Nintendo Reminds Us Advance Wars For Switch Is One Month Out From Release

Well, I will watch the gameplay first from YouTube.

"Guys, PLEASE don't kill us, we're not delaying it again! It IS coming out next month for real this time, put the pitchforks and torches away!" - Nintendo

Mine is preordered. This is more anticipated now than Zelda, just because of the immense wait.

Hopefully it can have a Tetris 99 theme down the line.

Definitely getting this. Never played them originally on GBA, but I definitely love SRPGs. I'm digging the art style of these remakes too.

@Anti-Matter Nintendo has a 28 minute gameplay video directly on their youtube channel already

Hopefully if an invasion of Taiwan happens between now and April 21 there won’t be another postponement. Not that I am indifferent about another invasion but wars happen everywhere and delaying a game will not help any country involved in the war.

So excited for AW to finally come out, it feels like it’s been 1000 years. I finished 1 sometime after it was delayed but haven’t gotten around to finishing 2 yet, I should get around to that soon though! Super excited to hear Sturm’s theme remade, I wonder if they can top the original 🤔

Please play this game. I want a sequel and they won’t make one if nobody plays this.

I've had the game preordered since February 2022. Can't wait to finally play Advance Wars next month. It's been too long.

@WaffleBoat I’m in a tight spot as I’ve been an Advance Wars fan all my life … and I’ve been craving a sequel since Days of Ruin 15 years ago.

But I can’t bring myself to play AW 1 & 2 again for the millionth time.

Doing just a remake of 1&2 was a terrible decision to ignite interest in the franchise again. As they could have easily made a third entry without the “3” and just a subtitle as not to scare new people.

They are great games though.

I’m on board but like the originals, I’ll probably never beat it.

@somnambulance at this point the only thing that stands out for me are the online matches. I’m contemplating in buying it just to support a true sequel…. But… I don’t know

@Anti-Matter why?? You’re not that familiar with AW??

@TYRANACLES days of ruin is really difficult. I rage quit and never looked back.

@MarcusIsCool
I don't.
I have never knew about that game before until the reveal from Nintendo Direct last time.
I'm sorry, I grew up by PS2 games during GBA era.

@MythTgr

"Nintendo is ALMOST pulling a Devil's Third on this game. They don't even show any gameplay. At least they're telling the people that the game exists."

they hid all the gameplay footage on this secret video they posted to youtube.

https://youtu.be/wuAZa4tjWpg

@Anti-Matter interesting. Ps2 rules.
Anyways, hopefully AW meets your standards!!

I'm ready to rock and roll

Step aside, Fire Emblem! Time to bring in the heavy firepower! 😁😁😁 Can't wait! 😍😍 😍

@Don

If another war breaks out between now and April 21st, I will unironically day "dammit, now I can't play Advance Wars AGAIN!".

@WaffleBoat I care more about supporting the We Love Katamari HD Remaster

I wonder what pre-order bonus we'll get...

I don´t wanna spend $60 for this game anymore. While I waited for this game to be released, I replayed both games on the GBA and also played Wargroove (Steam and Switch).

I feel Wargroove better than Advance Wars (we can create a complete story with missions and share online, and play online coop, or versus, like "Mario Maker". Wargroove is AMAZING. And Wargroove 2 is coming.

Wargroove is $6 on Steam. I paid $3!

I won´t pay $60 for Advance Wars 1 + 2. Forget it!

I've had this on preorder for well over a year now.

Might give this game a shot, the gameplay and battle animations looks so unique.

Last two years have been really good to SRPG fans. I love it.

I was excited about this until I found out WayForward was developing it... don't get me wrong, they're talented enough for budget titles... I guess. but their games never feel polished enough. there's always something missing... something not just right with them. I will be on the lookout for reviews and might end up getting it if it's good though

Definitely picking this one up! Not played AW before, but i love me some tactics.

There’s been a lot of Tactical RPGs recently- Fire Emblem, Mario and Rabbids, Tactics Ogre, even Triangle Strategy. This and the game got put up £15 has made it less essential for me.

Oh just release it already.

