Worst Levels Ever # 39 

“What’s taking so long? Why haven’t we won yet?” “Uh, someone parked the AA gun in front of the enemy HQ and we lost the keys.”

Grit: Hey! You ok, son? Colin: *looks at the writhing mass of neotanks and bombers* Definitely, sir!

The upcoming port means we get to play advance Kanbei's error in new graphics and I'm already in fear...

Okay but do you know what this means? *More people get to play the hard versions of Kanbei's Error? and Rivals.*

tfw I hate pre-deployed units maps because it means it forces me to play a certain way and making it repetitive instead of being creative on what I want to do and respond to the enemy actions

Adder: Flak...why is there a laser here? We haven't finished developing it. Flak: Huh? I dunno. I found it and just put it there? It's kinda cool! Adder: You just FOUND A WEAPON WE HAVEN'T FINISHED MAKING YET!? AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T TOLD ME HOW YOU GOT THAT BATTLESHIP INTO A LAKE!!

My personal hope is that Re-Boot Camp gives us the best balanced versions of each CO and gives us stuff like the DoR Fog of War (where the AI actually DOESN'T cheat), while also smoothing over some of the more problematic Hard Campaign missions like Kanbei's Error relying on an AI oversight (one which could be fixed) to win, or Rivals! where it was literally IMPOSSIBLE to win on certain unchanging RNG seeds. i will be so sad if they give us dual strike max again

Advance wars 2 allows you to play as almost every CO in the campaign, so I liked ot better.

Honestly, thank you for making all of your Advance Wars videos. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known anything about this series, and I wouldn't have been _nearly_ as excited as I was when I saw the remake announced. It's thanks to you that I love this series, so.... thank you.

That intro was perfection. Long live Advance Wars!

also, colin winning two week test by doing absolutely nothing is perfrctly in line with his abilities - he's a tycoon so it makes sense to build up the cash instead of wasting it doing unnecessary things!

What makes the 14 days map even funnier is that Lash is supposed to be the big brain CO on the Black Hole Army.

Colin having that Luigi energy, eh?

Oh hell yes, more advance wars!!

Whoa, this makes the fifth time an Advances Wars game has appeared in the Worst Levels Ever episodes. It just might the series that has appeared the most on Worst Levels Ever so far.

Funny enough, I've grown to enjoy war room content, due to how other strategy games tend to play out in similar matters. Really, they're all exercises in learning how to take the middle area of the map and keeping it that way. The good news is the ai doesn't understand what middle ground is/won't try proper tactics to take it, and you can capitalize on that

I hope they're going to let us replay campaign missions we've already cleared in a single save file, for going for those rank-based unlocks. It'd make life sooo much easier than having to savescum or restart full campaigns because of one bad grade.

And the award for the most "how did the devs not see this coming" cheese I've ever seen goes to

With this remake, more people will even know the series exists, therefore increasing the chances of getting actual sequels

Well, i hate maps with pre- deployed units so this is not really a issue in AW2, but a opinion. I really like these videos, didn't know about the trick in Colin's map, make more when the remake get released

I literally just started playing AW for the first time so the thumbnail is scaring me

7:34 Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. If anything made the games less fun, it was having a bunch of these kind of missions. Where you knew what to do and were confident you could do it but would still have to go through the motions, taking forever. And this mission in particular... yeah, it's awful and painful. oof

Yeah the Two-Week Test is DEFINITELY fixed AI can actually move any non-infantry units in your HQ for the infantry/mech units to capture them

Dang. The gravestone scene is a true masterpiece of cinematic art, no sarcasm intended.

I was playing AW2 back then and looking for some videos about tier list i found "Worst Levels Ever #7" and discovered one of my favorites channels on RU-vid. Really happy for the video!

Pre-deployed leads to better game design, I think. Also, the fundamental difference I see between AW1 and AW2 campaigns is that AW1 levels are long series of micro-puzzles (unit positioning, planning turns, counting tiles, etc.), whereas AW2 levels involve solving one major puzzle (e.g., in the Max level, join-capping the base and building a battleship). Personally, I feel that makes AW1 much more challenging and rewarding, while AW2 is more amenable to pick-up-and-play. Both are great in their own right.

