Forgotten Games: Super Famicom Wars - SNESdrunk

I forgot to mention that you CAN streamline the game a bit by turning off battle scenes/animations. Thanks to Jake for the request via Patreon.
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[@kidv2]

Seriously fan translation deserves so much praise for their amazing works

[@theodorescontras5569]

Love your videos man, feels like I'm just listening to a friend

[@СаймонНьюингтон]

69th like

[@7thangelad586]

These videos are perfect length for bathroom viewing. “Here I sit On the can- Proud that I’m a SNESDrunk fan.”

[@tobaccobarn7642]

SSSNNNNNNESSS plop

[@XellosNi]

Collin: Save Save Save Billy Gates: SPEND SPEND SPEND

[@Forthelemon]

I like that the Japanese officer is the best one with no flaws hahaha

[@j0nnyism]

Just like real life of course. They have best tactics

[@Azuris190]

The Text from Hetler says :"The People(Folk), (are) my Shield"

[@j0nnyism]

That’s historically accurate he used the German people as cannon fodder. A right git

[@ThumbBros_RunAndPun]

These type of games aren’t my cup of tea, but a 5 minute straight to the point video sure is! I can watch any video snes drunk does. Have a great rest of your morning!

[@ManillaHeep]

Cool, another game I had not heard of even though I've enjoyed Advance Wars games casually on GBA and DS. Nice video!

[@j0nnyism]

There’s nothing casual about advance wars. It’s mega intense

[@Isoquant]

Just loaded this on my SNES-mini. The English translation is heavily based on the GBA/DS titles and is reliably solid throughout, including the extensive field manual. Very nicely done.

[@joshhunt9551]

HAIL SNES DRUNK! You know I'm a huge fan, Budd. Your videos help me to get through my days, and you've inspired me more than you know. RAISE A PINT FOR SNES DRUNK!!!

[@j0nnyism]

Yeah so many games that were never released here. We can thank fan patches for making them available at last

[@AtticusNomiTron]

Saw you in the Pushing up Roses comments yesterday....cool vid btw. I was on the fence about starting Advance Wars, now I kinda want too now.

[@danubiodecampos8696]

The best way to start a day... When you wake up and a new vídeo is in my inbox. Thanks SNES Drunk.

[@InconspicuousBot]

Wargroove has been scratchin’ that itch for me.

[@theinfinity7s]

This is great! I had no idea this series existed on the SNES. Would be curious what you would think the Conflict series for NES and SNES. Both share alot with the Wars series but have hexagon, grid based, map system. Really fun though.

[@TheXYZStrain]

Wow, a lot of these maps I recognize as battle room maps in the advanced series

[@louiskeiflin5858]

The ancestor of the advance wars series! =D

[@torgogorgo1888]

I don't remember about them showing up in Days of Ruin, but Deer Harbor and Royal Channel are in Advance Wars 2 Black Hole Rising for sure. If I'm not mistaken, I think one of them is also an unlockable in the first GBA game.

[@Masupups]

I really hope more people pick this game up, it’s a gem in the wars series

[@filipegolineli9909]

i think this is the best game in the series because have a lot of different units and the units make sense, like the apc have a machine gun, the only drawback is some of the maps.

[@steevlan]

Regarding whether you need a multi-tap or not: you're right, you don't need one. I put this game on my SNES Classic last year and let 4 kids play against each other and it played fine with just one controller.

[@Bearwolf13]

I'd like to see your take on Cadash for arcade or the Sega Genesis port...

[@stumpmonkey7068]

This makes me want to play advance wars so badly.

[@rimmymindplease8120]

My favorite video game series of all time!

[@goobermagoob9160]

0:40 holy shit I recognize that map from the Advance Wars series.

[@three-quartersbadger2929]

I honestly expected a Lucky Charms joke.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

There's a theory that Mr Yamamoto is Sensei from the advance wars series

[@yumisuremaki2748]

that theory is immediatly thrown out the window as he functions like kikuchiyo (kanbei in the localized version)

[@mekman4]

Hey great stuff! I adored the original on GBA, I never knew about this version (only the famicom one). Thanks!

[@MrFancyKisses]

The original was on the Famicom

[@mekman4]

I don’t want to get technical, the one I’m familiar with is the one on GBA, the first one in the west.

