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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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[[File:Cg_fe11_evt_02.png|thumb|left|Marth flees his homeland at the cost of Frey and his sister's safety]] | [[File:Cg_fe11_evt_02.png|thumb|left|Marth flees his homeland at the cost of Frey and his sister's safety]] | ||
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===Marth Embarks=== | ===Marth Embarks=== | ||
[[File:Cg fe11 c1.png|thumb|right|Marth lives in exile on Talys]] After staying at Talys for several years, training himself in the arts of war, and very shortly after [[List of bonus chapters in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow|General Camus helped Nyna escape Archanea for Aurelis]], pirates assaulted Talys and threatened to destroy it's livelihood. Marth, a handful of knights that escaped with him from Altea, and Talys's Princess [[Caeda]] deftly defeated the pirates, and [[Mostyn|the king of Talys]] declared that Marth was now fit to challenge Dolhr. Marth embarked on his legendary quest to reclaim his kingdom and slay Medeus. When Marth set out he first answered the call of Nyna, who was currently in Aurelis resisting the Macedon occupied forces in the country. Marth went to Aurelis to free the war torn country, joining forces with [[Hardin]], the younger brother of Aurelis' king and the guardian of Nyna. After a vicious battle Marth set Aurelis free and had made a valuable ally in Hardin, [[Roshea|and]] [[Vyland|his]] [[Sedgar|loyal]] [[Wolf ( | [[File:Cg fe11 c1.png|thumb|right|Marth lives in exile on Talys]] After staying at Talys for several years, training himself in the arts of war, and very shortly after [[List of bonus chapters in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow|General Camus helped Nyna escape Archanea for Aurelis]], pirates assaulted Talys and threatened to destroy it's livelihood. Marth, a handful of knights that escaped with him from Altea, and Talys's Princess [[Caeda]] deftly defeated the pirates, and [[Mostyn|the king of Talys]] declared that Marth was now fit to challenge Dolhr. Marth embarked on his legendary quest to reclaim his kingdom and slay Medeus. When Marth set out he first answered the call of Nyna, who was currently in Aurelis resisting the Macedon occupied forces in the country. Marth went to Aurelis to free the war torn country, joining forces with [[Hardin]], the younger brother of Aurelis' king and the guardian of Nyna. After a vicious battle Marth set Aurelis free and had made a valuable ally in Hardin, [[Roshea|and]] [[Vyland|his]] [[Sedgar|loyal]] [[Wolf (Shadow Dragon)|knights]]. | ||
[[File:Cg fe11 evt 04.png|thumb|left|Nyna bestows upon Marth the Fire Emblem and names him leader of the Archanean League]] With Aurelis secured, Marth was given the sacred relic known as the [[Fire Emblem (Archanean item)|Fire Emblem]], and the forces resisting Dolhr united under Marth's leadership, symbolized and granted by the shield. The united forces under Marth were dubbed "The Archanean League". The Archanean League traveled south to the Holy Kingdom of Archanea itself, with Marth at it's command. After being attacked by Macedon's princess, [[Minerva]], and her subordinates, the [[Whitewings]], being forced to make a brief detour to [[Pyrathi]], and to defeat its [[Manakete]] King [[Mannu]], Marth was approached by [[Catria]] of Macedon's Whitewings squadron, who informed him of the plight of Minerva and more importantly her sister, [[Maria]], the latter held hostage by their cruel brother [[Michalis]] to force Minerva to serve Dolhr. On this news, Marth led the League to [[Archanea (nation)|Castle Deil]] to free Maria, and the grateful Minerva joined with his forces to free Macedon, as did the three Whitewings later in the War. From this victory, they marched on the Archanean capital [[Pales]] and liberated it from the Dolhr occupation under [[Volzhin]]. | [[File:Cg fe11 evt 04.png|thumb|left|Nyna bestows upon Marth the Fire Emblem and names him leader of the Archanean League]] With Aurelis secured, Marth was given the sacred relic known as the [[Fire Emblem (Archanean item)|Fire Emblem]], and the forces resisting Dolhr united under Marth's leadership, symbolized and granted by the shield. The united forces under Marth were dubbed "The Archanean League". The Archanean League traveled south to the Holy Kingdom of Archanea itself, with Marth at it's command. After being attacked by Macedon's princess, [[Minerva]], and her subordinates, the [[Whitewings]], being forced to make a brief detour to [[Pyrathi]], and to defeat its [[Manakete]] King [[Mannu]], Marth was approached by [[Catria]] of Macedon's Whitewings squadron, who informed him of the plight of Minerva and more importantly her sister, [[Maria]], the latter held hostage by their cruel brother [[Michalis]] to force Minerva to serve Dolhr. On this news, Marth led the League to [[Archanea (nation)|Castle Deil]] to free Maria, and the grateful Minerva joined with his forces to free Macedon, as did the three Whitewings later in the War. From this victory, they marched on the Archanean capital [[Pales]] and liberated it from the Dolhr occupation under [[Volzhin]]. | ||
