Fire Emblem is the seventh installment in the Fire Emblem series, launched for the Game Boy Advance. As the second entry on this platform, it serves as an introduction to the series for new players through a prologue. The narrative is a prequel to Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, set twenty years earlier. Initially released in the West as Fire Emblem, it was later renamed Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe. It features a prologue storyline designed to introduce newcomers to Fire Emblem gameplay and tactical basics. The overall narrative is a prequel to the events of the previous game, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, which is set twenty years later.
The game was first released under the localized title `Fire Emblem` in the West, but it was later rebranded as `Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade` when Fire Emblem Heroes was released.