[@JamieTannerPresents]

so glad they finished this patch xD

[@chacrawarrior]

War, war never changes

[@PhazonOmega]

Hetler? Well, explains Sturm in the Advanced portion. Hitler's always been a joke character in the game, I guess. Plus, seeing early iterations of Nell and Colin is fun. Also: Billy Gates? lol

[@armand4116]

This series should return, i like fire emblem but Advance wars is great too.

[@steve323f]

So close to 100k 👍👍

[@michaelsky2701]

SNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNES DRUNK!

[@cliffjumper1984]

I love blue moon beer

[@LaVeyCharkusVeros]

"Only infantry and Mexican do that."

[@hodun8]

Advance wars is soo good! I'd like to try this!

[@tollban]

Looks great! And funny!!!

[@saskatoonguy]

When is your state going to legalize? I feel SNEShigh would be a good addition to the channel. We could get deep introspection on topics like "what IS Super Famicom Wars?"

[@RetroLevelOficial]

this game had a cartridge release? I can`t find it :/

[@blackmanlive7921]

Is there a link? To get it

[@billymaier6712]

Actually this game is not more limited than later games, in terms of extra units. This has way more unit options than AW. Really the no-first-strike is what makes it more painful and time-consuming than AW.

[@inceptional]

OK, so, if "this is fun game that still holds up reasonably well today", I just want to check, how do you rate Advance Wars?

[@retrono_81]

epic game tactics

[@jaodasilva7993]

Hetler for Smash

no campaign...? eh. : \ also the color palette is much better on the gba titles.

[@LoFiLime]

SNES drunk is best drunk

[@Zackirby1]

Aaaah yea!

[@dratopia7268]

I can't english patch this game. Can somebody help me?

[@dansaikyo6664]

Hello Hetler?

[@byron4545]

4:49 I can understand that notion. All the useless animations, grimaces and queries in dialogue made the Golden Sun games unplayable for me. Those games simply do not respect my time.

[@carlosdelcampo119]

👍👍

[@cookieskoon2028]

Bill Gates VS. Hitler

[@foxplays_]

Man why cant Nintendo make a new advanced wars game

[@nolanaubuchon6283]

Days of ruin didn't sell well

[@foxplays_]

@@nolanaubuchon6283 hasn't stopped them before. Or bringing back dead franchises

[@snakehartbrake]

04:27 I wrote the biggest part of the manuals for this game - glad you liked it! And Optiroc is a great guy.

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for all your contributions to a great game Lee

[@YaaSalty...0_o]

Thank you for your work!

[@mattwithoutyou]

Ahh yes, my old nemesis, Udolph Hetler.

[@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939]

Let me guess: he wanted orange, but was given lemon-lime?

[@bauernkind8595]

Udolph Hetler only drinks Sauerkrautsaft. 😉

[@Justforvisit]

@@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939 No, but he was promised the rank of Painting Master, was invited to a seat in the Art Council but wasn't given the Rank of Painting Master. And from there on it all went downhill....

[@HesarealNoWhereMan]

Its so awesome we can play these japan only video games now a days. I love the internet.

[@TerraExodus]

Who ever translated, coded and made sure these games work. We thank you for your work. Who ever you are.

[@GauBan2501]

Cool video and I love this series. But I have a few corrects. 1) there was actually 4 games in the GB/GBC series. GB Wars, GB Wars Turbo for original GB, GB Wars 2 is GBC enhanced and GB Wars 3 was GBC only. 2) GB Wars 3 works with the GB mobile phone adapter for "online" play. 3) Super Famicom Wars was never released physical but was available for the Nintendo Power distribution system. 4) Super Famicom BS Ban (Satellaview version) was actually released later and is just a demo version. Which was 4 different maps transmitted at different times.

[@TheGryf0xxx]

I hope you have a great rest of YOUR day.

[@StevenJenkinsIV]

Ikr, me too, who does this guy think he is? Telling everyone his hopes and dreams hang on whether or not "I" have a good day, well I got one of my own pal I hope YOU have a good day sweetheart, jeez

[@zekossss]

Right back at you, bruh!

[@indianrob1]

Gotti

[@Alianger]

1:20 Who said Nintendo wasn't edgy?

[@StevenJenkinsIV]

Hit my head on those corners many a time

[@otakon17]

Wait, THIS is friggin' Advance Wars before the GBA?!

