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The Art of
A w a k e n in g BY KBG GUIDES
Original Japanese Edition Director (Dengeki Kouryaku Book Editorial Dept.) Kunichi Miyamoto Editors (Milesplus Ltd.) Jun Kawauchi
Originally published by ASCII Media Works, an imprint of Kadokawa Corporation. Special thanks to Jeremy Krueger-Pack, Rich Amtower and Nintendo's Treehouse localization team, Nick McWhorter, Michael Gombos, Annie Gullion, and Dakota James. Neil Hankerson Executive Vice President Tom Weddle Chief Financial Officer Randy Stradley Vice President of Publishing Michael Martens Vice President of Book Trade Sales Matt Parkinson Vice President of Marketing David Scroggy Vice President of Product Development Dale LaFountain Vice President of Information Technology Cara Niece Vice President of Production and Scheduling Nick McWhorter Vice President of Media Licensing Ken Lizzi General Counsel Dave Marshall
Michiaki Kataoka
Editor in Chief Davey Estrada Editorial Director Scott Allie Executive Senior Editor Chris Warner Senior Books Editor Cary
Tenyoku Takahashi
Grazzini Director o f Specialty Projects Lia Ribacchi Art Director Vanessa Todd Director o f Print Purchasing Matt Dryer
Ririn Ochiai
Director of Digital Art and Prepress Mark Bernardi Director of Digital Publishing Sarah Robertson Director of Product Sales Michael Gombos Director o f International Publishing and Licensing
Hideyuki Yoshizawa Hiroshi Shibano Writers (Milesplus Ltd.) Hiroshi Shibano
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade o f Light © 1990 Nintendo I INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem Gaiden © 1990 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: M ystery o f the Emblem © 1994 Nintendo I INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: Genealogy o f the Holy War © 1996 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 © 1999 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Tenyoku Takahashi
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade © 2002 Nintendo I INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem © 2003 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Manga (Old School) Hinomaru Izumi Designers (Milesplus Ltd.)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones © 2004 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: Path o f Radiance © 2005 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn © 2007 Nintendo I INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon © 2008 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Fire Emblem: New Mystery o f the Emblem: Heroes o f Light and Shadow © 2010 Nintendo I INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Toshihisa Funaba
Fire Emblem Awakening © 2012 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Chiaki Miyayama
Super Smash Bros. Melee © 2001 Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Fire Emblem Fates © 2013 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Super Smash Bros. Brawl © 2008 Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Cover Designer
Super Smash Bros, for Wii U © 2014 Nintendo Super Smash Bros, for Nintendo 3DS © 2014 Nintendo
Tsuyoshi Kusano Design Co., Ltd.
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. © Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Producer (Dengeki Kouryaku Book Editorial Dept.) Takeshi Matsumoto
THE ART OF FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING Fire Emblem © 1990-2016 Nintendo / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. All rights reserved.
English-Language Edition
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Patrick Thorpe Assistant Editor Cardner Clark Translator
DarkHorse.com International Licensing: (503) 905-2377 Firs, edition: December 2012 Firs, English edition: October 2016 Digital ISBN 978-1-63008-617-6
William Flanagan Designer Brennan Thome Digital Art Technician Christina McKenzie
Names: Flanagan, William, translator. Title: The art o f Fire emblem, awakening / translated by William Flanagan Description: First English edition. I Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2016. I “A ll concept illustrations that originally contained handwritten notes in Japanese have been translated into English and updated for this version o f the book.” Identifiers: LCCN 2016008226 I ISBN 9781616559380 (paperback) Subjects: LCSH: Video gam es-Pictorial works. I Video games in art. I BISAC:
Hand Lettering Cary Grazzini
GAMES I Video & Electronic. Classification: LCC GV1469.37 .A638 2016 I DDC 794.8-^023 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2o16oo8226
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CO N TEN TS Section 1
OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATION GALLERY...5
Section 2
CONCEPT ART...77
0 7 8 • Character Design 1 05 • Costume Design 1 2 7 * Weapon Design
Section 3
STORY EVENT ILLUSTRATIONS...139
140 • Story Event Illustrations 1 4 6 * Proposal Event Illustrations 1 54 • Cutscene Storyboards
Section 4
PLAYERS’ VOICES...177
178 • Poll Results
Section 5
CHARACTER PROFILES...185
186
Character Profiles
208
Website Background Illustrations
209 214
Character Cards Glossary
216
Fire Emblem Awakening Staff Credits
Section 6
SUPPORT CONVERSATIONS...217
Character Dialogue 1 3 7 • Barracks Dialogue 1 76 • Shop Dialogue
1 87 • Married Life, as Recorded in Historical Records 2 0 6 • Level Up Collection
1 7 8 * Humorous and Strange Dialogue
2 1 3 * Retreat and Death Quotes
Main Image Illustration Illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki O
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Nintendo Prepaid Card Illustration Illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening
Cover Illustration Illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening
The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening
Chapter 1 Story Event Illustration Illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki O
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wwww A young prince who fights for what is right and just
hrom “You’re one of us . . . and no destiny can change that!”
