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- fourth installment
- a group of soldiers from the future arrive in Chrom’s timeline
- Lucina and her party were in the midst of a task when a certain incident occurred
- the gates to the underworld have opened
- includes 10 tracks:

1) Who… Are You?
2) Do You Promise to Not Give Up?
3) Searching Mission of Tiara
4) Are You Ready, Old Man?
5) That Hair Ornament Isn’t Right
6) We’re the Embarrassing Unarmed Troupe
7) Take the Bag, Even If The Contents Are Unknown
8) An Interesting Phenomenon
9 ) An Even Greater Treasure
10) I Hope to Meet Again

Video game smithy Tony Swatton has, for the past year, forging blades from Kingdom Hearts, the Legend of Zelda, God of War and even Adventure Time. Closing out 2013, he tackles a project fans have been clamoring for all year: Chrom's Falchion from Fire Emblem: Awakening.Read more...

- follows the tale of Lucina and her band of soldiers
- they are out to awaken the God Naga and defeat the Fell Dragon Grima
- backstory is fleshed out with plenty of secrets to be revealed

1) Back of the Falchion

2) Deferring the Departure

3) Respective Selections

4) Parting Bonds

5) The Evil Dragon Attacks

6) Iris’s Fall

7) After the Tragedy

8) At the Promised Place

9) The Last Night

10) The Soul is Always Joined

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- Release Date: 2013/11/13
- once CD
- 3,000 yen
- 10 tracks

Max Factory has got a new Fire Emblem: Awakening figure coming, this time of the mysterious warrior Marth. See the full image below.Read more...

A portion of a Nintendo Life interview with voice actor, Matthew Mercer...

NL: Did you have any specific inspirations in developing Chrom's voice?

MM: Mainly, I wanted to maintain a balance between casual, cool, stoic, and occasionally playful. He's young, but has a good head on his shoulders and is willing to accept the challenges he's had thrust upon him. Keeping him a character the player can both identify with, and vicariously enjoy his heroics. It was a challenge, but one I was up for.

Thanks to YoshiRider123 for the heads up!

Chrom fans, rejoice! The handsomest prince in Ylisse now has a mousepad dedicated entirely to his most admirable… asset. The mousepad in the picture, made by Deviantartist Toonikun, is one of only two in the world, and you can own one of them. The spare pad will be given away to one person who reblogs this Tumblr post. The winner will be drawn on June 3. Here's the full (NSFW) mousepad: Heh. Nice to see that the male butts in Fire Emblem are getting as much attention as the female butts. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

The Future Past 3 ($3.00)
-Conclude the battle in the ruined future
-If you have Lucina, Gerome, Severa, Laurent, or their parents wait next to the NPC versions of those characters, you can view special conversations.

Apotheosis ($2.50)
-Face of against some of the toughest enemies possible
-Take on 5 waves one after another
-Complete all 5 waves, and recruit Katarina from Heroes of Light and Shadow
-If you complete the first wave of enemies in just 2 turns, then you can face an alternate set of enemies that are the most difficult this game has to offer
-Completing this challenge will get you a Supreme Emblem (sell for 99,999 Gold)

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

The Future Past 2 ($3.00)

-Continue the battle in the ruined future
-If you have Yarne, Brady, Inigo, Owain, or their parents wait next to the NPC versions of those characters, you can view special conversations with them

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

The same DLC that hit the states a couple weeks back is now available in Europe. There's a difference this time around. Tharja's butt is completely uncensored, just as it was in the Japanese version. I guess North America just can't handle butts! Thanks to JCC for the heads up.