I was so hooked on this when it was first released. It cemented the love for Nintendo products that started with Pokémon. Loved the GBA Fire Emblem to entries, but I always kept hope IS would come back to AW. Not what happened exactly, but I'm curious enough to buy on release. Not a big fan of the new animations, but I'll just turn those off.

@MythTgr Let me guess, you have a PhD in marketing...

Vastly overpriced, things have moved on, this is no longer unique enough to warrant premium pricing. Hard pass.

@MythTgr It’s a remake of GBA game for a niche series . I don’t think they could allocate a large marketing budget for it. If the game makes a profit, it will have sold well. Raw sales numbers are not that telling

Just make a new Advance Wars Nintendo!

If they did an “all stars” collection of the GBA and DS games ok, but I won’t bother with this Boot Camp version. And this is from someone who spent an obscene number of hours on the series.

I get the idea of “buy this so they see demand and make a new game”, but honestly this is like a videogame version of Battered Wife Syndrome.

Not if China invade Taiwan

Really looking forward to it.

So how much you want to bet that Nintendo's going to blame low sales on people's lack of interest for remade GBA games and not the piss poor marketing surrounding this game?

Again, this should've been a $40 title. It will sell poorly and kill the franchise for once.

@JohnnyMind
Not to mention it's been more than a decade since I last played an Advance Wars title, compared to half a decade since Zelda. I'm due something nostalgic over flashy and new.

@rushiosan
I'm actually expecting it to sell poorly. And I'm also expecting it to become the reason for Nintendo to kill the franchise for a while. Because they probably want Intelligent Systems to focus exclusively on Fire Emblem from now on, since it's a way bigger cash cow.

@YoshiF2 Thank you, I echo this sentiment RE: Every Port, Remake Etc. Released Nowadays.

So they're releasing it despite world peace not being achieved. This makes the reason for delaying it before completely pointless. They literally achieved nothing besides wasting everyone's time, pissing off fans, and essentially dooming the franchise.

Marketing or not it's probably never going be a big series. It's a niche genre I'm delighted with turn based Strategy but others it just isn't their cup of tea. Fire emblem has more character personailty etc which helped it. Outside COs units are faceless canon fodder here

I wonder if they will revert to Olafs original Santa design

@JohnnyMind

some people apparently don't like the art style, but I'm willing to give it a chance and wait for reviews.

well the verdicts would have to be pretty terrible for me not to get it to be honest.

@WaffleBoat I care more about supporting the ongoing Japanese fighting games franchises - CHAOS CODE, UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH, Phantom Breaker...

I got the originals from the Wii U eShop.
Together they were 12 euros.
It's still open 'til Monday.

Very cool, but I don't think I will be purchasing since I still haven't unwrapped the plastic off of my copy of Fire Emblem: Three Houses... I just haven't been in a strategy game type of mood for quite a while now. I couldn't pass up the price of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It was on sale on Black Friday last year.

Hope this release breaks the streak of bad things happening around the release date

Love the series but I'm not gonna get this for full price.
I still have the original games, I still have my GBA SP AGS-101 (the one with the excellent screen) or I can play them on my DS Lite, so...

This genre isn't about graphics so the Switch version won't make a big difference there, either.

And as people have pointed out already, there are massively great Advance Wars-like games these days (Wargroove, Tiny Metal, Into the Breach etc.), which all happen to be considerably cheaper.

Maybe if it was the whole series on one cartridge (like the Danganronpa series), I'd buy that for 60 bucks.
Even though I already own all of them and can play them anytime.

This release feels like an incomplete step to the right direction.

Such a fun series, would prefer a brand new entry of course, but haven't played these in so long so I'm guessing it will feel new. All these remakes and remasters lately are awesome ... Prime, this, Tactics Ogre as well as Ghost Trick coming soon...

@JohnnyMind

Wargroove:

• 32 missions
• FREE DLC with more characters to play and another story, more missions.
• map creation and share online
• complete story, world map and map creation and share online
• multiplayer versus: 1-4 players
• multiplayer using map creator: 1-4 players
• multiplayer online 1-4 players
• main story Coop 1-4 players
• multiplayer team vs team
• puzzle mode
• arcade mode
• online free

Wargroove is $6 and $3 on sale (Steam). And a little bit more on Switch.

