The Fire Emblem Marathon

**The Fire Emblem Marathon** is a kind of video game party marathon hosted by Krista Ulrich once the pandemic was over, or Tim Tsukuda before the pandemic happen. They only can play Fire Emblem, or do anything Fire Emblem related. There's something that appears to be a sudden running gag during the marathon.

## People in Marathon

* Krista Ulrich (host after pandemic)
* Tim Tsukuda (host before pandemic)
* Ty Pennington
* Kendra Blood
* Miles Clayton
* Lilah Turner
* Brittany Myers
* Dallas John Davids
* Tsukiko Uchida

## Systems They Use

### Early Nintendo Systems

Tsukiko only owns the first five games of Fire Emblem (Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Gaiden, Mystery of the Emblem, Genealogy of the Holy War, and Thracia 776). It's due to nature of her country. Even better, they're all at Uchida Arcade Hall in Minato City, Tokyo.

### Nintendo Game Boy

Miles, Lilah, Brittany, and Dallas John are the only ones who own the Game Boy games of Fire Emblem (Binding Blade, Blazing Blade, and The Sacred Stones). They rarely use it, but sometimes they use it.

### Nintendo Gamecube

Miles owns Fire Emblem Path of the Radiance and the card. Krista and Tim also have GameCube, as well as Ty and Kendra, but no Fire Emblem-related game.

### Nintendo Wii

Miles also owns Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. Everyone else also own Nintendo Wii, but they don't have Fire Emblem games.

### Nintendo DS

Everyone own Fire Emblem DS games (Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem). This kind of system is common in the Fire Emblem marathon. Each of their DS systems are color-categorized, with girls having warm colors, while boys having cool colors.

* Krista's is red
* Kendra's is white
* Lilah's is pink
* Brittany's is yellow
* Tsukiko's is orange
* Tim's is blue
* Ty's is black
* Miles's is purple
* Dallas John's is green

Even better, Tsukiko's case has the Yuichi Asami sticker on it, since he's her favorite musician.

### Nintendo 3DS

Tim and Ty each use their Nintendo 3DS with Animal Crossing town that are Fire Emblem-based instead, because there's not many good Fire Emblem games for them to play on 3DS, they mentioned. Although, Lilah owns Fates, Miles and Dallas John own Awakening, and Brittany owns Shadows of Valentia. Krista, Kendra, and Tsukiko also own 3DS, but they each don't have Fire Emblem games.

### Wii U

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is the only Fire Emblem game on Wii U. Tim and Ty both hated the game, but Miles and Dallas John don't mind, since their favorite Fire Emblem character is Chrom. Tim has a reason for hatred of this game: Marth is not a mirage. Ty also has a reason for hatred of this game: both Shadow Dragon and Awakening characters are in, which are too sickening (for this case, Shadow Dragon characters are dead during Awakening event). Krista, Kendra, and Tsukiko have no interest with this game, but Brittany and Lilah do. When that game first came in, Tsukiko is like "Pfffff. Why didn't you make it to Konami and Nintendo game instead of Atlus and Nintendo!? Persona has extreme ratings, but you can't do this to Fire Emblem!", explaining her reasoning. It's because Sega is not Tsukiko's company, and she's big with Konami.

Krista and Tim have Marth amiibo in their living room.

### Smart Phones

Everyone own smart phone, and have Fire Emblem Heroes installed.

### Nintendo Switch

Krista and Tim each have Fire Emblem Warriors. The boys to the marathon only own Fire Emblem Three Houses. Same reason, Tim and Ty both hated Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore as well, but Miles and Dallas John don't mind. Krista, Kendra, and Tsukiko have no interest with Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, but Brittany and Lilah do. Also, Tim, Ty, Miles, and Dallas John each have Archanean islands in their Animal Crossing: New Horizons, with Tim having Talys (Caeda, Ogma, Barst, Cord, Bord), Ty having Altea (Marth, Jagen, Draug, Cain, Abel, Gordin, Merric, Elice), Miles having Macedon (Michalis, Minerva, Maria, Palla, Catria, Est, Julian, Lena), and Dallas John having Archanea (Jeorge, Hardin, and Nyna), explaining Tim and Ty being residents in Krista's island, as well as everyone else (excluding Kendra and Tsukiko, since they have their own character) sharing one of the three characters under names of TMS-No. 1, TMS-No. 2, or TMS-No. 3.

Krista has limited-edition Fire Emblem original on her Switch for everyone to share. She was lucky to get that game before the sale ends on March 31, 2021 (see Trivia below).

