With Fire Emblem: Awakening released on 3DS and seeing quite the success, many may be wondering what that could mean for developer Intelligent Systems' other franchise, Advance Wars.
When inquired about the possibility of a new entry in the Advance Wars series, Masahiro Higuchi, project manager for Fire Emblem: Awakening said: "Well, whether it's Fire Emblem or Advance Wars, we never want to put an end to any series we're involved with. We always want to make games that provide a lot of fun to gamers, so if we have the chance, we'd certainly like to make another [Advance Wars] title."
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Advance Wars is a strange series with a history of massive critical acclaim, only for it to disappear for over a decade.
I love both, but I was unaware that AW failed. 10 years of a game doesn't seem like it faltered to me.
whether it failed or not, I still play dual strike, and my original cart will never leave my 3ds! while I'm excited for the reboot, I wish DS was included in some way, and ngl but if any game series is worthy of the HD2D graphical style that octopath, star renegades, and othe games are doing these days, it's def AW
Waifu's & husbandos saved Fire Emblem. Its why FE Heroes generates more money than any other of Nintendo's 1st party mobile entries and why the sales of the 3DS and Switch entries performed so well. People gotta have those bikini clad variants of Rhea, Dorothea or Byleth after all. lmao I would like to say it was because of gameplay updates like casual mode or being able to be more hands on with how each character develops over time but I know the aforementioned waifu's is the biggest reason. I hear enough about it from my friends and when I venture online. lol
I myself started playing Advance Wars and Fire Emblem around the same time on the GBA. I ended up preferring Fire Emblem as I grew up playing RPG's with that similar medieval theme. When it comes to Advance Wars I liked Days of Ruin on the DS the best as I liked its darker tone and setting but that performed so poorly that it caused the IP to go dormant for 12+ years. Something that would of happened to Fire Emblem if not for Awakening taking off. Awakening was an aptly named title as it certainly got people to wake up and buy a FE game. The one before FE Awakening titled Shadow Dragon sold about as well as Days of Ruin leading Nintendo to issue a warning about future of FE entries should Awakening fail. I'm glad it didn't come to that. I just hope people buy the remake of Advance War 1 & 2 because it will probably be another lost decade if they don't. Just saying. Nintendo is clearly not afraid to drop support for its IP's if sales are not up to snuff. Being critically acclaimed is great and all but in the end Nintendo is more worried about sales.
After twenty years, Advance Wars is still one of the best and most influential games ever released on the GBA
I've always loved Advance Wars, but it has been in desperate need of an update. Perhaps add in some unit customization and/or RPG elements like Fire Emblem. As of right now, Advance Wars is fun, but the lack of variety over the long-haul of a campaign makes the game a chore to play.
Just an opinion, of course.
@dedicatedtogamers:
With all due respect--Hell no. We already have Fire Emblem for all of that. Sometimes u just want a game where all the pieces are evenly matched...no one gets the advantage by being a higher level than u are. Like chess (sort of). The "higher level" should come in higher experience with the franchise, not grinding.
Sorry if I sound obsessive--I REALLY love this series the way it is.
OH GOD YES PLEASE.
For real, this would be awesome for 3DS with 3D spites or something, JUST SOMETHING lol
I would like to see it on WiiU but done in the same way as the DS.
Would love to see a new Advance Wars.
They need to get rid of the shitty dark gritty theme of the last game though. Maybe they thought that the cheery "War is fun, kids!" style was a bit crass - but the dark "War is hell, but also fun, kids!" was even worse.
With the original, you knew it was ridiculous - with the last game, it was like they were pretending badly that it wasn't.