Evolution of (Advance) Wars Games [1988-2008] Complete Edition

[@marumisu9560]

I had no clue they even made any of these games besides the GBA games. It's almost like reaching out at something from an alternative timeline.

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Now go try them all

[@lenyscollectionchannel1591]

Have this game came to States on nes I would put it on my top 3 games to play aside from mario bros 1 and 3.

[@vernedictb.valentine2057]

@@NostalgicGameNerd would give it a try if I had a PC to emulate it

[@treseancann1261]

@@lenyscollectionchannel1591 Me too, except I would have six: Famicom Wars, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Excitebike, and Kid Icarus.

[@wmurray003]

It really does.

[@unoriginal581]

Y’all who else just got this recommended after the reboot announcement and being hyped as fuck for it

[@ulfric0548]

Yeah!!!! I can't wait!!!!

[@sssturvy650]

@@ulfric0548 Im so hyped!!!!

[@stick0]

Super ultra hyped man.

[@Jadanbr]

me

[@9drunkninjafoxes367]

the....what?

[@mattevans4377]

Days of Ruin was so underrated. Everyone should play it just for the story.

[@treseancann1261]

It was probably because people were used to colorful design of the first three games.

[@rezasevenson6026]

Dual Strike and Days of Ruin are both very good

[@meh1681]

DoR was my favorite of the 4 DS games. I gotta say 2 is a very close second though.

[@Keiji012]

DoR is somewhat a change of pace imo. Story n sountrack wise. Battle animations, just needs little polish to it since it feels not right at some cases. Overall, DoR got its thing just fine.

[@Maddogg-hg5me]

Days of Ruin was the first Advance Wars game I ever owned and played. Dual Strike is my favorite simply because of the two-front battle system that fully utilizes the DS screens and the twin CO powers but I do think that Days of Ruin has the best story by far.

[@ayudatengopiedrasenlosrino3786]

0:18: Famicom Wars (1988, NES) 1:18: Game Boy Wars (1991, Game Boy) 2:00: Game Boy Wars Turbo (1997, Game Boy (Compatible with Super Game Boy)) 2:28: Super Famicom Wars (1998, Satellaview/Super Famicom/Virtual Console) 3:10: Game Boy Wars 2 (1998, Super Game Boy/Game Boy Color) 3:40: 64 Wars (1999, Nintendo 64 Cancelled) 4:40: Game Boy Wars 3 (2001, Game Boy Color) 5:39: Advance Wars (2001, Game Boy Advance, Wii U Virtual Console) 6:41: Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (2003, Game Boy Advance, Wii U Virtual Console) 7:40: Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005, Nintendo DS) 8:40: Battalion Wars (2005, Nintendo GameCube) 9:40: Battalion Wars 2 (2007, Wii) 10:26: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (2008, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS)

[@hill2750]

Thank you

[@billythedreamer]

I always wondered why advance wars seemed so perfect as a turn based strategy. Well it turns out they've had a very long time to perfect their games!

[@Mac_Omegaly]

I imported the Game Boy wars 1. And it's quite bad. It's really amazing the jump from Boy 3 to Advance 1. Both released in the same year somehow.

[@meathir4921]

@@Mac_Omegaly What sucked about it? I know people say Super Famicom Wars is pretty good.

[@Mac_Omegaly]

@@meathir4921 I mean it was more a personal thing. Hex grid tactical games require a lot larger amount of work to figure out viable Stratagy. Spoiled by Advance Wars 1+2, I found the unit choices lacking and it was much more about just pile diving each most dangerous unit every turn. (Which is a legit tactic but without CO powers it was a lot of tedium.) If you move a unit into an area by it self, potentially 6 other units could run up and fire on it. This ment that to win most fights you had to pick units that could group together, forming less of a tactical formation, and more like a blob of units. It's a different beast. But I'm sure if I had it over Vattle Guise as my pack in game when I got the Gameboy, I would have enjoyed it at the time it came out. (My cheap Dad bought my Gameboy second hand from a Japanese student. But at least he also bought Z:Links Awakening brand new to make up for it. The system came with 3 Japanese games... Tetris, Baseball, Vattle Guise and an English version of Mario Land 2.

