, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, again set on the continent of Archanea and following the adventures of Marth of Altea.

Mystery of the Emblem is divided into two sections, dubbed "Books". Book 1 is a slightly abbreviated remake of Shadow Dragon, again following Marth's journey in the War of Shadows as he leads the army of the Archanean League against the Dolhr Empire and their ruler, the feared Shadow Dragon Medeus. Book 2 tells a new story set two years after the first book's events, in which Marth must lead a rebellion against a powerful and corrupted former ally in a new conflict, the War of Heroes, all the while uncovering the true history of Archanea and the mysterious origin of its sacred relics, the sword Falchion and the Fire Emblem.

During the Super Famicom's lifespan, Mystery of the Emblem was supported with the release of Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga, a series of four chapters broadcast through the Satellaview satellite radio streaming service which told new stories featuring other members of the cast in adventures leading up to Marth's own. The first few chapters of Book 1 were also adapted into a short-lived original video animation series, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, which received an English-language dub long before the Fire Emblem games themselves commenced international releases.

Sixteen years after the release of Mystery of the Emblem, an enhanced and extended remake of Book 2 was released for the Nintendo DS console, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. In addition to its two Virtual Console re-releases in its original form, Mystery of the Emblem was also available as a playable Masterpiece in the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, allowing players to experience a three-minute demo of Marth's origins as a character; owing to the game's lack of an English version, it was removed from international releases of Brawl.

Plot

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Book 1: The War of Shadows

Book 2: The War of Heroes

Gameplay

Mystery of the Emblem plays by and large identically to the Famicom Shadow Dragon, with the addition of a small assortment of new gameplay mechanics.

Supports

Although significantly different from its widely known modern incarnation, Mystery of the Emblem features the first known appearance of support system, in which characters can perform better in battle if they are near their friends, family or loved ones. Most playable units have a hidden in-built support bonus with certain other units, and receive a boost of a few points to their stats in battle if they are within a three-tile radius of their support partner.

Dismounting

Mystery is the first of three games to implement the dismounting system, in which units who ride on horses, pegasi or wyverns can get off their mount and continue to fight on foot, losing their vulnerability to effective damage in exchange for lower movement range. In exterior chapters units can dismount or remount at will, but all riding units are forced to dismount when participating in indoor chapters.

Other changes

  • For the first time, when selecting a unit the player is shown their movement range and where they are able to attack. In the Famicom titles, this range is not shown due to the limitations of the console.
  • It is now possible for units to gain experience from using staves; in the original game, the only way Priests could ever gain experience was by letting enemies attack them.
  • Exclusively in Mystery, Manaketes and their dragonstones function differently from other games in the series. When used as items, the unit is transformed into their dragon state both on the field and in battle for five turns, giving them access to a breath weapon matching the dragon type.
  • Mystery connected four previously stand-alone classes into class change lines: Knights now promote to Generals using a Knight Crest, and Hunters now promote to Horsemen using an Orion's Bolt. A few other classes still lack class change options entirely, which were implemented in the Nintendo DS remakes.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Between the two Books, Mystery features a total of 60 playable characters, with 46 in Book 1 and 45 in Book 2. Six characters from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light - Roger, Darros, Wrys, Jake, Beck and Gotoh - are no longer playable, and all but Gotoh do not appear at all.

Chapters

Main article: List of chapters in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Mystery of the Emblem features a total of 44 chapters, with 20 comprising Book 1 and 24 comprising Book 2. Five chapters from the original Shadow Dragon were cut from Mystery Book 1, with their recruitable characters and important events condensed into other chapters in the game.

Reception

In Japan, Mystery of the Emblem has remained the best-selling Fire Emblem game in Japan ever since its release by a significant margin, having sold an estimated 776,338 copies in its original Super Famicom print run.[1] Among Japanese gaming communities, Mystery is widely revered as the best and most popular title in the series, and was voted the sixty-eighth most popular game in Famitsu's "top 100 games" list in 2006, although its initial critical reception by the magazine was lukewarm, having only been scored 24/40 at the time of its release.[2]

Trivia

Gallery

  • Ba japan fe03.png

    Japanese box art of Mystery of the Emblem.

  • FEMN logo.gif

    Japanese logo of Mystery of the Emblem.

  • Japanese title screen of Mystery of the Emblem.

    Japanese title screen of Mystery of the Emblem.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

As of Fire Emblem Awakening.

References

  1. ↑ Translan: 日本ユニ著作権センター／判例全文・2002/11/14d: (University of Japan Copyright Center / Case law full text 14-11-2002) (Japanese)
  2. ↑ 実験!! ゲーム家族のクロスレビュー: ファイアーエムブレム 紋章の謎. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.343. Pg.107. 14 July 1995.

External links

Fire Emblem series
Main series Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light • Gaiden • Mystery of the Emblem • Genealogy of the Holy War • Thracia 776 • The Binding Blade • The Blazing Blade • The Sacred Stones • Path of Radiance • Radiant Dawn • Shadow Dragon • New Mystery of the Emblem • Awakening • Fates • Echoes: Shadows of Valentia • Three Houses • Engage
Spin-offs Archanea Saga • Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE • Heroes • Warriors • Warriors: Three Hopes
Crossover games Super Smash Bros. (Melee • Brawl • for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U • Ultimate) • Club Nintendo Picross+ • Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. • Project X Zone 2 • WarioWare • Dragalia Lost
Unreleased games and prototypes Fire Emblem 64 • The Blazing Blade pre-release build 0206 • The Blazing Blade pre-release build 0219 • The Sacred Stones prototype • Fire Emblem Wii
TearRing Saga series Yutona Heroes War Chronicles • Berwick Saga
Vestaria Saga series War of the Scions • The Sacred Sword of Silvanister • Lucca Gaiden • Chronicles of the Norden Civil War
Related titles Mario Kart: Double Dash!! bonus disc • LINE • Nintendo Badge Arcade
Versions and releases List of version differences • Localization of the Fire Emblem series • Virtual Console
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