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July of 2009

 

Rate Nintendo's latest release schedule

Original at Aussie-Nintendo.com external link    Fri, Jul 31

Japan's finally getting Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (Famicom Wars DS 2), and they're still taunting us with that bloody Kirby Wii game. ... and more »

Rate Chocolate in space? R-Type Command sequel announced

Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, Jul 29

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Designed more for fans of Advance Wars and Final Fantasy Tactics than, say, fans of R-Type, it was a solid tactical space adventure for the Sony PSP. ... and more »

Rate Eight Great Unsung iPhone Games

Original at IGN external link    Fri, Jul 17

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It's a turn-based strategy game that takes more than a little inspiration from Nintendo's classic Advance Wars series, from split-screen battles to slick ... and more »

June of 2009

 

Rate Luc Bernard's Turn Based Strategy Game 'Mecho Wars' Released

Original at Touch Arcade external link    Mon, Jun 15

Just like as in UniWars, the touch interface works great in this game, and really feels just like playing Advance Wars on the DS with the stylus. The initial version of the game does not yet contain online-multiplayer but that should be coming in about ...

Rate Living up to the hype

Original at WA today external link    Sun, Jun 14

 Australia Meanwhile, great games like Advance Wars Dark Conflict, TheWorld Ends with You and Professor Layton helped continue the Nintendo DS console's dominance of the handheld market, while Patapon and God of War excelled for Sony's PSP.

Rate Reign of Swords 2 Hands-On

Original at IGN external link    Fri, Jun 12

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 CA The sequel to one of the best strategy games for iphone has real-deal multiplayer. by Levi Buchanan June 12, 2009 - Punch Entertainment's first Reign of Swords on the iphone was a solid Advance Wars substitute -- a fun turn-based strategy game. ...

Rate What Does iPhone OS 3.0 Means For Gaming?

Original at G4 TV external link    Mon, Jun 8

 CA Push notification will allow certain types of games, specifically play-by-turn or multiplayer games, to maintain a sort of faux "always-on" presence. One of my favorite games is UniWar, a turn-based, Advance Wars-esque game. I currently have to log in ...

May of 2009

 

Rate Fire Emblem Dev Making Dragon Quest Wars on DSiWare

Original at Wired News external link    Sun, May 17

Developed by Intelligent Systems, the creator of Nintendo's first-party strategy games Advance Wars and Fire Emblem, the downloadable game will use the characters and settings from Square Enix's popular role-playing game franchise with “board game ...

Rate Mecho Wars Confirmed For WiiWare and DSiWare Release

Original at Nintendo Life external link    Fri, May 15

 UK The game is shaping up nicely and owes a massive debt to the Nintendo classic Advance Wars, which is certainly no bad thing. Luc has just posted a video online in which he reveals that the game is going to be released on both WiiWare and DSiWare. ...

Rate Game review Mytran Wars

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Tue, May 5

 UK Very much like the DS's Advance Wars with mechs, Mytran Wars boasts a pleasing anime style and well-balanced units. Obviously the fun comes from beefing up your mechs with strap-on weapons and upgrades before swarming across the landscape and ...

March of 2009

 

Rate Age of Empires: Mythologies Review

Original at PALGN external link    Fri, Mar 27

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 Australia The gameplay is very similar to other strategy games available on the DS, with Advance Wars being a prime example. You’ll begin the level with a small army consisting of different units. There are infantry units for direct attacks, cavalry that can ...

Rate Populous DS (DS) Review

Original at Nintendo Life external link    Fri, Mar 20

 UK If you're a DS strategy fan you could do much better with Lock's Quest, Age of Empires or of course the outstanding Advance Wars series. Even die-hard Populous players will find it hard not to lose their faith with this poor effort.

Rate Advance Wars: Dual Strike User Review 20306Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at espanol.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

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Rate Advance Wars: Dual Strike User Review 14843

Original at uk.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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I review Advance Wars DS for the Nintendo DS, explaining how the game works and its different modes. Videopinions are product reviews and ... uk.video.yahoo.com

Rate Advance Wars : Dark Conflict for Nintendo DS

Original at uk.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Year 2008

 

Rate REVIEW: Civilization Revolution DS

Original at Curmudgeon Gamer external link    Thu, Dec 4

By noreply@blogger.com (JohnH) All this may sound like I'm griping. And I am, dammit, none of these limitations are excusable. But the game itself is still marvelously addictive. In the couple of months I've had it I've played dozens of games, and it's yet to get old. In all, Civilzation Revolution is one of the best versions o...

Rate Age of Empires: Mythologies Review

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

By Eric Neigher Those of you familiar with the Age of Empires series on PC but unfamiliar with the DS conversion need to know that Age of Empires: Mythologies is not, I repeat, not a strategy game, real-time or otherwise. It's a straightforward tactics title, similar to Intelligent Design's Advance Wars...

