Fire Emblem Akaneia/Trivia


 * Fan Translation:
 * Obviously a necessity, since only Shadow Dragon was officially localized. As of November 2012, all five Japan-only games can now be enjoyed in English with these, including Archanea War Chronicles through the remakes of its maps in New Mystery of the Emblem.
 * Gaiden and Mystery of the Emblem are so far the only complete ones for the entire series. The in-progress one for New Mystery of the Emblem aims to be just as complete and polished to be reminiscent of what an official translation in the style of Shadow Dragon's would be like.
 * Marth Debuted in Smash Bros: The Trope Namer and current world record holder (nineteen years from Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light to the international release of Shadow Dragon; seven years from international debut in Super Smash Bros. Melee to international release of Shadow Dragon).
 * Name's the Same:
 * Fire Emblem Gaiden:
 * Atlas is not a recurring high-leveled gladiator from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of The Holy War.
 * Sonia is not a cruel morph.
 * Deen is not a Dragon Knight.
 * No Export for You: Obviously, the original games had this status, and the fact that the 12th game is a remake of the third suggests that Gaiden will probably retain this status forever. New Mystery of the Emblem sadly looks to have also gone this way: it's been almost two years since its Japanese release, it was absent from Nintendo's 2011 E3 press kit (which announces many other US release dates), and there's been no word about it from any other international Nintendo source. It's particular odd since, given the recent rerelease of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones as one of the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador games, it's not like Nintendo of America/Europe has taken to completely ignoring the franchise again.
 * Now that Fire Emblem: Awakening is out and very successful on the 3DS, it seems like the main issue was one of timing: the game came out in Japan in July of 2010, and the 3DS landed on March 2011. So it would've been a DS game releasing at a time when Nintendo was trying to push 3DS games. Pokémon might have had the clout to stay on the DS, but it's likely New Mystery simply missed its release window.
 * Promoted Fanboy: Kenta Nakanishi was a fan of the original Fire Emblem Gaiden and had the honor of directing Echoes.
 * Remade for the Export:
 * Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light got a remake that was a given an international release under the title of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
 * Gaiden was originally only released in Japan back in 1992, but the 2017 Nintendo 3DS remake (Shadows of Valentia) received an international release and, having come after Awakening and Fates, was probably produced in part with the idea that it was easier to export. They decided Echoes was a good title to use to appeal to international players.
 * What Could Have Been: Data exists in Fire Emblem 3 (on the Super Nintendo) to suggest that Gotoh and the missing characters (Darros, Wrys, Jake, Beck and Roger) were indeed considered to return as playable.