Well at least there is Wargroove coming? And thankfully Nintendo does a great job advertising it. I was honestly surprised as I saw it at the GamesCom on Wednesday directly in Nintendo's area instead of in the Indie-only booth. Which was kinda lackluster this year in general... If Wargroove does well maybe Nintendo will task Intelligent Systems with a new AW?
I would be absolutely thrilled to see a new Advance Wars entry, despite it having being 10 whole years since the last one. Thank you for making a video on this series
With Fire Emblem so popular they have no reason to do that. Plus, if they were to ressurect the series they'd inevitably waifuize it and people would hate it
I have only played Advance Wars on a Game Boy Advance emulator I have on my phone...and I fell in love with the game series. It was so good. Quite frustrating at times, particularly so with Sturm(he scary with that music) But I still love the games. Got Black Hole Rising as well and will play that after. I would love to see this game series return. It would be amazing.
Nintendo needs to revive this series. These games were so much fun whether it was the goofy over the top units and leaders of the first 3 games or the gritty post apocalypse of Days of Ruin the games were all amazing.
You don't know what I'd give to get this franchise back and running. Intelligence systems and Nintendo are in the perfect position to revive it with the switch given the success of the switch and fire emblem. I feel like if they go with a middle ground between the tone of days of ruin and the original we could get something really unique and memorable that appeals to a greater audience.
Heck yeah. I'm with you all the way. *Slaps top of Switch Console* this baby could fit so much Advace Wars content, I'd play it for years and shell out mad money.
Caio Coelho What do you mean it replaced it, they don't play anything Al and both series existed together for years. You act as if Fire Emblem came out of nowhere to take it's thrown when both were considered niche around the same time and fire emblem by no means scratched the same itch as advanced wars. Plus again it might be dead now but if anything fire emblem proved that these tactical games can be extremely successful and escape their niche demographic.
Since the FE and AW worlds don't overlap in either way (and AW being a bit more simplified than FE so the tactics aren't equal), and FE gaining momentum in West, it wouldn't be hard to think that AW someday would return...I hope :/
That's not what i was trying to imply with that comment, what i meant is that Fire Emblem has gotten so popular that advance wars got overlooked. Fire emblem has gotten 5 new games since 2008, one every two years (with the exception of the time between awakening and Fates where it took 3 years). while the Advance wars hasn't gotten a game since 2008.
Same here but I still play the GBA version with my friends we got so many hours on the GBA we very rarely play the switch version and I play online once on a while with my other friends that live on the east Coast
@@janmarcoperezbatres2203 ah, ofc. It's gonna be online as well, i expect as much from the remastered. I really hope there's more than just the compilation, that's what i'm asking for
Both Advance Wars and Fire Emblem made my childhood back there. I'm still mad FE gets games every year while AW got completely forgotten, hell I don't even play FE anymore I miss Wars World. Also, still mad we don't have a high quality version of the Dual Strike OST (besides those SilvaGunner rips)
Fire Emblem Awakening would've been the last one if it wasn't for its popularity that they decided to make more sequels. Advance Wars is cool, but I think they planned Days of Ruin on being the last one, because of the storyline (it's post-apocalyptic)
Personally, I always felt the wars series felt far more strategic and more enjoyable than FE (due to lack of RNG crits and leveling), so I agree that it's unfortunate that FE is getting games and not the Wars series.
It's weird that people went out of their way of translating the non-localized FE games, but the AW games that didn't come to the west are rarely mentioned.
Most of the wars games before Advance Wars don't really hold up too well. Even though an English translation for Super Famicom Wars was released recently, there's much more incentive to translate the non-localized FE games since they act more like RPG's and are much more narrative driven than most of the Wars series.
I think it mostly boils down to the difference in narrative scope. The early FE games are plot-heavy enough that a translation is really needed to understand what's going on, especially in cases like FE4 where the whole Holy Blood thing is gameplay-relevant. On the other hand, story in most Advance Wars games is like story in a Doom game--it's just an excuse to play the game.
