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| title=       Fuuin no Tsurugi
|title=The Binding Blade
| image=       [[File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|300px]]
|image=[[File:FEFT Logo.png|200px]]<br>
| caption=    
[[File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|200px]]
| developer=   [[Intelligent Systems]]
|caption=Japanese logo and box art.
| publisher=   [[Nintendo]]
|developer=[[Intelligent Systems]]
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|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
| rating=       {{Rating|ESRB=E}}
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| platforms=   [[Game Boy Advance]]
'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{JP}}March 22, 2002<ref>NeoSeeker: [http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/GBA/fireemblem_gba/ Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seal (Import)]</ref><br>'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br>{{JP}}September 2, 2015
| predecessor= [[Fire Emblem: Thracia 776]]
|rating={{Rating|CERO=A <small>(Virtual Console rerelease)</small>}}
| successor=   [[Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]
|platforms=
*[[Game Boy Advance]]
*[[Wii U]] <small>([[Virtual Console]])</small>
|predecessor={{FE5}}
|successor={{FE7}}
}}
}}
'''''Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi''''' (ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣, literally ''Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals''), previously titled ''Fire Emblem: Ankoku no Miko'' (ファイアーエムブレム 暗黒の巫女, ''Maiden of the Dark''), is a Japan only released game that was releases on March 22nd, 2002. It was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and features the character named [[Roy]], the son of [[Eliwood]]. In the game, King [[Zephiel]] revives the [[Demon Dragon]] [[Idenn]] to recreate the [[War Dragons]].
'''''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''''' (Japanese: {{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣|Faiā emuburemu fūin no tsurugi}} ''Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seal'') is a [[Game Boy Advance]] game released in 2002.  It is the sixth installment in the {{FES}}, the first for Game Boy Advance and on a handheld platform, and was the last title to be released only in Japan until {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}. It was this game which sparked international interest in the franchise, caused by the appearance of protagonist [[Roy]] in {{SSBM}}, paving the way for successive titles to be translated and exported to other countries.  It was also the first installment to be made without the involvement of [[Shouzou Kaga]], a prominent figure in the series' creation and the director of every installment through to {{title|Thracia 776}}, who had left [[Intelligent Systems]] after ''Thracia''.
 
The game is set in a new and separate world from its predecessors, the continent of [[Elibe]], a land once wracked by a fierce war between [[human]]s and [[dragon]]s. One thousand years after that conflict, the misanthropic King [[Zephiel]], of the militaristic nation of [[Bern]], has freed the infamous [[Demon Dragon]] and engaged the rest of Elibe in [[Disturbance of Bern|a full-scale war]] with the intent of "freeing" the world from mankind and returning it to its "rightful" dragon owners.  In response, [[Roy]], the young heir of [[Pherae]], leads the forces of [[Lycia]] in combatting Bern in lieu of his ill father, Marquess [[Eliwood]].
 
The game was followed up by {{FE7}}, a prequel set twenty years prior, dealing with Roy's father Eliwood in his youth. It helps flesh out Zephiel's history, and sets up and elaborates upon other aspects of the world of Elibe, some only barely touched upon in ''The Binding Blade''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
The continent [[Elibe]] was the scene of the [[Scouring]], a war between [[human]]s and [[dragon]]s. During the battle, the [[Eight Heroes]] stood up and defeated the dragons. The power of the weapons against the dragons caused an imbalance in the world called the [[Ending Winter]]. Fearing the power of the weapons and that someone might use them to start the end of the world, the Eight Heroes sealed the weapons away, even the strongest, the [[Sword of Seals (weapon)|Sword of Seals]], away into different locations across the continent. [[Bramimond]], one of the Eight Heroes, resides in the [[Shrine of Seals]] guarding the Sword of Seals and the seal to the rest of the weapons.
1000 years before the events of this game, the land of [[Elibe]] was the scene of [[The Scouring]], a brutal war between [[human]]s and [[dragon]]s over the control of the land. Late in this war, mankind forged nine powerful dragon-slaying weapons, the [[Legendary Weapons|Divine Weapons]] and the [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]], and gave them to eight powerful fighters who became known as the [[Eight Legends]] to use to finish the war. However, the sheer power imbued in the weapons tore apart the world's balance and laws of physics when clashed with the dragon's own potent power, a phenomenon later called the [[Ending Winter]]. After the war, fearing the power of the weapons and the possibility of someone using them to cause a catastrophe, the Generals sealed the weapons away in hiding places across the continent, protected by a powerful seal established by one of their number, [[Bramimond]], and once guarded by the lingering spirits of warriors from the war.  Over the thousand years, the weapons remained ([[Fire Emblem (game)|mostly]]) undisturbed, and their power - while still formidable - depleted over time.


===The fall of the Lycia Alliance===
===The fall of the Lycian League===


===Opression of The Western Islands===
===Oppression of The Western Isles===


===Coup d'etat in Etruria===
===Coup d'etat in Etruria===
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===On Bern's soil===
===On Bern's soil===


===After the Dark Dragon===
===After the Demon Dragon===


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
''The Binding Blade'' is today considered to be the game which codified the general structure and gameplay flow of almost all subsequent ''Fire Emblem'' games. Compared to its predecessor, {{title|Thracia 776}}, it is significantly simplified and has dropped numerous features, but also retains some of the stats, mechanics and general concepts introduced by ''Thracia''.
===Stat changes===
''The Binding Blade'' retains the [[constitution]] stat introduced in ''Thracia'', but removes [[action]] and the [[pursuit critical coefficient]].  [[Resistance]] returns to its normal function following its absence in ''Thracia'', and [[movement]] and constitution are no longer connected to [[growth rate]]s.  [[Strength]] and [[Magic (stat)|magic]] are no longer technically separate stats, but rather are the same value handled differently: physical units treat it as strength, while magical units treat it as magic.
===Supports===
While the [[support]] bonus mechanic had existed in a hidden form in prior games, ''The Binding Blade'' converted it into its present form, where supports between units are strengthened by their participation in battles alongside each other and are activated by having units talk to each other.  It also introduces the [[affinity]] system, where each playable unit bears one of seven elemental affinities which dictates what stat boosts they provide to their support partner.
===Weapon triangle===
The [[Trinity of Magic]] is modified from ''Thracia 776'': [[Fire (magic)|fire]], [[Thunder (magic)|thunder]] and [[Wind (magic)|wind magic]] are consolidated into a single magic type, [[Anima (magic)|anima magic]].  In turn, [[light (magic)|light]] and [[Dark (magic)|dark magic]] are integrated into the Trinity of Magic properly rather than their former position as being separate from it: anima beats light, light beats dark, and dark beats anima.
==Chapters==
{{main|List of chapters in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade}}
In an average playthrough, the game is 25 chapters long, not counting any of the [[sidequest]]s, of which there are six.  At two points in the game, the story diverges into two separate [[alternate route]]s before later converging to rejoin a single story route, covering a span of six chapters and one sidequest per playthrough.  The game features a total of 39 distinct map chapters, including sidequests and the branched routes.  Furthermore, the maps of ''The Binding Blade'' are widely known for being significantly larger than those of the other Game Boy Advance installments, putting a greater emphasis on the ability to quickly cross the field.


==Characters==
==Characters==
{{main|List of characters in Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi}}
{{main|List of characters in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade}}
''Fuuin no Tsurugi'' contains one of the largest casts of characters, being the highest of all the [[Game Boy Advance]] games.
The main story mode of ''The Binding Blade'' features 54 playable characters, the largest playable cast of the three Game Boy Advance games and one of the largest of the series as a whole, behind {{title|Radiant Dawn}} and {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}.  However, on an average playthrough only 51 can be encountered and recruited, as the game's forked routes at two points in the game result in pairs of characters appearing only in one route or the other ([[Lalum]]/[[Elphin]], [[Ekhidna]]/[[Bartre]], [[Dayan]]/[[Juno]]).  [[List of Trial Maps in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade#Exclusive characters|A further eight characters]] can be unlocked to be used exclusively in the game's [[Trial Map]] mode, bringing the total playable cast to 62.
 
