It’s been almost two years sinceFire Emblem: Three Housesreleased on the Nintendo Switch to general acclaim, and since then it’s managed to bring plenty ofFire Emblemnewbies into the fold with its cast of loveable characters and modernized and intuitive approach to the series' classic mechanics. Many of those new fans have even decided to check out the other games in the series, like Nintendo’s limited run of the very first game in the series,Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
But for thosehungering for some newFire Emblemgames to wade through, reliable leaker Zippo might have some good news. According to a recent info dump covering everything that Nintendo may have coming over the course of 2021, Intelligent Systems has reportedly “been working on anFEtitle that they’re developing separately fromThree Houseson their own.” On top of that, the game is “very close to nearing completion,” meaning that an announcement at E3 and a release this year could be on the cards.
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Zippo doesn’t have many more details than that, but he theorizes that the game could be a remake of the Japan-onlyFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, a Super Famicom game that’s beenon many people’s lists of JRPGs in need of a remakefor quite some time. As one of the fewFire Emblemgames never released in the west,Genealogy of the Holy Warcould offer an adventure that manyFire Emblemfans, whether a long-time enthusiast or a recent convert, have never experienced. Beyond that, as Zippo notes, it could give the developers a bit of breathing space before the next new game in the series, likely to be a follow-up toThree Houses.
Of course,Genealogy of the Holy Warisn’t the only game though could be being remade. There areplenty ofFire Emblemgames worthy of the remake treatment, includingThe Binding Blade, featuring protagonist Roy who many will recognize fromSuper Smash Bros., andThe Blazing Blade, the title that arguably broughtFire Emblemto the attention of a western audience in the first place. With a series spanning 30 years and 16 games, there’s a lot to be getting on with if the publishers want to update and re-release them.
One potential downside is, naturally, the inevitable deluge of new sword-wielding fighters in theSuper Smash Bros.games. Since Marth and Roy’s addition to the roster ofSuper Smash Bros. Melee, the number ofFire Emblemcharacters has ballooned to eight across various games, with some fans even getting so fed up with the glut of interchangeable swordspeople thatthey’ve designed entire mods to rid the game ofFire Emblemcontent. If games likeGenealogy of the Holy WarorBlazing Bladestart grabbing the attention of a new generation of gamers, they could start seeing the likes of Eliwood, Sigurd or Leif pop up as playable brawlers. Still, that seems like a small price to pay to see a generation of games come successfully to the west: fans will have to wait and see if Nintendo confirms Zippo’s claims.
