Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi cover
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Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi

First release
Mar 29, 2002
Publisher
iQue, Nintendo
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Warfare, Action, Fantasy

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. The game was released on March 29, 2002 in Japan, is the sixth game in the Fire Emblem series, and the first of three games in the series that have appeared on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld. It was the last Fire Emblem game to be released exclusively in Japan until the release of Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. The Binding Blade was followed by a prequel, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, set twenty years earlier.

Also known as FE6, The Binding Blade, Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seals, 火纹战记: 封印之剑
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Storyline
The game takes place on the continent of Elibe, set twenty years after its prequel, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Starring the son of protagonist Eliwood, Roy. 1,000 years before the events of the game, the land of Elibe was the scene of The Scouring, a brutal war between humans and dragons over the control of the land. Late in this war, mankind forged nine powerful dragon-slaying weapons, the Divine Weapons and the Binding Blade, and gave them to eight powerful fighters who became known as the Eight Legends to use to finish the war. However, the sheer power imbued in the weapons tore apart the balance in the laws of nature when clashed with the dragon's own power, a phenomenon later called the Ending Winter. After the war, fearing the power of the weapons and the possibility of someone using them to cause a catastrophe, the weapons were sealed away in hiding places across the continent. Over the thousand years, the weapons remained undisturbed, and the continent is mostly at peace. However, this peace is soon ended when Bern suddenly invades Sacae and Ilia and swiftly takes control of the two countries. They then turn towards the small country of Lycia. Roy then leads the League of Lycia's army against the forces of the militant country of Bern shortly after his father falls ill.Read more

The game takes place on the continent of Elibe, set twenty years after its prequel, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Starring the son of protagonist Eliwood, Roy. 1,000 years before the events of the game, the land of Elibe was the scene of The Scouring, a brutal war between humans and dragons over the control of the land. Late in this war, mankind forged nine powerful dragon-slaying weapons, the Divine Weapons and the Binding Blade, and gave them to eight powerful fighters who became known as the Eight Legends to use to finish the war. However, the sheer power imbued in the weapons tore apart the balance in the laws of nature when clashed with the dragon's own power, a phenomenon later called the Ending Winter. After the war, fearing the power of the weapons and the possibility of someone using them to cause a catastrophe, the weapons were sealed away in hiding places across the continent. Over the thousand years, the weapons remained undisturbed, and the continent is mostly at peace. However, this peace is soon ended when Bern suddenly invades Sacae and Ilia and swiftly takes control of the two countries. They then turn towards the small country of Lycia. Roy then leads the League of Lycia's army against the forces of the militant country of Bern shortly after his father falls ill.

Release dates
Game Boy Advance
Mar 29, 2002
Wii U
Sep 02, 2015
Game Boy Advance
Date to be confirmed
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
30h
Completionist
46h
Age ratings
CERO A
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
magic, turn-based, permadeath, war, multiple protagonists
… All 33, multiple endings, dancing, grid-based movement, rock paper scissors, tactical turn-based combat, attributes, shopping, bow and arrow, non-player character, recruitable characters, potion, female antagonist, healer, androgyny, monarchy, heterochromia, lock picking, playing dead, black magic, bad parents, corruption, class change, monomyth, tragic villain, japan only, fan translation - english, wii u virtual console, nintendo switch online - expansion pack

At a Glance

Main + Extras (IGDB)
30h
Completionist (IGDB)
46h

How it plays

Languages

  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 27 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 27 Oct 2026