Tower Defense

Tower Defense
Created by:	Jay007
Showcased in:	Ragefest Gaiden: Side-Frustration
Engine:	FE7

Tower Defense, not to be confused with a similarly named XNA project by pwnagekirby, is Jay007's submission in Ragefest Gaiden.

Tower Defense aims to adapt the gameplay of the eponymous genre into Fire Emblem. Tower Defense games typically involve constructing gun turrets along a path the enemies walk to slow their advance, while upgrading turrets to add more firepower, speed, and range. Unfortunately for Jay007, his submission only allows the player to choose the classes of six NPC units in the chapter, contains no upgrading or placement mechanics, and the waves of enemies that appear are so numerous and durable that it quickly becomes a slog to get through every enemy and eventually kill Nergal at the end. In fact, Markyjoe1990 was able to clear the chapter by tricking two Archers into clogging a chokepoint, allowing all the enemies to spawn over time, eventually resulting in the number of enemy units reaching the fifty-unit cap, meaning no more enemies were allowed to spawn past that point. Assuming players don't do this, the chapter is actually a unique idea, testing players to snipe the units that pose the biggest threat, or luring certain enemies to their deaths by ranged attacks, strategic Light Rune placement...

...Except for the fact that Nergal's in range of your generously durable siege tomes, and his stats are so high that he's vulnerable to the suspend bug. Suspending and resuming causes all units with any stat higher than 31 to lose 32 points in that stat. Nergal's stupidly high Resistance is meant to stop you from sniping him with siege tomes and sequence-breaking the chapter, but in this case it leads to the player doing exactly that. Fascinating. Just kill him with siege tomes (you need a little luck, but you have plenty of time) and you can clear this chapter in under five minutes.

Oh, and this is technically the first submission to rank your playthrough, if you care. No map or walkthrough will be provided, as it's not needed.