Rate How To: Advance Wars 2 Hacking - World's First AI HackVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Nov 23

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By rss@youtube.com (XenesisXenon) I taught the AI how to play like an AWBWer ;) Yes, it'll just keep spamming infantry until it hits the unit cap. Author: XenesisXenon Keywords: Advance Wars Hacking AI AWBW infantry spam Added: November 23, 2008

Rate Opinion: Back on the Battlefield with Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Original at flickr.com external link    Tue, Nov 18

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By nobody@flickr.com (Tengaport) I still stand by my original review of this game (short version: horrible story, drab characters, lack of features when compared to Dual Strike...) but it is still one of the best games I have played on my DS. Once you get into the rhythm, Advance Wars is pure, gaming crack. Just look at me, I'm stru...

Rate Another Fire Emblem for the DS: Dec 5th

Original at Wonderland external link    Thu, Oct 16

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By Alice Nintendo has announced that Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon will be out in Europe on 5th December. That's before the US, for once. Shadow Dragon is a remake of the original NES Fire Emblem, and returns with futuristic features like Wi-Fi multiplayer, where friends can fight and shop and chat.

Rate Advance Wars: Dual Strike: Steroids, or "A Review No One Will Read"

Original at Go for Broak! external link    Sun, Aug 31

By cbrowning AW:DS' soldiers know they are appreciated and can capture a city without any hesitation. Heck, I can even have an infantry unit get blown up by an enemy Megatank on purpose, and a little text icon appears on screen that says, ...

Rate Review : Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin [DS] - from GamePro.com

Original at GamePro.com external link    Wed, Aug 27

And of course, the greatest addition that Days of Ruin brings to the table is Wi-Fi multiplayer. This is a first for the series, and allows you to play against other DS gamers. Over 100 multiplayer maps are included with the game, ...

Rate Fun For Free – Weewar

Original at 4 color rebellion external link    Sat, Jul 19

By Shaun Hatton Weewar is a multiplayer turn-based strategy game you can play right in your web browser. It uses HTML and JavaScript and super cute pixel art reminiscent of Advance Wars to create all battles great and small. ...

Rate Xbox Live Arcade Review: Commanders: Attack of the Genos

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Jul 9

By Brian Szabelski The Xbox 360 isn’t quite the home of the turn-based strategy game, but there are a few offerings on Microsoft’s current-generation console. One of those is Commanders: Attack of the Genos, an Xbox Live Arcade title that puts you at the helm of defeating the threatening Geno forces. Unfortu...

Rate May Review Contest Results - DS Games

Original at The Moon Books Project external link    Fri, Jun 20

By Brandon The May Review Contest DS Game Review winners are:ZAFDeltaForce, tehuber1337, and Eldude ZAFDeltaForce's entry in the ds game review contest is a review of one of the absolute best titles on the DS, Advance Wars: Dual Strike. ...

Rate News :: Reviews : Advance Wars: Dark Conflict - An illuminating review

Original at Internode Games Network external link    Wed, Jun 11

As many have recently noted, the DS has been flooded with poor games, with good ones few and far between. Way back when I first had a Gameboy Advance, I was introduced to the Advance Wars series. With a distinct lack of time lately, ...

Rate Review: Advance Wars: Dark Conflict

Original at Stuff.co.nz external link    Sun, Jun 1

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 New Zealand - Gone are the bright, cheery characters and colourful units of Dual Strike and instead, we have a post-apocalyptic wasteland where browns and greys are the ...

Rate Advance Wars: Dark Conflict Review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Apr 30

By Bethany Dark Conflict sticks with the same formula that has seen Advance Wars succeed as a strategic turn based war game since the days when it was played on the GameBoy Advance. With the new title comes a new Campaign mode to fight your way ...

Rate Amazon Planning DS Game Price Cuts All Day [Dealtaku]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Apr 25

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By Mike Fahey Nintendo might not be planning any DS price cuts over the next year, but Amazon is running them all day! Today's Gold Box deals on Amazon are all Nintendo DS games at low, low prices. The Deal of the Day is Advance Wars: Days of Ruin for $16.99, though I don't see that one lasting too much longer. Al...

Rate Battalion Wars 2 Review - PALGN

Original at PALGN external link    Tue, Apr 22

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Battalion Wars 2 Review  Australia - Apr 22, 2008 Being likened to the handheld tactical warfare of Advance Wars on the Nintendo DS, Battalion Wars brought the battles into 3D and allowed players to not ...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Fri, Mar 21

By RawmeatCowboy For veterans, the new units and the ranking system will keep them on their toes and force those thinking caps back on. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is a fun and deep strategy game that lives up to its namesake in every way. ...

Rate DS Review - Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Original at Gamer Investments external link    Fri, Mar 21

By Wedge Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Published by: Nintendo Developed by: Intelligent Systems Genre: Strategy ESRB Rating: Review: The latest installment in the Advance Wars series has arrived, and it has brought with it some of the biggest ...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin post-mortem review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Mar 18

A portion of a 1up interview with Hitoshi Yamagami (production group manager, Nintendo Software Planning and Development Dept.), Masaki Tawara (production director, Nintendo Software Planning and Development Dept.), and Kazuhiro Yoshikawa (production assistant director, Ninte...

