Fire Emblem Fates[a] is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released internationally in 2016. It is the twelfth game in the Fire Emblem series,[b] and the second to be developed for Nintendo 3DS after Fire Emblem Awakening. Fates was released in three versions, each following a different storyline centered around the same characters: Birthright[c] and Conquest[d] as physical releases, and Revelation[e] as downloadable content.
