Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Dated - Wii

For console strategy fans, they'll be keen to hear the continuation of the Gamecube series, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn has been confirmed by Nintendo for a release date of April 10th.

From the release:

Fire Emblem: Radiant of Dawn sees the return of the fantasy based turn based strategy game. Command the Dawn Brigade as you shape and lead your army into war.

Three years have passed since the great war that ended in the death of Mad King Ashnard. His country of Daein suffers under the rule of the war's victors. Now, a small band of freedom fighters struggle to end the long, dark night of Daein's oppression. Micaiah, Sothe and a host of others – the infamous "Dawn Brigade" – rally under the banner of Daein's long-lost prince to bring a new day to this ravaged land.

Features:

• Command the Dawn Brigade and learn the story of their struggle. Then, gain a new perspective by joining Ike and the Greil Mercenaries as they watch Daein's battles spread throughout all of Tellius.
  
  
• Players can shape their armies to suit their strategy by choosing from dozens of unique characters. Should they use close-range attacks, like the brash Edward's sword, or attack from afar using Leonardo's bow or Ilyana's lightning magic?
  
  
• Players can build support relationships between their characters – as their relationships grow, so do their strengths as they fight together on the battlefield. Players should guide their armies wisely, because if a character falls on the battlefield, he or she is lost forever.
  
  
• Features 16:9 widescreen support.
  
  
• "Battle Save" function allows novice players to create a permanent save mid-battle.
  
  
• Numerous controller options, from using the Wii Remote on its own (vertically or horizontally) to using a Classic Controller or even a Nintendo GameCube controller (for fans who were familiar with the controls from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance).

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy setting. Players alternate turns with the computer opponent, moving pieces (units) and attacking enemy units on the battlefield. There are dozens of units and different weapons and magic spells, each with its own strategic benefits: armored knights wield swords, fast-moving mounted cavaliers can use swords and lances, unarmed monks use healing staves, and so on. As units grow closer together in the story, players can initiate support conversations to enhance their effectiveness together.

In addition to the traditional game play seen in previous Fire Emblem games, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn introduces new strategic elements. For example, the magic system from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance now includes elemental magic that follows the "trinity of magic" from earlier Fire Emblem games. Players familiar with the series remember that healing units and untransformed laguz were unable to counterattack when struck by foes. Now, these units have a special move that can be used only when attacked. These units can defend themselves, even if they cannot initiate an attack.

New skills customise units with special abilities that allow them to attack multiple times, move through foes (who typically block the path) and much more. Skills can be assigned to any unit, but because each unit can have a limited number, players will need to be careful in how they assign them. Additionally, the game now includes a terrain-height system that allows characters to move from low ground to high (on certain levels). High ground features special advantages against foes below.

Latest Reader Comments:

Posted by JPW 04/03/2008 12:22pm

all I want to say is that.....

IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!

I hope it's worth it.

The desert in POR is easy Zen. just maintain your distance and only attack the laguz when they are in human form. Or else you can just fight maurim and score some good bonus exp... though I prefer killing the laguz here so I can level up my units on my own.

But also it's here you can find the ultimate character... though he's secret in a way.... one that is arguable better than Ike.

To even stand a chance against Back Knight Ike needs aether.... and needs to be above level 15 lord.

Of course i've only beaten him once. Also you only have 5 rounds to beat him. So it doesn't matter if you can't beat him in that time... as long as you survive 5 and you'll see what happens.
It all depends on luck though. It also helps if Mist is a Troubadour and you got her using swords.

I love POR though and i've hard good things about this and apparently it's the longest FE game to date but it's also the hardest.
In fact the chumps at gamespot marked it down because it was too hard. And not good for beginners... but beginners shouldn't be starting on this anyway they should be starting with POR..... just to understand the story much better.


Before I I bring back the official thread from the grave does anyone else like FE... last thing I want to be is talking to myself about how cool this game is when I get it.


 

Posted by zen 08/02/2008 9:42pm

i was playing path of radiance but got stuck in the desert bit where you fight all the wild ones - pain in the ARSE >

Posted by insanopointless 08/02/2008 2:41pm

Path of Radiance was pretty brilliant. I believe I got up to one mission witht he black knight and had pretty much finished, before he killed me in one hit. Why isn't Black Knight a smash character? He's by far the coolest FE guy.

Posted by RJG 08/02/2008 1:19pm

It's a good game. The way the chapters are broken up is interesting. I got stuck on the bridge mission and stopped playing (mostly due to the whinging whenever I loaded the game up. Apparently it's "crap" and they shouldn't have to watch me play it on my own TV in my own lounge room but kicking me off my own TV and sitting there watching the Biggest Loser and that goddamn Dancing show on my TV is allowed perfectly fine.)

I'm gonna get back into it soon. I want to see Ike kick some more ass.