{"id":11846,"date":"2017-03-21T21:10:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T01:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=11846"},"modified":"2017-03-21T21:10:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T01:10:53","slug":"limited-edition-bundle-on-the-way-for-fire-emblem-echoes-shadows-of-valentia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2017\/03\/limited-edition-bundle-on-the-way-for-fire-emblem-echoes-shadows-of-valentia\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited edition bundle on the way for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo announced todah that a special <em>Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia<\/em> Limited Edition bundle is on the way for the upcoming game release. The game will be released for the Nintendo 3DS May 19th and the special limited edition bundle launchs the same day. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia<\/em> Limited Edition bundle includes the game; a hardcover Valentia Artbook; a sound selection CD; a pin set depicting characters Alm, Celica and Marth, and a reversible cover sheet that looks like the packaging for the original Famicom game this new one is based on.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available at a suggested retail price of $59.99 USD at select retailers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><em>Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia<\/em> reimagines <em>Fire Emblem Gaiden<\/em>, a Famicom game that was previously only released in Japan. This new version of the game sports modern graphics, cinematics and, in a first for the series, free-roaming 3D dungeon environments.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"shutterbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fire_emblem_echoes_special_edition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fire_emblem_echoes_special_edition-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fire_emblem_echoes_special_edition-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fire_emblem_echoes_special_edition-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fire_emblem_echoes_special_edition.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also launching on May 19th are the Alm and Celica amiibo figures, available only as a set at a suggested retail price of $24.99 USD. When used in the game, these amiibo will activate their own exclusive dungeons, allowing heroes to earn items and level up their armies further by defeating bosses. By selecting Mila\u2019s Turnwheel from the menu on the overworld map, they will also be able to take advantage of their Alm and Celica amiibo in battle. During combat, players can sacrifice a portion of Alm or Celica\u2019s health in order to summon a computer-controlled illusory hero, which will act as a temporary ally for a single turn.<\/p>\n<p>As Alm and Celica get stronger, their stats can be saved to their respective amiibo, allowing their summoned unit to grow in strength alongside them. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not where the amiibo functionality of the game ends.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"shutterbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/amiibo_FireEmblem_2pack_pkg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/amiibo_FireEmblem_2pack_pkg-533x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/amiibo_FireEmblem_2pack_pkg-533x600.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/amiibo_FireEmblem_2pack_pkg-768x865.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/amiibo_FireEmblem_2pack_pkg-909x1024.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/amiibo_FireEmblem_2pack_pkg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, all <em>Fire Emblem<\/em> amiibo from the Super Smash Bros. series can be used to summon an illusory hero of that character, allowing players to seek assistance from spectral visages of Marth, Ike, Roy, Robin, Lucina and the upcoming Corrin amiibo. All other currently available amiibo are also compatible, and will summon an additional monster to the battleground to assist players in battle, providing some much-needed help in case of a strategic emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia will see players take control of the two separate armies of Alm and Celica as their differing quests attempt to achieve the unified goal of bringing peace to the land of Valentia. Battles in the Fire Emblem series see players take their small force of recruited soldiers against increasingly powerful armies in turn-based battles that require careful tactical planning, as mistakes or failed attacks will see units become exposed and vulnerable to enemy attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Limited Edition bundle launches in stores on May 19 at a suggested retail price of $59.99 USD. The stand-alone version of the game will also be available at a suggested retail price of $39.99 USD. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo announced todah that a special Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Limited Edition bundle is on the way for the upcoming game release. The game will be released for the Nintendo 3DS May 19th and the special limited edition bundle launchs the same day. The Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Limited Edition bundle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21],"tags":[373,1860,1386,1385],"class_list":["post-11846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-3ds","tag-fire-emblem","tag-fire-emblem-echoes-shadows-of-valentia","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-3ds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fire_emblem_echoes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-354","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11927,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2017\/04\/new-update-for-fire-emblem-heroes-adds-heroes-from-valentia\/","url_meta":{"origin":11846,"position":0},"title":"New update for Fire Emblem Heroes adds heroes from Valentia","date":"April 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting April 14th (today) a Summoning event will introduce four heroes from the upcoming 3DS game Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia\u00a0to Nintendo's mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. 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