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50 free Fire Emblem trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Fire Emblem began in 1990 as a side project by Shouzou Kaga and three student colleagues at Intelligent Systems, and it nearly ended in 2010 when Nintendo told the studio that the next game had to sell 250,000 copies or the series was finished. Awakening sold millions instead, Three Houses became the best-seller, and the mobile spin-off Heroes has now grossed more than a billion dollars. These 50 questions range across the whole series: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Gaiden's dungeons, Genealogy of the Holy War and the Weapon Triangle, Thracia 776 and Kaga's departure, the Tear Ring Saga lawsuit, the cancelled Fire Emblem 64, Marth and Roy in Melee, the Western debut as plain 'Fire Emblem', Path of Radiance, Casual Mode, Awakening's Chrom and Robin, Fates' three routes, Three Houses' Garreg Mach and time skip, Engage's Emblem Rings and Alear, Heroes' gacha, and the Switch 2's Fortune's Weave. Easy questions stick to the basics; the hard tier asks about composers, character designers and Japanese sales figures. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a strategy night.
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Q 01Which studio has developed the Fire Emblem series since 1990?
Intelligent Systems
Its previous notable game was a war-strategy series.
Q 02On which console did the first Fire Emblem appear in 1990?
Famicom (NES)
It stayed Japan-only; the West waited until 2003.
Q 03Who created Fire Emblem as a dōjin project with three other student developers?
Shouzou Kaga
He led every entry until Thracia 776, then left to found his own studio.
Q 04What is the notorious gameplay rule that removes a defeated unit from your army for good?
Permanent death
A 2010 DS remake finally let players turn it off via Casual Mode.
Q 05Which game introduced Casual Mode, reviving fallen units after each battle?
New Mystery of the Emblem
The DS remake was released only in Japan in 2010.
Q 06In the Weapon Triangle, which weapon beats swords?
Lances
Swords beat axes and axes beat lances, rock-paper-scissors style.
Q 07Which game first introduced the Weapon Triangle?
Genealogy of the Holy War
It also introduced the system where lovers' children inherit stats.
Q 08In the magic triangle, fire is stronger than which element?
Wind
Wind beats thunder and thunder beats fire.
Q 09Which game replaced weapon durability with stat penalties for stronger weapons?
Fates
It also added Phoenix Mode and the customizable My Castle hub.
Q 10Which 2003 Game Boy Advance game was the first released in the West, simply as 'Fire Emblem'?
The Blazing Blade
Marth and Roy's Melee cameo also helped convince Nintendo to localise it.
Q 11Which two Fire Emblem lords appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee in 2001?
Marth and Roy
Their inclusion is cited as a reason the series finally went international.
Q 12Which turn-based Nintendo series' Western success also prompted Fire Emblem's localisation?
Advance Wars
Both series come from the same developer.
Q 13Nintendo warned that the series would be cancelled unless its next game sold how many copies?
250,000
The 2012 3DS entry was built as a possible finale and instead sold 2.35 million.
Which 2012 3DS game is credited with saving the series from cancellation?
Q 21Radiant Dawn (2007) was released on which console?
Wii
It reached Japan and North America in 2007 and Europe in 2008.
Q 22Fates was sold in which two physical versions, plus a downloadable third route?
Birthright and Conquest
The DLC route was called Revelation.
Q 23Which 2004 game was the last Fire Emblem released for the Game Boy Advance?
The Sacred Stones
It reached North America and Europe in 2005.
Q 24Which Fire Emblem entry for Switch 2 was announced in September 2025?
Awakening
It sold 2.35 million copies and became the best-selling entry in the West at the time.
Q 15Who composed the original Fire Emblem's music as the developer's only composer?
Yuka Tsujiyoko
She went freelance after scoring Paper Mario but returned for later entries.
Q 16Which Ghost in the Shell artist remade the character art for the DS game Shadow Dragon?
Masamune Shirow
In-game portraits were instead by longtime contributor Daisuke Izuka.
Q 17Which character designer gave the series a new look for the 2012, 2015 and 2017 games?
Yūsuke Kozaki
Art director Toshiyuki Kusakihara brought him in for the 3DS revival.
Q 18Which otome-game artist designed the 'glamorous, aristocratic' cast of Three Houses?
Chinatsu Kurahana
She is best known for Uta no Prince-sama.
Q 19Which 1992 entry is known for unusual mechanics such as dungeon exploration?
Gaiden
It was remade in 2017 as Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Q 20Which 2005 GameCube game was the first Fire Emblem with 3D graphics and voice acting?
Path of Radiance
Its late-generation success reaffirmed Nintendo's faith in the series.
Fortune's Weave
Announced in September 2025 with a September 2026 release date, it follows Three Houses and Engage on Nintendo's hybrid consoles.
Q 25Which studio, not the series' usual developer, made the crossover Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE?
Atlus
It blended Fire Emblem with Shin Megami Tensei on the Wii U in 2015.
Q 26Which mobile game, released in February 2017, is the most profitable in the franchise?
Heroes
It was Nintendo's first mobile game to gross over a billion dollars.
Q 27What kind of monetisation system does the mobile game use to hand out characters?
Gacha
Critics disliked its launch-era stamina system but praised its accessibility.
Q 28Fire Emblem Shadows, the second mobile game, is what kind of game?
Social deduction strategy
It launched in September 2025.
Q 29The cancelled Fire Emblem 64 was planned for the Nintendo 64 and which add-on?
64DD
Its work was folded into The Binding Blade after the 2000 cancellation.
Q 30After leaving the series, its creator's studio made which PlayStation game that Nintendo sued over?
Tear Ring Saga
It was called Emblem Saga until the lawsuits; Nintendo eventually won ¥76 million.