==Support Conversations==
{{Main|List of supports in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade}}
''The Binding Blade'' introduced the [[support]] conversation system, an extension of the more rudimentary, behind-the-scenes support systems present in {{title|Mystery of the Emblem}} and {{title|Thracia 776}}.  With this system, support bonuses are now obtained by, after characters accumulate the required number of points, having the characters talk to each other, after which their support level increases.  This system allowed for a greater level of insight and depth into army members of lesser importance and to their connections and relationships, compared to prior installments where they were by and large left flat and un-fleshed out.
 
==Development==
[[File:Ss fe06 preliminary dialogue1.jpg|thumb|right|A screenshot of ''[[Fire Emblem 64]]'', a cancelled game whose development led to ''The Binding Blade''.]]
{{main|Fire Emblem 64|Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade pre-release information}}
 
The development of ''The Binding Blade'' originated with ''Fire Emblem: Priestess of Darkness'' (Japanese: {{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 暗黒の巫女|Faiāemuburemu ankoku no miko}}), an ill-fated title for the Nintendo 64 console which is better known as ''[[Fire Emblem 64]]''. When developmental difficulties arose with this Nintendo 64 title, the project was cancelled and development was moved to a new title for the Game Boy Advance platform, which at first was still known as ''Priestess of Darkness''. However, the planning for the game had to start from the beginning due to the difficulties which led to the initial cancellation, so few traces of the Nintendo 64 original remained in the Game Boy Advance product; the only elements which are confirmed to have carried over without major changes are the characters [[Roy]] and [[Karel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://serenesforest.net/2015/12/09/the-making-of-fire-emblem-64/|title=The Making of Fire Emblem 64|author=VincentASM|site=Serenes Forest|published=2015-12-09|retrieved=2016-01-03}}</ref>
 
The Game Boy Advance version of ''Priestess of Darkness'' was first announced in August 2000, when it appeared in a list of games to be showcased in the following year's [[wikipedia:Nintendo Space World|Nintendo Space World]] press event. The first footage of the game was demonstrated at that year's Space World.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ign.com/articles/2001/01/23/fire-emblem-maiden-of-the-dark|title=Fire Emblem - Maiden of the Dark|author=IGN staff|site=IGN|published=2001-01-23|retrieved=2014-07-06}}</ref> By July 2001, the game had been renamed ''The Binding Blade'', its title in the final release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://serenesforest.net/general/fire-emblem-64/|title=Fire Emblem 64|author=VincentASM|site=Serenes Forest|published=2013-02-25|retrieved=2014-07-06}}</ref> During its development, protagonist [[Roy]] was introduced as a playable character in {{SSBM}} at the request of Intelligent Systems, in order to promote the game's upcoming release.


==Chapters==
As of mid-March 2002, weeks prior to the game's Japanese release, Nintendo of America had allegedly confirmed their intent to localize and release ''The Binding Blade'' internationally, but these plans never eventuated and instead its prequel, {{FE7}}, became the first internationally-released ''Fire Emblem'' game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/355/355656p1.html|title=Fire Emblem Hits Japan Airwaves|author=Harris, Craig|site=IGN|published=2002-03-15|retrieved=2014-03-25}}</ref>


==Gallery==
===Game credits===
{{main|Staff of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade}}


