Editing Fire Emblem (section)

=== TearRing Saga Utna Heroes Saga ===
Legally distinct ''Fire Emblem'' clone made by the series creator, Shouzou Kaga, for the PlayStation 1.  After a falling out with Nintendo related to the nightmarish production of ''Thracia 776'', he wanted to do his own shit and proceeded to take many FE people with him to create a company called Tiranog. It has had two sequels, ''TearRing Saga: Berwick Saga'' and ''Vestaria Saga'', which are generally big critical hits and modest commercial successes to gentle commercial failures, and their gradual alternate evolution represents a fascinating alternate branch of the ''Fire Emblem'' family tree.

Very influenced by ''Gaiden'' and ''Mystery of the Emblem'', ''TearRing Saga'' is basically a Fire Emblem game in all but copyright. Several ''Fire Emblem'' characters show up or have substitutes within the title, if only as cameos in some cases, most notably the series mascot, Anna is in the game. The player commands two armies, led by Runan and Holmes, who occasionally cross paths and can trade items.  Amusingly, Runan's story plays like a traditional ''Fire Emblem'' game, with a strict and linear set of missions, while Holmes is free to grind for XP and treasure, which you may recognize as the divide between the "classic" games and the post ''New Mystery'' titles.  

Nintendo is so mad about TearRing Saga they went to court over it and almost won (Kaga better thank his lucky stars his new partners at Enterbrain didn't let him go with his original title of ''Emblem Saga''), Kaga's success in the case paved the way for future spiritual successors to big name games such as [[Castlevania]]'s spiritual successor Bloodstained. As a result of the case, to this day Nintendo refuses to mention Shouzou Kaga.  This infamously extended to leaving out out all mention of him or the development of the first six games in the series in a book on the history of ''Fire Emblem''.