Advanced Wars was a staple in my gaming time as a child. There was so much passion thrown into that little game boy advance title. The developers really cared back then.
I still play Duel Strike every day during my breaks at work, its a excellent way to kill 15 mins. while I would love a new Wars game for the switch, I would settle for a advance wars collection game, put the 4 games (2 gba, 2 DS) in a all in one I would buy that in a heart beat.
The music for all the Advance Wars games are absolutely incredible and still worth a listen to today. What they could pull off on a dinky GBA soundchip was really impressive and they really helped bring to life the different characters and armies of the series, the drama of the storyline as well as getting you revved up for combat. Really wish they would bring the franchise back, there's a big hole in portable gaming for a simple yet fun strategy game.
As I grew up, I became quite fond of plastic army men toys. After watching that Generals at War documentary, I developed a strong urge to play some sort of strategy game using my army men toys. A few years pass and then, in one beautiful afternoon, I discover this gem of a franchise. You can't even measure the amount of happiness I felt that day...
looked into that, really looks good, I like their engine, has a lot of the things I had thought the formula needed when I was back in college, could easily become the next advance wars
With the remake of 1+2 being announced, I thought I was having experiencing a "Mandela Effect" moment, when I kept hearing the "Orange Star Army". It's good to know that I am not misremembering.
I remember getting Battalion Wars as a Christmas gift and being disappointed it wasn't a bigger more well known game. I figured it was going to be shovel-ware. Boy was i wrong. It became one of my all time favorite games.
"The team was told that turn-based games weren't popular outside of Japan" What!? So according to Nintendo games like Civilization are huge flops or something?
Remember that Nintendo of Japan has long held a low opinion of the idea of international audiences; 'it's too complicated' is a not-uncommon justification for why some titles and series never made it overseas, regardless of however complicated the original was. Having played quite a few said titles, however, I find that it often was not nearly as complex as they believed. This opinion is not limited to Nintendo either; just look at Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
What's funny is civilization and the like are arguably far more complex than any game that Japan dumbed down, or didn't release internationally because of their complexity.
Ed Boon Maybe they think it is unpopular or too complex on consoles outside of japan? Cuz Civilizations, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, Stellaris etc are all PC games.
There are definitely turns being taken here. This has always been a turn-based strategy game series, as versus the real-time strategy model used by the original Civ and simulator games like SimCity that are more common in the western market.
(I'm from EU) I have very fond memories of playing this game with my little brother through the GBA multiplayer cable thing. This game is really underrated
I remember owning when I was a kid. It helped scratch my "ff:t itch" when I wasn't at home. XD That is to say I played the daylights out of AW and AW2.
Lonkfromcalifornia Seriously, about that, they can just do 2vs2 mode history maps where you choose your mate and if you chooso too many times one you unlock some interaction and a special end and that is all, is not that hard.
Simple Weirdo I dont typed that but ok. Anyway that was a bullshit excuse for not develop a new title from Intelligent Systems, they are just milking FE.
3:45 - Norman, also, The Japanese title for Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin ended up being Famicom Wars DS: Last Light. Fun fact: The translated subtitle’s name abbreviates as “LL”, possible referencing the fact, that, it was planned for release on The DSi XL, also known in Japan as The DSi LL, likely for “Larger Than Large”.
When in doubt, mech your way out... Unless there's water involved. If you're struggling on the water front, you're probably screwed XD That's how I go about it, anyways. Nothing like a nice cheap juggernaut of a slow-moving wall of mech units XD
Thank you for this one. I loved the series and wish so bad they'd revive it. Such a nice balance of fun, intricacy, and variety without going to Daisenraiku lengths.
AW Days of Ruins has a darker tone, but the story itself is at least solid. There are plenty of moments that I really like, and it tries to not be too dark. Plus, through the hint system, it has a decent amount of humor. There isn't a hard mode like in the previous 3 games, making some levels difficult, especially the last level.
