A quartet of new entries to the "Fire Emblem" strategy adventure franchise -- "Fire Emblem: Heroes," "Fire Emblem Echoes," "Fire Emblem Warriors" and a fourth, untitled release -- span mobile and console devices and have been made the focus of a separate Nintendo Direct video following the company's Switch presentation the previous week. More immediately and most broadly accessible is February 2nd's "Fire Emblem: Heroes," a mobile game for Android and iOS devices which follows the adventure and battle template laid down by the core "Fire Emblem" franchise. By shunning the video game convention of having multiple lives or repeat attempts at a level or mission -- if characters fall in battle, they're gone for good and must be replaced by a new and likely less experienced recruit -- it encourages players to forge a link with their (hopefully) conquering heroes.



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