Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo
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Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Shouzou Kaga (game designer) Keisuke Terasaki (director) Gunpei Yokoi (producer)
Released	January 21, 1994
Genre(s)	Tactical RPG
Mode(s)	Single-player
Platform(s)	Super Family Computer
Article on Fire Emblem Wiki	Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo

Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo (ファイアーエムブレム　紋章の謎, Faiāemuburemu: Monshō no Nazo, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem) is the third installment of the Fire Emblem game series, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo, and released only in Japan. It was remade in 2010 for Nintendo DS as Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo, Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu, itself also unreleased internationally.

The game takes place on the continent of Archanea and stars Marth, one of the series' representatives in the Super Smash Bros. series. The game is comprised of two halves, or "books": the first book, the "War of Shadows", is a compressed remake of the Japan-only Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the debut of both the series and Marth which was later remade again as the internationally-released Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. The second book, the "War of Heroes", is a completely new sequel to the story of the first book; colloquially, mentioning this game is often taken to refer to the second book alone.

The Falchion, Marth's divine blade from this game, acts as the Fire Emblem franchise's symbol in the Super Smash Bros. series.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

Playable Fighter

Marth was introduced to the series as an unlockable playable character. His inclusion, along with that of Roy, gave the series the worldwide exposure that led to the decision to release future Fire Emblem installments globally.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

As a Masterpiece

In the Japanese release, a playable demo of the Virtual Console release of Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo is included. It is absent from North American and PAL releases of Brawl.

Playable Fighter

Marth returns as an unlockable character. With the introduction of Final Smashes, Marth gained the Critical Hit Final Smash, based on a common role-playing game concept used by the series, where a rare lucky blow will deal triple the normal amount of damage.

Stickers

There are three stickers featuring characters of Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo:

• Marth
• Shiida (Caeda)
• Nabaaru (Navarre)

Trivia

• Monsho no Nazo is the only Japan-exclusive Fire Emblem title listed in the North American release of Brawl not to receive an English translation. Nintendo's policy of preserving as many original Japanese aspects as possible for their "Import" Virtual Console releases led some to speculate the title's lack of translation may be signs of intent for an upcoming release abroad; however, in the years since, no movements have been made to give any Fire Emblem title a Virtual Console re-release internationally.

See Also

• Fire Emblem (universe)