That would be great and all but not a single CO in the entire series have any indication for any sort of move set. Andy would literally be just a kid with a wrench.
Son Pham His attacks could incorporate his army. Perhaps the charge right/left would use like a tank attacking with him, up with be air units, down would be sea units... and so on. Use your imagination SON
@@luckymango636 I don't think that matters. Look at the likes of Captain Falcon and Wii Fit Trainer. Those characters prove that Sakurai and his team can make a good moveset out of literally any character.
Not-so-Fun Fact: In both Advance Wars games for the Advance , along with Dual Strike, the computer cheats against you during Fog of War battles by knowing exactly were all your units are & can even fire upon them while hidden. This handicap hinders the player by making you send out scouts & infantry on top of mountain terrain to reveal enemy units before attacking them, but the computer isn't held to these restrictions. The only entry in the series where the computer doesn't cheat & knows where all your hidden units are is Days of Ruin. This has lead to it's entry on tvtropes' "The Computer is A Cheating Bastard" & "My Rules Are Not Your Rules" sections. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/NintendoWars
Hah, their reasoning for changing Days of Ruin to be more gritty has to be the biggest "corporate logic" move ever. "This series is doing really well in a country! Let's change it drastically to appeal to the very people its current, unchanged form already appeals to!"
I don't even really watch gaming videos anymore, but mention Advance Wars and I'll come to support ya. This game was overlooked af and it's still one of my favorites.
I wish this series was still alive. Not just cause its good and deserves more titles, but also so people wouldn't hate and dislike Fire Emblem so much for being the reason Advance Wars gets no attention from IS
With the amount of fans of World of Tanks, Fire Emblem, and other military & strategy games, I'm surprised they're not putting it back into the line up
Wargroove isnt like advance wars per se, i cant get the same feel and the critical system is a bit Fire emblem like Whereas advance wars was more straightforward.
Haruhi Suzumiya Sure, but i's the closest we've got in 13 years. I'm actually starting to like Wargroove more than AW because of the crit system. And it's still pretty straight-forward.
As a big Fire Emblem fan, I’ve heard a lot about Advance Wars. I tried it out a little while ago and its probably one of my favorite GBA games now. I really can’t wait to pick up the other games, hoping that this series might eventually make a comeback.
6:58 I dunno why but I find it interesting to know when weapons in games are actually modelled after real ones. Like I remember seeing a website that lists down every weapon seen in movies, animes and games and identifying each one with its real life counterpart, like the weapons in Shadow the Hedgehog for example.
I sadly feel like it wouldn't be as good as the GBA titles are. In AW 1+2 they had the perfect balance between complexity and user friendliness/easy controls, good music, likeable characters and a simplistic yet good looking artstyle.
Keep the setting of AW to the pixel art of gba but do a FE6,7 and 8 type story AW2 is the best with that regard days of ruin was fun and works if for the fact that it was post apocalypse AW.
Thank god, Nintendo finally decided to pull this series out of its grave. If Nintendo decided to get a little innovative like they have been, they would be making a Switch Wars. But hey, i'm ready for anything new for AW in future
Advance Wars is a top 4 Nintendo IP for me along with Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. I absolutely, undeniably, unapologetically love this series and it pains me that Nintendo has abandoned it. The series took everything I loved about Command and Conquer when I was younger and made it a turn based game. The fact that Fire Emblem has become such a massive franchise while Advance Wars has been dormant for years saddens and angers me, because Fire Emblem started off as a spinoff of Advance Wars and the latter is a superior series to me. The combat is so deep and engaging and the games are so damned addicting. I would do anything to see a new game on the Switch, but I'm not holding my breath. With Fire Emblem making Nintendo so much money they have no need to work on another turn based strategy game.
I hate that I never got around to playing wargroove. I was so excited when it was announced, but it took so long to come out and it just got lost in my backlog. (I did buy it at launch though)
