Fireplace Emblem is lots like Pokémon: After you’ve performed one essential title, you’ve kind of performed all of them. However some anime chess simulators are extra strong experiences than others.
We’re not rating all 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 totally different kinds of gameplay feels unfair. And it feels type 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 might have liked for this to be an all-inclusive record of workers opinions. It seems, solely Ethan Gach and I are masochistic sufficient to spend numerous hours shifting anime troopers backwards and forwards throughout dozens of maps. However we even have one of the best tactical RPG opinions at Kotaku, so that you’re nonetheless in good palms.
So right here’s the record, from worst to greatest:
