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Platform 3DS Publisher Nintendo Developer Intelligent Systems Release Date Feb 19, 2016

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Fire Emblem Fates review

By Griffin McElroy and Allegra Frank on Feb 17, 2016 02.17.16

Fire Emblem has always been a series about the brutal decision-making of war, but that concept has never been as crystallized as it is in Fire Emblem Fates. Fire Emblem Fates is technically...

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Nintendo Switch and Wii U add a Lego game and two great shmups

By Charlie Hall on Apr 06, 2017 04.06.17

Nintendo announced today the addition of Lego City Undercover to the Nintendo Switch eShop. That game is joined by a pair of shoot ‘em ups, including a new title for the Switch and a classic...

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Nintendo reports huge quarterly loss amid plummeting Wii U sales

By Samit Sarkar on Jul 27, 2016 07.27.16

The first quarter of Nintendo’s current fiscal year wasn’t pretty, as a massive drop in Wii U sales led to a significant decrease in sales and an operating loss of 5.13 billion yen ($48.7 million),...

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Hideo Kojima, Splatoon, The Witcher 3 win year-end awards from Famitsu

By Allegra Frank on May 10, 2016 05.10.16

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu announced its top titles of 2015 today, five months into 2016. It's never a bad time to be reminded of some of last year's best games, however, as well as its most...

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Splatoon, Animal Crossing were Nintendo's biggest hits over the past 12 months

By Owen S. Good on Apr 27, 2016 04.27.16

Seven new titles sold more than one million copies for Nintendo over its last fiscal year, the company reported today, with Splatoon and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer leading the way on Wii...

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Fire Emblem Fates has series' biggest stateside debut ever

By Allegra Frank on Feb 24, 2016 02.24.16

Fire Emblem Fates had the biggest U.S. launch in the series' history, Nintendo announced in a press release. Over its three-day launch window this past weekend, the game — which hit retail in two...

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How to choose your starting path in Fire Emblem Fates

By Allegra Frank on Feb 19, 2016 02.19.16

Fire Emblem Fates tells a grand story — one so big that Nintendo decided to split it up into three versions. Two of these, Birthright and Conquest, are now available at retail; a third, Revelation,...

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Watch us build a castle in Fire Emblem Fates (and lay siege to someone else's)

By Griffin McElroy on Feb 18, 2016 02.18.16

Watch on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube Fire Emblem Fates adds some slick new mechanics to the franchise, but its largest overhaul is how it handles all of the character management and...

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Meet Izana, one of Fire Emblem Fates' best new characters

By Nick Robinson on Feb 09, 2016 02.09.16

Watch in 60 fps on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube If Intelligent Systems' recent entries in the Fire Emblem series are known for one thing, it's their characters. Fire Emblem Awakening...

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Get your Fire Emblem Fates character set with this helpful web app

By Owen S. Good on Feb 07, 2016 02.07.16

Fire Emblem Fates fans wanting to get a head start, or just jonesing for anything to do with the game before its western launch on Feb. 19, can try out all the player customization options with...

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Fire Emblem Fates won't have Japanese voice option in Western release

By Allegra Frank and Nick Robinson on Feb 05, 2016 02.05.16

Fire Emblem Fates will ship stateside without its original Japanese audio, Nintendo has confirmed to Polygon. When they launch, all three versions of the Nintendo 3DS game (Birthright, Conquest and...