All I have to say about this game is that this is the best Gameboy Advance game I have ever played. Actually even over all Gameboy Color as well. I truly recommend this game. First of all you have three different difficulties. Easy, Normal, and Difficult. If you have never played a Fire Emblem game then I would suggest Easy. If you have played Fire Emblem before, then choose Normal. Only if you a true Fire Emblem champion, choose Difficult. O.K., the gameplay. You can customise your character into different classes as you go on throughout the game. Ex: A Shaman can change into a Druid or a Summoner(Summoners can summon Phantoms which can attack enemies)You also can have a Journeyman get up to level 10(do not think this is another Pokemon type game, it is much better than Pokemon) and then upgrade to either a Pirate or a Fighter. You can then upgrade the Pirate to either a Warrior or a Berserker. If you choose to upgrade to a fighter then you can upgrade up to either a Hero or a Warrior. So you can play through the game many times and not get tired of it. Plus there are about 30 different classes and just about as many characters, plus secret ones too. There is a link arena where you can create teams and face your friends from the data you have in your game, too. So as you can see, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is very in depth and you should definetely pick it up.