TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga  (ティアリングサーガ ユトナ英雄戦記 Tiaringu Sāga Yutona Eiyū Senki, unofficially translated as TearRing Saga: Yutona's Hero Quest) is a tactical role playing game developed by Shozo Kaga, after he left Intelligent Systems, and formed his own studio: Tirnanog. Due to the fact that its original name, Emblem Saga, was so similar to Fire Emblem and the gameplay is very similar, Nintendo decided to file a lawsuit of copyright infringement but the game was ruled as not being a breach of copyright. Nonetheless, an acceptable solution was reached and the title of the game was changed to TearRing Saga. Due to this some fans may consider TRS as a rip off of the Fire Emblem series, but many also enjoy its vivid gameplay and storyline.

There is currently an ongoing open fan translation at: http://sites.google.com/site/trstrans/

Characters
See List of TearRing Saga Characters.

Classes
See TearRing Saga classes

Similarities/references to Fire Emblem
Apart from possessing similar gameplay as traditional Fire Emblem games such as Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, there are some more vague to obvious similarities.
 * Staple Fire Emblem classes such as Swordfighter, Armor Knight and even Pegasus Knight feature.
 * Many of the weapons and items are identical, including Kill Blade, Hammer and Meteor
 * The first main hero, Runan starts off as a Lord and promotes to Knight Lord (originally named Lord Knight in the pre-release version).
 * Manaketes were originally set to feature, but were replaced with the similar Emiyu race of dragons. They feature all the characteristics of the Manakete race, even a mysterious catastrophic decline, but transform using rings instead of Dragonstones.
 * The legendary Archsage Morse was a member of the Emiyu race, similar to Gotoh's role.
 * On Welt Island, there is a visitable location called Mars Temple.
 * Some non-playable Dragon Knight characters hail from the Dukedom of Sofia, which cannot be found on Lieberia's world map.
 * According to Lieberia lore, the founders of the Kingdom of Reeve orginally came from the continent of Jugd from the east, a possible reference to Jugdral.
 * Miradona, the mother of Utna according to legends, possesses a similar role to Mila in that she is a Earth Goddess. The other half of her name might be derived from Doma.
 * The final boss is a Dark Dragon, who was once vanquished by a legendary hero. There is also an unused class called Naga Dragon, which is likely Miradona's class.