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Fire Emblem Awakening's Success Ultimately Saved the Franchise

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Fire Emblem: Fates has its predecessor to thank for its existence.

In a recent edition of Iwata asks (via Destructoid), Nintendo President Satoru Iwata spoke with some of the people involved in the development of Fire Emblem: Fates.

It was during this conversation that Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami revealed Fire Emblem: Awakening was actually supposed to be the final game in the franchise.

"To be honest, when we made Awakening, we intended it to be the last in the series," Yamagami said, adding that Nintendo's then senior managing director and head of sales Shinji Hatano presented them with news of the franchise's dwindling numbers.

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