Super Smash Bros. Was The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Fire Emblem

Booting up Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave had me feeling nostalgic. Fire Emblem as it is now would’ve been surreal to six-year-old me, who only knew “Marth and Roy from Smash.” Back then, Fire Emblem was still a niche series in the west and many of us had no idea who they were. Little did I know, these swordsmen would just be two of many Fire Emblem heroes to join the fighting game series, and Fire Emblem games would reach mainstream popularity. I discovered Fire Emblem in the early 2000s when I first started playing Super Smash Bros. Melee on our clunky big-screen TV in the basement. It was my

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