![]() ![]() Glossed over in this timeline, however, is a curious little oddity known as Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Fire Emblem would soon receive its beloved Lord Dimitri, and all would be as foretold. Its successor, Fates, would see even greater returns, proving that this was not a flash in the pan for a dev team backed into a corner. To oversimplify a complex situation, the series had historically underperformed commercially, leading to an expectation that this entry on the 3DS would serve as a swan song.” To quote Twinfinite’s Tony Cocking (even though I really hate that guy), “The legend behind its development has been told ad nauseam, to the point where details have become somewhat muddied and embellished. ![]() I am primarily referring to 2012’s Awakening, the heralded harbinger of the “modern” era of Fire Emblem that singlehandedly changed the fate of the ailing franchise. All this goes to say, it has risen from obscurity to become a formidable weapon in Nintendo’s arsenal, and this would not have been true had it not been for its halcyon years on the 3DS handheld. More significantly, its chibi mobile cousin, Fire Emblem Heroes, has eclipsed $1 billion in revenue. The leader, Three Houses, had hit almost 4 million as of December 2021. Of the four physical releases to arrive on the Nintendo Switch, three of them - Three Houses, Three Hopes and Engage - have surpassed the 1 million mark in lifetime sales. Where it was once little more than a niche curiosity, it is now an assured money maker. In the 2020s, Fire Emblem occupies an interesting place in Nintendo’s pecking order.
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