Fireplace Emblem is so much like Pokémon: After you’ve performed one most important title, you’ve roughly performed all of them. However some anime chess simulators are extra strong experiences than others.
We’re not rating all of the Fireplace Emblem video games. Some titles in Nintendo’s tactical RPG sequence by no means made it out of Japan (RIP Binding Blade and Family tree of the Holy Struggle). We’re additionally excluding the odd spinoffs and musou titles. Evaluating wildly completely different kinds of gameplay feels unfair. And it feels sort of unfair to incorporate the free-to-play cell sport Heroes, which has gotten years of fixed updates. We’re rating mainline Fireplace Emblem video games solely.
And look, I’d have beloved for this to be an all-inclusive listing of employees opinions. It seems, solely Ethan Gach and I are masochistic sufficient to spend numerous hours shifting anime troopers forwards and backwards throughout dozens of maps. However we even have the most effective tactical RPG opinions at Kotaku, so that you’re nonetheless in good palms.
So right here’s the listing, from worst to greatest:
