Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Another 3DS entry, 2017’s Valentia doesn’t get much credit for the contributions that it made to future Fire Emblem games. This is where 3D exploration was polished up to what we would eventually see in Three Houses, and the increased base range for archers allowed them to have a more defined niche that set them apart from spellcasters. Mostly, I adored the painterly style that lent a fairytale quality to the story that Valentia was trying to tell. A remake of 1992’s Fire Emblem Gaiden for the Famicom, this is old-school Fire Emblem with modern polish, and it really deserves a Nintendo Switch rerelease (please).
