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{{GameInfo
{{Game Infobox
|title=Fuuin no Tsurugi
|title=The Binding Blade
|image=[[File:FEFT logo.gif]]<br>[[File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|200px]]
|image=[[File:FEFT Logo.png|200px]]<br>
|caption=
[[File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|200px]]
|caption=Japanese logo and box art.
|developer=[[Intelligent Systems]]
|developer=[[Intelligent Systems]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|released={{JP}}March 22, 2002<ref>http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/GBA/fireemblem_gba/</ref>
|released=
|rating= {{hover|N/A*|The game predates the foundation of the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, Japan's widely-accepted video game classification body, by approximately four months.}}
'''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
|platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]]
|rating={{Rating|CERO=A <small>(Virtual Console rerelease)</small>}}
|platforms=
*[[Game Boy Advance]]
*[[Wii U]] <small>([[Virtual Console]])</small>
|predecessor={{FE5}}
|predecessor={{FE5}}
|successor={{FE7}}
|successor={{FE7}}
}}
}}
'''''Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi''''' (ファイアーエムブレム　封印の剣, ''Fire Emblem: Binding Blade''), 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|Shin Monshou no Nazo}}.  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''.
'''''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 [[Great Movement 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 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. That game 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 ''Fuuin''.
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==
{{Spoiler}}
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.
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 [[Divine Weapons]] and the [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]], and gave them to eight powerful fighters who became known as the [[Eight Generals]] 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: Blazing Sword|mostly]]) undisturbed, and their power - while still formidable - depleted over time.


===The fall of the Lycian League===
===The fall of the Lycian League===
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==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==
==Chapters==
{{main|List of chapters in Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi}}
{{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 routes before later converging to rejoin a single story route, covering a span of six chapters and one sidequest.  The game features a total of 39 distinct map chapters, including sidequests and the branched routes.  Furthermore, the maps of ''Fuuin no Tsurugi'' 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.
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}}
The main story mode of ''Fuuin no Tsurugi'' 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|Shin Monshou no Nazo}}.  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 ([[Lalam]]/[[Elphin]], [[Ekhidna]]/[[Bartre]], [[Dayan]]/[[Juno]]).  [[List of Trial Maps in Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi#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.
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==
==Support Conversations==
{{Main|List of supports in Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi}}
{{Main|List of supports in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade}}
''Fuuin no Tsurugi'' introduced the [[support]] conversation system, an extension of the more rudimentary, behind-the-scenes support systems present in {{title|Monshou no Nazo}} 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.
''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.
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>
===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==
===Prerelease information===
*[[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''.
* At an early point in the game's development, the game was titled ''Fire Emblem: Ankoku no Miko'' (ファイアーエムブレム 暗黒の巫女, ''Fire Emblem: Maiden of Darkness''); this title was also applied to the ill-fated "''[[Fire Emblem 64]]''" late in the development of said game. The title was likely intended to refer to [[Idenn]], who is referred to by that title in the course of the game and her theme music is named as such.
 
==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==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|Japanese boxart
File:Ba japan fe06.jpg|Japanese boxart of ''The Binding Blade''.
File:Ba japan fe06 back.jpg|Japanese boxart inverse
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>
</gallery>


==In other languages==
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{{Names
 
|eng-name=''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade''
==External links==
|eng-mean=The game is referred to by this title in the NTSC English version of {{SSBB}}.
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/afej/index.html Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]'' official Japanese website
|jap-name={{hover|ファイアーエムブレム　封印の剣|Faiā emuburemu fūin no tsurugi}}
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcnj/index.html Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]'' Wii U Virtual Console website (Japanese)
|jap-mean=''Fire Emblem: Binding Blade''<br>The title refers to the [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]] a powerful weapon accessed by Roy late in the game; this weapon is part of the game's logo.
* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/fe_museum/huin/map/index.html Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]{{dead link}}'' Fire Emblem Museum section (Japanese)
|eng-fan-name=''Fire Emblem: Binding Blade''<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.}}
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