[@misteral9045]

And they've basically been making the same game over and over.

[@Destroyer.2000]

I'm just here to say that battalion wars was amazing. One of the things you didn't see in the video was the fact that you can freely switch between troops on the battlefield. Advance wars is great too, However battalion wars was a game concept that was amazing to me at the time and has proceeded to stick with me ever since.

[@wifi961]

I’ve never played Battalion wars, you think Nintendo should revive that one too?

[@Demicleas]

@@wifi961 to be honest yeah. Hell the series is still left in a cliff hanger they could at least finish it before abandoning it lol.

[@5000Rox]

I miss batallion wars. One of my first wii games.

[@mitchtellers2547]

Battalion Wars was Pikmin, but better and with guns & tanks.

[@kurosan0079]

@@wifi961 That might depend on how well the Advance Wars reboot does.

[@ducktail4068]

Look at how drastic of a change the series went through artistically on gba

[@lan5801]

Indeed, but also on Days of Ruin that was such an change to the family friendly, happy game, to War crimes, mortal deceases going all arround and other such things

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

I actually liked days of ruin. I'm just a sucker for the grim settings.

[@XCharizard100]

And they balanced the power system (ok Tabitha is OP af, but at least her father was banned from online play)

[@BossBasher]

People complain way too much about change, like they did with wind waker.

[@pnyhmsmx]

@@XCharizard100 Tabitha is glitched when she takes hits unlike everyone else

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

The Best Advance Wars. It made me cry. And the multiplayer was balanced for once!

[@nnelg8139]

It was the first in the series I played (although I was familiar with the system from a flash game clone called Battalion: Vengeance). The mood whiplash from trying the rest of the series... yeah.

[@Nokendo_]

Hands up who want a Switch Wars too!

[@Nokendo_]

@Axis4s wait, what?? Just checked, we get a Remaster(?) from AW 1+2,

[@BasimKor]

@@Nokendo_ Advance Wars™ 1+2: Re-Boot Camp for Switch just got announced

[@treseancann1261]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXnUc4Sji6h5f80

[@comradecat1922]

Holy shit that was quick

[@cadentannery4626]

Well boy do I have news for you

[@Jadanbr]

And finally AW returns

[@Aquaudio320]

I never knew after advance wars 2 there were more i deff got to try them

[@huron994]

Dual strike was a great part three to the gba games, music was kicked up, co skills and abilities and selection was improved too. Don't play days of ruins

[@VynalDerp]

@@huron994 Days of Ruin is great, but way darker in tone and with a heavier story. Dual Strike goes into some heavy territory but Days of Ruin ramps it up a notch.

[@Keanotix]

Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict is a little bit better balanced and the way the CO powers are used make the game far more strategic. Its still worth playing in my book.

[@pnyhmsmx]

I liked Days of Ruin better as a package. Doesn't helps that Dual Strike seems to have practically finished the story in a way unless a sequel is made way into the future

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Definitely play Days of Ruins. Ignore what the first guy said.

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Check out the Advance War: Dual Strike and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin soundtracks if you're interested! Dual Strike: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaDHZJSDnNGFgaM Days of Ruin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4i8eIGEeLt0gtU

[@solstratus8444]

actually days or ruin sound track was better.

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

@@solstratus8444 it's subjective, but you have a point here since days of ruin soundtrack was an upgrade in term of sound quality and has a darker, metal theme, which is probably your favorite.

[@solstratus8444]

@@NostalgicGameNerd you are correct. I am a metal head.

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

@@solstratus8444 I'll upload it next month. Thanks for the suggestion

[@NikHem343]

Watching gameplay footage of something that burned itself into your mind 15 years ago is the weirdest thing. Remembering things you didn't remember, if you get me.

[@soronexle2681]

My goodness. I knew of the existence of Super Famicom Wars and each of the Advance Wars games, but I didn't know the Gameboy has some Wars games let alone three of them. Same with Battalion Wars 1 and 2. Literally no one talks about those ones.

