Such cards are labeled with “ST” instead of a rarity. Meanwhile, Starter Packs come with 50 cards, including some that can’t be found in Booster Sets. To further complicate, some cards include a plus (“+”), signifying increased rarity. Cards from Booster Sets, which contain only ten cards, are distinguished by one of four rarities, starting from “N” for Normal to “SR” for Super Rare. There are nine individual card series with an additional two on the horizon as of this writing. We non-Japanese speakers can only imagine the conversations these four companions are having! The first series of cards launched on Jnotably the same day that Fire Emblem Fates released in Japan - and focused on characters from Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the original Fire Emblem, and Awakening. Rather, they only appeared on the Fire Emblem Cipher trading card game, along with appearing on the FE Cipher website, which is, sadly and unsurprisingly, completely in Japanese. Shadows of Valentia marks their first appearance on a game console. Not because Emma, Randal, Shade, and Yuzu were, until now, from Fire Emblem content that never left Japan - after all, many of those SpotPass characters in Awakening are from games that hadn’t, and still haven’t, seen English releases, yet we still got them - but because these newcomers aren’t from any video game. We being everyone outside Japan, that is. And, honestly, we should probably count ourselves lucky that we got these characters at all. These four additions are fully-voiced and includes support conversations with the other character from their pack, which is a step above the DLC and SpotPass characters from Awakening (and the amiibo characters from Fire Emblem Fates). Cipher Legends I offers Emma, a young Falcon Knight, and Randal, a Paladin, while Cipher Legends II rewards with Shade, a Saint, and Yuzu, a Priestess. Those six more closely resemble what you’re getting with these four. They’re unique because five of these units are major players in Awakening’s story - mostly villains - with dialogue and support conversations with the player’s avatar, including the opportunity to marry them. In addition, six more characters can be recruited via SpotPass. SpotPass elevates that number by more than 100, although they’re simply the avatar model customized to vaguely resemble that character with limited dialogue and zero support conversations. Fire Emblem Awakening DLC offers 17 units from past Fire Emblem games to recruit. The reward - new characters - isn’t unique. With that addressed, let’s look at Fire Emblem Cipher.įire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia continues the trend of stuffing Fire Emblem games on Nintendo 3DS with downloadable content, and among the expected content featuring strong weapons and new character classes is Cipher Legends, released on the 22nd of last month as the final two packs. I originally created this title for a YouTube series I planned, but decided against dividing my time further with another project. Welcome to History of the Emblem, the umbrella title for posts related to, as the name suggests, historical information related to the Fire Emblem franchise.
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