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| Episode 1: The Capital Falls (Japanese: 第1話・パレス陥落 Daiichiwa・ Paresu Kanraku)  || September 28, 1997 || Focuses on Nyna. The Dohlr army, lead by the recently-awakened Medeus, has invade the palace of Archanea. As the soldiers surrounded the palace, the king has no choice, but to request an order to Boah<ref>[https://forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/8989-bs-fire-emblem-information/ Part of VincentASM's translation of the first chapter from the Archanea Saga thread]. "Narration: Palace, capital city to the Kingdom of Saint Akaneia, lay on the brink of destruction before the relentless attacks of the Drua Empire. Surrounded by the Imperial Army, Palace was in a state of chaos. The city's resources were drawn thin, and public order all but disappeared, with people resorting to thievery and murder to feed themselves. Palace was once hailed as the Millennial Palace, but its former glory was nowhere to be seen; all that remained were hopeless wails and flames that scorched the night sky. [...] The nightmare began two years before. The Dark Dragon Medius, one thousand years after being sealed away by the Legendary Hero Henri, had awoken in the land of Drua. With his terrifying power, Medius conquered Grunia and Macedonia in the blink of an eye, and united the two nations to form the Dark Empire of Drua. [...] To stop Medius, Akaneia, together with allies Orleans and Aritia, formed an Alliance Army of over fifty thousand men to march upon Drua. However, due to the incompetence of the Akeneian nobles, the Alliance suffered a humiliating defeat in Grunia by the hands of the cunning General Camus. As the Alliance was forced to retreat, it was further crippled by the relentless pursuit from the Macedonian Dragon Knights led by Prince Michael. Shocked by this defeat, the king of Akaneia holed up inside Castle Palace, and the bond within the Alliance was lost [...] The once impregnable Castle Palace was being overrun by Imperial soldiers, and their footsteps could be heard approaching the king's chamber as well. Knowing that his fate was sealed, the king issued his last orders to Bishop Boa..."</ref>
| Episode 1: The Capital Falls (Japanese: 第1話・パレス陥落 Daiichiwa・ Paresu Kanraku)  || September 28, 1997 || Focuses on Nyna. The Dolhr army, lead by the recently-awakened Medeus, has invade the palace of Archanea. As the soldiers surrounded the palace, the king has no choice, but to request an order to Boah<ref>[https://forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/8989-bs-fire-emblem-information/ Part of VincentASM's translation of the first chapter from the Archanea Saga thread.] Retrieved July 6th, 2021</ref>. When Nyna and her fellow knights try to escape, they were surrounded by Dolhr Soldiers<ref>[https://serenesforest.net/general/bs-fire-emblem/ Serenes Forest article for Archanea Saga] "In this episode you take control of Princess Nyna, and her loyal soldiers, as they try to flee from the palace. Blocking their path are Dolhr’s soldiers who won’t budge without a fight." Retrieved July 6th, 2021</ref>...
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| Episode 2: Red Dragoon (Japanese: 第2話・赤い竜騎士 Dainiwa: Akai Ryū Kishi)  || October 5, 1997 || Focuses on Minerva
| Episode 2: Red Dragoon (Japanese: 第2話・赤い竜騎士 Dainiwa: Akai Ryū Kishi)  || October 5, 1997 || Focuses on Minerva

Revision as of 14:53, 6 July 2021

Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga (partially lost original Satellaview version of Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem bonus content; 1997)

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Title Screen

Status: Partially Lost

Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga (Japanese: BS ファイアーエムブレム アカネイア戦記編 BS Faiā Emuburemu Akaneia Senkihen), also referred as BS Fire Emblem by fans, is a four-episode BS-X game consisting of original maps that serve as a prequel to Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light. It originally aired from September 28th, 1997 to October 25th, 1997, and saw two reruns; the first one occurred one month after its initial airing, and another in 1999. It is notable for being the earliest game in the franchise to utilize voice acting, predating Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance by 8 years.

Episodes

Title First Broadcast Summary
Episode 1: The Capital Falls (Japanese: 第1話・パレス陥落 Daiichiwa・ Paresu Kanraku) September 28, 1997 Focuses on Nyna. The Dolhr army, lead by the recently-awakened Medeus, has invade the palace of Archanea. As the soldiers surrounded the palace, the king has no choice, but to request an order to Boah[1]. When Nyna and her fellow knights try to escape, they were surrounded by Dolhr Soldiers[2]...
Episode 2: Red Dragoon (Japanese: 第2話・赤い竜騎士 Dainiwa: Akai Ryū Kishi) October 5, 1997 Focuses on Minerva
Episode 3: Righteous Thieves (Japanese: 第3話・正義の盗賊団 Daisanwa: seigi no tōzoku-dan) October 12, 1997 Focuses on Rickard
Episode 4: The Beginning (Japanese: 第4話・始まりのとき Daishiwa: Hajimari no toki) October 19, 1997 Focuses on Nyna and Camus.

Gameplay

The game uses the same engine that Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem used, but each episode focuses on characters other than Marth himself, with at least one of them serving as the "lord" of the episode they appear in. Battle animations are permanently turned off, and most of the dialogue is only spoken through voice-acting. Each episode also has a different set of playable characters, with Nyna being playable twice.

Unlike other Fire Emblem games, whose chapters must be completed through various means like seizing a throne/castle or routing the enemy, the only way to clear an episode is to survive the entire broadcast, as well as collecting points. Defeating the boss of each chapter does not end the broadcast, but the chapter can still spawn more enemies for the rest of it. The player obtains points through fighting enemies, opening chests, and visiting villages. Units in this game are recruited differently; depending on how much time passed throughout the broadcast; at least one or two characters automatically join the player's army.

After a broadcast has ended, the player is given a password based on their score that they must send to St. GiGA through a postcard before a set due date[3]. It is unknown as what purpose these passwords have, or if they have any use at all.

Availability

Since the discontinuation of the Satellaview at the turn of the millennium, as with all other BS-X games, the game fell into obscurity. However, in 2010, it was remade as bonus content included with Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem under the title New Archanea Saga (Japanese: 新・アカネイア戦記 Shin akaneia senki), albeit without the voice acting, making this the only time a BS-X game was rereleased in any form after the end of the Satellaview. It was never released overseas.

The original BS-X version can still be played through a complicated process, but because the game was recorded live, the ROMs for all the episodes that included the voice-acting, music, and cutscenes remained completely lost, though all of these managed to survive through video footage that were originally uploaded to Nico Nico Douga, and later uploaded by kiddocabbusses on YouTube in 2013.

Gallery

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External Links

See Also

Reference

  1. Part of VincentASM's translation of the first chapter from the Archanea Saga thread. Retrieved July 6th, 2021
  2. Serenes Forest article for Archanea Saga "In this episode you take control of Princess Nyna, and her loyal soldiers, as they try to flee from the palace. Blocking their path are Dolhr’s soldiers who won’t budge without a fight." Retrieved July 6th, 2021
  3. Part of KiddoCabbusses's translation of the first chapter from the Archanea Saga thread. "Narration: BS Fire Emblem: The Archanea Wars, Story 1. This has been produced by Nintendo and St. Giga. People enjoying this game on your Satellaviews, you will have your password displayed after this. Make sure you have no omissions, and please send it to St. Giga. The deadline for submissions for Story 1 is October 13th, so please have your letter postmarked by Monday and send it in early. BS Fire Emblem: The Archanea Wars, Story 2. The Macdeonian Army, is a story about Minerva. Please wait for it."