Fire Emblem: Thracia 776: Difference between revisions

|released='''Super Famicom ({{abbr|NP|Nintendo Power flash cartridge service}})'''<br>{{JP}}September 1, 1999<ref name="releasedata">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/577344-fire-emblem-thracia-776/data|title=Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Release Data for SNES|site=GameFAQs|retrieved=2015-03-30}}</ref><br>'''Super Famicom ({{abbr|cart|ROM cartridge}})'''<br>{{JP}}January 21, 2000<ref name="releasedata"/><br>'''Wii Virtual Console'''<br>{{JP}}July 15, 2008<ref name="releasedata"/><br>'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br>{{JP}}July 10, 2013<ref name="releasedata"/><br>'''New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console'''<br>{{JP}}November 28, 2016

''Thracia 776'' was released in two forms. Its first release was for the [[wikipedia:Nintendo Power (cartridge)|Nintendo Power]] service, as a digitally distributed game which could be downloaded onto a special flash memory Super Famicom cartridge, the "SF-Memory Cassette", for a lower price than a standard ROM cartridge. This initial Nintendo Power release was accompanied by the ''Thracia 776 Deluxe Pack'', a special-edition bundle containing a pre-written copy of the game, a cloth map of the Thracian Peninsula, a VHS short promotional film called ''The World of Fire Emblem'', and a set of two [[pegasus]] and [[wyvern]] plush toys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hepokoknight.web.fc2.com/goods/776dx.html|title=ファイアーエムブレム　トラキア７７６　デラックスパック|site=hepokoknight|published=2010-07-07|retrieved=2015-03-30}}</ref> It was later released the next year as a proper Super Famicom cartridge release; in this form, it is sometimes mistaken for the last official Super Famicom game release in Japan, although this status actually belongs to ''[[wikipedia:Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut|Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut]]''.

Owing to its distribution through the Nintendo Power system and its release falling well into the [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] era, ''Thracia 776'' holds the distinction of being the worst-selling ''Fire Emblem'' game in the Japanese market, having sold only 106,108 units as of 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.translan.com/jucc/precedent-2002-11-14d.html|title=日本ユニ著作権センター／判例全文・2002/11/14d 3|author=University of Japan Copyright Center|site=Translan|published=2002-11-14|retrieved=2015-03-30}}</ref>

The patch discontinued development as of January 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romhacking.net/translations/4653|author=Cirosan|site=Romhacking.net|published=2020-01-26|retrieved=2021-04-01}}</ref> (at the cost of the Sound Room and minor ''Heroes'' localization changes), but the latest 1.04 patch is still currently available for download.

In December of 2019, another patch named ''Lil' Manster'', originally known as ''Project Exile - Editor's Cut'', was released. Headed by Miacis, one of the lead editors of ''Project Exile'', ''Lil' Manster'' uses ''Project Exile'' as a base but includes several tweaks such as a revised script that updated character names to match ''Heroes'', a fully translated sound room, and improved skill and item descriptions. The patch also includes some quality-of-life changes such as the ability to see what item a unit has equipped at a glance, a weapon experience display, and the ability to reposition units on the preparations menu, a feature that did not exist in the original version of ''Thracia 776''. ''Lil' Manster'' is currently under active development; the latest version, v1.07, was released on January 14, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/90189-fe5-lil-manster-pe-based-english-translation-translations-to-es-fr-de-it-tr|author=Miacis|site=Serenes Forest|published=2021-01-14|retrieved=2021-04-01}}</ref>