==Fan translation==
[[File:Ss fe06 title screen fan translation.png|thumb|right|240px|The title screen in the 2013 revision of ''The Binding Blade''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[fan translation]].]]
{{main|Fan translation#Fire Emblem: The Binding_Blade}}
The original [[fan translation]] of ''The Binding Blade'' was produced by the group DTN Translation Division and saw its first release in 2006; the last stable release was in 2006, in a playable yet unrefined state.  In 2013-2014, a heavily updated and polished version of the patch was produced and released by ''gringe'' of the Serenes Forest forums.  Among the patch's improvements is a total retranslation and rewrite of the game's script, updating the game's graphics and fixing untranslated/poorly translated remnants left by the old translation, and revising terminology to bring the game in line with the English releases of [[Fire Emblem (game)|its prequel]] and {{FE13}}.<ref>gringe. (2014-03-13). "[http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=41095 FE6 Translation Patch Redux v0.95 - Seriously, we did something"]. ''Serenes Forest Forums''. Retrieved 2014-03-25</ref>
{{Clear}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*[[Unused content in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade|Unused text]] in the English version of this game's prequel translates this game's title as ''Sword of Seals''.
==Etymology and other languages==
{{Names
|eng-name=''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''
|eng-mean=Known by this name in official [[Nintendo]] sources from the {{FE7}} website onward.<br>The title refers to the [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]], a powerful weapon obtained by Roy late in the game; this weapon is part of the game's logo.
|jap-name={{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣|Faiā emuburemu fūin no tsurugi}}
|jap-mean=Officially romanized as '''Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seal'''.
|eng-fan-name=• ''Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals''<br>• ''Fire Emblem: Sealed Sword''
|eng-fan-mean=The Japanese phrase "封印の剣" is somewhat open to interpretation, resulting in several variations in translations of the name. The modern ''gringe'' [[fan translation]], however, calls the game "The Binding Blade".
|fren-name=''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''
|fren-mean=As above.
|ger-name=''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''
|ger-mean=As above.
|span-name=''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''
|span-mean=As above.
|ital-name=''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''
|ital-mean=As above.}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|Japanese boxart of ''The Binding Blade''.
File:Ba japan fe06 back.jpg|Japanese boxart inverse of ''The Binding Blade''.
File:FEFT Logo.png|Japanese logo of ''The Binding Blade''.
File:FEFT logo.gif|In-game Japanese logo.
File:FEFT box art.jpg|Group artwork for ''The Binding Blade''.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Ss fe06 title screen.png|The game's title screen.
Ss fe06 ilian soldier using ballista.png|An [[Ilia]]n soldier attacks [[Ekhidna]] with a [[ballista]].
Ss fe06 fae using divinestone.png|[[Fae]] uses her [[Divinestone]] to attack a [[Druid]].
Ss fe06 dialogue example.png|[[Shanna]] and [[Dieck]] talking.
Ss fe06 fog of war.png|Advancing through the foggy [[Western Isles]].
Ss fe06 sound room.png|The game's [[Sound Room]].
</gallery>


==References==
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==External links==
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/afej/index.html Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]'' official Japanese website
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcnj/index.html Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]'' Wii U Virtual Console website (Japanese)
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/fe_museum/huin/map/index.html Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]{{dead link}}'' Fire Emblem Museum section (Japanese)
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The Binding Blade

FEFT Logo.png
Ba japan fe06.jpg
Japanese logo and box art.

Developer(s)

Intelligent Systems

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Release date(s)

Game Boy Advance
JPMarch 22, 2002[1]
Wii U Virtual Console
JPSeptember 2, 2015

Rating(s)

CERO: A (Virtual Console rerelease)

Platform(s)
Predecessor

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Successor

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

On partnered sites

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (Japanese: ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣 Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seal) is a Game Boy Advance game released in 2002. It is the sixth installment in the Fire Emblem series, the first for Game Boy Advance and on a handheld platform, and was the last title to be released only in Japan until New Mystery of the Emblem. It was this game which sparked international interest in the franchise, caused by the appearance of protagonist Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, paving the way for successive titles to be translated and exported to other countries. It was also the first installment to be made without the involvement of Shouzou Kaga, a prominent figure in the series' creation and the director of every installment through to Thracia 776, who had left Intelligent Systems after Thracia.

The game is set in a new and separate world from its predecessors, the continent of Elibe, a land once wracked by a fierce war between humans and dragons. One thousand years after that conflict, the misanthropic King Zephiel, of the militaristic nation of Bern, has freed the infamous Demon Dragon and engaged the rest of Elibe in a full-scale war with the intent of "freeing" the world from mankind and returning it to its "rightful" dragon owners. In response, Roy, the young heir of Pherae, leads the forces of Lycia in combatting Bern in lieu of his ill father, Marquess Eliwood.

