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{{Game Infobox | {{Game Infobox | ||
| title= | |title=The Sacred Stones | ||
| image= | |image=[[File:FESS logo.png|200px]]<br>[[File:Ba america fe08.jpg|200px]] | ||
| caption= | |caption=American boxart and logo. | ||
| developer= | |developer=[[Intelligent Systems]] | ||
| publisher= | |publisher=[[Nintendo]] | ||
| released= | |released='''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{JP}}October 7, 2004<ref name="feworld">http://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/few_series.html#08</ref><br>{{NA}}May 23, 2005<ref name="nindbrelease">http://www.nindb.net/game/fire-emblem-tss.html</ref><br>{{EU}}November 4, 2005<ref name="nindbrelease" /><br>'''Nintendo 3DS'''<br>{{WW}}December 16, 2011<ref name=''ign''>http://ds.ign.com/articles/121/1214743p1.html</ref><br/>'''Wii U'''<br/>{{JP}}August 6, 2014<br/>{{EU}}January 1, 2015<br>{{NA}}June 18, 2015 | ||
| rating= | |rating={{Rating|ESRB=E|PEGI=7+|OFLC=G8+|CERO=All Ages|USK=0}} | ||
| platforms= | |platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]]<br>[[Nintendo 3DS]] <small><sub>(Ambassador Program)</sub></small><br/>[[Wii U]] <small>([[Virtual Console]])</small> | ||
| predecessor= {{ | |predecessor={{FE7}} | ||
| successor= | |successor={{title|Path of Radiance}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones''''' (ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石 | '''''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones''''' (Japanese: {{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石|Faia Emuburemu: Seima no Kōseki}} ''Fire Emblem: Light Stones of Saints and Demons'') is a 2004 [[Game Boy Advance]] game. It is the eighth installment in the {{FES}}, the second installment to be released internationally, and the third and final installment released for the Game Boy Advance.<ref>http://www.nindb.net/series/fire-emblem.html</ref> It is set in the world of [[Magvel]], which has not appeared in any other titles, and holds the distinction of having an entirely unique cast. It stars [[Eirika]] and [[Ephraim]], twin heirs to the kingdom of [[Renais]], as they combat the sudden aggression of their southern neighbour [[Grado (country)|Grado]] and investigate the dark forces that have caused their former ally to so swiftly turn on them and the rest of the continent. | ||
In 2011, ''The Sacred Stones'' was given a free limited reissue to early adopters of the [[Nintendo 3DS]], under the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program. | In 2011, ''The Sacred Stones'' was given a free limited reissue to early adopters of the [[Nintendo 3DS]], under the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program. As with the other Game Boy Advance titles reissued under the program, Nintendo has stated that there are currently no plans to give them a wider release as a full Virtual Console set of titles. The game was, however, released for the [[Wii U]] Virtual Console, in Japan in 2014, and internationally in 2015. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{main|:Category:Scripts of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones}} | {{main|:Category:Scripts of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones}} | ||
===The fall of Renais=== | ===The fall of Renais=== | ||
In the castle of [[Renais]], troops from [[Grado]] have breached the castle. Fearing the safety of his daughter [[Eirika]], [[Fado|King Fado]] sends his paladin [[Seth]] to take Eirika to safety. On his way out, they are attacked by [[Valter]], a Grado soldier, and several bandits. Soon they meet [[Franz]] and [[Gilliam]] at Mulan, a border town of Renais and Frelia, and rescue Princess [[Tana]] of Frelia. In Frelia they meet [[Hayden|King Hayden]], who sends his vassals Gilliam, [[Vanessa]], and [[Moulder]] to help. Eirika decides to go to Grado and help her brother, despite Hayden's advice to stay safe. | In the castle of [[Renais]], troops from [[Grado (country)|Grado]] have breached the castle. Fearing the safety of his daughter [[Eirika]], [[Fado|King Fado]] sends his paladin [[Seth]] to take Eirika to safety. On his way out, they are attacked by [[Valter]], a Grado soldier, and several bandits. Soon they meet [[Franz]] and [[Gilliam]] at Mulan, a border town of Renais and Frelia, and rescue Princess [[Tana]] of Frelia. In Frelia they meet [[Hayden|King Hayden]], who sends his vassals Gilliam, [[Vanessa]], and [[Moulder]] to help. Eirika decides to go to Grado and help her brother, despite Hayden's advice to stay safe. | ||
