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Intelligent Systems followed up ''The Binding Blade'' with a prequel set twenty years prior to Roy's adventures in Elibe: ''[[fireemblemwiki:Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade|Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade]]'' (originally released outside Japan as just "''Fire Emblem''"), the franchise's seventh installment and the first internationally-released one. The game stars Roy's father Eliwood, whose somewhat older resemblance to Roy was meant to appeal to players of ''Melee''; Roy himself appears as a five-year-old child in the game's epilogue. The game's story is laid out with ten introductory chapters starring one of Eliwood's allies, [[Lyn]], meant to introduce players to the ''Fire Emblem'' style of tactical play, with the other 20+ chapters containing the main story. Though it is a prequel, ''The Blazing Blade'' is structured so that no knowledge of ''The Binding Blade'' is required to understand its story.

Although he did not appear in a new game for nine years after ''The Blazing Blade'', Roy started making regular appearances with Marth and [[Ike]] in various ''Fire Emblem'' crossovers and spinoffs in 2012 when he appeared as a bonus SpotPass and DLC {{s|fireemblemwiki|Einherjar}} in ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Awakening}}''. In 2017, Roy's design was updated to reflect his modernized appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', combining elements from ''The Binding Blade'' and ''Awakening'': ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Heroes}}'' featured him as a summonable legendary hero, debuting Ray Chase as his English voice actor, and ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}'' allows players to summon an illusory phantom of Roy using his ''Super Smash Bros.'' [[amiibo]]. Roy has also made frequent appearances in the ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Cipher}}'' trading card game since 2016.