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Totally Advanced Wars

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: July 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome. It has as many four player modes you could think of, and better yet, the scenario editor rocks. There are plenty of units to choose from, 144 levels, plus whatever levels you make.(Which you can trade with your friends) But there is more, as you progress through the game you get help from "Commanding Officers" which can do certain things such as repair all your units or create blizzard weather! One last thing, THIS GAME ROCKS!!!

THE BEST GBA GAME YET!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Mario will always be my favorite plumber, but this game is by far the most intense, addicting and challenging game yet for the GBA. I had real reservations about buying this game at first. The graphics and animation looked cool, but that's usually as far as it goes for me and the game ends up ... big-time. But, I thought I'd give it a chance as I heard it has been real big in Japan for the last decade. Plus it was only 30 bucks! ANYWAY, after playing it for I can't even fathom how many hours, I finished the campaign, but there is sooo much more to play and to have fun with. Even more challenging missions follow, and even more after that and so on. Is there no end??? It's the most addicting game I have ever played on any platform, and just ask my wife how much I play video games if you don't believe me. Yeah that's right... I'm married with a kid and I still play video games a lot... got a problem???

Best turn-based strategy I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

You 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 can play together even on only one system. Grab a friend, and enjoy the anticipation of having the system handed back to you and seeing your opponent smirk as you stumble into their trap (playing on seperate systems can be done, but isn't nearly as fun).

The most important facet of this game is depth. Fog of War (where parts of the map your units can't see are blacked out) makes for intensity- you're always trying to calculate what forest or hilltop might contain enemy units waiting for you. The basics of troop movements give way to incredible strategy (delay the enemy tank by sacrifing your troops, or retreat and lure the tank into range of your artillery?). Each CO is completely unique (Max has stronger tanks, but weaker artillery. Sami has tougher troops, but weaker vehicles) and thier individual powers add an extra level of depth to the process.

Advance Wars is an amazing game for singleplayer action. Add in a full-featured map creator, a ton of unlockable COs, and the wealth of options, and this is one of the best multiplayer games on the GameBoy. A must-have.

THE COOLEST GAME? YOU BET!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 23
Date: September 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Thought blowing up tanks in Tank Hunter was cool? Prepare to be rocked and shocked by Nintendo's new GBA game, Advance Wars.
You are the Commander of a army, the Orange Star Army. You have complete controll over tanks, helicopters, bombers, fighter jets, troops, subs, frigates, battleships, and more! Your main objective is to capture the Enemy's HQ, while maintaing your own army. Maintaing an army includes purchasing fuel, and dividing it out among your army. In this game, you will brawl it out in over 130 battle maps, against over 3 opposing armys. Your main rivals are the Blue Moon, Yellow Comet, and Green Earth armys. Some Commanders will join your fight and bring aboard new powers and strengths.
Even after you thought you beat the game, there is much more to do, like create your own battle map, complete bonus training missions, and unlock new Commanders. There is so much more to say, but I can only type 1000 words in this reveiw!

Quick looks:
+ GREAT GAME AND REPLAY FEATURE
+ A TOTLE OF 144 BATTLE MAPS
+ UNLOCKING MORE COMMANDERS ADDS TO THE REPLAY VALUE
+ CREATE YOUR OWN BATTLE MAPES!
+ LINK UP AND PLAY WITH A FRIEND!
- THE BATTLES ARE COMPUTER SIMULATED, MEANING, YOU DONT FIGHT
- THERE ARE ONLY 17 BATTLE UNITS TO CHOOSE FROM...
- IF YOU A WAGE WAR MASTER, YOU WILL BLOW BY THIS GAME

Miltray Madness done GBA

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: September 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Some of these reveiws seem really 'seeded'. Comparing this game to Red Alert is a bit of a stretch. This is for the most part a copy of the console turn based classic Miltary Maddness and suffers the same problem. The AI is predictable. You know for the most part where and how it is going to move and attack. The AI also 'cheats'. Things like fog of war do not affect it and make those battles frustrating. The AI will tend to always have more troops than you which makes playing those maps with another player very one sided. Do no get me wrong.... I tend to judge portable games on the amount of time it kills without being boring. Advance Wars is a time eater and lots of fun in the process and very long. Good game for a trip or sitting around.

An advance game for advance gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: August 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

WOW! This is a game that everyone needs to get thier hands on. It is the best game i've ever played in my life. its a mix between Red Alert and risk. One of the best nintendo games ever for one of the best systems ever. If you get it you will have fun Enjoy your gameboyadvance, and your Advance Wars!

