The eighth game in the Fire Emblem series, the third release for the Game Boy Advance, and the second to be released outside of Japan. This game stars the royal twins of Renais, Eirika and Ephraim, as they try to find out why neighbouring kingdom Grado attacked their land and investigate into rumours of the Demon King being revived.

Sacred Stones brings back many features last seen in Fire Emblem Gaiden, such as a world map the protagonists navigate before battles and freely repeatable skirmishes that allow the player to grind up strength if they are struggling. It also introduces split promotions, allowing a unit to take an alternative route for their growth.

Bells of Byelen’s story follows two officers of the Decian Liberators, a group of rebels fighting to free their home country of Decia from the occupation inflicted on them by the Cythean Empire. Loewe, a Decian who lost everything to Cythes, and Cleo, a Cythean who defected from her post, find themselves leading a weakened rebellion together, following a painful betrayal.

In their quest to free Decia from Cythes, they meet an experienced strategist, Kwame, and they learn that the stakes of their resistance may be much bigger than they know, putting all of Orodreth at risk if they fail…

Features:

- Multiple gameplay mechanics developed and expanded upon for this project, such as: Dismount, PCC, Movement Stars, Thracia Escape, Mov/Build Growths, Equippable Accessories
- Uses other FE5 mechanics with some modifications, such as: Capture, Thracia Steal, Fatigue, Leadership Stars, and 1RN
- Modified Hit/Avo formulas, modified Exp formula similar to FE14 to facilitate Fatigue
- Completely written supports that increase based on deployment similar to FE9, with reworked support bonuses similar to a 3H-like system, where they apply on initiation if a support partner is in range of the enemy; Bonuses are unique, no affinities
- Class and item lists reworked from scratch using FE5 as inspiration, along with new custom classes and items
- Custom personal skills for some units
- Equippable accessories that grant skills or stats; FE5 Crusader Scrolls reworked into accessories
- 3 chapter interludes where you can recruit 2 units out of 6

Credits to Team Adversity for Chapter creation, asset production, and much more. Without them, the hack wouldn't exist.

Database match: Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones (USA, Australia)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: C25B145E37456171ADA4B0D440BF88A19F4D509F
File/ROM CRC32: A47246AE

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