As they travel past the village of [[Ide]], where they meet retired war General [[Garcia (The Sacred Stones)|Garcia]] and his ambitious son [[Ross]], Eirika's bracelet is stolen, and Seth insists that they recover it. She retrieves it from [[Colm]], a snide young thief, with the help of his childhood friend, a tearful archer named [[Neimi]]. Colm had gone to the hideout of the Bandits of [name] to steal from them. With the help of Neimi, Eirika and her companions located the hideout and eliminated the bandits. Meanwhile, Generals [[Duessel]], [[Selena (The Sacred Stones)|Selena]], and [[Glen]] of Grado talk about the strange behavior of [[Vigarde]], the king of Grado. Normally, Grado would never attack Renais, a longtime ally. Vigarde introduces three new generals to help in the conquest of the continent: [[Riev]], [[Caellach]], and [[Valter]]. | As they travel past the village of [[Ide]], where they meet retired war General [[Garcia (The Sacred Stones)|Garcia]] and his ambitious son [[Ross]], Eirika's bracelet is stolen, and Seth insists that they recover it. She retrieves it from [[Colm]], a snide young thief, with the help of his childhood friend, a tearful archer named [[Neimi]]. Colm had gone to the hideout of the Bandits of [name] to steal from them. With the help of Neimi, Eirika and her companions located the hideout and eliminated the bandits. Meanwhile, Generals [[Duessel]], [[Selena (The Sacred Stones)|Selena]], and [[Glen]] of Grado talk about the strange behavior of [[Vigarde]], the king of Grado. Normally, Grado would never attack Renais, a longtime ally. Vigarde introduces three new generals to help in the conquest of the continent: [[Riev]], [[Caellach]], and [[Valter]]. | ||
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As Eirika and her companions exit Jehanna Hall, a battle breaks out. Early in the battle, Ephraim arrives with Duessel and a shaman named [[Knoll]] and helps Eirika defeat the Grado forces, including Caellach and Valter. Ephraim provides the group with two Sacred Twin weapons from Grado, the axe [[Garm]] and the dark tome [[Gleipnir]]. Ephraim tells the others he has managed to seize Grado's capital and defeat Vigarde. He says that according to Knoll, a Dark Stone has been created by Lyon. Vigarde has already been dead for months, somehow resurrected as only a puppet. Ephraim reveals that Lyon is the one controlling the stone, although he barely believes it. Lyon had said that he was behind the war and that he had only befriended Eirika and Ephraim to invade Renais in the future. L'Arachel suggests that they will still be able to conquer evil with the remaining Sacred Stones. | As Eirika and her companions exit Jehanna Hall, a battle breaks out. Early in the battle, Ephraim arrives with Duessel and a shaman named [[Knoll]] and helps Eirika defeat the Grado forces, including Caellach and Valter. Ephraim provides the group with two Sacred Twin weapons from Grado, the axe [[Garm]] and the dark tome [[Gleipnir]]. Ephraim tells the others he has managed to seize Grado's capital and defeat Vigarde. He says that according to Knoll, a Dark Stone has been created by Lyon. Vigarde has already been dead for months, somehow resurrected as only a puppet. Ephraim reveals that Lyon is the one controlling the stone, although he barely believes it. Lyon had said that he was behind the war and that he had only befriended Eirika and Ephraim to invade Renais in the future. L'Arachel suggests that they will still be able to conquer evil with the remaining Sacred Stones. | ||
Eirika and Ephraim return to Renais. When they enter the castle, Myrrh vows that she will start to fight as well. Orson is seen doting on his "wife", Monica, who is unseen. Riev tells him Eirika and Ephraim are marching toward the castle, and he threatens to kill Monica if he | Eirika and Ephraim return to Renais. When they enter the castle, Myrrh vows that she will start to fight as well. Orson is seen doting on his "wife", Monica, who is unseen. Riev tells him Eirika and Ephraim are marching toward the castle, and he threatens to kill Monica if he fails to succeed in keeping them out. After Orson is defeated, the twins find that "Monica" was a reanimated corpse, just like Vigarde. They go back to the throne room, where Eirika and Ephraim raise their bracelets and open the secret chamber that contains the Stone of Renais. They also find the Sacred Twin weapons, [[Sieglinde]], the Thunder Blade and [[Siegmund]], the Fire Lance. | ||
Two years ago, Lyon is telling of how he plans to use the Sacred Stone to help people. In the present, Eirika's army is at the Narube River, on the way to Rausten. Lyon then appears to the group, still a kindhearted man. However, he switches to a darker personality; "he" reveals himself to be the Demon King. During the battle, the Frelian general [[Syrene]] joins Eirika's side. When Lyon is defeated, he teleports away. Innes then gives Eirika the Sacred Twin weapons of Frelia: [[Nidhogg]], the Serpent Bow, and [[Vidofnir]], the Winged Lance. | Two years ago, Lyon is telling of how he plans to use the Sacred Stone to help people. In the present, Eirika's army is at the Narube River, on the way to Rausten. Lyon then appears to the group, still a kindhearted man. However, he switches to a darker personality; "he" reveals himself to be the Demon King. During the battle, the Frelian general [[Syrene]] joins Eirika's side. When Lyon is defeated, he teleports away. Innes then gives Eirika the Sacred Twin weapons of Frelia: [[Nidhogg]], the Serpent Bow, and [[Vidofnir]], the Winged Lance. | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
