ive gone through over the years and played all but radiant dawn, though i spoiled it via the internet for me... anyway, stoked for the new one... favorite by far is FE4, find an emulator and rom and a patch via serenes forest website and play... it is beyond all shadow of a doubt, epic.... FE5 is probably the hardest, but it was very enjoyable, especially since you could use certain scrolls to kind of influence character's growths... give a mage with low def growth a certain scroll to hold in his inventory and watch him/her max def after 15 levels. yeah, good times good times... only reason i played FE6 was to continue the story that FE7 ironically started... Sacred stones was very good for a stand alone universe, but it felt out of place to me and thus drops on my all time list.... FE9 path of radiance got me so stoked cause it was the 1st not on a handheld in america, i liked it... though it didnt seem as good as the handhelds for some reason, but i still very much enjoyed it... about 6 playthroughs worth.... 11 and 12 were remakes of 1 and 3, though after i had already played 1 and 3 via rom, i did still buy 11 here in america for gameboy... 1 and 3 had pretty good stories for such early made games, it surprised me... middle of my list for sure....
favorite characters:
FE1: Male: Abel (green knight), Navarre, honorable mention to enemies Camus and Mishiel
Female: Minerva (#1), Katua (short haired blue haired pegasus knight), Est (pink pegasus knight)
FE2: Male: Arum (alm), Clerbe, Ruka
Female: Clea, Celica, Sonia
FE3: Male: Ryan (1st archer), Sirius (*spoiler* masked camus), Ellerean (maric's rival)
Female: Minerva, Katua, Est, Sheema
FE4: 1st gen. Male: Lex (#1), Azel, Fin, Cuan, Levin, shout out to npc eltshan
2nd gen Male (assuming all ladies had kids in 1st gen): Arthur (#1), Leaf, Aless (aires), and #1 villain dark god of all time.... YURIUS (Julius for people who dont like yurius)
1st gen female: Ayra (ira #1), Fury, Titlyu
2nd gen female (assuming all ladies had kids in 1st gen): Lakche (#1), Fee, Altena, Nanna
FE5: Male: Fin, Felgus (#1A), Asvel, Shiva (#1B), Carrion (#1C), Kein, Salem (1st dark mage, love the pompadour), Dean, Sety, Cyas, Homer, no leaf this time as he is a wimp this game
Female: Karin, Nanna, Mareeta (#1B), Eda, Miranda (#1A)
FE6: Male: Rutger, Geese, Klein, Percival (#1), Zeiss
Female: Thany, Sophia, Fir (#1), Miredy
FE7: Male: Hector, Mathew, Raven (#1 all time favorite), Legault, Jaffar
Female: Priscilla (#1), Rebecca, Fiora, Nino
FE8: Male: Seth, Gilliam, Joshua (#1), Ephraim, Ewan, Cormag, Knoll
Female: Marisa (#1), Vanessa
FE9: Male: Zihark, Soren, Gatrie, Stefan, Haar (#1), Geoffery
Female: Mia, Astrid (#1), Jill, Nephenee, Tanith, Sigrun, Lucia, Lethe
FE10: Didnt play but still like the looks of...
Male: Sothe, Leonardo, Geoffery, Haar, Zihark, Soren
Female: Lucia (#1 short hair #1 no question), Jill, Lethe, Tanith, Sigrun, Lyre, Vika
FE11: See FE1
FE12: See FE3
FE13: Male: Chrom, Stahl, Gaius, Henry, Inigio (my name is.... but wait, my father is still alive... nvm)
Female: Cordelia (#1), Lucina, Cherche, Anna, Tharja, Olivia, Morgan, Kjelle, Severa, Nah
whew, that took a while