I JUST finished watching your video about Kanbei's Error. And, wow, that was 7 years ago! Edit: and in both, there's an Anti-Aircraft getting in the way of ground troops and thus making the AI unable to win. Lmao

Okay that lightning strike gag got me

Since Advance Wars is actually part of the Famicom Wars series... if they did make a new game would it be called "Switch Wars?"

To me, remakes of first games of different series serve 2 purposes: 1: See if people are still interested it the franchise. 2: Give people who never got to own the console the original was on the ability to play it on a console they'll likely own now. Sure, a new game is fine and all, but a remake is there to set the new groundwork. After all, there's a pretty big gap between the last game and the remake, so people might not remember it enough to make the new game profitable. I see them more as building blocks to the future for dormant game franchises.

YES! I was wondering what your AW2 campaign thoughts were!

I was about to type down in the comments that I just watched your older Advance Wars videos and thought it was a fun coincidence... But my mind completely skimmed over the fact that Advance Wars is coming back.

As a awesome man once said... *HELL... IT'S ABOUT TIME!*

Yes, we're getting an Advance Wars remake! That means we can suffer the wrath & horror of Kanbei's Error & Rivals with Fog Of War again...YAY 😆

Maybe with this remake the levels will be fixed the sequels get remade and maybe if they do well we could get another game!

That edited Super Castlevania IV intro was pure gold! It’s been 3,000 Years! Advance Wars has risen back from it’s grave! Hopefully it will get it’s true Awakening with Advance Wars Resurrection!

"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" I see a little silhouetto of a man that thought on sneakily slipping that line in

Ah yes, the 30 turn mission that still gives you an S in speed.

It has been like 12 years since i'm waiting for a new advance wars game, I am so glad that they decided to bring back the series. Even though I wished like you that it was a new game rather than a remake, I'm still glad that the series is getting back !

Love this series, can’t wait to get the remakes

12:09 Ugh, the guitar solo in Max's theme counts as a Leave My Ears Alone moment for me. It sounds more like a painfully shrill singing voice to me.

I look forward to an HD portrait of Sturm.

Unfortunately, they didn't change the level in reboot camp which means you still have to slog your way through the map!

I love your vids, man! You had got me wanting to try Advance Wars, and now I can!

this dude keeps challenging me on how early can I upvote a video

A new upload at half past midnight. NO SLEEPIN TONIGHT BOIS

Colin learned well from Luigi.

advance wars remake looks really good like honestly I can't wait to watch you talk about its worst levels

One thing I will say in regards to that Max mission, a Max battleship is still a battleship, even with the range reduction and -10% firepower.

Perfect timing. I was just watching your other Advance Wars videos a few hours ago

The intro was pure genius.

It has been like 12 years since i'm waiting for a new advance wars game, I am so glad that they decided to bring back the series. Even though I wished like you that it was a new game rather than a remake, I'm still glad that the series is getting back !

Colin wins by doing absolutely nothing Luigi will be proud of you Also I kinda preferred AW2's campaigns. AW1's seemed a bit frustrating in comparison, where some of the levels even forced you to play as Sami if you wanted to get Eagle.

Strange,i had the opposite feeling. I liked the story of 2 much more than 1,because it pitted each faction against the Black Hole generals in sequence. It also helped that i played 2 before 1,so i was put off but the graphic style of 1,and knowing all of them as friends i tought it was stupid for them to have that infighting while there was a bigger enemy to deal with together

I'm glad to see Advance Wars getting recognition again. Such a good series.

I was just watching some of your videos on Advance Wars’ worst levels just a few hours ago.

