instance_of fire emblem: genealogy of the holy war
Shouzou Kaga (   ) is a Japanese ___MASK64___ designer who once worked for Intelligent Systems . He was the creator of the Fire Emblem game series and served as a director for the second - fifth main series installments , but eventually left the company to found his own studio Tirnanog Co . The first game developed by his new company was Tear Ring Saga . His latest game , Vestaria Saga , is a collaboration with SapphireSoft and its first part was released in September 21 , 2016 . Tear ___MASK70___ ___MASK56___ , full name , is a tactical role - playing game developed by Tirnanog , a development studio started by Shouzou Kaga , the creator of the " Fire Emblem " series , after he left Nintendo in 2000 . The game featured a complicated development and initial release period , with the company receiving legal pressure multiple times from Nintendo , who felt that the game ' s very similar gameplay and presentation , which also featured the art of "" artist Mayumi Hirota , infringed on their copyrights on their " Fire Emblem " intellectual property . Direct ties to " Fire Emblem " were dropped , and its original title , " Emblem ___MASK56___ ", was changed to its final title as to not sound so similar to " Fire Emblem ", and the game was released in Japan on ___MASK11___ 24 , 2001 , by Enterbrain , for Nintendo ' s competitor , Sony , on their PlayStation console . Three months after release , Nintendo took them to court over the game , and while Enterbrain was ordered to pay a fee , they ultimately retained the right to sell the game . ___MASK53___ Emblem : Seisen no Keifu (  Fai Emuburemu : Seisen no Keifu , literally ___MASK53___ Emblem : Genealogy of the Holy War ) is a tactical role - playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Famicom only in Japan . It is the fourth title in the ___MASK53___ Emblem series , the second ___MASK53___ Emblem title for the Super Famicom and was the last game produced by Gunpei Yokoi . The game has received recognition outside Japan through imports and console emulation . It was released on the Japanese Virtual Console service in 2007 for the Wii and in 2013 for the Wii U . A noted ___MASK54___ of gameplay is the permanent ___MASK67___ of characters in ___MASK82___ , removing them from the rest of the game should they be defeated . The series title refers to the titular object , the " ___MASK53___ Emblem ", usually portrayed as a royally treasured ___MASK80___ or shield , representing the power of war and dragons , a recurring element in the series . Development of the first game began as a djin project by Shouzou Kaga and three other developers . Its success prompted the development of further titles in the series . Kaga headed development of each entry until the release of "", when he left the company and founded his own game studio to develop " Tear Ring Saga ".