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wwww A mysterious sword wielder who goes by the name of the legendary Hero-King
Marth “You may call me Marth.”
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wwww An unpretentious princess
issa “I can handle a battle or two!”
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G ecko/Jam il Concept A rt
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Costume Design
The costume designs for the countless types of military units were ably handled by art director Toshiyuki Kusakihara and his design team.
Costume Design and Concept Art of the M ilitary Units
HELMET IS THE SAME AS THE FEMALE’S.
AFMOF FOE TH F AFM IS THE SAME AS THE FEMALE’S
THE BACK LOOKS MUCH LIKE THE FEOMT
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THE PlLLOWlMQ OF THE PAMTS IS LESS ppo Mo u Mfed tham th e fem ale ’s. HELOW THE KMEES, THE SAME AS THE FEMALE’S.
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Arch
02
Arch
WAIST-MOUNTE D SHIELD FOE AECHEES (oMLY OM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY)
THE A6 T fe iKAYE A ^ E K S .
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PEPEP TO IMAGES OF PEAL WOMAN’S BODY WHEti DPAYVIFJQ THIS.
FOP ALLIED M lLlTAPY UFJfTS
FACEPLATE
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the HEAD QUAPD CAlF SLIDE towapd THE BACK,
k Miqht (female)\
the CHEST AMD STOMACH apeas APE M IT E DlEFEPCMT
tpo M the male YepsioM.
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Knight (Female) Knight (Male) Knight (Male) Knight (Female) Assassin (Female)
UNLIKE FECfULAF HOFSES, ITS MANE AND TAIL AFE W A M
Assassin (Male) Valkyrie Valkyrie’s horse
THE HAIF BY ITS HOOF IS ON THE LoNO SIDE.
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Bars,
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Griffon Rider (Female) Griffon Rider (Male) Griffon Great Knight (Fem ale) Great Knight (M ale) Great Knight’s H orse
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TH E F B O M T PIECE AMD TAIL
HIC/HEB IM THE
ATTACH TO IT.
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THE HEAD OF A M/MIOM
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Looks TWAfiJCfUtAZ F K O tf THT TOP.
TH/S PAPT fS A LFATHCZ PPO TFCTO P.
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APE THE SAME AS THE FEMALE Ye p s io M.
AM IMEPEASE IM Mu MBEP OF SPIKES.
APM APMO P (THE SAME AS A WAP Mo Mk ’S) s h o u Ld e p wpap
MAP CLEPtC (back
t h e e p i Mo L/Me
fT IS WIDEP THAM
PPOTEETS THE LOWEP HALF OF THE BODY.
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(EASIE P TO Mo YE IM).
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THE WAtST E,OES HEPE.
the cw tio U rJE Looks PLEASE DEEIDE HOW WIDE TO MAKE THE EPlMo LlME BASED OM HOW THE 4IPL WALKS AMD SWIMQS THE AFE.
L/ke
TH(S FPOM THE TOP.
