There are many Nintendo franchises that I adore above all others, and I’ve made my stances on them clear across many episodes of the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast. Fire Emblem is my favorite amongst The Big N’s series due to its strong characters, incredible narratives, and fun turn-based combat. I got into the franchise via Path of Radiance (which is why I like Ike so much, I guess) and then went and got past entries (where I could) and then got future ones as they came out. The Nintendo Switch had four entries in the SRPG saga, and I got them all.
As we wait for Nintendo to reveal what’s happening next with the franchise, there is a bit of an “elephant in the room” situation with Fire Emblem as a whole. Specifically, there is still a set of titles within the series that haven’t been localized or straight-up remade. Some have, with mixed results, and others are still desired by the fanbase. To be fair, as shown by Stealth below, Nintendo is aware of them and happy to post art from them:
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem Key Art from Nintendo Today.I like that Nintendo isn't pretending that the Fire Emblem games they didn't localize back in the 90's don't exist.
— Stealth40k (@stealth40k.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T11:06:52.688Z
The titles that haven’t been truly localized or remain are Mystery of the Emblem (which featured Marth as the protagonist once again), Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, and The Binding Blade.
One of the ironies of this is that while the characters and stories have primarily been confined to Japan, they have also appeared in other places, including Super Smash Bros., via Roy, alongside true franchise entries such as Fire Emblem Heroes and Engage. So, in the minds of the fanbase, they are still fresh and relevant in many respects.
So, the question becomes, can we get remakes of the Japan-only titles made soon?
In truth, it depends on Nintendo. The latest remake they did was with Shadows of Valentia on the 3DS. It wasn’t the biggest seller, but it did well enough, and brought Alm and Celica back into the limelight in big ways, while also advancing the series in nice ways, like with full voice acting.
So, bringing in some of the others onto the Nintendo Switch 2 could do even MORE for the franchise, while honoring the past. Plus, as Nintendo has shown with past remakes, if you make them quality, people will buy them in great numbers. Sadly, the only way to know if it’ll truly work or not is to make one for the Switch 2, see how it does, and then push things forward with the others.
The Fire Emblem community is very passionate, as I can personally attest, and we’d love nothing more than for the entire franchise to be seen by as many gamers as possible. So, please, Nintendo, start making full-on remakes of the “missing” four titles so that everything is available to all who want to play them.
