Fire Emblem Awakening

Fire Emblem: Awakening (ファイアーエムブレム覚醒, Fire Emblem: Kakusei) is the newest Fire Emblem game for the Nintendo 3DS, announced at Nintendo's 2011 3DS Conference ahead of the 2011 Tokyo Game Show. The story focuses on the prince of the Halidom of Ylisse and his companions as they struggle during a turbulent era. Players are able to combine the might of nearby allies using Pair Up and enter dual battles using the Dual System to defeat enemies. Gameplay footage shows that the traversable world map, last seen in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and special skills like Astra from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn will make a return. This game will feature a playable character that can be customized, a feature last seen in Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~. Just like in the previous game, the player can choose between Classic Mode and Casual Mode.

The Japanese release was on April 19, 2012; at the time, a European release had been announced for April 19, 2013 one year after the Japanese release.

On June 6, 2012, directly after the Nintendo 3DS software showcase at E3 2012, president Reggie Fils-Aime from Nintendo of America revealed that the game would be coming to Nintendo of America under in the title called Fire Emblem: Awakening and this was later confirmed through the Nintendo of America's official Twitter account. 

On June 22, 2012, during the Nintendo Direct showcase, it was revealed that the game was set for a 2013 release for Nintendo of America. A NA trailer for the game was released on October 25, 2012. And in the Nintendo Direct trailer from December 5, 2012, it was confirmed that Fire Emblem: Awakening would be released in North America on February 4, 2013, in Europe on April 19, 2013, and in Australia on April 20, 2013.

GameStop was offering an artbook as a pre-order bonus prior to the game's release; this offer was only available in the United States and Canada. The game's Nintendo e-Shop listing was added on January 5, 2013, and it was made available for digital download in the United States and Europe the same day the game is available at retail. The game was not available on the Japanese e-Shop when the listed was added for the United States and Europe, but was made available for digital download on January 30, 2013.

The Demo version of the game was made available on the North American eShop on January 17, 2013. It only allows play in Casual Mode, as opposed to Classic Mode, allows for Normal, Hard, and Lunatic difficulties to be selected, and features two chapters from the beginning of the game (Prologue and Chapter 1, skipping the initial Interlude). The demo does not feature Avatar customization in a substantial way; you may only change name, birthdate and emphasized stats, while using the default male Avatar.

New Features

 * Dual Battles fighting against an enemy.
 * Characters can Cut In Off before they perform a Critical Attack.
 * According to the Japanese Nikkei newspaper, this is the second (The first being Theatrhythm Final Fantasy) Nintendo 3DS title to have paid downloadable content, consisting of maps, episodes, and characters from previous games.
 * Paid downloadable chapters with unlockable characters. Confirmed characters are:
 * Prince Marth from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
 * Est from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
 * Catria from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
 * Palla from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
 * Alm from Fire Emblem Gaiden
 * Celica from Fire Emblem Gaiden
 * Seliph from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
 * Eldigan from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
 * Leif from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
 * Roy from Fire Emblem: Binding Blade
 * Lyn from Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
 * Ephraim from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
 * Eirika from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
 * Ike from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
 * Elincia from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
 * Micaiah from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
 * Katarina from Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~.
 * Free downloadable characters via SpotPass. Confirmed characters are:
 * Prince Marth, Shiida, Ogma, Nabarl, Merric, Nyna, Linde, Minerva, Tiki, Gharnef, and Camus from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
 * Alm, Celica, Clair, Valbar, Clive, Boey, Luthier, Nomah, Deen, and Mycen from Fire Emblem Gaiden.
 * Sigurd, Deirdre, Quan, Ethlyn, Arden, Ayra, Jamke, Raquesis, Lewyn, Arvis, Seliph, Julia, Larcei, Ulster, Arthur, Fee, Ced, Ares, Altena, Julius, Ishtar, and Travant from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
 * Leif, Finn, Nanna, Eyvel, Dagdar, Mareeta, Salem, Olwen, Saias, and Raydrik from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
 * Roy, Lilina, Wolt, Shanna, Lugh, Raigh, Cecilia, Sophia, Perceval, Zephiel, and Narcian from Fire Emblem: Binding Blade.
 * Eliwood, Lyn, Hector, Florina, Matthew, Serra, Karel, Nino, Jaffar, Nergal, Ursula, Lloyd, and Linus from Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken.
 * Ephraim, Eirika, Seth, Moulder, Lute, Amelia, Innes, Marisa, L'Arachel, Lyon, and Selena from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
 * Ike, Elincia, Titania, Soren, Mist, Mia, Zihark, Lucia, Geoffrey, Ashnard, and Petrine from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
 * Micaiah, Sothe, Edward, Leonardo, Brom, Nephenee, Sigrun, Sanaki, Sephiran, The Black Knight, and Oliver from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
 * King Marth, Katarina, Catria, Norne, Etzel, Horace, Malice, Athena, Legion, and Hardin from Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~.

Characters
See main article: List of characters in Fire Emblem: Awakening

Chapters
See main article: List of chapters in Fire Emblem: Awakening

Returning Classes

 * Lord (promotes to Great Lord)
 * Great Lord
 * Cavalier (promotes to Paladin or Great Knight)
 * Paladin
 * Great Knight
 * Cleric (promotes to War Cleric or Sage)
 * Priest (promotes to War Monk or Sage)
 * Mage (promotes to Dark Knight or Sage)
 * Knight (promotes to General or Great Knight)
 * General
 * Sage
 * Myrmidon (promotes to Swordmaster or Assassin)
 * Swordmaster
 * Pegasus Knight (promotes to Dark Flier or Falcon Knight)
 * Falcon Knight
 * Troubadour (promotes to Valkyrie or War Cleric)
 * Fighter (promotes to Hero or Warrior)
 * Barbarian (promotes to Warrior or Berserker)
 * Thief (promotes to Assassin or Trickster)
 * Assassin
 * Archer (promotes to Sniper or Bow Knight)
 * Bow Knight
 * Wyvern Rider (promotes to Wyvern Lord or Griffon Rider)
 * Wyvern Lord
 * Manakete
 * Villager
 * Dancer
 * Dark Mage (promotes to Dark Knight or Sorcerer)
 * Sorcerer
 * Mercenary (promotes to Hero or Bow Knight)
 * Hero
 * Valkyrie
 * Sniper
 * Warrior
 * Berserker
 * Dread Fighter

New Classes

 * Tactician (promotes to Grandmaster)
 * Grandmaster
 * War Cleric
 * War Monk
 * Trickster
 * Taguel
 * Dark Flier
 * Dark Knight
 * Griffon Rider
 * Conquerer
 * Lodestar
 * Bride

Unplayable Classes

 * Soldier
 * Merchant
 * Revenant
 * Entombed
 * Grima
 * Mirage

Trivia

 * This is the first Fire Emblem title to have a relation to more than one other title in the series, such as the Deadlords from the Jugdral Series and Priam claiming to be a descendant of Ike from the Tellius Series.
 * There seems to be a glitch with the Voice Language in the American version of the game. Whenever you set the Voice Language to Japanese it would play out just fine, however if you play at least one chapter and reset the game, (L+R+Start) oddly the voices reset back to English. (the scenes in the Theater remain in Japanese voices though)