History VideoGame / FireEmblemTheSacredStones

The story of the game can be easily divided into [[ThreeActs three separate parts]]:

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Lute's death quote seems to be the prototype for the [[FireEmblemTellius 9th and 10th games]] very disturbing death quotes.

* WackyWaysideTribe: Eirika's half of the LetsSplitUpGang sequence between her and Ephraim begins to feel like this when you compare her achievements to those of Ephraim's. She [[spoiler: fights some mercenaries, some monsters, fails to save Jehanna's sacred stone, queen, or royal castle, and ends up being saved by Ephraim when they meet up again]]. By comparison, Ephraim [[spoiler: wins over one of the Empire's Generals, kills another, sinks the Ghost Ship, sack the Imperial Royal City, and kills Emperor Vigarde, pretty much neutralizing most of the Grado Empire as a threat and with five chapters still to go.]] Despite this, Eirika's route is generally agreed to be the more difficult one in terms of [[GameplayAndStorySegregation gameplay]].
** FridgeBrilliance: Ephraim is a studied soldier and military tactician. Eirika's skill has always been in politics, which mean little when dealing with an army driven by an ancient demon. Of course it would be more difficult for her.

The story of the game can be easily divided into three separate parts:

[[caption-width-right:250:[[RunningGag No]], [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros the man isn't Marth.]]]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: A fair few characters from '''G'''rado are blonde, blue-eyed, and fair-skinned, while the higher-ups invade neutral countries and allies without provocation.

* OurNudityIsDifferent: The [[http://www.serenesforest.net/fe8/support/011.html L'Arachel/Ephraim support conversations]] have L'Arachel panic at the sight of Ephraim's bare shoulder (which he exposed so she could heal an injury to it).

The game shares some mechanics not seen since ''[[FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem Gaiden]]'', the biggest of which is the ability to traverse the world map. Instead of going to the next story point immediately, the player can fight the monsters roaming the map, or can visit monster-infested towers. This allows for [[LevelGrinding easy grinding]]. Additionally it has a unique branching class tree, giving almost every unit multiple class options for promotion.

* #3 (Chapter 17 - 20/Final Chapter): The endgame. You will progress with whichever twin you chose to be your main Lord. Most of the story remains unchanged, save for several conversations

''FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' is one of the ten GameBoyAdvance games to be available to participants in the Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, due for limited rerelease to early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS for free on its [=eShop=] in December 2011.

The game shares some mechanics not seen since ''[[FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem Gaiden]]'', the biggest of which is the ability to traverse the world map. Instead of going to the next story point immediately, the player can fight the monsters roaming the map, or can visit monster-infested towers. This allows for [[LevelGrinding easy grinding]]. Additionally it has a unique branching class tree, giving almost every unit multiple class options for promotion, a feature which effectively remains unique to it.

* #3 (Chapter 17 - Final Chapter): The endgame. You will progress with whichever twin you chose to be your main Lord. Most of the story remains unchanged, save for several conversations

The eighth ''FireEmblem'' game, and the only installment to exist in its own universe; no other ''FireEmblem'' media takes place in Magvel. It is widely considered to be one of the easier titles in the series, owing to a number of innovations unique to it and ''FireEmblemGaiden'', and as such is recommended for people new to the series.

* PantyShot: One of Eirika's support conversations questions the [[LampshadeHanging practicality of wearing a miniskirt on a battle field]], this leads to her flashing Forde (all text).
** Subverted. She was kidding.

''FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' is one of the ten Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program games, due for limited rerelease to early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS for free on its [=eShop=] in December 2011.

The 8th ''FireEmblem'' game. It is known as one of the easier titles in the series, and as such is recommended for people new to the series. So far, it is the only game to exist in it's own universe, with no other games taking place in Magvel.

* #3 (Chapter 17 - 20/Final Chapter): The endgame. You will progress with whichever twin you chose to be your main Lord. Most of the story remains unchanged, save for several conversations

The game shares some mechanics not seen since ''[[FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem Gaiden]]'', the biggest of which is the ability to traverse the world map. Instead of going to the next story point immediately, the player can fight the monsters roaming the map. This allows for [[LevelGrinding easy grinding]].

This game has a [[Characters/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Character Sheet]]

* SlapSlapKiss: Basically, anyone paired with [[{{Tsundere}} L'Arachel]] or [[UnFunny Innes]]. (Except for Vanessa, due to her BodyguardCrush on him)

* {{Nerf}}: The game-breakingly powerful Luna spell from the previous game (which could let its wielders take out even the end boss like last week's trash) is made nearly useless in this game, having its accuracy and hit rate ''halved''. Paladins are also a little weaker in this game than they were in FireEmblemElibe due to losing the use of Axes to help differentiate them from the Great Knight.

*** Saleh has the in-story bonus of being ''[[BadassAdorable Myrhh's]]'' bodyguard.

* FieryRedhead: Averted. The redheads are either the most relaxed in the game (Joshua, Tethys, Ewan), or the most dutiful (Seth, Natasha, Artur).

** BadassPacifist: Tethys. Has no direct offensive capability, but she can literally give those who do the ability to literally kick ass more than once. Also, Innes tells her and Gerik to flee at one point when certain death looks likely, and like Gerik, she stands her ground.

* [[{{Ptitlekgac497y}} It's A Wonderful Failure]]: Lute's death quote seems to be the prototype for the [[FireEmblemTellius 9th and 10th games]] very disturbing death quotes.

** And don't forget [[BeyondtheImpossible that L'Arachel and Innes]] ''[[BeyondtheImpossible can end up with each other too]]''. Their supports are this, [[UpToEleven and then some more.]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: Natasha, who managed to defect from decadence and survive. Queen Ismaire as well; though, since Jehanna is a rather more martial country, she rules alone after her husband's death with no apparent problems, and [[LadyOfWar has an A-level in swords]].