Bookmarks (also known as "Suspend" in games prior to Fire Emblem Awakening) are a gameplay feature first introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Overview

Bookmarks serve as a temporary save file in the middle of a chapter. The game creates a temporary save state from the moment the player creates the bookmark and forcibly sends the player back to the game's title screen.

Bookmarks are primarily useful for if the player needs to take a break or otherwise needs to stop playing for whatever reason in the middle of a chapter, since they can use a bookmark to resume from where they left off, rather than restarting the chapter or leaving the game running.

From the file select screen, the player may choose to continue off from the bookmark at any point and proceed forward from that bookmark or the player may choose to continue from a normal save file. Unlike save files, Bookmarks are temporary and are immediately deleted once the player resumes from the Bookmark or starts from a save file. This prevents players from using Bookmarks as an emergency restart point if an unexpected result occurs. As such, Bookmarks are more akin to pausing the game rather than creating a save.

Depending on the game and the selected difficulty level, the "Battle Save" feature may be available instead of bookmarks. Battle Saves do not force the player to return to the title screen, and they also are not deleted upon loading.

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