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Advance Wars (GBA)

Newest Review: ... a GBA game. Very different from the platform-hopping, widget grabbing lines of games that almost overrun the format. This ... more

... incarnation doesnt have quite the variety of units and Commanding Officers (COs) that its sequals have but the strategy and storyline and the challenges the single player poses are every bit as good as the later versions. In fact, as it is slightly more ridged than for example Advance Wars: Dual strike you must often be an even more astute tactician as there is often very little room for error. But thanks it it being turn based, you have all the time in the world to plan your movements and operations, really allowing you...more

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Advance Wars (GBA): My money has gone into a Black Hole! (1100 words)
by otalgia - written on 16/05/08 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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Introduction --------------- Advance Wars, is a game released in 2001 exclusively on the Gameboy Advance. It is the first in a series of strategy, turn based, war games released by Nintendo. The game is based around a fictional land named Macro land which is under threat from a destructive force known as the Black Hole. The Black Hole Army are led by the evil tyrant Sturmm, who through a series of mind games and sheer firepower proves to be a formidable enemy. In this game you initially play the role of Andy who is the Commanding officer (CO) of Orange Star, a peaceful nation who set out to liberate Macroland from evil invading forces. ...

It's War & it's fun. (813 words)
by M_W_A - written on 07/09/02 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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On to the GBA comes a game not overloaded by Go-Karts, not jammed with things jumping onto different platforms but instead good old War. Ok, war isn’t all that great, but when it resembles something more like toy soldiers then it’s ok. Advance Wars is probably the first Real-time Strategy to work on a handheld system. In the past we’ve seen them take PC gamers onto the internet for some classic online gaming, and the thing which separates this genre from the rest? Well, it’s that in this type of game you have to use your head more then in any other game, it’s all about tactics. So, for the less more able of us out there this game ...

Advance Wars (GBA): This isn't C&C. This is better. (493 words)
by pezking - written on 05/02/02 (Very useful, 163 readings)
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