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GBA | Strategy | Advance Wars

Boxart for Advance Wars
Advance Wars 27 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 4.0
  • SOUND: 4.0
  • CONTROL: 5.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.3
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.5
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

Review: Advance Wars

Nintendo?s new strategy title Advance Wars blitzkriegs the Game Boy Advance delivering addictive and challenging turn-based battles.

Advance Wars is a challenging, full-scale war filled with several layers of strategy and myriad gameplay options. Starting out with a thorough Field Training, you?ll learn the ins-and-outs of all the different game elements, such as variances in terrain in addition to tactics with land, sea, and air units. Next, you can play in a difficult single-player campaign mode or battle with friends by either linking up with one to four cartridges or by just passing around one GBA. Either way, the multiplayer game is excellent?but it?s easier to keep tabs on your opponent via the link cable. The length and depth of the battles can easily be controlled by using predeployed units or having the players build their own. The character designs are awesome, the soundtrack is solid, and the controls are perfect. Advance Wars is loads of fun in both single- and multiplayer mode. It strikes the right balance between pick-up-and-play and in-depth strategy. The time to enlist is now.