[@Azuris190]

Yep, you could also search for Famicom Wars on the NES :)

[@thomaspolaino3188]

Yes

[@JamieBainbridge]

Look for GB Wars on the Gameboy too.

[@j0nnyism]

Yeah I thought advance wars was the first game. We shouldn’t be surprised as advance wars was so polished

[@Davtwan]

Oh hey, I remember playing this game long ag-IT’S BEEN TRANSLATED!? _Rushes off into the internet._

[@zbf85297b]

I cannot believe you had played this game without knowing what is written in the screen....

[@valletas]

Late reply i know but a little over 2 years ago i got so tired of waiting for translations (and seeing some bad fan translations or incomplete projects) that i decided to learn japanese So yeah im still learning and all but i can read about most japanese text out there (though im not very fast at it)

[@capscaps04]

Something that I love of super famicon wars are the animation of the units, I love to see the units fight each other whenever I engaged the enemies or they engage me; or when I load an unit into a transport unit, etc. I always hated how they got ride of the fighting animations on the futureinstalments when the enemy engaged you.

[@LanEXHikari]

Hey Drunk, thanks for this kinda forgotten gem, I never noticed how much it the GBA version borrowed from this. Now I wonder whether you would review that version, or WarGroove or Tiny Metal as a SteamDrunk. Keep it up 👍

[@publicdomainfilmdatabase2538]

Glad Dr Lava linked me to this video. Advance Wars and Fire Emblem are my two favorite series, and there were a bunch I never played because they were only released in Japan.

[@BenShapiroforPresident]

Awesome video. Dr Lava sent me, and I'm glad he did. Subbed

[@thegrapefruit8362]

Ben Shapiro for President 2020 - Me too. I LOVE Advance Wars. This earned a sub from me as well

[@jmac79ers]

Cool, I guess I never realized any older ones existed. As always, Thanks for the great content!

[@kingdavid7516]

Super Famicon Wars Advanced Wars Ohhh, I see now.

[@dudemevill1699]

I find it weird how Hetler is on Yellow comet and not on Green earth since Yellow comet is based on Imperial Japan and Green earth's troops are based on Germany

[@dkwh1986]

"and... Hetler? Really?"

[@retrorami]

This game is amazing. The whole wars series is great, to be honest. Since Intelligent Systems aren't making a new installment, indie devs made Wargroove, and it's a game you should definitely play if you're a fan of the Wars series.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Even the Black Sheep Batallion wars was awesome, it's after all the spin-off that introduced me to the wars series and has my favourite Characters from said series in it, in fact, if they use the entirety of Battalion wars cast for an sequel with more tactical options and better game design, i think we would get a masterpiece for Nintendo Intelligence system standards.

[@Jesse12489]

I love this game. You don't need to understand Japanese to play this.

[@j0nnyism]

Cos of the patch

[@zbf85297b]

"das volk, mein schild" This is mein fuhrer's favorite phrase, according to this game's original instruction, meaning "Volks shall be a shield of the regime". In fact, he deploys thousands of infantry.

[@DanDoesGame]

RIP i thought you were gonna be talking about a ton of games and this was gonna be like Console Wars XD lol I didnt think it was an actual game!! haha

[@muhanc.a.9299]

1 person is not having a great rest of her/his day

[@ScorpionVermelho3134]

An advance wars for snes lol

[@tailsgarcia6727]

I love this channel so damn much. Keep up the excellent work!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

No I HOPE YOU have a great rest of your day sir.

[@maverick_loneshark]

We need a new Wars game. I remember playing pass-it-along AW2 with fog of war during class in high school (which was great since I didn't have my own copy but could still play). Days of Ruin felt much darker with less comic relief and kind of left me wanting more (especially with making and sharing online maps).

[@Hipno702]

Just replying to this because it’s so awesome that we got a remake of the first and second advanced wars and hopefully this will generate enough buzz for Nintendo to make a new Wars game

[@maverick_loneshark]

@@Hipno702 Agreed. I'm not crazy about the flash animation style of the Reboot Camp remake, but I'm glad it is coming. I just wish there was an option to limit animated segments to unit introductions, misses, critical hits, and key unit deaths (glad the fast forward option exists, but it's still too much to watch every time).

[@brendankappler4257]

Where do you find all these translations and "new" releases? I'm sure there is a vast vintage community but where do they all congregate?

