Advance Wars
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	September 9, 2001 January 11, 2002 [1] November 25, 2004 (as part of compilation Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2)
Genre(s)	Turn-based tactics
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E) ELSPA: 11+
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Media	32-megabit cartridge
Input	Buttons, D-Pad

Advance Wars is a turn-based tactics video game developed for the Game Boy Advance by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo in 2001.^[2] It was released in the USA on September 9, 2001, but put on hold in Japan and Europe due to the subsequent terrorist attacks in the USA. Although released in Europe in January 2002, neither GBA game was released in Japan until the Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 compilation on November 25, 2004. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... This article covers the game developer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... A multiplayer game is a video game in which more than one person can play the same game at the same time. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (or ELSPA) is an organisation set up in 1989 by British software publishers. ... “GBA” redirects here. ... The Megabit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated Mbit or sometimes Mb. ... Cartridge for the VIC 20 homecomputer In various types of electronic equipment, a cartridge can refer one method of adding different functionality or content (e. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... “GBA” redirects here. ... This article covers the game developer. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... 2001 2001 in games 2000 in video gaming 2002 in video gaming Notable events of 2001 in video gaming. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Advance Wars is the first game in the Advance Wars series of video games, followed by Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. This trio of games is a sub-series of the Nintendo Wars set of games. General Information Advance Wars 2 is a sequel to Advance Wars on the Game Boy Advance. ... Nintendo Wars (Japanese: ファミコンウォーズ Famicom Wars) is a series of military turn-based strategy video games (See wargame), developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. ...

Story

The story of the Advance Wars campaign begins with the nation of Orange Star in a war against the neighboring country of Blue Moon. As a tactical advisor for Orange Star, the player follows the war effort through all four countries over the course of the game. In the end, it is revealed that the enigmatic Black Hole Army, under the command of Sturm, is the true enemy. Using a CO doppelganger clone of Andy, Sturm stirred up war among the four countries in order to confuse, weaken, and eventually conquer them. Once this is revealed, the four countries unite to drive Black Hole out of their land. This is a list of fictional commanding officers from the Advance Wars series of video games. ...

Gameplay

The objective is to defeat the enemy army. There are two ways to defeat an opponent: destroy every one of his units on the map or capture his headquarters. If you are playing vs mode against a human, you may try to get them to surrender or defeat them using the other ways.

A player can play through a campaign mode, and also has access to the war room, a collection of maps in which the player tries to get the highest score possible. In addition, there are multiplayer options, and the possibility to design maps.

Battle system

The battle system in Advance Wars is turn-based on a square grid. Two or more armies, each headed by a commanding officer, take turns building and commanding units on grid-based maps. After moving a unit, a list of commands is displayed with orders such as fire and wait. A turn-based game, also known as turn-based strategy (TBS), is a game where the game flow is partitioned into well-defined and visible parts, called turns or rounds. ... The commanding officer (CO) is the officer in command of a military unit. ...

Screenshot of Advance Wars

All units are limited in the types of units they can attack. What dictates a unit’s ability to attack different targets are its primary and secondary weapons. For example, the Mech unit has a bazooka that can only be fired at land vehicles, but are more powerful for that purpose than their secondary weapons, machine guns, which Mechs can use against other Mechs, Infantry, and helicopters. screenshot GBA Advance_Wars, made myself. ... screenshot GBA Advance_Wars, made myself. ... For other uses, see Bazooka (disambiguation). ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

The amount of damage done to the enemy in combat is proportional to the number of hit points the attacker has. All weapons, with the exception of machine guns (and the Cruiser's Anti-Air Gun), have a limited supply of ammunition. Units with secondary weapons will resort to these when their primary weapon's ammunition runs out. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Map effects

The terrain on a map affects unit movement, vision, and the defense attribute of units stationed in the terrain. Weather conditions can also affect vision and movement of ground units. Fog of War can also be enabled, whereby a player's vision depends on the individual units' lines of sight, which varies from unit to unit. The fog of war is a term used to describe the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. ...

A battle between fighters and anti-air units.

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Units

There are 18 different types of military units in Advance Wars. Each unit has a set amount of attack power, vision range in Fog of War, movement range and type, and fuel supply, and most units have two weapons which can be used against different types of enemy units. There are both direct and indirect attack units, as well as transport units. All of the units are either infantry, vehicles, ships or air units. Units have specific strengths and weaknesses, lending the game to a Rock, Paper, Scissors feel. Rock, Paper, Scissors chart Listen to this article ( info/dl) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-07-13, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

Multiplayer

In Multiplayer mode, players can compete against the AI or against other human players. Multiplayer matches feature a variety of settings that can be changed pre-battle. Multiplayer comes in two forms: Versus mode and Link mode. In Versus mode, only one GBA system is used, which every participant in the game uses. One person will take their turn, then pass the system to the next person. Link mode is the same game as Versus mode gameplay-wise, but multiple consoles are used, one for each person. It can be played with just one game pak or with one game pak per player.

Commanding Officers

Main article: List of Advance Wars COs

Armies are lead by Commanding Officers (COs) who control units. All COs except Andy provide units with special advantages and/or disadvantages, such as extra firepower or a longer unit range. COs also have a Power Meter which fills up by defeating enemy units or when on the receiving end of a brutal offensive attack. When the meter is full, a CO can unleash his or her CO Power, which gives a temporary positive effect to friendly units and/or a negative effect to enemy units. Image File history File links Mak-sturm4a. ... This is a list of fictional commanding officers from the Advance Wars series of video games. ... This is a list of fictional commanding officers from the Advance Wars series of video games. ... This is a list of fictional commanding officers from the Advance Wars series of video games. ...

Trivia

Advance Wars sprites appear as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. ...

Development

In January 2001, Nintendo France gave new Game Boy Advance screenshots exclusively to French gaming sites. Amongst them were new screenshots for Game Boy Wars Advance. ^[3]. At the time, very little information was given.^[4] Four player mode was confirmed before E3 2001 and with it a US release date of 10th September.^[5] E³ logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E³, was an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

External links

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