FIRE EMBLEM ECHOES NECRODRAGON SERIES
These aspects were all reflected in the 3DS game, with additional refinements to bring things in line with modern series conventions - i.e., a map, diagonal aiming, fast travel and elevator cutscenes.
Samus Returns can be compared along those lines - the 1991 original diverged from the first in the series through its focus on discrete, sequential areas over one continuous labyrinth, and structured itself around the hunt for 40 Metroids, the counter prominently displayed in the game UI throughout. As such while the game allowed for something resembling the original design philosophy of Gaiden to shine through, its faithfulness could also be argued to be a weakness - the extremely simplistic map design often cited as an example where a radical revision may have been in order. The innovations and refinements to this structure were built on the base of surprising faithfulness to the original game - such as additional skills learned by classes or from weapons to add greater tactical depth to combat, boosts to the aforementioned statistical growth rates which still fell broadly in line with those of the original game, the inclusion of the 'Mila's Turnwheel' function which allowed player actions to be reversed to compensate for bad luck or hasty decisions, and inclusion of later series staples such as support conversations, playing without permanent unit death and base conversations.
The first aspect which can be compared between the two is their take on the unique game structure and individual design decisions of the source games, as well as how they went about 'modernising' those quirks, both in relation to other entries within the series and the industry in general.Įchoes' faithfulness towards Gaiden's systems runs from broad design decisions - such as the near-exact replication of map design, focus on a world map structure, visitable towns and explorable dungeons - to smaller details such as magic being cast from health, the increased archer range (and 1-space counterattack) compared to the rest of the series, as well as broadly consistent statistical growth rates, the usage of an accurate instead of fudged displayed hit percentage (which the series abandoned in favour of the current approach with the GBA games), unique boss characteristics and weaknesses (the boss Jedah's having a specific order to which he must be attacked to receive damage, and the final boss falling to a specific low-level spell instead of the god-slaying Falchion) as well as the dread fighter to villager reclassing loop.
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