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Eliwood
''Fire Emblem'', also officially known as ''Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade'', is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It is the seventh installment in the '' Fire Emblem'' series, the second to be released for the platform after '' Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade'', and the first to be localized for international audiences. It was released in Japan and North America in 2003, and in Europe and Australia in 2004. The game is a prequel to ''The Binding Blade'', set on the fictional continent of Elibe. It tells the story of Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector, three young lords who band together on a journey to find Eliwood's missing father Elbert while thwarting a larger conspiracy threatening the stability of Elibe. The gameplay, which draws from earlier ''Fire Emblem'' entries, features tactical combat between armies on a grid-based map. Characters are assigned different character cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy (Fire Emblem)
Roy is a fictional character from Nintendo's ''Fire Emblem'' video game series. He first appears in the 2001 crossover fighting game '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' as a representative character from the ''Fire Emblem'' series along with his friend Marth. He is the lead character of ''Fire Emblem''. Within the story of ''Fire Emblem'',Roy is the son of Eliwood, and heir presumptive of Pherae, who eventually becomes a major military leader. In the localization of Fire Emblem Roy's name was changed to Eliwood to avoid a copyright infringement with the Super Mario series of video games which feature a prominent character also called Roy. Roy's inclusion in ''Melee'' has been noted by video game publications for its role in increasing brand awareness for the ''Fire Emblem'' series as a whole outside of its native Japan, which encouraged Nintendo to localize the series for international distribution. Roy continues to make recurring appearances in subsequent ''Fire Emblem'' media, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligent Systems
is a Japanese video game developer best known for developing games with Nintendo and the ''Fire Emblem'', ''Paper Mario (series), Paper Mario'', ''WarioWare'', and ''Wars (series), Wars'' video game series. Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013. They were also responsible for the creation of various development hardware both first and 3rd party developers would use to make games for Nintendo systems, such as the IS Nitro Emulator, the official development kit for the Nintendo DS. History Intelligent Systems started when programmer Toru Narihiro was hired by Nintendo to port Famicom Disk System software to the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used outside Japan on the NES. Similarly to the origins of HAL Laboratory, the team soon became an auxiliary program unit for Nintendo that provided system tools and hired people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn-based Strategy
A turn-based strategy (TBS) game is a Strategy video game, strategy game (usually some type of wargaming, wargame, especially a wargaming#Unit or map scale, strategic-level wargame) where players take Time-keeping systems in games, turns when playing. This is distinguished from Real-time strategy, real-time strategy (RTS), in which all players play simultaneously. Examples Board games Many board games are turn based, such as chess, Reversi, Draughts, checkers, Hare games, and Go (game), Go, as well as many modern board games. Turn-based tactics Turn-based tactical game-play is characterized by the expectation of players to complete their tasks by using the combat forces provided to them, and usually by the provision of a realistic (or at least believable) representation of military tactics and operations. Tactical role-playing games are a part of this genre. Examples include ''Fire Emblem'', ''The Battle for Wesnoth'', ''Poxnora'', ''Silent Storm'', ''Steel Panthers, Steel Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Dash
(stylized as ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'') is a 2003 kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The game is the fourth main entry in the ''Mario Kart'' series and the third for home consoles after '' Mario Kart 64''. It was preceded by '' Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' for the Game Boy Advance in 2001 and was followed by the handheld game '' Mario Kart DS'', which was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005. It is the first game in the series to use 3D polygon graphics for the racers, as opposed to sprites. Similar to the previous titles, ''Double Dash'' challenges ''Mario'' series player characters to race against each other on ''Mario''-themed tracks. The game introduced a number of new gameplay features, such as supporting co-op gameplay with two riders per kart. One player drives the kart, and the other uses items. Players can switch at any time. ''Double Dash'' is the only game in the ''Mario Kart'' series to allow cooperative gameplay so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
