History Trivia / FireEmblemTheSacredStones

* NamesTheSame:
** There's a Selena [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates fighting alongside Nohr]]. She is not the same person as this game's Selena. When this game's Selena appeared on polls to be added to ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', her name is instead spelled '''Celina''', though the game proper refers to her by her original name.
** On a more meta example, this game shares its surname with [[VideoGame/DoubleDragon the third Double Dragon game on the NES]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike the Elibe games, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Binding Blade]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Blazing Blade]]'', ''The Sacred Stones'' was ported to the 3DS, but only as part of an Ambassador Program. The program itself had long since come and gone, making this port incredibly rare, as it can only be found on [=3DSes=] that had installed it before. Fortunately, it will be unaffected by the closure of the 3DS eShop, which is expected to happen in late March 2023.
** However, this ''does'' mean its Wii U Virtual Console port will no longer be purchased, as the Wii U eShop is also expected to close on the same year.

** However, this ''does'' mean its Wii U virtual console port will no longer be purchased, as the Wii U eShop is also expected to close on the same year.

* WorkingTitle: ''Fire Emblem 8''. This wouldn't be too noteworthy, except ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' also happens to have the same internal name, as that game began development before this one. As a result, there is no Fire Emblem game that internally refers to itself as "Fire Emblem 9."

* WorkingTitle: ''Fire Emblem 8''. This wouldn't be too noteworthy, except ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' also happens to have the same internal name, as that game began development before this one.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Elibe games]], ''The Sacred Stones'' was ported to the 3DS, but only as part of an Ambassador Program. The program itself had long since come and gone, making this port incredibly rare, as it can only be found on [=3DSes=] that had installed it before. Fortunately, it will be unaffected by the closure of the 3DS eShop, which is expected to happen in late March 2023.

* DummiedOut: Bosses like O'Neill, Bregeut, Saar, and Bone have hidden palette swaps within the game data.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Elibe games]], ''The Sacred Stones'' was ported to the 3DS, but only as part of an Ambassador Program. The program itself had long since come and gone, making this port incredibly rare, as it can only be found on 3DSes that had installed it before. Fortunately, it will be unaffected by the closure of the 3DS eShop, which is expected to happen in late March 2023.

* FanNickname: Moulder the Boulder and Gilliam Bojangles. Moulder's comes from his unusually high HP, Defense and Constitution stats making him much buffer and tankier than your average cleric, while Gilliam's comes from a sprite comic.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There's a few examples ''[[http://fireemblemwiki.org/Fire_Emblem:_The_Sacred_Stones_beta here]]''.
** The biggest one would be flying trainee Amelia, princess of Frelia. That would've changed a number of character dynamics substantially. There's also Dancer Neimi, you can actually tell in the final product that she got kind of awkwardly palette-shifted late in development when Tethys' new design was finalized and she was repurposed as an archer.

* FanNickname: Moulder the Boulder and Gilliam Bojangles.

* GeniusBonus: So by referring to the zombies as "Revenants", they're just NotUsingTheZWord huh? Actually, "Revenant" is another name for "Zombie" - it even predates the word "zombie" to describe animated corpses. In addition, revenants are slightly different than zombies. They are undead creatures that were revived due to harboring a deep seated grudge that kept them from resting in peace. In essence, they fit well with the antagonist's demonic theme.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Oh, ''[[http://fireemblemwiki.org/Fire_Emblem:_The_Sacred_Stones_beta where do we even BEGIN]]''...
** The biggest one would be ''flying trainee Amelia, princess of Frelia''. That would've changed a number of character dynamics substantially (and also made it so that you got two trainees early!) There's also ''Dancer Neimi'', which looks absolutely fantastic - especially since the red color scheme works very well on her, and you can tell in the final product that she got kind of awkwardly palette-shifted late in development when Tethys' new design was finalized and she was repurposed as an archer.
** Saleh was supposed to appear ''much'' earlier, actually, and even kills the chapter boss (Novala) himself! [[http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=17713 See info here.]]

* NamesTheSame: There's a Selena [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates fighting alongside Nohr]]. She is not the same person as this game's Selena. While this game's Selena isn't in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' yet, when she appears on polls to be added to the game her name is instead spelled '''Celina'''.

* GeniusBonus: So by referring to the zombies as "Revenants", they're just NotUsingTheZWord huh? Actually, "Revenant" is another name for "Zombie" - it even predates the word "zombie" to describe animated corpses.

* NamesTheSame: There's a Selena [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates fighting alongside Nohr]]. She is not the same person as this game's Selena.

* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: Like ''VidoeGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' before it, ''The Sacred Stones'' reuses a number of animations and sprites from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Oh, ''[[http://fireemblemwiki.org/Fire_Emblem:_The_Sacred_Stones_beta where do we even BEGIN]]''...