Hot-Spring Scramble ($3.00)
-Take down Risen invading a hot spring
-Visit a special tile, and view special CGs of Lucina, Severa, Owain, and Inigo in yukatas
-Special tiles help build supports between characters, amongst other awards
-In battle during this map, all characters in the Swordmaster class will be wearing yukatas

The Future Past 1
-Battle in an alternate future teetering on the brink
-Can view special conversations involving Noire, Nah, Kjelle, Cynthia, and their parents

Future Past Pack ($6.50)
-Purchase all 3 Future Past maps in one package
-The Future Past 2 and 3 can be downloaded once they are officially released

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

There's new Fire Emblem DLC out today. The Summer Scramble pack. It adds a beach map to the game as well as "many conversations between the parent characters who normally do not support each other in the main game". Yet it also takes one thing away. When the pack was released in Japan, it featured splash images of several characters, both male and female, in swimsuits. One of these characters, the bikini-clad Tharja, had her back turned to the "camera", her fingers gripping the swimsuit in let's say a suggestive fashion. For the North American release, however, that image has been edited, a piece of material hovering perfectly over the area in question. Does it help? I don't think so! Covering the area only makes it more suggestive. As in, suggesting there's no swimsuit under there at all. This isn't the first time 3DS art has been edited, and given Nintendo of America's bizarrely puritan slant - pointlessly at odds with the game's older target market - it probably won't be the last, either. Summer Scramble [Fire Emblem Wiki]

Summer Scramble ($3.00)

-Fight off bandits invading a beach
-Visit a specific tile, and view special CGs of Chrom, Gaius, Cordelia, and Tharja in swimsuits
-View special conversations between most 1st Generation characters
-Large number of event tiles to improve supports, amongst other awards
-Characters in the Sorceror class will wear swimsuits when in battle

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

A portion of a Vooks review...

Having played a large majority of the Fire Emblem games, I might even go as far as to say that this is my favourite in the entire series. Intelligent Systems and Nintendo did well.

Full review here

Roster Rescue ($3.00)

-Chase down powerful foes attempting to flee
-the wall break down and reconstruct, altering the path constantly
-Defeat all of the enemy revenants, and recruit the Whitewing Sister, Palla

Harvest Scramble ($3.00)

-Defeat Risen enemies invading an Outrealm festival
-View special conversations between allies
-Large # of events tiles, improving supports between characters, amongst other benefits

Scramble Pack ($6.50)

-Purchase Harvest Scramble, Summer Scramble, and Hot Spring Scramble in one pack
-Summer Scramble and Hot Spring Scramble can be downloaded once they are officially released

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

Five-Anna Firefight ($3.00)

-Take on difficult opponents while protecting the five Annas
-The lava on the stage puts them in constant danger
-Rescue Staves DO NOT work on this map
-successfully save all 5, and recruit the Whitewing Sister, Catria

As always, thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

A portion of an EDGE review...

It’s a game where care and attention off the battlefield is as much a winning tactic as canny unit placement on it. Awakening is a richer, deeper game as a result.

Full review here

A portion of an ONM review...

There's been no compromise on what a Fire Emblem game should feel like, rather an evolution - this is how all future Fire Emblem games should feel: difficult, engrossing, terrifying, compulsive and wonderful. And just a little bit like graph paper.

Full review here

A portion of a Eurogamer review...

Fire Emblem: Awakening has a hairline fracture running right through it, and it shines so bright. There's even something you can do as a player to help make it whole, so that it brushes against perfection. Srsly; don't let characters die.

Full review here

A portion of a C3 review...

There is only one regretful matter...Nintendo and Intelligent Systems set the bar so high with this latest version that it may be hard to top it in the future!

Full review here

Death's Embrace ($3.00)

- Face difficult enemies as your HP is reduced to 1 each turn
- Complete the map (by defeating the boss) in 10 turns to recruit the Whitewing Sister, Est

Challenge Pack ($6.50)

- Get the Death's Embrace, Five-Anna Firefight and Roster Rescue maps in one pack
- Five-Anna Firefight and Roster Rescue will be available in later weeks

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

Rogues & Redeemers 3 ($3.00)

- Face off against the combined forces of light and darkness
- Recruit Ike from Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn
- Also acquire "Limit Break" (raise characters stat caps by 10)

Thanks to VGAMER for the heads up!

This CD is due out in Japan on April 24th.