The game was followed up by Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, a prequel set twenty years prior, dealing with Roy's father Eliwood in his youth. It helps flesh out Zephiel's history, and sets up and elaborates upon other aspects of the world of Elibe, some only barely touched upon in The Binding Blade.

Plot

1000 years before the events of this game, the land of Elibe was the scene of The Scouring, a brutal war between humans and dragons over the control of the land. Late in this war, mankind forged nine powerful dragon-slaying weapons, the Divine Weapons and the Binding Blade, and gave them to eight powerful fighters who became known as the Eight Legends to use to finish the war. However, the sheer power imbued in the weapons tore apart the world's balance and laws of physics when clashed with the dragon's own potent power, a phenomenon later called the Ending Winter. After the war, fearing the power of the weapons and the possibility of someone using them to cause a catastrophe, the Generals sealed the weapons away in hiding places across the continent, protected by a powerful seal established by one of their number, Bramimond, and once guarded by the lingering spirits of warriors from the war. Over the thousand years, the weapons remained (mostly) undisturbed, and their power - while still formidable - depleted over time.

The fall of the Lycian League

Oppression of The Western Isles

Coup d'etat in Etruria

Retaking Ilia

Liberating Sacae

On Bern's soil

After the Demon Dragon

Gameplay

The Binding Blade is today considered to be the game which codified the general structure and gameplay flow of almost all subsequent Fire Emblem games. Compared to its predecessor, Thracia 776, it is significantly simplified and has dropped numerous features, but also retains some of the stats, mechanics and general concepts introduced by Thracia.

Stat changes

The Binding Blade retains the constitution stat introduced in Thracia, but removes action and the pursuit critical coefficient. Resistance returns to its normal function following its absence in Thracia, and movement and constitution are no longer connected to growth rates. Strength and magic are no longer technically separate stats, but rather are the same value handled differently: physical units treat it as strength, while magical units treat it as magic.

Supports

While the support bonus mechanic had existed in a hidden form in prior games, The Binding Blade converted it into its present form, where supports between units are strengthened by their participation in battles alongside each other and are activated by having units talk to each other. It also introduces the affinity system, where each playable unit bears one of seven elemental affinities which dictates what stat boosts they provide to their support partner.

Weapon triangle

The Trinity of Magic is modified from Thracia 776: fire, thunder and wind magic are consolidated into a single magic type, anima magic. In turn, light and dark magic are integrated into the Trinity of Magic properly rather than their former position as being separate from it: anima beats light, light beats dark, and dark beats anima.

Chapters

Main article: List of chapters in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

In an average playthrough, the game is 25 chapters long, not counting any of the sidequests, of which there are six. At two points in the game, the story diverges into two separate alternate routes before later converging to rejoin a single story route, covering a span of six chapters and one sidequest per playthrough. The game features a total of 39 distinct map chapters, including sidequests and the branched routes. Furthermore, the maps of The Binding Blade are widely known for being significantly larger than those of the other Game Boy Advance installments, putting a greater emphasis on the ability to quickly cross the field.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

The main story mode of The Binding Blade features 54 playable characters, the largest playable cast of the three Game Boy Advance games and one of the largest of the series as a whole, behind Radiant Dawn and New Mystery of the Emblem. However, on an average playthrough only 51 can be encountered and recruited, as the game's forked routes at two points in the game result in pairs of characters appearing only in one route or the other (Lalum/Elphin, Ekhidna/Bartre, Dayan/Juno). A further eight characters can be unlocked to be used exclusively in the game's Trial Map mode, bringing the total playable cast to 62.

Support Conversations

Main article: List of supports in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

The Binding Blade introduced the support conversation system, an extension of the more rudimentary, behind-the-scenes support systems present in Mystery of the Emblem and Thracia 776. With this system, support bonuses are now obtained by, after characters accumulate the required number of points, having the characters talk to each other, after which their support level increases. This system allowed for a greater level of insight and depth into army members of lesser importance and to their connections and relationships, compared to prior installments where they were by and large left flat and un-fleshed out.