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====[[Multiplayer battle|Multiplayer]]==== | ====[[Multiplayer battle|Multiplayer]]==== | ||
''Shadow Dragon'' is not the first game in the series to feature multiplayer; it is, however, the first to feature online multiplayer and the first to have multiplayer outside of the [[Link Arena]] style of multiplayer. It is also the first to have a maximum number of players less than 4 (in this case, only 2 players may participate). In ''Shadow Dragon's'' multiplayer mode, players choose five units to be sent into a battlefield against the other player's team. Each team can also use a [[Card]] to give themselves a specific advantage of some kind, if the rules set by the players allow it. The goal is to either rout the opponent, or seize and hold the castle until the turn count runs out. | ''Shadow Dragon'' is not the first game in the series to feature multiplayer; it is, however, the first to feature online multiplayer and the first to have multiplayer outside of the [[Link Arena]] style of multiplayer. It is also the first to have a maximum number of players less than 4 (in this case, only 2 players may participate). In ''Shadow Dragon's'' multiplayer mode, players choose five units to be sent into a battlefield against the other player's team. Each team can also use a [[Card]] to give themselves a specific advantage of some kind, if the rules set by the players allow it. The goal is to either rout the opponent, or seize and hold the castle until the turn count runs out. Players who have exchanged friend codes can talk to each other via voice chat using the DS microphone. | ||
The same multiplayer mode returns in {{FE12}}, and a very similar multiplayer mode appears in {{FE14}} | The same multiplayer mode returns in {{FE12}}, and a very similar multiplayer mode appears in {{FE14}}. | ||
===Classes=== | ===Classes=== | ||
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''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' features the return of every playable character in {{FE1}}, including those removed from {{FE3}}, with some new additions. These new characters can only be recruited if the player visits the new chapters exclusive to ''Shadow Dragon''. However, this generally requires an enormous amount of units to die in order to gain access to these chapters. The new characters and their appearance conditions are outlined in the table below: | ''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' features the return of every playable character in {{FE1}}, including those removed from {{FE3}}, with some new additions. These new characters can only be recruited if the player visits the new chapters exclusive to ''Shadow Dragon''. However, this generally requires an enormous amount of units to die in order to gain access to these chapters. The new characters and their appearance conditions are outlined in the table below: | ||
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''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' includes all of the original chapters of {{FE1}}, and then some. ''Shadow Dragon'' features the addition of a four-chapter prologue of [[Marth]]'s story, introducing new players to the gameplay of the {{FES}}, as well as a never-before-seen beginning to Marth's quest. ''Shadow Dragon'' also features several [[sidequest]]s, which are accessed if the player has lost too many of his or her units, and feature short plots and new characters. | ''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' includes all of the original chapters of {{FE1}}, and then some. ''Shadow Dragon'' features the addition of a four-chapter prologue of [[Marth]]'s story, introducing new players to the gameplay of the {{FES}}, as well as a never-before-seen beginning to Marth's quest. ''Shadow Dragon'' also features several [[sidequest]]s, which are accessed if the player has lost too many of his or her units, and feature short plots and new characters. | ||
== | ==Fan translation== | ||
< | {{main|Fan translation#Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon}} | ||
When ''Shadow Dragon'' released in Japan a basic menu patch was produced before the game's English release. | |||
</ | ==Development== | ||