[@yaplusdnomdisponible]

Battalion wars was such a sick game

[@treseancann1261]

I agree. It's a shame it wasn't as successful as its parent series.

[@Kelvyn_P]

I hope there is a reboot for the Battalion Wars series. I just installed Battalion Wars 1 and 2 on my PC 2 days ago and I have a lot of fun replaying those games. They are very good and I whish to see a third game made one day. Be it a sequel or a reboot, but the gameplay is fun and Battalion Wars 2 improved in so many aspects to the first one. Good memories...

[@themightyalpaca313]

I found the concept behind the Battalion Wars gameplay mechanics to be utterly fascinating, and am forever disappointed that I’ve never truly found it anywhere else. I also had a lot of fun playing BW2 (never played the first game), and hope that one day, there shall either be a sequel (with an Xylvania campaign) or a reboot

[@rupe82]

It's criminal that they left this series dormant for so long.

[@danielalvesdinizpereira3731]

Battalion Wars is my favorite.

[@ForceOfWill100]

The art style, feel, and OST of Advance wars 1 + 2 were unmatched. Never could quite get into the DS versions. So stoked about the remake, should keep me going for another 20 years 😂

[@tessaleigh785]

The chapters don't have all the games so here's the full list: 00:00 - Gameboy Wars 01:58 - Gameboy Wars Turbo 02:28 - Super Famicom Wars 03:10 - Gameboy Wars 2 03:40 - 64 Wars 04:40 - Gameboy Wars 3 05:40 - Advance Wars 07:41 - Advance Wars Dual Strike 08:41 - Battalion Wars 09:41 - Battalion Wars 2 10:21 - Advance Wars Days of Ruin

[@poohbear01x48]

Battalion Wars was awesome. Would LOVE to see them remastered on the Switch

[@FeeshieBoi]

I appreciate that you put the funniest CO in Super Famicom Wars somewhere in the showcase. Oh, and Yamamoto too, I guess.

[@catarokujo5fuckmehelp]

Hetler husbando

[@Majikfish]

Thank you for this! I didn’t even know the series existed before Advance Wars!!!

[@treseancann1261]

If I made a list of video game series that deserve a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros., this would be at the top.

[@aaroncarr3413]

With the remaster coming out around the same time as the game awards, it could happen

[@ikelldagay1801]

Finally, some character that would use mostly gun weapons

[@iownalx23]

what other content from wars is in smash already? just the assist trophy right?

[@ikelldagay1801]

@@iownalx23 i think, yeah, I just remembered seing one of those there

[@treseancann1261]

@@aaroncarr3413 You know what they say, anything is possible.

[@crazebanana6432]

Days of ruin was my childhood man The nostalgia is strong with this one

[@jefemuga416]

cool video. I didn't know this franchise had such a history. I only played the gba versions and enjoyed them very much. it was cool to see the older versions, the game's come a long way. greetings from Juarez, Mexico.

[@voodooopaque6357]

Im soo hyped for remastered versions of one and two

[@gutsxgriffith6950]

dual strike and days of ruin are the bomb

[@raventhorX]

Always thought advance wars started on the GBA so this video blows my mind.

[@raventhorX]

It also seems thats when this series started to get some serious personality. You can see tinges of that with the super nintendo one however. The N64 one might have had some personality as well if it wasnt cancelled but I feel going the anime route did this game some justice.

[@plaguelord22]

I recently got into advance wars specifically because there’s a site that lets me play unblocked games at school and this looked high quality and it’s really cool seeing how the game evolved over the years, and also it makes me a lot more hyped for reboot camp

[@Ywthg5w6gwvyw]

What's the site

[@danielroa2277]

I hope to see a new battalion wars game. 🤞

[@GrumpoTube]

Great video loads of games I didnt know about!

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

If they released "Famicom Wars" and "Super Famicom Wars" in countries outside Japan, they'd probably call them "NES Wars" and "Super NES Wars"...