Wargroove 2 is coming with much more content, including a rogue lite mode (like Into the Breach, one of The best games ever).

Wargroove 1 + 2 will be...$20 on Steam and $30 on Switch? Maybe...

No, The old Advance Wars 1 + 2 same old maps does not deserve $60, Sorry.

Hopefully no global crisis delays it again.

@Browny But isn't this developed by WayForward, not Intelligent Systems?

@JohnnyMind "You're completely disregarding the completely new 3D assets, animated cutscenes and voice acting which increase the cost so no, I still feel it's justified."

Wargroove has animated cutscenes and Voices too.

Voice is not this expensive. Bayonetta's Voice is $5000. The tiny Advance Wars dialogue must be much cheaper.

Multiversus is a free great game with Full dub. Original characters dub from TV. In 12+ language. In my country, the storyteller includes Greys Anatomy original voices, much more expensive, and the game is free.

Here, Forza Horizon includes radio stations, Full dub presentations, so many diferent voices, 100s hours...and the game costs $30 to $50 here.

I know. Other kind of games. Other examples.

The Witcher 3 2022 FREE UPGRADE improved all the graphics of the game by updating the technology and making it more beautiful. the game's producer didn't even have an obligation to do this. it was free.

And the Advance Wars New assets, my opinion, are ugly.

Its not a $60 for me (and other people), when Wargroove (and other great strategy games, with more content) are $6.

Advance Wars is the only game in my Switch wish list. I played ALL Advance Wars before. Love this franchise. But..i'll pass.

i would feel ripped off buying this game for $60

@Quarth
WayForward was tapped for this remake, sure.

To be fair, Nintendo has been getting a bit better about handing off their IPs to other studios to handle, rather than trying to keep everything exclusively in house. So should this remake sell super well, there's a strong possibility they'd allow a developer other than Intelligent Systems (maybe even WayForward themselves?) to handle a new entry.

But I am more of a "expect the worse, hope for the best" kinda person. And as such, I'll be content with just this release as all my Advance Wars content until the end of time.

This one should still have the map editor, which is where the real fun lies.

@JohnnyMind It's just not possible to say how many people worked on Advance Wars 1+2, since it's just about updating graphics and rearrangement of already existing music and voices for existing dialogs.

The Wargroove developer had to create from scratch, and Wargroove 2 is unprecedented.

If even then Wargroove's production company is smaller, and with less budget, and even.thus delivers.a more complete product than Nintendo... then:

1. Something is wrong with Nintendo.
2. we still have to congratulate the wargroove producer, instead of.Nintendo.

And $6 vs $60.
I respect my wallet!

You want to buy a car. There are 2 options. The cheapest car, surprisingly, has more items and technology, more options in the transmission, etc. Would you still agree to pay for the more expensive option, with fewer options and items, just because the brand has more employees? I am not!

@JohnnyMind Wargroove is $6. Only on Switch this game is more expensive, like all games (but always on sale). Wargroove today is $3 on Steam (Spring Sale) We know that Nintendo games will be $60 ($40 on rare big sales) forever.

My point. Wargroove is a more complete game and much cheaper. It is a brand new game.

That is, for anyone who has played Advance Wars before (most of Advance Wars fans obviously), Advance Wars 1 + 2 is not a new game. Same maps, same solutions.

To create Advance Wars 1 + 2, all maps layout are ready. All story is ready. Dialog is ready. Remaking assets without having yo create the idea is much simpler and faster. This game has few assets.

I have 2 "car price" desktops and a $1700 Ipad Pro 12"9 M2. I also play on a Steam Deck and Switch. Not money problem, but know to spend it better. Since me and other people dont think the game is worth $60, we wont buy the game. Super simple and there is nothing wrong with it.

We dont need to problematize our choice not to buy it, right?

@Rykdrew Advance Wars is way better than Wargroove. I don't care what anyone says.

I am willing to accept a cut-price version as an apology for the delay, Nintendo.

I play AW2 regularly on my WiiU virtual console. I don't care that much about the updated graphics. But the opportunity to play online is very exciting to me.