I still love the face Drake makes when he’s on the losing side of a unit battle in the Switch remakes. XD

Well, even if i'm glad about that remake, the 3d models are weird but it's alright But about AW2, the thing that I found really sad compare to the first one...they removed these little animations with the characters reactions ! Which is quite sad and make the game less entertaining, not by a lot, but it's still something a bit sad that, we'll actually never see back until the remake ! Which is great

Behold, Colin: Luigi’s newest rival for being able to win by doing ABSOLUTELY nothing.

this reminds me of an old game i have called "metal fatigue". it's a "starcraft" style game where you can build large "Combot" units. there are also ancient ruins you can capture with special Drill units. BUT the AI doesn't understand HOW to do that, so if you capture one, the AI will try to ATTACK the building instead of using a drill unit. it's both annoying and hilarious to see a DOZEN enemy Combots uselessly slashing at one of those buildings!

I hope that the AI would be affected by the Fog, nerfs to some characters (AW1 Max, AW2 Kanbei) and buffs to weakest generals (Flak wouldn't mind a small ATK boost to all units while keeping his luck modifiers, Sonja getting a boost for attacking from forests, etc.)

TIL of that flaw in two-week test. I also figured since you had pre-deployed units that you couldn't cheese it by doing nothing, but apparently not. Oddly enough even though I played HC in AW2 that initial Max mission largely eluded my memory, moreso just the general slog and difficulty of a lot of the levels. That pre-deployed one that Max got with the fog of war and the plot centered around POWs was pretty neat though.

1:08 I couldn't agree more. Too bad the Advance Wars subreddit will never understand. Orange Dawn HC is disconnected to say the least. It's practically a map that favors indirects and it happens to give the player Max. I think it's supposed to encourage the player to use navy, but that has the problem of how _AWFUL_ navy is in the Advance Wars games in general because of how ineffective it is for its cost. Yeah, OOPS. Also, WHY doesn't Two Week Test check for Rout condition? You'd think at that point the game would recognize the player to be convincingly defeated. Of course, I recall Game Boy Wars 1/2/Turbo declared a player who didn't have anything built on Day 2 to be defeated; where is THAT for the NC version of TWT NC? I do think Show Stopper is still worse. Fog of War idiocy where you don't have predeployed units and Adder happens to have predeployed Bombers in obnoxious locations to spite the player. At least with A Mirror Darkly, you get predeployed forces scattered along the map to make it easy to get Vision. But whatever the case, I personally am not too bothered by AW2's levels aside from Final Front NC being stupidly big for a timed map with its share of inane decisions that at least got toned down in HC. You do bring more insight to what is going on. Competitive makes maps start off with both sides having little to work with, wanting to work with the sandbox nature of the games' unit deployment. AW2 is simply appealing to this stance with what you're talking about. Still, the stance does have the issue that infantry flood becomes very much a real problem on these sorts of maps particularly with Anti-Air Tanks not being to 1HKO them on significant terrain unless they have an attack boost. Uh, yeah, Advance Wars, fix your unit imbalances first. Please.

I just Recently got into advance wars an the first thing that came to mind was gits AW videos an now he's making more, SWEET, Also My Fav Mission is The one where you play as grit sneaking through the woods avoiding cannons.

Colin is officially the Luigi of Advance Wars now because he can win while doing absolutely nothing.

Andy's theme slaps i bounce my head to the beat every time i hear it

You're the only reason why I know this series and the only reason why I want to play it

I am a simple man, I see Whoisthisgit upload, I clicks it.

the literal lightning strike after eagle's lightning strike power is great

I think the reason why you don't lose when all of your units die, Is it that way when all your units die you have you can plan out something and it doesn't go bad. I think the developer didn't think someone was going to literally delete all your units and have a AA park right in front of A FREAKING DOOR.

I just finished watching your Kanbei's error and Rivals vids x)

Kid Icarus: *comes back after Pit's inclution in Brawl* Advance Wars, some years later: Fine, my turn Honestly, I got to know the saga thanks to this channel, and I'm willing to play the remasters when they get released

0:41 Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality

Ugh i still remember that final mission of AW2 It was hard to keep up with Kanbei.

Always happy to see your videos

Hype for AW revival!

