Fire Emblem - 7 Siblings ROM

Features

• The game features 29 chapters: a prologue, 20 numbered chapters, an endgame, and 7 Gaiden chapters sprinkled in between. All Gaidens are unlocked automatically and are labeled as such due to being side stories from the main action in some form.
• The large majority of game graphics have been overhauled, from the title menu to all in-game menus to character portraits and class animations. Additionally, nearly all music has been overhauled from vanilla FE8. Shoutout to the community for helping make this possible.
• The game features an easy mode, a normal mode, and a hard mode, with the only substantial changes between modes being enemy strength. Hard mode is what the hack was primarily designed around and would be recommended for most romhack veterans. Normal and easy are just somewhat nerfed versions of this mode and have received less testing.
• The hack also features Classic (defeated units are gone permanently) and Casual (defeated units return in the next chapter) modes which are selected after selecting difficulty. The game is balanced with Classic and permadeath in mind, but Casual is there for anyone who doesn’t want the stress of permadeath. You should be fine letting a fair number of units die on Classic, although this game is definitely not designed for a true Ironman run from a blind player, especially on the highest difficulty.
• Arianna, Scott, and Nancy are global GameOver units. Other units may be GameOver units in their joining chapters or a subsequent chapter in which they are force deployed. Arianna has access to the Supply starting in Ch. 2.
• Support Viewer and Sound Room are 100% unlocked from the start. The Link Arena is disabled because it was pretty broken and I didn’t care to put the time in to fix it.
• Supports are functional in terms of gameplay, but there are no conversations. I may write them eventually, and I may not. Depends on how I feel.

Recruitment Guide

• Arianna (Huntress) – Joins automatically at start of Prologue
• Scott (Privateer) – Joins automatically at start of Prologue
• Weston (Sword Knight) – Joins automatically Turn 1 of Ch. 1
• Sarah (Pegasus Knight) – Joins automatically Turn 1 of Ch. 1
• Kayla (Cleric) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 2
• Will (Mage) – Talk with Kayla or Scott in Ch. 2, or complete the chapter with Will alive
• Sammy (Lance Armor) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 3
• Keegan (Sword Thief) – Talk with Will in Ch. 3, or complete the chapter with Keegan alive
• Andrew (Monk) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 4
• Katie (Blademaiden) – Talk with Arianna in Ch. 4, or complete the chapter with Katie alive
• Nancy (Hero) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 5x
• Luke (Axe Knight) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 5x
• Serah (Medic) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 5x
• Kristia (Shaman) – Talk with Nancy in Ch. 5x, or complete the chapter with Kristia alive
• Michelle (Myrmidon) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 6
• Jeremiah (Wyvern Knight) – Joins automatically at the start of Ch. 7
• Jordan (Dark Mage) – Joins automatically at the start of Ch. 7
• Ariel (Bow Thief) – Joins automatically at the start of Ch. 7
• Emily (Mage Knight) – Joins automatically at the start of Ch. 8
• Joe (Warrior) – Joins automatically at the start of Ch. 8 (post-preparations)
• Brandon (Captain) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 9x
• Nikko (Axe Armor) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 9x
• Reilly (Soldier) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 9x
• Wade (Bishop) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 9x
• Cale (Berserker) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 13
• Ryan (Great Knight) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 13x
• Nike (Swordmaster) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 13x
• Shelton (Bow Knight) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 13x
• Alex (Lance Knight) – Talk with any player unit in Ch. 16
• Johann (Fighter) – Talk with any player unit in Ch. 16
• Kjetil (Mercenary) – Talk with any player unit in Ch. 16
• Lydia (Warrior) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 17x
• Christine (Valkyrie) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 17x
• Alyssa (Assassin) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 17x
• Reid (Bard) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 17x
• Moses (Griffon Knight) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 19
• Meredith (Night Wing) – Joins automatically at start of Ch. 20
• ??? – There is one more secret unit, but I’m going to leave their recruitment conditions up to the player to find out…

Known Issues

• Skipping events with B/Start may lead to some incorrect music playing during cutscenes.
• Scrolling through units with R/L in the support viewer causes the transparency of certain UI elements to change in odd ways. This is purely visual.