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Additionally, the Japanese version of the game featured DLC available by purchases of the original series of Fire Emblem Cipher products, which would allow Japanese players to recruit a small number of bonus units.įire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Main article: Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentiaįire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia features five packs of downloadable content with different purposes: two series of episodes which assist with grinding and collecting items, a third which gives access to a series of even more powerful classes for those who have reached their maximum class and level, a fourth collection of stories about the origin of the Deliverance, and a fifth which features the mascot characters of Fire Emblem Cipher.įire Emblem: Three Houses Main article: Downloadable content in Fire Emblem: Three Housesįire Emblem: Three Houses features four packs of downloadable content with different purposes: two series granting new outfits for playable units one serie of auxiliaries battles which assist with grinding and collecting items a third which gives you new quests, access to the sauna, new battalions and a fourth collection of stories about the Abyss and the Ashen Wolves which can be recruited in the main story. After purchasing one edition of the game, the player can buy the opposing campaign at a somewhat reduced price as DLC, and outside of the special editions the Revelation campaign is only available as downloadable content.
In addition to several series of challenge maps and stories set in an alternate scenario, DLC is also used to handle the game's split-version format. Each chapter has a different intent: the original set is a long series of battles against characters from prior Fire Emblem games, one set is intended purely for grinding for experience, money and regalia weapons, another set is devoted to character interactions, a fourth set provides an alternate scenario for the doomed future Lucina came from, and the final set provides challenges greater than the core game.įire Emblem Fates Main article: Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Fatesįire Emblem Fates makes use of downloadable content in an expanded form. In Awakening, DLC is distributed in the form of individual chapters, many of which offer a major character from a prior Fire Emblem game as an obtainable bonus unit at the end. 2 did it before the international release of Awakening). However, the English fan translation comes with a save file which has all downloadable chapters episodes and items already unlocked.ĭownloadable content in New Mystery of the Emblemįire Emblem Awakening Main article: Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Awakeningįire Emblem Awakening was the first first-party Nintendo title to support paid downloadable content in Japan (elsewhere in the world, New Super Mario Bros. New access to this DLC on physical cartridges is no longer possible as of May 20th, 2014, as a result of the discontinuation of most Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection services. The content constitutes three bonus chapters and three items, which were released over a period of weeks after release in 2010. Although described as downloadable content by Nintendo, the "download" actually just unlocked content that already existed on the cartridge.
The rare promotional trial maps of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, which appear to have required being manually loaded into copies of the game.
Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga, where each of its episodes was downloaded to Super Famicom systems via live broadcast for limited periods of time.for Nintendo 3DS and Wii Uīefore the advent of modern digital distribution and the release of New Mystery of the Emblem, Intelligent Systems conducted several experiments with other forms of distribution of additional content for Fire Emblem games. 2.4 Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.2.1 Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem.