Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Wii home console. It is the tenth entry in the Fire Emblem series, and acts as a direct sequel to the 2005 GameCube title Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. It was released in 2007 in Japan and North America, and 2008 in Europe and Australia.
| Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn | |
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North American version cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Taeko Kaneda |
| Producer(s) | Toru Narihiro Hitoshi Yamagami |
| Designer(s) | Sachiko Wada Toyohisa Tanabe Yoshimasa Arita Ryuichiro Koguchi Yoshihisa Isa Shingo Igata |
| Programmer(s) | Takashi Akiyama |
| Artist(s) | Senri Kita Masahiro Higuchi |
| Writer(s) | Ken Yokoyama |
| Composer(s) | Yoshito Hirano Chika Sekigawa Naoko Mitome |
| Series | Fire Emblem |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Radiant Dawn's plot begins in the war-torn nation of Daein with the main character Micaiah and her allies, the Dawn Brigade, rebelling against the oppressive Begnion Occupational Army. The story is divided into four parts, and changes perspective between different factions within the continent of Tellius. The gameplay is similar to Path of Radiance and previous Fire Emblem titles, with units moving across a grid-based map in turn-based battles, and characters unrelated to the core plot being subject to permanent death if defeated.
Radiant Dawn began development in 2005 for the Wii after the success of Path of Radiance. Continuing the trend of developing for home consoles after a period on portable devices, it was intended to be released close to the Wii hardware's release so as to boost sales for both game and hardware. Radiant Dawn received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the core gameplay, with some criticism directed at the game's lack of motion controls and high difficulty, while the changes to support conversations received negative reception.