[FE8] Iron Emblem: Gaiden [COMPLETE]

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Hey everyone, welcome to my latest project! This is a complete, 21-chapter long Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones romhack.

If you’ve played Iron Emblem (you should, it’s fun), then basically this is more of that. If not, here’s a quick summary: it’s a game designed around being played Ironman style (no resetting after starting a chapter), where your units are generic soldiers, who are on par with the enemy.

You might have noticed that I’m not MournfulRelic. Indeed, I’m stealing the concept. I thought the Iron Emblem concept was a fun idea, and frankly, something I could put together without getting bogged down with silly things like “characters” or “writing”.

Of course, that’s not to say this is a rushed out, low effort work. I’ve been trying to put my own spin on things, to justify my utter lack of originality to myself, and to justify the “gaiden” in the title. So where the first Iron Emblem was based on FE11, and Iron Emblem: Age of Steel is based on Fates, this one is based on Thracia 776, in terms of stats and classes. So expect stuff like 20 caps for promoted characters, axefighters that promote to heroes, and everyone’s favorite objective, escape!

I hope you enjoy another game of fighting as nobodies trying to get their way through a war!

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Features
  • 21 chapters of classic Fire Emblem gameplay
  • Classes and stats mostly based on Thracia 776, with some fun additions
  • 48 playable generic units- they don’t even have portraits this time around!
  • Some new weapons to mix things up
  • New graphics such as player/enemy palettes, menus, and map tilesets
  • Plenty of QOL features, including being able to speed up battle anims, inventories being sent to convoy on death, icons marking droppable/stealable items, as well as enemies with thief/raiding AI, individual enemy danger radius, and more
  • While the game is designed around an ironman playthrough style, you have the option at the start of the playthrough to turn off the enforced ironman style! No judgement! Okay maybe a little judgement
  • A new menu option: the Overview. Have you ever been anxious about getting a chest, only to find out it wasn’t nearly worth the effort? Worry no longer! The overview can be accessed both in preparations and during a map, and will give you information about village rewards, chests, and reinforcement timings and positions. You’ll be able to strategize without fear!
  • Commander Swap: The battle isn’t over when the commander falls- so long as someone’s alive, there’ll always be a new leader! Play through even the leader’s death, and a new unit will be designated to carry the convoy and be able to seize.
  • A story told in fragment of in-universe documents and other scraps. Piece together a certain Imperial platoon’s actions during the Five Eyes’ War.
Known Issues
  • While using the Escape command in succession, you have to select and deselect a unit before it becomes available again, otherwise the tile will be blocked off.

  • A bug has been seen where erroneous units appear after suspending and resuming. I haven’t been able to replicate this, so I’m not sure what exactly causes it.

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Trailer at FEE3 2024:

FEE3 2022 Playthrough:

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hello gamers

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I see Gaiden, I get hype. I see Iron Emblem, I get more hype. :eyes:

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omg is that a mage armor knight? I’ve never seen it actually used, just laying around the repo looking all funny

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Real excited to play this, I really liked the first one

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Iron Emblem was one of my Top 3 Hacks ever. More hacks like it are very much appreciated. Looking forward to this!

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This looks to be something immaculate. I’m raring to give it a go!

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Hey! It’s been a while, huh? I don’t want to waste your time, so here’s the announcement:

Iron Emblem Gaiden is complete, and will be releasing concurrently with the FEE3 2024 trailer.

It’s been a lot of work over these last few years, and I’m excited for you all to see it! I’ve updated the OP with the new features/screenshots.

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We’ll be in Najdorfgrad by Christmas, lads.

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Flipped enemy sprites and Eagle faction minis? We are about to witness one of the best releases for sure.

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Having recently playtested this absolute delight, all I can say without spoiling anything ( of which I often do by accident and clumsily) is the hacking community is in for another fun ride made by peak romhacker epicer. Seriously, keep your eyes out for the patch drop its crazy fun, and congrats epicer I am proud of you you’re so awesome!!!

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I’ve never played it before…… AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO DO SO!!! Hyped for the release!!

Wait so is the “Coming soon” inaccurate or is there something else in the works? I’m a tad confused…

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Ohhh whoops. My bad!

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Gotta vouch for what alex said, playtesting this was a blast! Can’t wait for others to experience what i did :sunglasses:

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Looks like we’ll be having a November 2nd release! I hope to see you all at FEE3, there’s a lot of cool stuff this year!

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That’s great hyped to play!!!

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And it’s out!

I hope you all enjoy!

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This could be YOU.
Do it for BIG armour.

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