Development

A screenshot of Fire Emblem 64, a cancelled game whose development led to The Binding Blade.
Main articles: Fire Emblem 64 and Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade pre-release information

The development of The Binding Blade originated with Fire Emblem: Priestess of Darkness (Japanese: ファイアーエムブレム 暗黒の巫女), an ill-fated title for the Nintendo 64 console which is better known as Fire Emblem 64. When developmental difficulties arose with this Nintendo 64 title, the project was cancelled and development was moved to a new title for the Game Boy Advance platform, which at first was still known as Priestess of Darkness. However, the planning for the game had to start from the beginning due to the difficulties which led to the initial cancellation, so few traces of the Nintendo 64 original remained in the Game Boy Advance product; the only elements which are confirmed to have carried over without major changes are the characters Roy and Karel.[2]

The Game Boy Advance version of Priestess of Darkness was first announced in August 2000, when it appeared in a list of games to be showcased in the following year's Nintendo Space World press event. The first footage of the game was demonstrated at that year's Space World.[3] By July 2001, the game had been renamed The Binding Blade, its title in the final release.[4] During its development, protagonist Roy was introduced as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee at the request of Intelligent Systems, in order to promote the game's upcoming release.

As of mid-March 2002, weeks prior to the game's Japanese release, Nintendo of America had allegedly confirmed their intent to localize and release The Binding Blade internationally, but these plans never eventuated and instead its prequel, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, became the first internationally-released Fire Emblem game.[5]

Game credits

Main article: Staff of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Fan translation

The title screen in the 2013 revision of The Binding Blade's fan translation.
Main article: Fan translation § Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

The original fan translation of The Binding Blade was produced by the group DTN Translation Division and saw its first release in 2006; the last stable release was in 2006, in a playable yet unrefined state. In 2013-2014, a heavily updated and polished version of the patch was produced and released by gringe of the Serenes Forest forums. Among the patch's improvements is a total retranslation and rewrite of the game's script, updating the game's graphics and fixing untranslated/poorly translated remnants left by the old translation, and revising terminology to bring the game in line with the English releases of its prequel and Fire Emblem Awakening.[6]

Trivia

  • Unused text in the English version of this game's prequel translates this game's title as Sword of Seals.

Etymology and other languages

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

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Known by this name in official Nintendo sources from the Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade website onward.
The title refers to the Binding Blade, a powerful weapon obtained by Roy late in the game; this weapon is part of the game's logo.

English
(unofficial)

Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals
Fire Emblem: Sealed Sword

The Japanese phrase "封印の剣" is somewhat open to interpretation, resulting in several variations in translations of the name. The modern gringe fan translation, however, calls the game "The Binding Blade".

Spanish

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

As above.

French

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

As above.

German

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

As above.

Italian

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

As above.

Gallery

Screenshots

References

  1. NeoSeeker: Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seal (Import)
  2. VincentASM, The Making of Fire Emblem 64, Serenes Forest, Published: 2015-12-09, Retrieved: 2016-01-03
  3. IGN staff, Fire Emblem - Maiden of the Dark, IGN, Published: 2001-01-23, Retrieved: 2014-07-06
  4. VincentASM, Fire Emblem 64, Serenes Forest, Published: 2013-02-25, Retrieved: 2014-07-06
  5. Harris, Craig, Fire Emblem Hits Japan Airwaves, IGN, Published: 2002-03-15, Retrieved: 2014-03-25
  6. gringe. (2014-03-13). "FE6 Translation Patch Redux v0.95 - Seriously, we did something". Serenes Forest Forums. Retrieved 2014-03-25

