|
Binding: Video Game EAN: 0045496731458 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo MPN: 73145 Platform: Game Boy Advance Publisher: Nintendo Studio: Nintendo Features:
Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: Turn-based strategy game from the makers of Fire Emblem, Intelligent Systems. Players assume command of an army that's out to reclaim a world that's been broken up by warring factions. The battle map is essentially a grid, and moving units is like moving chess pieces on a board -- each of the units can move a specific amount of spaces within this grid, and can only attack at a certain distance from specific enemies. Advance Wars features more than 115 maps, a map editor, head-to-head play via link cable, and an easy-to-understand tutorial mode for beginners. Amazon.com Review: You don't have to be MacArthur to recognize that Advance Wars is one of the best strategy war games for any console. The game pits four fictional city-states in a battle for territory. Your job as commanding officer is to defeat the enemies in turn-based combat over land, air, and sea. Advance Wars has a stiff learning curve, but its interactive tutorials can turn the greenest GI into a great leader of pixelated men. AW also offers many multiplayer options, including the ability to play against a friend by passing the GBA back and forth. To extend the possibilities, you can also create new battlefields and trade them with others. Despite cutesy visuals, this is a very deep game that is also accessible. For GBA generals looking to flex their tactical muscles or anyone looking for a simply great GBA game, look no further. --Mark Brooks Pros:
Amazon.com Product Description: Don't let the cartoonlike graphics and easy-to-use controls deceive you--Advance Wars is a seriously addictive strategy game. Already a huge hit in Japan, the game ramps you up and then wages an all-out war. Even after playing several campaigns and deploying an impressive array of armaments, don't be surprised if the game's extremely shrewd AI sneaks up on you. The multiplayer mode links up to four players in a variety of riveting scenarios designed to stretch your strategy skills. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Pure fun!Who'd have thought it- a fun, well-designed strategy game... For the GBA! Admittedly, it has a sugar-coating to attract kids and lull parents, but the actual mechanics of this game are very solid and enjoyable. The units (heavy and light infantry, armor, artillery, aircraft, etc) are simple and straightforward, and seem to be effectively identical no matter whose side they're on. The "side" advantages are conferred by the respective commanders, who have slightly cheesy bonuses or "powers" which add ... Read More Rating: - one of if not the greatest handheld games yeta true clasic. its one of those games where you have to be good at staregy. its hard enough to scream and cry if you lose and do a dance if you win (even if your in airplane packed with peaple.) its storyline is one of the best ever. good enogh to make a movie about. you can go back and playit for years and when word goes out of a sequel get it reseverd a year before it done.overall it a great game. Rating: - The one that started it allMy first Advance Wars game was the second game (Black Hole Rising). It was my first strategy game. So I got into Fire Emblem and Rebel Star Tactical Command, and the DS Advance Wars: Dual Strike. After playing all of these games, I started looking for the first Advance Wars game. I lucked out one day and found a used copy in a Gamestop store. I didn't know what was going on at first. I was fighting Olaf and Grit, and other characters that you play and fight with on your team in the other AW instalments. ... Read More Rating: - A must-have GBA titleThis game is essential GBA. Some of the character art for Nell and the others is not the same in the sequel versions (AW:2, AW:DS), so be sure to play the first installment. Rating: - Best turn-based strategy I've ever playedYou take on the role of a Commanding Officer (CO) in a cartoony world at perpetual war with itself. Easy to get into, and deceptively deep. Advance Wars is strategy at its best. What makes it so special? First, the graphics are great. The animations are instant gratification when a well-timed attack turns the tide of battle, help you visualize battle results in several ways so you know exactly how your units are doing. Second, the options for multiplayer are excellent. Because the game is turn based, 4 players ... Read More |
