As fans of Intelligent Systems' tactical RPG franchise are likely well aware, Fire Emblem was going to end with 2012's Awakening on 3DS. There was a surge of popularity with the series' first western releases on Game Boy Advance (GBA), spurned by Marth and Roy's inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Melee, but that did not carry over to the Tellius entries on GameCube and Wii. Long-time producer Hitoshi Yamagami said Nintendo threatened to cancel the series if Awakening did not sell 250,000 copies; its unprecedented success led to a huge revival with projects such as Fire Emblem Heroes.