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Fire Emblem Engage

Become the Divine Dragon and save the continent of Elyos! Summon valiant heroes like Marth & Celica alongside a new cast of characters and engage in turn-based, tactical combat against a great evil in this new…

86 20 January 2023

Fire Emblem Engage is an adventure developed by Intelligent Systems, released 20 January 2023 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 69.7 hrs to finish.

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What Fire Emblem Engage is

Fire Emblem Engage is an adventure game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2023. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a war against the Fell Dragon, four kingdoms worked together with heroes from other worlds to seal away this great evil. One-thousand years later, this seal has weakened and the Fell Dragon is about to reawaken. As a Divine Dragon, use rich strategies and robust customization to meet your destiny—to collect Emblem Rings and bring peace back to the Continent of Elyos. Summon valiant heroes like Marth and Celica with the power of Emblem Rings and add their power to yours in this brand-new Fire Emblem story. Aside from merging appearances, Engaging lets you inherit weapons, skills, and more from these battle-tested legends. The turn-based, tactical battle system returns with a fresh cast of…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Fire Emblem series

Fire Emblem Engage is the 60th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. The next entry was Fire Emblem: Engage - Expansion Pass: Wave 2 in 2023. Its critic score of 86 is 6 points above the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Fire Emblem Engage holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 60 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 69.7 hrs.

What it launched against

Fire Emblem Engage launched on 20 January 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered and Hi-Fi Rush. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered, Hi-Fi Rush.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Quick answers

Fire Emblem Engage — frequently asked questions

When did Fire Emblem Engage come out?
Fire Emblem Engage was released on 20 January 2023 for Nintendo Switch.
How long does it take to beat Fire Emblem Engage?
The main story of Fire Emblem Engage takes around 69.7 hrs.

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