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An interview with [[Tohru Narihiro]] in [[The Making of Fire Emblem – 25th Anniversary Development Secrets, Awakening and Fates|''The Making of Fire Emblem'']] reveals ''Shadow Dragon'' began development after the disappointing sales of {{title|Radiant Dawn}} caused a staff reset. After the reset the new development team went through a "period of trial and error" while figuring out what kind of {{FES}} game to develop next. They initially experimented with a second [[Fire Emblem Wii|title for the Wii]] that was never released. Tohru Narihiro mentions that the ''Fire Emblem'' team was told not to release another game on home console that would result in sales like ''Radiant Dawn'', this may be the basis for ''Shadow Dragon''{{'}}s release on the [[Nintendo DS]] console instead of a home console.<ref>{{cite web|quote=The period of “trial and error” between Radiant Dawn and Shadow Dragon<br>'''Interviewer:''' There was a lot of talk about negative feedback that was received after the release of Radiant Dawn, wasn't there?<br>'''Narihiro:''' The staff at Nintendo and others were saying things like “With such results, do not release another title on a home console.”<br>'''Interviewer:''' What was the truth of the situation?<br>'''Narihiro:''' It was true that the game did not sell too well, but I’m not quite sure what was meant by “do not release another title on a home console.” But, it changed our way of thinking. And so from then on, we assumed that it would be necessary to simplify the game on a home console in order to gain wider appeal. During the Gamecube era, there were those at Nintendo who wanted the game as a console release in order to increase the amount of hardware sold. However, Mr. Iwata’s new policies came into play and led to the massive hit that was the Nintendo DS and Wii –which expanded the general gaming audience.<br>'''Interviewer:''' It did. It led to a great variety of developers releasing software.<br>'''Narihiro:''' And so if I were to guess, we figured that the next FE should adhere to this policy on the current home console [Wii]. So after the completion of Radiant Dawn, we began to make an experimental game for the Wii. The result was the unreleased “illusive” title for the Wii.<br>'''Interviewer:''' Ah, I see.<br> '''Narihiro:''' Yeah. The FE team was big, but after Radiant Dawn, the director did a staff reset, back to the beginning.| published= December 23, 2015 | retrieved = April 28, 2018 | url= https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/toru-narihiro-interview-on-fire-emblem-for-wii-translation-fe-25th-anniversary/ | title= Toru Narihiro – Interview on Fire Emblem for Wii Translation – FE 25th Anniversary | site= kantopia.wordpress.com}}</ref> | |||
==Reception== | |||
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===Sales=== | |||
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According to ''Famitsu'' ''Shadow Dragon'' opened with 180,697 copies sold in Japan.<ref>https://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/top30/1217676_1134.html</ref> | |||
===Reviews=== | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* ''Shadow Dragon'' is one of two games in the {{FES}} not to have any playable characters in {{FEH}} credited to it, the other being {{FE2}}. [[Athena]], the sole playable character to have originated in ''Shadow Dragon'', is instead credited as hailing from {{FE12}}. | |||
==Etymology and other languages== | ==Etymology and other languages== | ||
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|jap-mean=''Fire Emblem: New Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' | |jap-mean=''Fire Emblem: New Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' | ||
|ger-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | |ger-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | ||
|ger-mean=As above. | |||
|span-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | |span-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | ||
|span-mean=As above. | |||
|fren-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | |fren-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | ||
|fren-mean=As above. | |||
|ital-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | |ital-name=''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'' | ||
|ital-mean=As above. | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Ba europe fe11.jpg|European boxart for ''Shadow Dragon''. | |||
Ba japan fe11.jpg|Japanese boxart for ''Shadow Dragon''. | |||
FESD Battle.jpg|Group artwork for ''Shadow Dragon''. | |||
FESD Home Menu icon.png|DS Home Menu icon. | |||
Ss fe11 title screen.png|Title screen of ''Shadow Dragon''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[ | *[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/yfej/index.html ファイアーエムブレム 新・暗黒竜と光の剣], Japanese official website. | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/ankoku_bk/index.html | *[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/ankoku_bk/index.html ファイアーエムブレム新・暗黒竜と光の剣－BACKGROUND－]{{dead link}}, section on Fire Emblem World | ||
*[http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/e-L8Ef-90QCikWEg57tfmlUTKSbchSIF Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for Nintendo DS - Nintendo Game Details], North American product listing. | |||
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