A turn-based strategy game as with the rest of the series, ''The Sacred Stones'' is built on the same engine as {{title|Blazing | A turn-based strategy game as with the rest of the series, ''The Sacred Stones'' is built on the same engine as {{title|The Blazing Blade}} and {{title|The Binding Blade}}, but features a number of unique features which have only been seen before in {{FE2}} and since in {{FE13}}. | ||
===Branched class change=== | ===Branched class change=== | ||
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===Creature Campaign=== | ===Creature Campaign=== | ||
{{main|Creature Campaign}} | {{main|Creature Campaign}} | ||
The Creature Campaign is a post-game mode, similar in vein to the [[Trial Maps]] of earlier and later games, in which the player can train the characters endlessly in the above methods. Special characters can be unlocked for use such as Fado, Ismaire, and Lyon. Skirmishes continue to appear, and in the Lagdou Ruins, many different rare items can be found. | The Creature Campaign is a post-game mode, similar in vein to the [[Trial Maps]] of earlier and later games, in which the player can train the characters endlessly in the above methods. Special characters can be unlocked for use such as [[Fado]], [[Ismaire]], and [[Lyon]]. Skirmishes continue to appear, and in the Lagdou Ruins, many different rare items can be found. | ||
==Chapters== | ==Chapters== | ||
{{main|List of chapters in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones}} | {{main|List of chapters in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones}} | ||
Any single playthrough of ''The Sacred Stones'', from prologue to both parts of final, yields 24 unique maps. The game contains a total of 30 unique chapters if the 6 chapters from the unchosen twin's route are counted, though both twin's tales cannot be experienced simultaneously in one play-through. | |||
While the [[Tower of Valni]], [[Lagdou Ruins]], and [[Melkaen Coast]] locations do not feature actual chapters, they do serve as [[Skirmish]] locations with fully unique maps. Counting the maps in these locations, as Valni has 8 floors and Lagdou has 10 floors, brings the game's total of unique maps up to 49. | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
{{main|List of characters in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones}} | {{main|List of characters in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones}} | ||
The main story mode of ''The Sacred Stones'' features 34 playable characters. | The main story mode of ''The Sacred Stones'' features 34 playable characters, with an additional 9 characters that can be obtained in the Creature Campaign. | ||
==Support Conversations== | ==Support Conversations== | ||
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===Prototype builds=== | ===Prototype builds=== | ||
{{main|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones prototype}} | {{main|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones prototype}} | ||
A prototype build of the Japanese version of ''The Sacred Stones'' was leaked to the public in 2008 and is available in patch form | A prototype build of the Japanese version of ''The Sacred Stones'' was leaked to the public in 2008 and is available in patch form [[:File:The Sacred Stones prototype 0531 Patch.zip|here]]. The prototype is dated at five months before the Japanese retail release of the game, and compared to the leaked {{FE7}} prototypes, it is vastly incomplete and prototypical. At this stage in development, the game is largely unmodified from ''Fire Emblem'' with most of that game's graphics and music. Only the first eight chapters are even remotely started on, with only the barest infrastructure existing for the rest of the game, and only a handful of characters have portraits, some of which are vastly different from the finished release. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* ''The Sacred Stones'' was | [[File:FESS en manual pg 51.png|300px|right]] | ||
* ''The Sacred Stones'' was published after the [[Nintendo DS]] was in North America and the PAL region. The DS was released first on November 4, 2004; this game was released on May 23 and November 4, 2005 respectively. | |||
* This game was released in Europe on the same day as {{FE9}} - November 4, 2005. | * This game was released in Europe on the same day as {{FE9}} - November 4, 2005. | ||
