Fire Emblem 101: How Nintendo’s strategy franchise became a flagship series before mobile

Nintendo is about to release its third mobile app, Fire Emblem: Heroes. So, what is Fire Emblem?

For a long time, most U.S. gamers didn’t even know that the series existed. The franchise focuses on strategy, playing like a complicated game of chess. Now, Nintendo has four Fire Emblem games in the works, including Heroes for mobile and a new entry for the Switch, Nintendo’s upcoming home console/portable hybrid that releases on March 3. Nintendo is still new to the mobile market, so it must have faith in a series to give it the smart device treatment.