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List of version differences
In the life cycle of a video game, it may be published in multiple versions, including the process of localization into new languages. Outside of localization, successive versions of a game will usually implement a series of revisions and changes from the preceding version, ranging from fixing errors and bugs to adjusting game balance. In the age before digital distribution, it was not possible to revise pre-existing copies of an already-released game, so revised version were found in later print runs and re-releases of the game in question instead. This series of articles identifies different versions of the games of the Fire Emblem series, their release dates and regions, as well as any changes in both gameplay and story which were made by each version.
All Virtual Console re-releases of a game will use the most recent version of that game released in that region, although they may contain minor presentation changes of their own.
Glossary
Regions
Nintendo divides the parts of the world in which it currently publishes its games into four regions. All games on Nintendo's home consoles before the Nintendo Switch, as well as their handhelds since the Nintendo DSi, are subject to regional lockout which prevents a game from being played on a console which does not match its designated region.
The terminology used and the reasons for the regional division come from the days of analog television, where different parts of the world made use of one of several different standards of broadcast encoding. Until the current generation, when analog television was still widely used, game systems were affected by this as well and releases in different regions required significant technical revision in order to work with televisions in that region. Although this is less relevant these days, with the rise of digital television, the regions defined by the analog era are still used today as the basis for separating different parts of the world.
- The NTSC (National Television System Committee) region traditionally covers all of North America, parts of Central and South America, and parts of south-east Asia. For Nintendo's purposes, it is divided into three regions:
- NTSC-J is Japan itself, and being that Nintendo is a Japanese corporation, games are almost always released in this region first.
- NTSC-U covers the Americas, although the United States and Canada are the primary focus. This is generally considered to be Nintendo's most significant overseas market by far and only needs one localization to be completed, so this region is usually the second to get a game, after Japan itself. NTSC-U versions typically fix most major bugs from the NTSC-J version and implement minor changes.
- NTSC-K consists solely of South Korea.
- The PAL (Phase Alternating Line) region, as far as Nintendo publication is concerned, includes all of western Europe, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. PAL versions of games are usually the last versions to be released (in Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is the only exception to this), as the game must be localized into between five and seven different languages (the standards being British English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Russian). As a result, PAL releases are often the final and most complete version of a game, with the majority of known bugs fixed and possibly significant further changes added.
Data
- Product ID: The identification code assigned to the version of the game by Nintendo. This code is always printed on the label of a game's cartridge or disc. The first part of the code indicates the console it was released on, the second part is a code unique to that particular version of the game, and the last part is the version's region of release.
- Internal name: Nintendo's games are typically assigned an internal name which is found in the game's metadata, rather than being presented anywhere when playing the game. They are typically short and contain key information to quickly tell them apart from other regional versions of the game. Revised versions of a game in the same region won't typically change this.
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
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Fire Emblem Gaiden
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Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
Mystery of the Emblem appears to have had one revision released, although there is no information on what was changed.[1]
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J (v1.0) | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | NTSC-J (V1.1) |
Product ID | SHVC-EM | SHVC-EM |
Internal title | SHVC FIREEMBLEM | SHVC FIREEMBLEM |
Language(s) | Japanese | Japanese |
Release date | January 21st, 1994 | ?? |
Changes | Unknown. | |
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Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Only one known addition of Genealogy was released, with no later updates.[2]
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | NTSC-J |
Product ID | SHVC-A32J-JPN |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM4 |
Language(s) | Japanese |
Release date | May 14th, 1996 |
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Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
There are two known builds of Thracia 776: the original Nintendo Power service release (commonly called the "NP" version), and the version that received a proper cartridge in the next year (commonly called the "ROM" version).[3] The differences between the two are relatively minor.
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J (NP version) | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | NTSC-J (ROM version) |
Product ID | SHVC-BFEJ-JPN | SHVC-BFRJ-JPN |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM5 | FIREEMBLEM5 |
Language(s) | Japanese | Japanese |
Release date | September 1st, 1999 | January 21st, 2000 |
Changes | The title screen's copyright notice was altered, which is the easiest way to tell the two versions apart. The NP version's copyright notice reads: ©1996,1999 Nintendo, ©1999 INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS The ROM version's copyright notice reads: ©1996,1999,2000 Nintendo/INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS | |
Rankings were expanded with a series of higher grades implemented, raising the maximum achievable rank from AAA to SSS. Requirements to meet the pre-existing ranks were unchanged, and the new ranks have even more demanding requirements. | ||
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Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
There is only one known released version of The Binding Blade.
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Product ID | AGB-AFEJ-JPN |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM6 |
Language(s) | Japanese |
Release date | March 22nd, 2002 |
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Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Fire Emblem was released worldwide in four editions, with no known revisions beyond the base releases. It is unique in that it is the only internationally-released Fire Emblem game that splits its PAL edition in two versions, each containing different European languages from the other.
