US EditionNintendo Shadow Drops Fire Emblem Shadows, a New Smartphone Spin-Off with Social Deduction
Nintendo's new mobile game blends tactical RPG combat with social deduction, offering free play and optional microtransactions in over 70 countries, launched September 25, 2025.
- On September 25, 2025, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems surprise-launched Fire Emblem Shadows worldwide for iOS and Android in more than 70 countries.
- Following the reveal of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave earlier this month, Nintendo continues mobile expansion after Fire Emblem Heroes' success and 'Hey, Mario' earlier this year.
- Three-Player matches feature one secret Disciple of Shadow, and after each combat phase, players vote to identify the traitor, altering difficulty for the next battle.
- The game is free-to-play with optional in-app purchases and a Premium Season Pass costing 240 Gems , with gems and bundles available.
- Nintendo's experiment pairs Fire Emblem's tactical depth with social deduction in Fire Emblem Shadows, introducing characters like Lyn and Dimitri and potentially shaping Nintendo's mobile strategy shortly.
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Fire Emblem Shadows mixes in a little social deduction with its tactics
Nintendo recently announced that the next mainline Fire Emblem game is coming in 2026, and it looks like the company has another take on the popular strategy series to tide you over while you wait. Fire Emblem Shadows is a new mobile spin-off that combines the series' tactics gameplay with some of the social dedication mechanics popularized by games like Among Us, and it's available to download now. Shadows follows groups of heroes — the typical…
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