"Today, 5th January 2009, is officially the twelfth day of Christmas. Most of you are probably back into your usual daytime routine by now, and are looking for something to entertain you during those long winter nights. The Twelve Games of Christmas is a feature series that has been run on each of the twelve days of Christmas here at Electronic Theatre, looking at the disc-based European releases of 2008, and selecting the best performers of each month. Today is the final instalment, and so it..."

"Find a sacred sword and use it to save a kingdom as Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon heads to NintendoDS. For the first time in the classic Fire Emblem Strategy Role-Playing Game series, there is the option of Multi-Player action over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, adding a whole new dimension of gameplay and strategic planning that can be shared with friends and fans of the series.

Using skill, tactical battle-planning and no small amount of magic, players must embark on a quest to destroy the resu..."

At Nintendo of America's Press Conference being held right now, Nintendo has confirmed that Fire Emblem will see a US release. It will hit North American store shelves in March 2009.

[Nintendo Fall Press Conference 2008 Official Thread]

"http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/yfej/

The official site has opened.


This beginner's guide to FE contains a few videos of the game, but you have to wait for the videos to load while it's showing the DS. There are two long videos, in section 1 and section 3. Looks smooth, but I still think the pre-rendered look loses a lot of detail and I'm not really happy with it.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/yfej/firststep/index.html


The FE site also has another update: Masamune Shirow did brand..."