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J | NTSC | PAL | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | PAL |
Product ID | AGB-AE7J-JPN | AGB-AE7E-USA | AGB-AE7X-EUR | AGB-AE7Y-EUR |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM7 | FIREEMBLEME | FIREEMBLEMX | FIREEMBLEMY |
Language(s) | Japanese | US English | EU English, French, German | EU English, Spanish, Italian |
Release date | April 25th, 2003 | November 3rd, 2003 | July 16th, 2004 | July 16th, 2004 |
Changes | ||||
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Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J | NTSC | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | PAL |
Product ID | AGB-BE8J-JPN | AGB-BE8E-USA | AGB-BE8P-EUR |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM8 | FIREEMBLEM2E | FIREEMBLEM2P |
Language(s) | Japanese | US English | EU English, French, German, Spanish, Italian |
Release date | October 7th, 2004 | May 23rd, 2005 | November 4th, 2005 |
Changes | |||
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Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Path of Radiance was released worldwide in three editions, with no known revisions beyond the base releases.
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J | NTSC | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | PAL |
Product ID | DOL-GFEJ-JPN | DOL-GFEE-USA | DOL-GFEP-EUR |
Internal title | FIRE EMBLEM GC | FIRE EMBLEM GC US | FIRE EMBLEM GC EU |
Language(s) | Japanese | US English | EU English, French, German, Spanish, Italian |
Release date | April 20th, 2005 | October 17th, 2005 | November 4th, 2005 |
Changes | |||
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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Radiant Dawn was released worldwide in three editions. The NTSC-U edition received one re-release at an unknown date, which patched an issue with the Path of Radiance data transfer function.
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J | NTSC | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | PAL |
Product ID | RVL-RFEJ-JPN | RVL-RFEE-USA | RVL-RFEP-EUR |
Internal title | ?? | FIRE EMBLEM 10 USA | FIRE EMBLEM 10 EUR |
Language(s) | Japanese | US English | EU English, French, German, Spanish, Italian |
Release date | February 22nd, 2007 | November 5th, 2007 | March 14th, 2008 |
Changes | |||
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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Shadow Dragon was released worldwide in three editions, with no known revisions beyond the base releases.
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J | PAL | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | NTSC |
Product ID | NTR-YFEJ-JPN | NTR-YFEP-EUR | NTR-YFEE-USA |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM11 | FIREEMBLEM11 | FIREEMBLEM11 |
Language(s) | Japanese | EU English, French, German, Spanish, Italian | US English |
Release date | August 7th, 2008 | December 5th, 2008 | February 16th, 2009 |
Changes | |||
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Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
There is only one known released version of New Mystery of the Emblem.
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | NTSC-J |
Product ID | TWL-VI2J-JPN |
Internal title | FIREEMBLEM12 |
Language(s) | Japanese |
Release date | July 15th, 2010 |
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Fire Emblem Awakening
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Fire Emblem Fates
In Japan, Fates was published in three editions: the Birthright cartridge, the Conquest cartridge, and the single Nintendo eShop digital release where the player chooses which campaign they purchased partway through the first playthrough.
Like most games released on Nintendo's current platforms, Fates is supported by update patches which are periodically released to fix errors. The current version of Fates is v1.1, and this update applies to all three editions. In all cases, copies of Fates which have not downloaded the update will not be able to access the game's internet functions.
Birthright
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J (v1.0) | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | NTSC-J (v1.1) |
Product ID | CTR-BFXJ-JPN | CTR-BFXJ-JPN |
Internal title | ?? | ?? |
Language(s) | Japanese | Japanese |
Release date | June 25th, 2015 | July 29th, 2015 |
Changes | An issue where amiibo would be unusable under certain conditions was fixed. | |
Various minor issues were fixed to "enhance the playing experience".[4] | ||
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Conquest
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J (v1.0) | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | NTSC-J (v1.1) |
Product ID | CTR-BFYJ-JPN | CTR-BFYJ-JPN |
Internal title | ?? | ?? |
Language(s) | Japanese | Japanese |
Release date | June 25th, 2015 | July 29th, 2015 |
Changes | An issue where amiibo would be unusable under certain conditions was fixed. | |
Various minor issues were fixed to "enhance the playing experience".[4] | ||
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Digital/special edition
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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Version | NTSC-J (v1.0) | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222" | NTSC-J (v1.1) |
Product ID | CTR-R-BFZJ-JPN | CTR-R-BFZJ-JPN |
Internal title | ?? | ?? |
Language(s) | Japanese | Japanese |
Release date | June 25th, 2015 | July 29th, 2015 |
Changes | An issue where amiibo would be unusable under certain conditions was fixed. | |
Various minor issues were fixed to "enhance the playing experience".[4] | ||
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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
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Spinoffs
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
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Fire Emblem Warriors
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References
- ↑ Fire Emblem - Monshou no Nazo (SNES) Super Nintendo Game by Nintendo / Intelligent Systems, superfamicom.org, Retrieved: 2015-08-25
- ↑ Fire Emblem - Seisen no Keifu (SNES) Super Nintendo Game by Nintendo / Intelligent Systems, superfamicom.org, Retrieved: 2015-08-25
- ↑ Fire Emblem - Thracia 776 (ROM Version) (SNES) Super Nintendo Game by Nintendo / Intelligent Systems, superfamicom.org, Retrieved: 2015-08-25
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 ファイアーエムブレムif 更新データ(Ver. 1.1)配信のお知らせ, Nintendo, Published: 2015-07-29, Retrieved: 2015-08-26