

Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu 1996
Developed by Intelligent Systems
- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a Japanese Super Famicom tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released on May 14, 1996 in Japan. It is the fourth title in the Fire Emblem series, the second Fire Emblem title for the Super Famicom, and the last game produced by the late Gunpei Yokoi. It was released on the Japanese Virtual Console service on January 30, 2007. The game was originally to be titled as Fire Emblem: Light Inheritors.
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)TacticalFantasyWarfareturn-basedjrpgretroachievementswii virtual consolefan translation - englishwii u virtual consoleWii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Super Famicom
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Super Famicom
- Developer
- Intelligent Systems
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Released
- May 14, 1996
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
- Time to beat
- 72 h main story
IGDB rating 8.6/10 from 47 ratings.
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