THE BEST GBA GAME!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Advance Wars is easily the best game I have ever played on any handheld system. You become the Commanding Officer of the Orange Star Army and, using your bombers, fighters, tanks, battleships, subs, rockets, missles, artillery, and infantry, attempt to force the attacking Blue army out of your country. I was suprised by how many different games there are to play. You must first complete the Training missions, which are actually fun, unlike training missions for other games (Army Men). After completing training, other options are open to you. You can go on Campaigns and drive the blue army out of you territory. You can also play Battle Maps, which are like missions except longer with more bases and airports so that you can constantly buy more units, resulting in a huge war. Each mission that you win, you get ranked and earn money to buy more maps. There are also other features to Advance Wars including link mode and create a map, where you actually build a map and fight on it. This game will never lose its replay value, because of the multiple options that are open and the total of 144 maps that you can play on. If there is only one game that you buy for your Game Boy Advance, make it Advance Wars. Believe me, you won't regret it.

An amazing Strategy game, cartoon graphics + great gameplay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was in disbelief of how good this game could actually be from the screen shots. Both the action and graphics are like a cartoon (Japan made it why not?), and second an entire battle is held in one single screen. Each of these things make it perfect for all ages, this is a strategy much like Chess with a twist of Final Fantasy to keep your interest. You are the general of the orange army defending in several battles against the blue army. You being the general means that you have a strategy in your mind and you order the troops what to do, and you watch the fighting, not control the fighting. The game has a very diverse assortment of infantry, tanks, ships, helicopters, planes anti-aircraft artillery and troop transporters (by land, air and sea). The game starts and you must undergo an interesting, informative and fun tutorial that lets you play as it teaches you, before the game really lets you play, with several modes, a campaign which is the game itself, war room, which has war games to see how high you score, verses mode to take on your friends, and even a design mode to design your own map and battle! The game is incredible for young and old, with great variety to keep people playing forever.

An underrated masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: May 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

One of the earliest games Nintendo released for the Game Boy Advance is the often-overlooked Advance Wars. At the dawn of the system, gamers seemed more concerned with the Mario and Castlevania games released at the launch. Is this game an underrated masterpiece, or are gamers right to overlook it? Read on for my review of Advance Wars.

PROS:
-THE GAME IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE. What this game does is takes real-time strategy and fuses it with the battle engine of a strategic-style RPG. The end result is very good - and I don't like either one of those types of games!
-THERE IS TRAINING FOR THOSE NEW TO THE GAME. The learning curve can be a bit steep for a first timer, but the solution to this problem comes in the form of the game's training mode. You'll be walked through each training mission (to a point), which will set you up perfectly.
-YOU CAN LINK UP AND BATTLE A FRIEND! Not only can you and a buddy link up and battle, but you can also do a single-pak link! This means only one person needs to have a copy of the game (of course, the features will be more limited than with a multi-pak link, but this feature is awesome nonetheless.)
-TONS OF REPLAY VALUE. Even once you complete a mission, you can go back and replay it in an attempt to achieve a better rank. Combine that with all the different combat vehicles/characters and the ability to link up, and you've got a ton of replay value at hand!

CONS:
-THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THE GAME IS HORRIBLY IMBALANCED. You'll find yourself at times in extremely easy combat missions, but before you know it you'll be thrown into extremely difficult ones. The varied challenge level may appeal to some gamers, but if you're new to this kind of thing, it may turn you off.
-THE GAME ISN'T FOR EVERYBODY. Let's face the facts, a good majority of gamers want straight-up action games, not these turn-based ones.
-THE GRAPHICS, BOTH IN THE GAME AND ON THE BOX, ARE MISLEADINGLY CUTE! As good as this game may be, the graphics can ultimately end up attracting the game to the wrong crowd, and lead to it being rejected by the gamers who will enjoy it most.

OVERALL:
Advance Wars is an underrated portable gaming masterpiece. This, my friends, is one of those games that you have to play to be able to fully appreciate. Don't overlook it like so many other gamers have - you'll only be hurting yourself!

A Great Turn Based Strategy Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Advanced Wars is everything you could ask for in a strategy game. If you're like me and you love turn based strategy then look no further, Advance Wars is definately up to par with the host of other tactical RPGs for GBA. While it's not an rpg by any means i can't see anyone who likes Final Fantasy Tactics not falling in love with this game. I love turn based strategy and Advance Wars is definately pretty high up on the list of must owns for the genre.

The lack of an RPG element (which has pretty much taken over turn based strategy games in recent years) is somewhat of a blessing. Don't get me wrong i enjoy building up characters but it's definatly a nice change of pace to be able to just jump in and start playing without worrying about much else.

It's also worth mentioning that Advance Wars is fairly difficult. The extensive tutorial while somewhat annoying in its length is probably necessary for the vast majority of gamers. There are quite a few battles where one mistake will easily put you out of commission.

Advance Wars definely deserves 5 Stars

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