Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, known in Japan as Fire Emblem: Seima no Kōseki[a] is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console in 2004 for Japan and 2005 in the West. When the nation of Grado begins invading the other nations and sealing the stones, protagonists Ephraim and Eirika of the royal family of Renais set out to gain allies from the other nations and halt Grado's conquest. The Sacred Stones began development alongside Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance as a side project, carrying over its systems from Fire Emblem while incorporating elements from earlier entries such as Fire Emblem Gaiden. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is a tactical role-playing game where players take the role of royal siblings Ephraim and Eirika during separate campaigns as they fight hostile forces invading their homeland, along with allies acquired on their journey. The world's setting of Magvel is navigating using an overworld map, with routes going to different maps which are unlocked as the story progresses stemming from the army's central base. In each battle, the player is given command of a limited number of units, and is given an objective to complete. A notable change from earlier games is that multiple options are available for class evolution: for instance, a Cavalier can evolve into either a Paladin or a Great Knight. When a unit falls in battle, they are subjected to permanent death, removing them from the rest of the campaign unless the player restarts the current map.