Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War: Difference between revisions

The game which eventually evolved into ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' was not originally conceived as an actual ''Fire Emblem'' game, and many of the initial plans for the game deviate greatly from the finished product. According to [[Shouzou Kaga]], one aim which led to the development of ''Genealogy'' was to temporarily break away from the Archanean setting to do something new with the series, similarly to {{title|Gaiden}}.<ref name="guidebook" /> The initial concept for the gameplay had more in common with traditional Japanese role-playing games and was based around squads, where the player would move squads of ten characters across a world map and would encounter and battle enemies. However, as the development continued, the game eventually shifted back to playing more like a traditional ''Fire Emblem'' game, based on both feedback from Nintendo and opinions among the team. Due to all of these changing plans, according to [[Tohru Narihiro]], the ''Genealogy'' project was scrapped and remade from scratch at least two or three times. The development of the game was further complicated by both staff and office changes at Intelligent Systems, which resulted in [[Yuka Tsujiyoko]] and her sound team staying behind at their former location while the rest of the team worked at their new office.<ref name="kantopia1">{{Cite web|published=November 28, 2015 (trans. June 3, 2016)|retrieved=July 15, 2016|title=Toru Narihiro – Interview on development changes during Genealogy of the Holy War – FE 25th Anniversary|url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/toru-narihiro-interview-on-development-changes-during-genealogy-of-the-holy-war-fe-25th-anniversary/|site=kantopia|author=[[Tohru Narihiro|Narihiro, T.]]; trans. Xkan}}</ref> Additionally, the specification document for the game said that units would be allowed to die a total of five times before being removed from the party.<ref>{{Cite web|published=July 2010|quote={{lang|ja|そのときは仕様書の段階だったんですけど、「５回までは倒されてもＯＫ」と書かれていたんです。}} ([https://serenesforest.net/general/interviews/light-and-shadow/iwata-asks/page-3/ translation]: "At the time, the change was at the specification document phase. It read ‘a unit can be defeated 5 times before finally dying’. When I saw this, I went to the director to complain and said, ‘You ''cannot'' allow a change like this to be made!’"|title={{lang|ja|社長が訊く『ファイアーエムブレム 新・紋章の謎 ～光と影の英雄～』}}|site=Nintendo.co.jp|author=Masahiro Higuchi|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/vi2j/vol1/index3.html|retrieved=5 June 2022}}</ref>

In 2016, on the 20th anniversary of the original release of ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', the first complete translation patch for the game was released as a public beta. This patch, known as the "Project Naga" translation, features a total retranslation of the script including the previously unfinished epilogue, a new, slimmer font which allows for much more text to fit into the windows, and also fixes numerous glitches from the original game. It is currently completely playable, but as a beta, it still has various technical errors which are currently being identified and corrected through feedback from players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=21199.0|title=Fire Emblem 4: Genealogy of the Holy War Re-translation (Project Naga)|author=ddstranslation|site=Romhacking.net|published=2016-05-14|accessdate=2016-05-17}}</ref>