Sound Room

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 introduced the Sound Room to the series.

In video gaming, a sound room or sound test (Japanese: サウンドルーム sound room) is a function built in to a game to allow the player to play the game's music tracks or sound effects at their whim. Traditionally, as the name suggested, the purpose of a sound test was for developers to test whether a game's sound and music were correctly functioning, and for consumers to test the performance of the game's sound on their hardware, acting as a way to easily compare the output in different modes of sound. As gaming developed, the sound test functionality largely evolved into a jukebox feature intended primarily, if not solely, as a reward for the player.

In the Fire Emblem series, the first formal Sound Room was implemented in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776; however, it was technically predated by hidden Sound Test modes in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem Gaiden. The Sound Room is traditionally unlocked upon first completing the game in question, though some games vary the unlock conditions. A common feature of Fire Emblem sound rooms, absent only in The Sacred Stones, is for it to also display the game's CG images and to allow the player to browse through them while listening to the game's music. Most Fire Emblem sound rooms contain the full game soundtrack, but on some occasions there are songs not accessible through the Sound Room at all.

Sound Rooms by game

Game	Main article	Unlock conditions
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light	Sound Test of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light	At the end of any chapter, choose not to continue playing after saving, then press the following button combination when Anna says to turn off the console: ↑ ↓ ← → ↑ A
Gaiden	Sound Test of Fire Emblem Gaiden	Press the following button combination on the title screen: ↑ ↓ ← → ↑
Thracia 776	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776	Complete the game once with a ranking of A or greater.
The Binding Blade	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade	Complete the game once.
The Blazing Blade	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	Complete Lyn's tale once.
The Sacred Stones	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones	Automatically from the start.
Path of Radiance	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance	Complete the game once.
Radiant Dawn	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	Complete the game once.
Shadow Dragon	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon	Complete the game once.
New Mystery of the Emblem	Sound Room of Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem	Complete the game once.
Awakening	Soundtrack of Fire Emblem Awakening	Complete the game once. Accessed via the Unit Viewer.
Fates	Soundtrack of Fire Emblem Fates	Accessed via the Records Hall in My Castle.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Sound Test of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Press the following button combination on the title screen: ↑ ↓ ← → ↑ or complete the game once.
Three Houses	Music Library of Fire Emblem: Three Houses	Accessed via Extras from the home menu.
Engage	Music Player of Fire Emblem Engage	Accessed via the Reminisce Menu from Alear's Room in the Somniel.
Warriors	Sound Gallery of Fire Emblem Warriors	Accessed via the Records Hall in Extras.
Warriors: Three Hopes	Music Player of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes	Accessed via the Records Hall from Extras in the home menu.

Trivia

• The Sound Room in The Sacred Stones had its buttons redrawn and recolored when the game was localized in the West.
• Path of Radiance is the only game in the Fire Emblem series where the Japanese version lists all of its song titles entirely in English.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	• Sound Room • Soundtrack • Sound Test • Music Library	• Used in every game prior to Awakening. • Used in Awakening and Fates. • Used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. • Used in Three Houses.
Japanese	• SOUND TEST MODE • サウンドルーム	• Used in the NES games. • Sound Room. Used in most games from Thracia 776 onward.
Spanish	Canciones	Songs
French	Musiques	Music
German	Musikzimmer	Music room
Italian	Colonna sonora	Soundtrack
Dutch	Muziek	Music; used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Gallery

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  Sound Test Mode in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Gaiden.
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  Sound Room in Thracia 776.
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  Sound Room in The Binding Blade.
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  Sound Room in Fire Emblem.
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  Sound Room in The Sacred Stones.
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  Sound Room in Path of Radiance.
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  Sound Room in Radiant Dawn.
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  Sound Room in Shadow Dragon.
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  Soundtrack in Awakening.
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  Soundtrack in Fates.
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  Sound Test in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
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  Sound Gallery in Warriors.
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  Music Library in Three Houses.
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  Music Player in Warriors: Three Hopes.
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  Music Player in Engage.