To play Fire Emblem: Awakening is to wear two hats. You are a tactician, positioning troops and ordering attacks. You are also, strangely enough, a matchmaker, forging mighty bonds between ...

On the anniversary of Fire Emblem Awakening, we look at how it turned one of Nintendo's flagging series into a powerhouse franchise. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Fire Emblem ...

Fire Emblem Awakening is a Nintendo first-party Japanese Strategy RPG for the Nintendo 3DS. It is best known for its permanent death feature; if a character dies in battle, that character is lost ...

With a tale told across continents and generations, and featuring dozens of characters, Fire Emblem Awakening is a handheld game released in 2012 (later arriving in US and EU territories in 2013 ...

All that being said, after spending weeks wrapped up in its expansive universe, thoughtful gameplay and gorgeous presentation, I am positive of one thing — Fire Emblem: Awakening is a Mario-free ...

It’s only February, but “Fire Emblem: Awakening” is already one of the best games of the year, and probably the best game ever to come out for the 3DS. It’s so good that, after having it ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Here at Kotaku, we like Fire Emblem: Awakening. But a while back, we had to ask: Why on earth doesn't anyone in this game have any feet?

While some pioneering games have a tough time evolving along with the genres they helped form, Fire Emblem: Awakening takes many of the best elements of modern strategy RPGs and implements them ...

Fire Emblem: Awakening bears this out. It is an inspired revision of a classic design, and one that is riven right through the middle with a problem the series can't solve. When your defining ...

But with Fire Emblem Awakening, that velvet curtain has been pulled back, and the series has finally come into its own as something gamers of all proficiencies and backgrounds can enjoy.

Why you can trust GamesRadar+ Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about our reviews policy. At some point in Fire ...

If concessions like that are what it takes to continue to see high-caliber games of this ilk then Nintendo can tweak away; Awakening may be the most accessible Fire Emblem to date but retains its ...