I completely agree with this analysis, well done

Knew that'd be the level, it's definitely one of the designs of all time.

i see you are also hyped for the advance wars remakes!

Enemy HQ:"AA 2, where is the mega tank?" AA:"A mangled wreck in a cliff." Enemy HQ:"Not again, I thought I told you, multiple times, To not mess with the other vehicles. You parked a AA gun right in front of the enemy HQ, an infantry had said move this thing out of the way when you said you lost your keys under a tire! And then you place the laser when it was not finished! And you also put a battleship in a lake! And you also, wrecked your AA gun. God I don't want to have to live this life anymore."

4:24 I hate that one just cause I thought I have to destroy the pipes and not capture the cities

Hell yeah, Advance War is back on its feet. And i'm proud to say it once again Let's get our ass kicked by Sturm again, lol

Somehow I have a hunch they knew what they were doing with this because of how everything is set up "just" so in a way to make it as anti-Max as possible (aside from when you finally break through of course. Though even that is iffy because the thin paths make for a lot of choke holds), but didn't really realize it made for a bad stage. Probably because they thought it would make players think, which I guess it does as it's a semi-balancing act of blocking Flak while trying to destroy the Laser and capture the base. But the solutions to each presented problem require a LOT of funds or more turns than is interesting. Namely because once you got it, it's just a matter of time before you finish it.

Finally, the Quartet is Complete 2 Worst Levels Episode on AW 1 1 Worst Level Episode on AW DS 1 Worst Level Episode on AW: DoR 1 Worst Level Episode on AW 2: BHR

Colin Wins By Doing Absolutely Nothing! This definitely does feel like the kind of remake that 'tests the waters' to see if anyone still cares about the series any more, so I'll certainly be getting it. Bonus, I've never actually played the original two. The series could definitely use the addition of some new mechanic where the game recognizes when you've got an unstoppable production advantage. Maybe like a 'bribe' score where if you're able to reach a certain ridiculously high amount of money you can claim an instant-win if you want. Or just have the AI surrender when it's absolutely hopeless for them.

It returns once more

I actually bought advance wars (the first one) about two weeks ago and now I’m surprised that it’s making a comeback. I’m currently on the final battle with grit and eagle as my supporting co’s. Is the final battle supposed to be annoyingly long or am I just bad? Also, hopefully they balance fog of war in the reboot.

Of all things to get a remake out of nowhere, Advance Wars was the one I least expected. Maybe if I believe hard enough I could see both the Legend of Starfy and Mega Man World quintologies getting remade as well. Of course, each quintology would be sold on one complete N.Sane Trilogy/Reignited Trilogy set, and the Starfy one might be exclusive to Japan, but still!

Considering both games are in the remake and they both have different CO Powers, I wonder how they’ll balance the CO Powers and the maps that with around said powers... Edit: oh. Right. They could also just have two different games to select in this package. Derp.

You got me into FE and I was always interested in Advance Wars so I will pick up the Remake.

Man I adored playing Advanced Wars in DS, even though I just plain suck at tactical games

3-3 from Super Paper Mario is the worst level ever and you can’t tell me otherwise

dude, how dare you hit me with Vandal Hearts OST? that is unfair! I miss it so much

I wonder how they will approach this remake. Either copy/paste almost everything, or try to balance the games more properly

0:32 My equivalent would be a Ghost Trick port 16:00 I agree

I saw advance wars in the thumbnail, had to click! I never played the originals tbh but I knew of then, they seemed fun. I will definitely be getting the remakes to support the series since my favorite series metroid, is finally getting a new game!

That intro was gold

Owww man! Brings back PTSD

I always thought the máx level would be fixed if both beaches on the hq Islands were connected, and with flak starting with an infrantry close to the factory Island, sorta like a time limit, where if you don't arrive early enough to prevent the capture youll get overwhelmed At least then you also have the option to break through the chokepoint to win before that happens. Hard either way, but At least it would add some variety to a map that is otherwise boring af

the remaster of the first two means more people see the series. they see more of the series, there's more likelihood of new games or even remasters of the others.