[@zipherdias420]

Now that we're getting an AW on Switch we need a good Battalion Wars reboot/remake/sequel thing with the ability to actually field more units midbattle and have a longwar.

[@RunicRhino22]

That would be great!

[@fpspwny995]

With Advance Wars getting remastered...there's also hope for Battalion Wars as well.

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

Ah days of ruin, my childhood, sadly my DS died and I really wanted to play that game again. Forgot how many hours I've put unto that

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

@Flaming Arrow I did just recently 🤣 I used desmume but for some reason the game audio's kinda wonky and sometimes slows down I'm not sure why, it ain't my pc since I can run pcsx2 games with no problems

[@sherdil3717]

@@shotsfiredandmissed9068 you can use drastic on your android phone. Works perfectly

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

@@sherdil3717 I'll give it a try, thanks 😊

[@daneljin]

Yeah, me too. Days of ruin is the best AW by far. I play almost everyday on my Android emulator.✈️🛩️

[@luigiman3]

Well now you can play it on switch in 6 months

[@alfasilverblade]

The old japan only games didnt have a Campain or COs, only War Rooms maps that get progressively more unfair.

[@timondimare1976]

0:00 I'm gonna tell my kids this is how war worked

[@Revya13]

Can't wait for Mangs to play (or not) all those Advance Wars Games =)

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

Battalion Wars looked sweet, another reason I regret not getting a GameCube, or a Gameboy Advanced for the mainline games. I do hope Nintendo ports the reboot (the reason I'm here) to Steam as they had with Little King's Story.

[@ElAsombrosoPachus]

It appears to have been a not so good game. The scores weren't the best.

[@tifforo1]

The Wii sequel was decent enough, but the multiplayer got discontinued after a few years.

[@DJ-0]

How is this not the first comment that I've seen that proposes the hysterically dumb idea that Nintendo would pot the Nintendo wars series to anything other then a Nintendo console

[@Nightmark2]

Never found that Advance from Advance Wars meant the console that it played.

[@pnyhmsmx]

It's originally Nintendo Wars

[@kong9748]

Advance war come back!!!!!

[@bricebrillo6635]

i wish we can get a new game like this

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Into the breach?

[@spyrojyro7202]

WarGroove is also very similar.

[@mack_r-s]

@@spyrojyro7202 I prefer Wargroove tbh

[@mack_r-s]

@@NostalgicGameNerd uh... just letting you know that the first game in the video is not game boy wars. It’s famicom wars actually. Might just be typo though.

[@treseancann1261]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXnUc4Sji6h5f80

[@ElAsombrosoPachus]

Hawke looks funny due to the dual screens being connected xD

[@ctnke]

i miss the days of advance wars on my friend’s ds lite and passing it back and forth during recess

[@KajuTheRudeMonke]

My right ear really enjoyed the 64 wars ad

[@Prak21-30X]

kinda wish for another battalion wars loved the rts aspect on that one

[@michaelfranciotti3900]

It's kinda crazy how i recognized the map from the first clip of the 1991 game. I just played that map on Days of Ruin the other day.

[@OmegaDoesThings]

Holy crap I didn't know about these earlier Wars games.

[@translucent.icicle]

Awesome video! :( I really wish they release the continuity of advance wars 1 and 2 and dual strike. I love that art style and gameplay

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

So do I, but that's a distant dream to be honest :D

[@lt-gene4135]

@@NostalgicGameNerd I pray that they come back to life.Dual strike .1 and 2.too.

[@darklyger64]

They just announced a remake show support by buying the game and hopefully a new Wars series for us to enjoy

[@translucent.icicle]

@@darklyger64 so hyped!!!!

[@darklyger64]

@@translucent.icicle already got my nintendo eshop points ready

[@rafciu123123123123]

Yes! Advance Wars is back, see You all on the online matches in December :D

[@Mac_Omegaly]

I would check out Advance Wars by web if you want to play online now.

[@BullseyeRey]

Time to make an updated version of this video.

