Melee's Turnwheel: A Fire Emblem Retrospective

Come join me as we experience this major turning point in the story of Path of Radiance. With the introduction of the Black Knight, everything begins to change for Ike and co, and the path through the rest of the game is made clear to us. Sorry it took so long to get this one out! As you can see by the length and as I mention several times during the episode, there was a LOT of ground to cover her...

FE9 Titania, Boyd, Oscar, Shinon, Soren Kicking off our FE9 support episodes with the first half of the Greil mercenaries! The second half will come next time. I really enjoyed reading most of these, especially the supports that the mercenaries had with each other, as it really gave me the sense that they are one big family. I can't wait to get to the other 5 members!

FE9 Chapters 4, 5, and 6 Join me as we continue our trek through the early game of FE9! Not a particularly thrilling set of chapters this time around, but I think there are some fun points of discussion to be had! Hope you all enjoy listening. As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com!

FE9 Prologue + chapters 1, 2 and 3 Join me as we take our first steps along our journey through Path of Radiance! These early chapters meander around a bit, but in doing so they paint a really clear and interesting picture of the mercenary life, and flesh out the most unique starting situation for a protagonist that we've seen up until now! As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby...

We have finally made it to the end of FE8! Come listen to me waffle around about my overall opinions on the game as I try to articulate why, despite feeling positively about the game, it left me feeling rather disappointed. As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com!

FE8 chapters 18, 19, 20, Endgame, and Creature Campaign In this episode, we polish off the last few chapters of FE8, and move on to discuss the first post-game content this series has seen! There are a lot of cool and interesting maps in this section of the game, and I'm excited to share my thoughts with you all! As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or e...

FE8 Innes, Tana, Syrene, and Vanessa We come at last to the final (probably) SSS episode of FE8, where we'll be looking at the cast of Frelia. It's a mixed bag in this episode, with some really strong supports and some that nearly put me to sleep. Let me know what you think! As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com!

FE8 Joshua, Natasha, and Myrrh This time around, we're taking a look at 3 characters that I had a hard time fitting anywhere else. A really solid group though! I'm excited to share my thoughts with you all. As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com!

FE8 Chapters 15, 16, 17 and Tower of Valni We continue to march ever onwards, towards the end of FE8! Join me as I tackle the first of the post-route split maps, as well as the multi-floor gauntlet known as the Tower of Valni! As always, feel free to reach out to turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com, or @imainmeleekirby on Twitter and Bluesky!

FE8 L'arachel, Dozla, Rennac For many episodes, I have gassed up L'arachel as being one of my favorite characters in the game. While that is still true, come join me as I discuss why I found her supports to be lacking, and how I think they might have been improved. As always, reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com if you want to write in to...

FE8 Knoll, Duessel, Amelia, Cormag Join me for the first of this SSS two parter, as we dissect the supports of various Grado characters. I hope you enjoy hearing me yap about these supports as much as I enjoyed reading them, as some of the best supports in the game can be found in this episode. As always, reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com if y...

FE8 Chapters 12, 13, and 14 (Ephraim) Join me as we wrap up Ephraim's side of the route split, by tackling the infamous father and son, as well as wrapping up Selena's role in the story. As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on twitter or bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com

FE8 chapters 9, 10 and 11 (Ephraim) Join me as we jump across timelines and tackle the first half of Ephraim's route in this game. In an episode that features the infamous ghost ship, filled with fiends and ghouls, and arguable the most difficult map in the entire, the thing you should be most afraid of is the damn soapbox that keeps coming out. As always, you can reach out to @imainmeleekirby...

FE8 Gerik, Marisa, Tethys, Ewan and Saleh Join me as we go through what could accurately be described as a mixed bag of characters, and humor me and I get up on my soapbox for a little bit in this one. But more than any of that, listen to me pop off about Ewan's childlike wonder. As always, you can reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter and Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com

FE8 chapters 12, 13 and 14 (Eirika) Join me as we discuss the last half of FE8's Eirika route! Featuring possibly the worst simp in Fire Emblem, but I'll let you all be the judges of that. In the meantime, we round out the cast with some of the later-joining members, as there are only a small handful of characters left to recruit after this point. We're jumping ship to Ephraim route next time, but...

FE8 chapters 9, 10, and 11 (Eirika) Join me as we go through the first 3 chapters of Eirika route! Weird how they managed to make 3 whole chapters of just Eirika crossing the ocean in a boat and nothing else happening at all. We also talk about the route split more broadly, and get introduced to the Tower of Valni this episode, so look forward to that! As always, you can reach out to @imainmeleeki...

FE8 Franz, Seth, Kyle and Forde Come listen to me discuss the various knights and soldiers that fill the ranks of the Renais military. These guys should probably seek out some kind of therapy a lot of them have serious self-confidence issues. As always you can reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com if you want to write in to the show!

FE8 chapters 6, 7, and 8 Come along as we finish up the pre-route split portion of FE8! Listen to my unhinged rants to justify my hypocrisy about fog of war maps and why Eirika really did save Ephraim if you think about it trust me. As always, feel free to reach out @imainmeleekirby on Twitter and Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com

FE8 Colm, Neimi, Artur and Lute Come join me as we discuss some of the early joiners in FE8: Neimi, Colm, Artur and Lute. A very cool set of characters this time around, complete with one of my favorites in the whole game. As always, feel free to reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com

FE8 chapters 4, 5, and 5x Today we continue our journey through fe8 with a new set of chapters, where we uncover untold horrors and finally meet our second protagonist! And of course his compatriots, Kyle, Forde, and Evil McBadgu- I mean Orson. As always, reach out to @imainmeleekirby on twitter and bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com

FE8 Gilliam, Garcia, Ross, and Moulder We're kicking off our support analysis episodes for FE8 with a real set of winners. Quite possibly the best group of characters in the game, nay, the entire series. I know tone doesn't carry well through text so you'll have to take my word for it that I'm being completely genuine. As always you can reach out to @imainmeleekirby on Twitter and...

FE8 chapters prologue, 1, 2 and 3 Join me as we take our first step into my first step into the Fire Emblem series! The 3rd and final installment for the series on GBA, as well as an entry point into the series' history for a lot of people who started on the 3DS. I'm excited to see what aspects of the game are as fresh and enjoyable as the day I first heard that classic main theme! As alwa...

I couldn't think of a funny name for this one, sue me. Continuing our journey through the Suikoden series, we come to a duology of spin-off games that attempt to expand on certain characters and ideas from Suikoden 2, while also introducing new locations and ideas that I'm hoping will be expanded on in future games! Come listen to me gush about what they did right while bemoaning some of the misse...

I hope you'll forgive that it's a couple of months late, but this is the annual episode where I talk about some of the games I played in 2024! I went with a different format this time, as neither of the previous years' formats felt appropriate for the selection of games I really wanted to get into. I hope you guys enjoy!

FE7 wrap up Join me as I, in this wrap up episode, discuss one of the most all over the place games in the series, and contemplate what went right and what went wrong from my perspective during this playthrough. Follow me on Twitter or Bluesky, or email turnwheelpodcast@gmail.com to send any questions or comments!