History VideoGame / FireEmblemTheSacredStones

* HoYay: There's a fair bit in the game, most prominently in the mixture of admiration and rivalry between Ephraim and Lyon and Eirika's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with both L'Arachel and Tana.

** BadassFamily: Ephraim and Eirika, Innes and Tana, Vanessa and Syrene, and Tethys and Ewan.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[RunningGag No]], [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros the man isn't Marth.]][[hottip:*:[[ViewerGenderConfusion Neither is the woman, for that matter.]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[RunningGag No]], [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros the man isn't Marth.]][[hottip:*:[[ViewerGenderConfusion Neither is]] [[{{Bishonen}} the woman]], [[DudeLooksLikeALady for that matter]].]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[RunningGag No]], [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros the man isn't Marth.]][[hottip:*:[[ViewerGenderConfusion Neither is]] [[{{Bishonen}} the woman]], [[DudeLooksLikeALady for that matter]].]]]]

* NothingIsScarier: The fact that you never see Monica's face makes her [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel much stronger Nightmare Fuel]].

* WrittenByTheWinners: A version of this occurs in the game, in regards to the defeat of the Demon King 800 years ago. [[spoiler: It turns out that Morva - leader of the Manaketes - led the ''Five Heroes'', and they defeated Fomortiis. However, in the nations the human heroes founded, there is no mention of Morva or his help. The people of Caer Pelyn are rather unhappy about this, believing the other nations are being ungrateful to the Great Dragon.]]

* WrittenByTheWinners: A version of this occurs in the game, in regards to the defeat of the Demon King 800 years ago. [[spoiler: It turns out that Morva - leader of the Manaketes - led the ''Five Heroes'', and they defeated Fomortiis. However, in the nations the human heroes founded, there is no mention of Morva or his help. The people of Caer Pelyn are rather unhappy about this, believing the other nations are being ungrateful to the Great Dragon.]]

** Actually, it's implied that at least some of Grado's soldiers may have been raised in a half-alive state by Lyon, so this does make some sense.

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

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: L'Arachel is obviously BornLucky. Naturally, she maxes luck without supports. The reverse is also true for poor Knoll, who starts out with '''zero''' luck. Joshua has the second lowest luck, but he's mostly played for humor as he is a GamblingAddict.

The eighth ''FireEmblem'' game, and one of the few completely self-contained stories; no other ''FireEmblem'' media takes place in the universe of this game.

** SixthRanger: Duessel and Glen

** TheManBehindTheMan: Fomortiis

** SixthColumn: Duessel and Glen

** The world map feature also causes this,according to the story your army in in a campaign, having to press on and deal with the circumstances, the twins being worried about each other, but to busy dealing with their own troubles to help each other out, yet(with a few exceptions)after each chapter you can traverse the world map at will, which for some players will amount to returning to the tower of Valni (said tower being in Frelia, which is quite a trip distance wise) every time you get some new characters to grind them up.

* #3 (Chapter 17 - 21/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

* CameBackWrong: [[EmptyShell Orson's wife]] and [[DamagedSoul Emperor Vigarde of Grado]] both died and were resurrected with the power of the stones. Vigarde promptly crumbled to dust when Ephiram defeated him. And the less said of [[NightmareFuel Monica]], the better.

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:The Demon King attempts to possess Lyon through the Dark Stone, how succesful he is depends on which character route you chose. During Eirika's route, he completely controls Lyons and devours most of his soul, occasionally mimicking the Princes' softer personality to emotional manipulate Eirika.]]

** Actually, it's implied that at least some of Grado's soldiers may have been raised in a hlaf-alive state by Lyon, so this does make some sense.

* {{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 critical 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, though at least that's consistent with pre-Elibe games.

** TheChick: L'Arachel (a StaffChick as well as TheHeart of the group, who [[spoiler: pulls Eirika out of her HeroicBSOD]] and once this is done, offers shelter in the Rausten palace.)

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: L'Arachel is obviously BornLucky. Naturally, she maxes luck without supports. The reverse is also true for poor Knoll, who starts out with '''zero''' luck.

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

** One of the houses in chapter 15 does give you the general idea of what happened to [[spoiler: Glen and Selena; they both died.]]

The eighth ''FireEmblem'' game, and the only installment to exist in its own universe; no other ''FireEmblem'' media takes place in Magvel.