Fire Emblem: The Sacred Echoes, a great de-make of a great re-make

One of my favorite Fire Emblem games has to be Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Shadows of Valentia is a remake of the second game in the series, Fire Emblem: Gaiden, and though I have not played the original game and probably never will, Shadows of Valentia itself was developed really well and could have probably stood as it’s own release in the series, which it essentially ended up doing. So when I heard that someone re-made Shadows of Valentia for the Game Boy Advance, it really piqued my interest. Fire Emblem: Sacred Echoes is a demake of Shadows of Valentia, but it’s not just a GBA port. Rather, Sacred Echoes improves upon the original remake, improving many aspects and adding many of it’s own additions that make it a great experience, one that is better than Shadows of Valentia itself. Feel free to skip parts you don’t care/know about, I just want to go over a few of the changes.

If you do not know anything about Fire Emblem or Shadows of Valentia, you may not get some of what is being said. In that case, the TL;DR is to try the game, it's really fun and it's approachable from almost any level of skill and experience. I left instructions on how to play at the bottom of the post.

This is just a small bit of what Fire Emblem: Sacred Echoes has to offer. If you haven’t played it, I would extremely encourage checking it out, even if you have never played a Fire Emblem game before (though FE: Three Houses might be a better if you are completely new to grid-based combat). Even to players of Shadows of Valentia, I suggest you check it out. I played through Shadows of Valentia, and I am really enjoying Sacred Echoes. Well, that’s all I’ve got for today! Thought I would share a game that I have really been enjoying, a game based on a game that I really enjoyed, and a game that is playable on most hardware.

In order to play the game, you must obtain a copy of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones and download the Sacred Echoes patch. You must then use this to patch Sacred Echoes to Sacred Stones. Plug the file into an emulator like MGBA, and you will be all good to go.