One other basic entry within the Hearth Emblem collection has been added to Nintendo Swap On-line’s retro library.
Hearth Emblem: The Sacred Stones was initially launched on the Sport Boy Advance in 2004 and is the eighth important entry within the Hearth Emblem collection (however solely the second to be launched outdoors of Japan).
Nintendo has now introduced that the sport has been added to the GBA app for Nintendo Swap On-line + Growth Pack subscribers at this time.
The Sacred Stones is unrelated to earlier video games within the Hearth Emblem collection, telling its personal standalone story. The sport is about within the continent of Magvel, the place one of many area’s 5 nations, the Grado Empire, begins invading the others in an try to destroy their magical stones, that are wanted to maintain an historic demon imprisoned.
It’s as much as the participant, as protagonists Eirika and Ephraim, to tackle the Grado Empire and cease it from releasing the demon, whereas additionally looking for out why it determined to start out the battle within the first place.
As with different earlier entries within the Hearth Emblem collection, The Sacred Stones options permadeath, that means when a member of your celebration dies they’re gone for good (although gamers can pause and restart a stage if somebody they actually like dies).
Hearth Emblem: The Sacred Stones is the twenty fifth GBA sport to be added to Swap On-line within the West (Japan additionally has Mom 3 and Hearth Emblem: The Binding Blade, neither of which have been given official English translations up to now).
Whereas that is the sixth Hearth Emblem to be launched on Swap On-line, the truth that many of the early collection was solely launched in Japan means it’s solely the second to be launched on Swap On-line within the West (after GBA title Hearth Emblem: The Blazing Blade, merely identified right here as Hearth Emblem).
Nintendo has additionally confirmed that GameCube entry Hearth Emblem: Path of Radiance will likely be added Swap 2‘s GameCube library in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, in all areas.
NES, SNES, Sport Boy and Sport Boy Shade video games can be found as a part of the usual Swap On-line subscription, which prices $19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 for a 12-month particular person membership.
Nonetheless, to play Sport Boy Advance video games (in addition to Mega Drive / Genesis and Nintendo 64 video games), gamers have to have the Swap On-line + Growth Pack subscription, which prices $49.99 / £34.99 / €39.99.