External links

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Playable characters AlenAstolfoBartheBartreBorsCathCeciliaChadClarineDayanDieckDorothyDouglasEchidnaElenElffinFaeFirGarretGeeseGonzalezGwendolynHughIgreneJunoKarelKleinLanceLarumLilinaLotLughMarcusMerlinusMeladyNiimeNoahOgierPercevalRaighRoyRutgerSaulShannaSinSophiaSueTheaTrecWardWoltYoderZelotZeiss
Trial Map characters BrunnyaEliwoodGalleGuinivereHectorMurdockNarcianZephiel
Non-playable characters EliwoodGuinivereHectorMaryMordred
Bosses ArcardoBorsBrakulBrunnyaChanDamasDebiasDoryEinErikFlaerGalleGuerreroHenningIdunnKabulKelKudokaJahnLeganceMaggieMarralMartelMonkeMorganMurdockNarcianNordOatesOrloPeresRaithRandyRoartzRobertsRoseRuudScollanScottSiguneSlaterThorilTickWagnerWindhamZephielZinque
Background characters AthosBariganBramimondDurbanElimineHanonHartmutRoland
Regalia and personal weapons ApocalypseArmadsAureolaBinding BladeDurandalEckesachsForblazeMaltetMulagirRapierStaff of the Saint
Chapters Tutorial • 1: Breath of Destiny • 2: Princess of Bern • 3: Latecomer's Sorrow • 4: Crumbling League • 5: Fire Emblem • 6: Ensnared • 7: The Ostian Revolt • 8: Reunion • 8x: The Blazing Blade • 9: The Misty Isles • 10A: Western Resistance • 11A: The Hero of the West • 10B: Amidst a Struggle • 11B: Flight Toward Freedom • 12: The True Enemy • 12x: The Thunder Axe • 13: Rescue Mission • 14: Arcadia • 14x: The Infernal Truth • 15: The Dragon Child • 16: Storming the Capital • 16x: The Glorious Ascension • 17A: Ocean's Parting • 18A: The Frozen River • 19A: Bitter Cold • 20A: Ilia's Salvation • 20Ax: The Freezing Lance • 17B: The Bishop's Teachings • 18B: The Laws of Sacae • 19B: Battle in Bulgar • 20B: The Silver Wolf • 20Bx: The Bow of Swift Wind • 21: The Binding Blade • 21x: The Elder Revelation • 22: Unattained Dream • 23: The Ghosts of Bern • 24: Legends and LiesF: Beyond Darkness
Trial Maps Valley of DeathRainy IslandSnowy DefensivePirate's ChallengeRoy's Trial
Locations ElibeBern (Dragon TempleShrine of Seals) • Etruria (Aquleia) • IliaLycia (AraphenLausOstiaPheraeThria) • Missur (ArcadiaNabata) • Sacae (BulgarTaras) • Western Isles
Groups, objects and concepts Disturbance of BernEnding WinterFire EmblemGenerals of EtruriaThe ScouringWar Dragons
Lists ChaptersCharactersClasses (Class change) • Hidden treasureItemsScriptsSupportsWeapons
Related topics Elibe DisturbanceHasha no TsurugiName chart • Other games (The Blazing Blade) • Pre-release information (Unused content) • Sound RoomTimeline
Fire Emblem series
Main series Shadow Dragon & the Blade of LightGaidenMystery of the EmblemGenealogy of the Holy WarThracia 776The Binding BladeThe Blazing BladeThe Sacred StonesPath of RadianceRadiant DawnShadow DragonNew Mystery of the EmblemAwakeningFatesEchoes: Shadows of ValentiaThree HousesEngage
Spin-offs Archanea SagaTokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FEHeroesWarriorsWarriors: Three Hopes
Crossover games Super Smash Bros. (MeleeBrawlfor Nintendo 3DS and Wii UUltimate) • Club Nintendo Picross+Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.Project X Zone 2WarioWareDragalia Lost
Unreleased games and prototypes Fire Emblem 64The Blazing Blade pre-release build 0206The Blazing Blade pre-release build 0219The Sacred Stones prototypeFire Emblem Wii
TearRing Saga series Yutona Heroes War ChroniclesBerwick Saga
Vestaria Saga series War of the ScionsThe Sacred Sword of SilvanisterLucca GaidenChronicles of the Norden Civil War
Related titles Mario Kart: Double Dash!! bonus discLINENintendo Badge Arcade
Versions and releases List of version differencesLocalization of the Fire Emblem seriesVirtual Console
Other References in other mediaReferences to other media