Rate Recent gaming: a drive-by

Original at Dusty Gamer external link    Tue, Mar 18

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By Joonas Laakso However, Intelligent Systems has realized it’s gone overboard with unnecessarily fiddly elements in Dual Strike and instead of pouring more topping on the cake, it’s decided to trim it down to the delicious core. Advance Wars is now more about the basics and much better for it. The CO power...

Rate Review: Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin - Comic Book Bin

Original at Comic Book Bin external link    Tue, Mar 11

Review: Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin  Canada - Mar 11, 2008 with that truth the developers at Intelligent Systems decided to change up the story for the fourth and most recent release, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. ...

Rate Advance Wars: Dark Conflict Review - PALGN

Original at PALGN external link    Mon, Mar 10

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Advance Wars: Dark Conflict Review  Australia - Mar 10, 2008 Advance Wars: Dark Conflict is the second installment of the series on the DS, coming hot - well, warm anyway - on the heels of Advance Wars: Dual Strike. ...

Rate Advance Wars: Dark Conflict review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Fri, Feb 29

By RawmeatCowboy Naturally, Dark Conflict comes as a game that I highly recommend to Advance Wars fans, who will truly appreciate the return to the game’s strategic roots. For new players, what you are looking at is a massive sprawling adventure in a ...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Mon, Feb 25

By RawmeatCowboy The strange attraction of Advance Wars has always been how the series combined war with color, fun, and bounce. There’s none of that here, but the gameplay elevates the player past the sorrowful storyline and provides massive warring ...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Wii Review

Original at LoadingReality.com external link    Fri, Feb 8

By Aaron The maps themselves are still fairly bland, but during the cutscenes, everything is well drawn and fits the new art style very well; the character models in particular are very pleasing to the eye. The game’s sound is surprisingly good, ...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Sat, Feb 2

A portion of a BlogCritics review... Full voice chat, great with the Nintendo DS Headset, features well into some passionate battles, which have time limits. The reduced color palette matches the theme while the impressive music has some great drum beats and an accessible “jukebox” music p...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Thu, Jan 24

A portion of a Kombo review... Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is essentially the same as previous installments, with some good upgrades and bad downgrades. The new darker look should bring in a new audience and the gameplay will attract long-time fans. Nintendo has removed some features and added...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Jan 22

A portion of a Game Informer review... The addition of online multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will be a great boon for some, but the core single-player experience feels like a small step back from the brilliance of Dual Strike. Still, this is a standout in the DS lineup and a ...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Jan 22

A portion of a UGO review... Days of Ruin ushers the series to new ground by taking advantage of all the features the Nintendo DS has to offer. With a lengthy single player campaign and the promise of nearly limitless user-generated content, expect to get as much out of the game ...

Rate Days of Ruins New Units

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Jan 21

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By Brian Crecente In my impressions of the campaign mode of Advance Wars Days of Ruin I mention that there are a few new units that pop up in the game. Fortunately, Nintendo sent along these little reference cards for the units when they sent me the game. Take a gander. So far I find the bike the most useful, thought...

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Campaign Impressions [Impressions]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Jan 21

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By Brian Crecente The new units also add a couple of twists to gameplay. For instance, rigs can build temporary ports and airports. Other new units include motorcycle-mounted infantry units, a land or air attacking Duster plane, a mobile anti-tank unit and a unit that can shoot a flare to reveal hidden units.

Rate Week in Games: No More Heroes Edition

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Jan 20

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By fdemarco We finally start getting some good titles this week with No More Heroes, Advance Wars 2, Pirates of the Burning Sea and Burnout Paradise My wallet is going to start emptying itself again. I can just feel it coming. What are you going to be picking up this week?

Rate Gamertell Review: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Original at Gamertell external link    Sat, Jan 19

By pence_chandna2001@yahoo.com Pros: Interesting new direction, great story, fantastic new units, WiFi compatible, stylus control actually works Cons: Fewer COs, hard to charge CO powers, overly challenging at times Overall Score: 9.5/10 ...

Rate What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Jan 18

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By Michael McWhertor Me? I'm playing Advance Wars: Days of Ruin and I couldn't be happier to have the opportunity. In fact, I'm playing it right now. I swear. It's paused. Okay, that's a lie. I'm actually taking a break from the soon to be released strategy game while posting from an incredibly pretentious, over-pri...

Rate Nintendo Lays Out '08, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii Vaguely Dated [Wii]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jan 16

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By Michael McWhertor About Nintendo: The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearl...

Year 2007

 

Rate Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Hands On Impressions

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 15

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By Michael McWhertor Advance Wars: Days of Ruin also takes the series back a step, gameplay-wise. The Dual Strike CO powers from the previous Nintendo DS Advance Wars are gone, and CO powers in general are said to have been toned down. The tides of war won't turn so easily this time.

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