[@mariusamber3237]

There's essentially just one major site that hosts almost all translations for older consoles, ROMhacking.net. (around 1500-1600 English translation patches as of now, plus tons of others in many other languages - sometimes unique ones too). There are still lots of people working on them in their free time, just for the heck of it, to give retro games some spotlight whenever possible. There are some smaller communities for DS, PSX hacking etc. respectively, and some hackers also upload translations to their own sites.

[@deltonviera2051]

Thanks😃

[@Sparkbomber]

I like the notion of this old game getting some spotlight. Not a huge fan of the series, but its obvious the patching team put their heart and soul into it. Annnnnnndddd our Consoledrunk echoes that with this stellar review.

[@ZombieRommel]

It's crazy to me that this game came out when Bill Clinton was still president. I didn't find out about the GBA games until about 2002. These games have crazy depth. I have a G-pi case and spent a couple hours yesterday getting this translation patch to run on it (I had to set SNES9X 2005 as the emulator - otherwise the text showed up as corrupted). Having a ton of fun. This style of game is criminally rare these days.

[@Jellybeanz625]

Really great video! I always enjoy seeing Japan exclusive games on your channel, gives me new insight into games I haven't heard of before. Love your content!

[@bodang03]

The game before advance wars...

[@joshhunt9551]

*starts massive public chant of* GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY! GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY! GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY!

[@tarquinnff3]

Great review. I feel the same way about going backward after playing later games in the series. Having played Super Metroid first, I have the same problem going back to Metroid.

[@danielespeziari5545]

yeah, I have the same issue with the original Metroid: I just don't find it to be very playable, having been spoiled by all the huge improvements introduced by Super Metroid. But for other series I have no problem going back, for example I played Final Fantasy 3 (NES) after Final Fantasy 6 (SNES) and I enjoyed a lot, as well as I enjoyed playing Famicom Mother after SNES Earthbound

[@tarquinnff3]

@@danielespeziari5545 I very much enjoyed FF3, but I had the same issue with Mother that I did with Metroid.

[@rpgamer847]

Bro I learned playing this game in japonese and i teach my brother we aways played against the other two bots it was fun.

[@DenniselAzul]

I think you'll enjoy Wargroove.

[@BastarB]

I just started playing this game and I find it so so sooo much more charming than the advance series, and the music is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better also. Thanks for this video!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Yeah, without a story campaign I find I'll struggle to have any interest in playing it today, especially with the backwards steps in gameplay from the Advance Wars series. Honestly, I'm surprised they let the Nintendo Wars series fall fallow after Days of Ruin, and the only console games they made since the SNES were the 2 Batallion Wars games on the Gamecube, which were 3rd person real-time action games rather than turn-based strategy. Another wasted franchise...

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

So this game has always confused me, so maybe someone can help clear it up. DID this game get an actual cartridge release in Japan on SFC? The closest I have ever found was it being released as one of the Nintendo Power kiosk download stations that you need to install on one of the Nintendo Power cartridges, I have never seen an actual listing of the game sold by itself as a normal SFC cart. Same goes for the final Fire Emblem for the SFC which I have only ever seen pre-installed on brand new Nintendo Power cartridges as a flash memory stored game instead of EPROM I assume.

[@theinfinity7s]

So, I know the Super NT plays super Famicom games, but can you install English patches on it to play those games in English? If so, I am sleeping and Beed to wake up and pick one up.

[@Tman2bard]

As annoying as the maps are, I do appreciate that the map select actually shows them being connected like real places. Its a nice touch

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Bit of a shame the Nintendo Wars series was abandoned in favor of Fire Emblem, which was becoming more popular in the West.

[@crithitjace]

If you like Super Conflict on the SNES you'd like the "-wars" series and vice versa.

[@Warp75]

Recently subscribed. Great channel

[@Old_Man_Jay]

Advanced Wars looks so much like this game one could accidentally call it a prequel

[@zekossss]

Oh man, no campaign? This is a bummer, because it looks very interesting. Translation looks great though. Now, I shall have a great rest of my day.

[@j0nnyism]

Yeah the campaign made advance wars really fun. At least it has the classic gameplay. I’ll give it a try but I’ll probably just go back to fire emblem fir the story

[@harryfisher1272]

Snes drunk videos always chill

[@youtubed3951]

wish IS or Nintendo would release more AW, or a collection of the FW, SF, GW