[@zephyrderg]

I can't wait for possible future remakes of Dual Strike and Days of Ruin

[@SoraTerumi24]

Days of Ruin. My favorite of the series because they made naval ships actually good. Also Cruisers were a menace controlling the skies and the seas because of how tanky they were even bombers didn’t hurt them as much if you put a CO in it

[@TheNezperdian]

First time I heard about Battalion Wars.

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Yeah since it's a spin-off game. You can try it using emulators.

[@brolytriplethreat]

It's sad this series isn't as popular as its sibling.

[@DeltathRiylaan]

Your first entry mislabeled Famicom Wars as Gameboy Wars.

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Yeah, I noticed that

[@Lexyvil]

Days of Ruin had my favourite AI, but sadly it's the only modern Advance Wars that lacked a hard mode. :(

[@Yami-Nathaniel]

In terms of Style, I like Advance Wars 1 the most, love the CO animations / reactions. Gameplay wise I liked Dual Strike the most because you could customize allot more and tag teaming is pretty cool. I never seen the older ones but they look fun. And Days of Ruin, I have yet to give it a chance, I got really used to the colourful style, kinda hard to get away from that.

[@stevenbart2375]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I saw the thumbnail and just have to say... when are we getting Battalion Wars 3, dammit?!

[@uiron5755]

Days of Ruin was cool 😢

[@ItsJustMetrion]

I think it has the best commander themes which where pretty badass: Ed/Will's theme for example! I wish the OST would be rerecorded in better quality because the DS files are compressed as hell due to hardware limitations!

[@mack_r-s]

Yeah, I’d say Advance wars Day of Ruin does have great music and the best balance over most games in the series with no cheap C.Os or op powers like in Duel Strike. But I don’t know, I still prefer the more cartoony and light hearted look of the first three games. That’s what Advance Wars 2 is my favorite, since it’s not unfair like the third game, and fixes a lot of stuff from the first.

[@SicketMog]

Interesting. Super Famicom Wars... Does that have an English patch?

[@rikmcdik6662]

I really liked the animations for super famicom wars

[@tmwk__]

I didn't know the series was that old?

[@treseancann1261]

I wish they brought the games over in the west as well.

[@phoenixwright7802]

the loud like button and piercing subscribe button makes me want to do neither

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Feedback appreciated, this is the last video I use that kind of subscription appeal

[@i_am_jarvistm7220]

I suppose the small series that is almost ridiculously similar on Steam going by the name of "Tiny Metal" (with the sequel being called "Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble", with two DLC campaigns that are absolutely worth getting, in my opinion) wouldn't really count, would it? Then again, WarGroove sure doesn't seem to, going by the same logic, so... Eh, oh well, at least there's the 1+2 reboot coming up to look forward to, but if only it wasn't limited to only the Switch...

[@doshgoneit]

Days of ruin made me sad😞. It was like the advanced wars I knew and loved all just died. I enjoyed days of ruin and the online multiplayer, but I couldn’t help that I wasn’t able to save the original commanders.

[@Teknanam]

Days of Ruin is its own separate universe from the other games.

[@Bleachsoul13]

You gotta make an updated video now. :P

[@TheRomaniero]

I also recommend Military Madness for the TurboGraphx16/PC Engine.

[@felixfire6583]

Uh, so battalion wars 2 has shamefur dispray man from total war shogun 2?

[@VainerCactus0]

Now that you mention it...

[@Kaysuo.3456]

I'm getting Battlefield vibes on Battalion wars

[@andregon4366]

6:44 my ringtone. Can't wait for the remade theme to replace it with the old GBA one.

[@FaheemProductions]

Advance Wars GBA is my favorite 😍

[@SharyK-_0]

Days of ruin was the best,felt like watching a movie

[@LegendStormcrow]

I didn't know so many existed

[@carlosaugusto9821]

The series was defined by the Snes game apparently, with the cute graphics and such. And it's interesting and also strange that it looks better than the Snes Fire Emblem games, made by the same devs.

