TwinBlade Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Hello everyone, I'd just like to start a friendly discussion, I was beginning to wonder how everyone first discovered Fire Emblem. Did a friend introduce you to the series? Did you hear about it on an advertisement somewhere? Come across it online? Or in a gaming magazine perhaps? Personally I discovered FE due to Fin's other games, Shining Force. I asked my local game store (around the time of FE2) what other games they had that were strategy based. Bought FE 1 & 2, and been hooked ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ema Skye Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Smash Bros. Melee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofchaos Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Smash Bros. Melee. Decided to look up stuff about Roy. Found this video: Played FE6. And then FE7. Fell in love with his mother. And the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeiji Koishi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) A good amount of us learned about FE from Smash Bros. Melee. so expect this to come up alot. Yeah, learned about it from SSBM. Edited November 29, 2012 by Spiriter Sagi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.G Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 My first encounter with Fe as a whole was through a morning discussion in one of my classes during my sophmore year. There was an autistic kid in the front row who was absolutely obsessed with Sailor Moon and she brought up how she got Super Smash Bros. Brawl over that weekend and was playing as Peach cause she was feminine etc. And then she brought up the FE OVA and how she watched it with subs and blahblahblah. Weeaboo shit. i brushed it off and didn't see anything Fe related for another four years when I got into Super Smash Bros. again after so many years. I had a particular attachment to Marth, Roy and Ike and curiosity sucked me in. And, well, here i am today on site doing LPs and all thatjazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramy Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Heard from a let's play on Valkryia Chronicles. The guy noted how VC is similar to FE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Smash Brothers Melee all those years ago. I looked up stuff about Roy and Marth got FE7 and later imported FE6 The rest is history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemZem Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 SSBM, but learned more from a friend years later. Started with FE9, then went down the line (FE8, FE7, FE6, skipped FE5 and went to FE4, then went back up to FE5, skipped FE10 and FE11 and went onto FE12). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Got thrown a FE8 cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escroc Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 was bored, looked up "top gba games", saw FE7. At first I thought the graphics seem funny but soon I became obsessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Horace Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 saw shadow dragon in a 10 dollar bargain bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Sage Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 smash bros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Like many others, I was first introduced to the series via Smash Bros. I remember when I unlocked Marth, and the Fire Emblem theme began to play it was the most awesome moment theme in the game and I fell in love. I also loved the trophy descriptions for Marth and Roy, they just made my imagination race like no other. However, I kind of pushed Fire Emblem away because I only had an N64 and a GCN, so I kind of forgot about it. A few years later, about half a year before the DS came out, I decided to buy a GBA because I was going on a long car trip. I was originally going to buy Mario & Luigi and Metroid Zero Mission, but then I saw Fire Emblem on the shelf and my memories of Melee came flying back. I stood there for about ten minutes deciding if I wanted Metroid or Fire Emblem more, and I obviously decided on Fire Emblem. Since then, Fire Emblem has become perhaps the staple of gaming life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 SSBM, went and played Sealed Sword as my first FE. Ditched it because I couldn't read moonspeak back then then didn't return until I was on holiday in the US and saw a copy of FE7 and bought it thinking Eliwood was Roy lololololol then I turned into a rabid fanboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Played Melee, was introduced to Marth and Roy but didn't get too interested in FE at this point. Played Brawl, was introduced to Ike, was finally at that point when I was interested enough to pick up PoR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strunk Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I was visiting a friend's house a long, long time ago, and he had a random game magazine laying around. I got bored, looked through the magazine, and found an article about Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones. I thought "This looks cool." So, I went and found a copy of the game at a nearby game store. Ironically, I'd played Super Smash Bros. before, but I hadn't even been aware there was a "Melee" at the time, so I ended up finding out Melee existed through Fire Emblem, and not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) I was visiting a friend's house a long, long time ago, and he had a random game magazine laying around. I got bored, looked through the magazine, and found an article about Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones. I thought "This looks cool." So, I went and found a copy of the game at a nearby game store. Ironically, I'd played Super Smash Bros. before, but I hadn't even been aware there was a "Melee" at the time, so I ended up finding out Melee existed through Fire Emblem, and not the other way around. We shall call this the Reverse Melee Effect Edited November 29, 2012 by Jediwaki Kuno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Although I played smash bros., I didn't really look into it initially, I thought Roy was cool (let's say my opinion has since changed), but never knew anything about it, I was really young at the time. A year or two later, we had someone stay over at our house for a week, (it was some sort of program in which they sent university students across the country, and they got to learn about different towns.) Anyway, he had Fire Emblem. Me and my brother watched him play it a lot, the characters that really got stuck in my mind were Canas, Luscious, Heath, Eliwood, Hector, Lyn, Ephidel, Guy, and Matthew. After he left, I vowed to find that game, but I lived in an almost rural city, so that didn't happen for a while. Eventually, while at the local super store, I noticed Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn in the electronics aisle. I begged my Mom to get it for me, and she did. I loved it, but I kept waiting for Eliwood to show up throughout the game. Then, about a year later, we visited to Calgary, and we came by a store that had a copy of FE7, for about $70. I didn't have the money then, but I could wait, I put the item on my wishlist for Christmas, and to my surprise, it was there on Christmas morning. YYEESSSSS!!!!! Then later I got Sacred Stones, then Shadow Dragon, then Path of Radiance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondon151 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) I saw this and fell in love: Palla too pretty <3 Edited November 29, 2012 by HORSEBlRD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWalker Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Discovered FE8 as a 3DS ambassador. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohnonono Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Found a random FE8 ROM lying around in my sisters' stash along with an emulator. After that its all reading and reading into various walls of text of what is Fire Emblem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) Well this discussion sure took off, in my original post I said how I became attached to the series. But first being introduced to it, my friend brought over FE1 (such young tikes at the time) we played it for a bit, I thought about the game for a bit, but I was sort of young and didn't really look into it. Then that's where my original post comes in... Thanks for all the responses, love reading them! edit: First discovered FE in 1994, after I'd been playing Shining Force: The Legacy of the Gods for close to 2 years. I was only 5. I've pretty much grown up playing these games. My parents knew what a new FE game being released meant, either another new system + the game, or just the game. And there was no gray area, it happened. They still hold it against me and still to this day wonder why I play FE. Edited November 29, 2012 by TwinBlade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forte.EXE Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 The Fire Emblem subforum on Advance Wars Net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeiji Koishi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 We shall call this the Reverse Melee Effect How about the "Marth Didn't Debut in Smash Bros." Effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 How about the "Marth Didn't Debut in Smash Bros." Effect? That works too. Tvtropes :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.