Having played all other Fire Emblems released in America, I was a fan, I loved the story of them, the sound is catchy and fun to listen to while killing enemy troops, and it was all in all a very fun experience.

This game follows this, the story is phenomenal, no spoilers but it plays with the players emotions. A good story is a story that you never want to put down, it encompasses you into wasting 7-8 hours just playing to know what happens, and what the end of the game is like, and this game (in personal opinion) accomplishes that better than any other fire emblem.

The sound is very catchy, once the player listens to it for a couple minutes, they can start humming it to themselves, which is exactly what a games soundtrack needs to do to be good.

The difficulty is hard to rate, the better you are at strategy, the easier it is, and (for those who have yet to play) once the main character dies, its game over, but if someone other than him dies, you never get to use them again, which makes the game much harder if you make a mistake, such as taking a risk and getting burned for it.

This game may be great, but it does have some flaws, such as the fact that its such a small game, compared to others in the series.

The graphics themselves are really generic, however, they get a high score because of all of the animation which for 2003 standards were amazing, and even more with the restrictions of the GBA.

Now, this game is addictive, if you re-play it, you notice things you didn't notice when you first play through, and you there are some characters who you can only recruit during battles, as an enemy. The problem with this is that you have to have a specific person talk to them, without killing them, which is risky because unless you look it up, you don't know who you need to talk to them with, so you can sometimes sit there and play through the mission 10-20 times to get that one character.

This game requires dedication to complete, if you don't have time to complete it, is not the game for you, but to someone who likes a good story, can make good decisions, and has some free time, this is the game for you.

Despite the few problems this review has, it was very enjoyable to read. Thank you for writing it. Here are some suggestions for reviewing next time -

1. Try putting the scores of the category you are talking about somewhere. That way people can see the scores while they reading without having to scroll up and down to check the scores you gave.

2. Expand a bit more upon your ideas. You still did a great job with this, it just feels like there needs to be a little more.

Those are the only two things I found that could be improved upon. Again, thanks for typing this and I look forward to future reviews!

LunarDarkness2 : thanks so much for the input, I really appreciate when people take the time to do the tiny things

Another thing that would greatly help would be to make comparisons with other FE games. Since you call yourself a fan, having played them all, it would have greatly improved your review, maybe attracting people to that game.