[@alexcapps9290]

I'd love to see a reboot camp style remaster of AW Ds

[@reddawn1873]

I know it's supposed to be a different universe But it's still Funny to think about sturm Using his super power to bring about Days of ruin

[@pandeganingsalam365]

advance wars 2: black hole rising is still the best

[@SilentRealm6677]

I hope Famicom Wars 64 will be leaked on day

[@SLEEPERER]

Game Boy Wars: black and white Game Boy Wars 2: colored

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Good job, i only knew of the Nes and Snes games before Gba ones. Good that the 64 version was cancelled, it looked very bad. This kind of game on the 64 needed the prerendered Donkey Kong Country instead not true 3d graphics.

[@VillainViran]

Days of Ruin my beloved

[@ArtRiku]

You missed Gameboy wars turbo famitsu edition in your list.

[@Eothr]

I miss Battalion Wars

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Play them on an gamecube emulator before the remake of advance wars 1+2 comes out

[@ukimenustah26]

im playing aw dualstrike right now, still can't beat mission 8 tag battle. damn this game is so hard yet so fun

[@NostalgicGameNerd]

Prepare for the hard campaign :D

[@kauemachado1447]

when you reach Crystal calamity, you will see the difficulty

[@Ti0Luch0]

Holy shit, this is like when i found out there were Fire Emblems for the Snes too.

[@JayDayX116]

Battalion wars was such a cool game. Would love to see another one.

[@MilenAnessar]

Didn't know there was the Gameboy ones

[@n0denz]

Advance Wars was the reason I got a GBA.

[@mcbain23]

Such a shame that they didn't keep the manga graphical style for Reboot camp. Also small touches like the sound of gurgling when a sub sinks are gone.

[@paperluigi6132]

It’s funny. Prior to Advance Wars, only Japan got this franchise, but then, when Wars became Advance, Japan were the ones getting screwed over despite the games being made there.

[@treseancann1261]

I think that Nintendo should start branching out the Wars series. What I was thinking was that instead of just soldiers and armies, they could also use gladiators, pirates, knights, Vikings, samurais, ninjas, musketeers, cowboys, bikers, Mafia, etc.

[@treseancann1261]

@Kosorou Gaming Archives I suppose that works too. Come to think, I learned about Valkyria Chronicles awhile ago. In fact, it makes me wonder if Sega took influence from Advance Wars and Fire Emblem because Valkyria Chronicles looks like a combination of both series.

[@swisslord2478]

A reboot announced

[@treseancann1261]

I know. I'm so excited. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXnUc4Sji6h5f80

[@leostrahl6323]

Advance Wars speaking to its creators who abandoned it for Fire Emblem: 11:13

[@Amig186]

Are there English translations for the old ones?

[@kaindracula2662]

There is a full fan translation for Super Famicom Wars on romhacking.

[@casekocsk]

I wonder why they move from hexagonal (or kinda) field to a normal rectangle field?

[@Mac_Omegaly]

There are several reasons, I'm sure. I know that there were at least two genesis games that used hex grid and they were alright. But ultimately if I remember correctly. The orginal had square grids, and fans liked those versions better. Also Americans got Advance Wars first, before Japan. So they looked at what was popular for tactics games durring development and saw FFT PS1 getting loads of love. So they doubled down on grids. The new powers system helped to make battles more interesting and less frustrating to the American audience. (Who "needed" to have more easy games to sell well.)

[@urbanstreet_4282]

I played AW 1 and 2 and Days of Ruin and in all 3 games, I was not able to beat the last mission xD ... In this respect, the games have been consistent: the last mission always had to be the most unfair and difficult...I always had the feeling that you could only survive this mission with a lot of luck, and I just wasn't up for that.

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

The final mission in AW2 honestly isn't that hard.

[@zeroyuki92]

Understandable, although I think AW2 isn't that hard. AW1 on the other hand is more about tedious rather than difficult. DoR on the other hand... Yeah trully a final boss material.

[@joshuaworman4022]

maaaaan. why couldnt 64 wars have been in that mass nintendo leak

[@kevinbell5674]

How many Advance Wars fans actually knew there where games that preceded them?