## Dallas John's Game Over Sounds

Dallas John Davids is the running gag throughout the Fire Emblem marathon. He constantly plays the sound effects when a certain person lose their Lord character, including himself. Some of them are very inspirational. With Miles, SpongeBob SquarePants is his favorite cartoon show. With Krista and Kendra, Animal Crossing is one of their favorite games. Tsukiko is a Dance Dance Revolution artist, as well as being a Yuichi Asami fangirl.

* Tim's failure sound is a losing horn from a morning cartoon show The Price Is Right.
* Ty's failure sound is a sad trombone "Wah-wah-waaah".
	+ This was played after his slingshot failure in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Here.
* Miles's failure sound is an anchovy saying "Wah-wah-waaah" when Kevin C. Cucumber is stung by jellyfish in a SpongeBob SquarePants episode "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic".
* Dallas John's sound is a computer shortcut error.
* Krista's failure sound is when player is attacked by a tarantula or scorpion in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
	+ Despite that she rarely gets attacked by those in this game, Ty usually get attacked by those critters.
* Kendra's failure sound is when player is attacked by a tarantula or scorpion in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
* Lilah's failure sound is death sound from original Super Mario Bros.
* Brittany's failure sound is boing sound effect.
* Tsukiko's failure sound is announcer from original Dance Dance Revolution yelling "NOOOOO!" when the groove meter is low.
	+ However, in The Moment Spirit: Survival of Asami, Tsukiko's failure sound was replaced temporarily with dramatic surprise, due to Bemani's system being down after her idol's death, until he is brought back alive.

## Trivia

* Dallas John runs the running gag throughout the marathon. He can instantly play the losing horns wherever one of the party members fail a level on each of their games, including himself. These are one of the best ways to avoid these players having rage.
	+ He will not do it for himself and Miles if they're playing Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE games, since Tim and Ty have hatred with those games.
	+ Krista Ulrich, Kendra Blood, and Lilah Turner have failure sounds from two game series that share the same major video game company as Fire Emblem (which are Super Mario Bros. and Animal Crossing).
* The male members made their Animal Crossing towns/islands look a lot like Fire Emblem theme.
	+ Both Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem are Nintendo games.
* Krista is the oldest of the party, while Dallas John is the youngest, who was born on November 7th. All members were born in 1997.
	+ Krista's birthday is April 23rd. Tim, Ty, and Kendra all share the same birthday as her. Krista was born in 12 PM, Tim was 2 PM, Ty was 5 PM, and Kendra was 5:30 PM. This makes Tim be the second-oldest, Ty the third-oldest, and Kendra the fourth-oldest.
	+ Miles is the middle of the crew, born on May 17th.
	+ Lilah is the fourth-youngest, born on July 14th.
	+ Tsukiko is the third-youngest, born on September 1st.
	+ Brittany is the second-youngest born on October 18th.
* Ty Pennington hosted the Fire Emblem 30th Anniversary Party on May 4, 2020. It was scheduled for April 20, 2020, but it got postponed due to coronavirus concerns and travel restrictions, which he doesn't feel comfortable about.
	+ The Moment Spirit lived in the wrong state back in 2020.
* Krista Ulrich bought the original limited-edition Fire Emblem game on her Switch the day she starts working on The Moment Spirit: Fire Emblem 35 (March 19, 2021).
	+ However, Fire Emblem 35's case of the first day seems to be unknown, since she changed the start of the franchise to 2023 on August.
* Tsukiko Uchida is the only member who doesn't come that often, due to living in a different country. She's actually from Japan, and owns the first five Fire Emblem games as well.
	+ Also, she is the only member who had temporary losing horn coming from Dallas John Davids, which only happened in The Moment Spirit: Survival of Asami.
	+ And, she is the only female member of the Fire Emblem marathon that drives. She does this in her own country.
	+ Because of that, the marathon can only happen while Tsukiko is in United States with her band.
* Kendra Blood, Lilah Turner, and Dallas John Davids are the only three whose parents were not divorced.
	+ Krista Ulrich's parents got divorced on December 31, 2000. Family conflicts.
	+ Tim Tsukuda's parents got divorced on March 14, 2001. His father moved to Japan after he treated him poorly, while his mother stayed in United States as a single mom.
	+ Ty Pennington's parents got divorced on November 9, 2020. His father lost his right arm three days before, and it causes conflicts, especially he never takes care of him when sick. It was sad, because they've been together for twenty-seven years, and then they split.
	+ Tsukiko Uchida's parents got divorced on February 20, 2001. They have troubles with religions.
	+ Miles Clayton's parents got divorced November 26, 2018. It was the same day the creator of his favorite cartoon show passed away.
	+ Brittany Myers' parents got divorced on December 1, 2008. They each have political issues, which caused her to hate politics and government.
* All nine members are main protagonists together to The Moment Spirit Special: Survival of Asami, and The Moment Spirit: Fire Emblem 35.