Props to you for clearing it. I can’t play modern games on Classic mode, I get too attached to the characters and am not willing to either constantly reset or just keep going when one dies. Plus, I don’t exactly know if modern games are just harder or require more grinding (that they have the ability to grind in the first place is a modern thing), but characters seem to just die more easily in modern games, at least the way I play them. I’ve gotten to the point that deaths are rare in a replay of FE 7, but when I was playing through Engage, Awakening or Echoes they’re falling all over the place.

The only times I allow it myself are in this case (zero legal availability) and for unofficial/fan translations of games not available in your home region/language. Nobody would be getting your money anyway, no theft of compensation/profits there. If any games do become available, though, then we should support them. The more we put our money where our mouth is for a return to market for these games, the more incentive there is for companies to bring more of them back.

I still have carts of Blazing Blade and Sacred Stones from back in the day and I primarily play those games on those carts with my old DS Lite. I have copies of all the Western released games in the series except the Tellius games because I don’t own a GameCube or Wii and the going prices for those games are ridonkulous anyway. Among those, the only ones I haven’t at least tried yet are the Fates games. Currently working my way through Echoes and its very different gameplay compared to the rest of the series.