Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

May 14, 1996 Intelligent Systems Nintendo
Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Tactical
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Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a Japanese Super Famicom tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released on May 14, 1996 in Japan. It is the fourth title in the Fire Emblem series, the second Fire Emblem title for the Super Famicom, and the last game produced by the late Gunpei Yokoi. It was released on the Japanese Virtual Console service on January 30, 2007. The game was originally to be titled as Fire Emblem: Light Inheritors.
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Release Date May 14, 1996
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes Fantasy, Warfare