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Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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First release
May 14, 1996
Publisher
Nintendo
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Warfare, Fantasy
Platforms
Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Super Famicom, New Nintendo 3DS

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a Japanese Super Famicom tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released on May 14, 1996 in Japan. It is the fourth title in the Fire Emblem series, the second Fire Emblem title for the Super Famicom, and the last game produced by the late Gunpei Yokoi. It was released on the Japanese Virtual Console service on January 30, 2007. The game was originally to be titled as Fire Emblem: Light Inheritors.

Also known as FE4, Fire Emblem: Hikari wo Tsugumono, ファイアーエムブレム 光をつぐもの, Fire Emblem 4
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Release dates
Super Famicom
May 14, 1996
Wii
Jan 30, 2007
Wii U
Apr 27, 2013
All 4 release dates
New Nintendo 3DS
Aug 27, 2016
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
72h
Age ratings
CERO A
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
turn-based, jrpg, retroachievements, wii virtual console, fan translation - english
… All 6, wii u virtual console

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Main + Extras (IGDB)
72h
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Languages

  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 18 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 18 Oct 2026