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THIS IS A MO RE RESPLEMDEMT YER SIO M OF THE CAVALIER. THE WAISTCLOTH, AREA AROUMD THE STOMACH, AMD THIQH PARTS ARE THE SAME, BUT THE METAL PARTS ARE Qo LD OR SILVER (OR maybe E\YEM PLA TlM uM).
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THIGH PAFTQ
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ITS
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Paladin (Male) Paladin’s Horse Barbarian War Monk Falcon Knight Falcon Knight’s Pegasus
THE HAIF BY (TQ HOOF
/S O il THE lObJQ SIDE. HEFE IQ WHEFE THE CFEQT OF THE COUPlTFY'Q AFMY IQ.
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01 • Bow Knight (Female)
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02 • Bow Knight (Male)
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Bow Knight’s Horse
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Mage (Female)
10
05
Mage (Male)
10
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Dread Fighter
MADE IM THE IMAC,E OF M e DIEYAI AFTHEF MASU Mo YOICHI.
THE LEFT ELBOW FFoM T
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AMD A M C,UAFDS
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F F o M HEFE OM DOWM IS THE SAME AS THE FEMALE YEFSIOM.
J V S T LIKE THE .
MAKE SUFE THE SILHOUETTE
FEMALE YEFSIOM
d o e s m t Look too bloeky! fof
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CLOAK (BACK)
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HOOP
SKIPT
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C/lO^E
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gap
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HEAD SCCTlOHl, \lE P S IO M A (T H E HEADS FO P MOPMAL
VEPQIo M B
S O LD IEP S)
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FO P UPPEP APM.
FO P LCWEP APM
THE SHIELD IS SEPAPATED fMTO UPPEP AMD LO ftEP
gg
halves. ( i ’d like both 1
MALE AMD FEMALE HE P O E s
THEPE'S A P lM Q -L/K E APMOP
TO BE THE SAME IM TH IS.)
PIECE THAT PPOTECTS THE APE A APOUMD THE MECK.
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Lo ok
like a s/Mqle shield.
(MalF) THE SHIELD SHOULD BE TH E SAME AS TH E FEMALE YEPSIOM.
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TH EPE APE LEATHEP TH/C,H CfUAPDS BELOW
it omly puffs o u t OM TH E OUTSIDE.
METAL
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SAME FOP MALE
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01 • Hero (Female)
Troubadour’s Horse
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Mercenary (Female)
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Mercenary (Male)
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• Troubadour
AMD FEMALE KPSIOMZ SHIELD ( S f f FPoM THE SIDE)
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POT HELMET (AQLMC, METAL)
S E M I TOGETHER AT THE
C re a to r
C o m m e n ta ry
STITCH LIMES.
In previous Fire Emblem titles, the graphics for generic soldiers were symbolic representations of the whole of each class (known as “class panels”). But for this game, we wanted these graphics to be similar to those of the regular characters. We wanted to draw generic soldier units with the same kinds o f faces as the characters. Although we expected this to be a difficult task, we were surprised with how much work this entailed once we actually started.
♦ Mr. Kozaki was in charge of the illustrations for the main characters, but we couldn’t possibly ask him to work on images for the generic soldiers as well. Instead, we asked the IS internal staff and the good people of Madhouse to help us with these drawings.
♦
& Costumes 12
01
Bride
12
02
Villager
Because Awakening uses a 3-D screen with polygonal characters in the background, we wanted to find a way for players to easily read the facial expressions of the characters. This is how we landed on the anime style for the drawn images o f the characters in the foreground. This had another advantage in that we could keep the coloring consistent even if Mr. Kozaki w asn’t coloring them him self (as coloring characters in anime style can reduce how much o f one’s own personality shows through in the process). Art director Toshiyuki Kusakihara
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Weapon Design Concept Art for the Weapons in the Game Art director Toshiyuki Kusakihara personally oversaw most of the weapon design. He would often be found in Mr. Kozaki’s studio checking on or urging the character designs forward and drawing one rough sketch of the weapons after another.
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