* The Japanese and US manuals for ''The Sacred Stones'' uses [[Ephraim]] and [[Myrrh]]'s [[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones prototype|prototype]] portraits in one section.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_PBBJ_00.pdf]; see page 49</ref><ref>[http://media.nintendo.com/nintendo/bin/hEdz6QCdBMbBoGW9NNCPXH25oCbd4rt3/mSxVebfnU-p96pOI-Il7-f8tOIkQ4bQD.pdf]; see page 51</ref> | |||
* The example link arena teams in the game's English manual are amusingly named "Noodle" and "The Dude".<ref>[http://media.nintendo.com/nintendo/bin/hEdz6QCdBMbBoGW9NNCPXH25oCbd4rt3/mSxVebfnU-p96pOI-Il7-f8tOIkQ4bQD.pdf]; see page 44</ref> | |||
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==Etymology and other languages== | |||
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{{Names | {{Names | ||
|eng-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | |eng-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | ||
|eng-mean=The title refers to the [[Sacred Stone]]s, five holy relics key to the game's story. | |eng-mean=The title refers to the [[Sacred Stone (object)|Sacred Stone]]s, five holy relics key to the game's story. | ||
|jap-name={{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石|Faiā Emuburemu Seima no Kōseki}} | |jap-name={{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石|Faiā Emuburemu Seima no Kōseki}} | ||
|jap-mean=''Fire Emblem: | |jap-mean=Roughly "''Fire Emblem: Light Stones of Saints [and] Demons''". Alternatively "''Fire Emblem: Light Stones of the Holy Demon''", but that seems unlikely, as it would be an oxymoron. | ||
|fren-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | |fren-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | ||
|fren-mean= | |fren-mean=As above. | ||
|ger-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | |ger-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | ||
|ger-mean= | |ger-mean=As above. | ||
|span-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | |span-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | ||
|span-mean= | |span-mean=As above. | ||
|ital-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | |ital-name=''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' | ||
|ital-mean=}} | |ital-mean=As above. | ||
{{ | }} | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
FESS Logo jp.png|Japanese logo. | |||
FESS logo.png|English logo. | |||
Ba japan fe08.jpg|Japanese boxart | |||
Ba america fe08.jpg|North American boxart | |||
Ba europe fe08.jpg|European boxart | |||
FESS art01.jpg|Artwork from ''The Sacred Stones''. | |||
FESS art02.jpg|Artwork from ''The Sacred Stones''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Screenshots=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Ss fe08 title screen jp.png|The Japanese title screen for ''The Sacred Stones''. | |||
Ss fe08 title screen na.png|The North American title screen for ''The Sacred Stones''. | |||
Ss fe08 game opening story tablet dragon.png|Still from the game's opening featuring a dragon curled around [[Sacred Stone (object)|the five Sacred Stones]]. | |||
Ss fe08 lute casting aura.png|[[Lute]] casting [[Aura]] against an [[Arch Mogall]]. | |||
Ss fe08 myrrh using dragonstone.png|[[Myrrh]] attacks a [[Wight]] with her [[Dragonstone]]. | |||
Ss fe08 tana ephraim eirika.png|[[Ephraim]] and [[Eirika]] reunite with [[Tana]]. | |||
Ss fe08 ephraim studies.png|[[Ephraim]] studying with [[Lyon]]. | |||
Ss fe08 moving seth.png|Moving [[Seth]] towards an enemy [[Archer]]. | |||
Ss fe08 franz talk command.png|[[Franz]] moves to [[talk]] with [[Amelia|an enemy]]. | |||
Ss fe08 skirmish.png|Encountering a [[skirmish]] on the [[world map]]. | |||
Ss fe08 sound room.png|The game's [[Sound Room]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
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==External links== | |||
* ''[https://tanasmanor.net/sites/fe8/ Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones for Game Boy Advance]'' official English website (mirror by Tanas Manor) | |||
* ''[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/be8j/ ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石]'' official Japanese website | |||
* ''[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/brIE4OLEZGaGS7yyoCqFHBGGvsLxKi5c Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones for WiiU]'' official English Virtual Console webpage | |||
* ''[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000008308 ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石 | Wii U | 任天堂]'' official Japanese Virtual Console webpage | |||
* ''[https://media.nintendo.com/nintendo/bin/hEdz6QCdBMbBoGW9NNCPXH25oCbd4rt3/mSxVebfnU-p96pOI-Il7-f8tOIkQ4bQD.pdf English instruction manual] provided by Nintendo | |||
* ''[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_PBBJ_00.pdf Japanese instruction manual] provided by Nintendo | |||
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