Topic: Fire Emblem Path of Radiance

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance is out now for Nintendo Switch 2 via the NSO GameCube app.

Started a new save, and am currently on chapter 3, I believe. Any strats are welcome, such as which characters would be best to give items to like speedwings.

I've also started playing this. Have the original disc somewhere. It's quite an easy start but has a bit of a difficulty curve later if I remember rightly.

#ForTheFireEmblemFans

@Ignatius_Cheese
Have you beaten the game before? Any tips? I'm not new to FE. I've beaten Awakening, Fates, Shadows of Valentia and Three Houses, and almost best Blazing Blade and Engage. I've also played at least 1-2 hours of all other entries (including JP-exclusive releases which I have in English on my modded 3DS).

But PoR is different. It has unique mechanics like Biorhythm and Bonus XP, and feels like a game that will ramp up in difficulty which, if I'm not prepared, may pose an issue later on.

Glad you created the thread. I’ll be diving in later again tonight. I’ll be on ch 3.

@JaxonH That is a super awesome collection! I wanna collect for Fire Emblem, but it is very pricey.

@KoppaiTalks
Thank you! The Shadow Dragon crystal is worth $2,000 as they were only available as a reward for regional Gamestop managers that secured a certain number of preorders for the game. Total quantity unknown but likely only a few hundred in the world (I've seen replicas lately though on eBay going for $150).

All the sealed games were much less expensive when I bought them. Like, I only paid $200 for Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn combined, and like $300 for the GBA pair. Still expensive but nowhere close to what we see today.

The hardest to procure, actually, were the 7 Genealogy of the Holy War figures from Japan. They're rare, pricey (especially the "secret hidden bonus character"), and even when you do get them the parts are often broken because they're so delicate. Had to superglue a few swords and fists and stuff 😀

@NintendoByNature
I just got to Chapter 8, where I think I finally will have access to a base with Convoy. It was not easy getting all the item drops and all 3 chests in the last map, shuffling items via trades constantly trying to make room for one more item. All my characters are maxed with 4 items atm I think. Granted, my Short Spear only has 5 uses left, Heal only has 4 and Hand Axe only has 3. So there's that.

@JaxonH Thank you for giving me an excuse to showcase my slightly different kind of FE collection. My full N-SR collection (no plans to get every promo and + card, way too expensive) of FE Cipher cards consisting of almost 3000 unique cards.

6 binders full of cards + starter and custom decks:

The first page, where it all started:

My SR+ pulls (the valuable stuff) and some R+:

Some R+ cards, including ones from my favorite Cipher artist Konfuzi Kokon (Flora, Felicia and Titania) and Kellam who chose to stay hidden for this picture (foil, you can just about see his weapon and top of the head if you zoom in close):

Tokyo Mirage Sessions got its own set too:

Final set mural:

And some Path of Radiance cards to bring us back to the topic:

I'm new to Path of Radiance. By the time I got into Fire Emblem, the Tellius games had already shot up in price. I'm glad I finally get to experience at least the first half of the story.

I'm currently in Chapter 11. I like the characters and the story so far. Not that the story is that much different from any other Fire Emblem story at this point. I like the Laguz. One card I'd still like to have in my collection is this R+ for Lethe:

Cipher has spoiled some things about the game for me (recruitable characters and who the Black Knight is) but I don't really mind it that much. Now I actually get to know the characters.

I really like the discussions at base between battles and I'm glad the base is just a simple menu. Newer games have bit too much going on outside of battles. Running around school grounds in Three Houses gets tedious after a while.