The topic says it all. Nintendo's Japanese site's release calendar now lists Advance Wars 1+2 for November 25th. That's pretty good news for the Japanese. Maybe Nintendo will throw us a bone with something they got and we've been denied. Nah, probably not.
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Advance Wars 1+2 in Japan on November 25th
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TheGreenGiant
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NO SHIT.
Is this for gamecube. I don't see how they would slap this on a GBAcart and cannibalise what's on the shelves already
Is this for gamecube. I don't see how they would slap this on a GBAcart and cannibalise what's on the shelves alreadyTheGreenGiant
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ferricide said:
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE / UNTHINKABLE. OMG WTF BBQ
I am seriously surprised. I hope it sells. What's the rationalisation of doing a jap sim title and not releasing it in Japan.. did they think the military theme might not appeal?
I don't know about appeal - they released Famicom Wars, Super Famicom Wars, and a whole bunch of Game Boy Wars games - jarrod's got the list somewhere.TheGreenGiant said:
64 Wars was canned, natch.
So it was an established franchise in Japan. They just never got the two Advance Wars games for one reason or another.
Well, I know that in the case of the first Advance Wars, it got shelved because it was set to come out in Japan a few weeks after the 9-11 attacks. Heck, they didn't ship a second shipment of the game in the US for months after that.
I'm assuming this is a two-pack of games and not a remix. Too bad, in a way, because I'd love to see all the levels and CO's from AW 1 and 2 clumped together into a single game.
I'm assuming this is a two-pack of games and not a remix. Too bad, in a way, because I'd love to see all the levels and CO's from AW 1 and 2 clumped together into a single game.
fennec fox
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The first Advance Wars was originally set to come out in late September 2001 but was indefinitely shelved after the terrorist attacks. It probably would've happened to the US version too if it hadn't come out on Sept. 9.
GDJustin said:
This is true. I remeber calling gmae store to see if they were going to receive it that day and being told that deliveries were expected to be delayed because of the attacks. I eventually found it at Target that night. It's pretty sad that my most poignant memory of 9/11 was tracking down Advance Wars.
Oni Link 666
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Syckx said:
Same here. I actually found out about the attacks while in the Toys R Us picking up Advance Wars.
JackFrost2012
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Syckx said:
I agree, it's too bad you don't have awesome memories like me of tracking down the Japanese GameCube launch!
I woke up just before 9AM on the morning of September 11th. Right as I switched on MSNBC to have something to watch while I got ready for work, the first image I saw was a live shot of plane #2 smashing into the second tower. My reaction was "WTF, what movie is this?! Wait... it's on MSNBC... live? Holy f*ck. What's going on?" And then I had to rush to work a few minutes later, and no one there was aware of the attacks. I told my boss about it and I think she thought I was joking. Then people listening to the radio or talking to customers on the phone began to chat. By 9:40 we were just like "woah."
And all day long customers just kept calling in to place classified ads for things like cars, knick knacks, and TVs. A week or two later, they wanted refunds because no one was calling because of dealing with the 9-11 aftermath. And we're like "uhhh, you placed the ad on 9/11. You shoulda known it was a dumb thing to do. No refund for j00."
Now, in an Advance Wars related note. I called K-Mart at noon on the day of the attacks and asked if they had "ADVANCE WARS" in stock. The woman on the other end of the phone hushed up as if I had blasphemed. And I guess, I kinda did. I mean, who the hell focuses on getting a game for $25 at K-Mart (as opposed to $29.99 elsewhere) when the country has just been attacked and more than 5,000 people killed?
I'm probably just as bad as those ad placers who called in ... ah well, it was the best game ever put out for GBA.
Edit: And yeah, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox... I've been schooled by a few head eds to get that stuff right. You know, for the first review of a NASCAR game I ever did, I thought it was Nascar. I had seen races before, just never dawned on me that it was an acronym for something. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing... I think.
And all day long customers just kept calling in to place classified ads for things like cars, knick knacks, and TVs. A week or two later, they wanted refunds because no one was calling because of dealing with the 9-11 aftermath. And we're like "uhhh, you placed the ad on 9/11. You shoulda known it was a dumb thing to do. No refund for j00."
Now, in an Advance Wars related note. I called K-Mart at noon on the day of the attacks and asked if they had "ADVANCE WARS" in stock. The woman on the other end of the phone hushed up as if I had blasphemed. And I guess, I kinda did. I mean, who the hell focuses on getting a game for $25 at K-Mart (as opposed to $29.99 elsewhere) when the country has just been attacked and more than 5,000 people killed?
I'm probably just as bad as those ad placers who called in ... ah well, it was the best game ever put out for GBA.
Edit: And yeah, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox... I've been schooled by a few head eds to get that stuff right. You know, for the first review of a NASCAR game I ever did, I thought it was Nascar. I had seen races before, just never dawned on me that it was an acronym for something. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing... I think.
JackFrost2012
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mosaic said:
Writing it X-box or, God forbid, XBox, should be a bannable offense.
JackFrost2012
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pilonv1 said:
while not correct enough for an article they're suitable enough for board use, as they can be seen as either laziness or overzealousness, respectively. XBox is as stupid if not more so than XboX or xbOx. PLEASE DON'T CAPITALIZE LETTERS IF YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE GOING ON ABOUT.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
To be fair, a lot of people seemed to realy like Under Fire at E3, and by the time it's out it's probably going to have had at least another years work on it, so I'm hoping for good things.
Unless they were going to make it online, I can see no point in putting Advance Wars games on the GC if they're the same style as the GBA ones.
Unless they were going to make it online, I can see no point in putting Advance Wars games on the GC if they're the same style as the GBA ones.
Dragona Akehi
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I refuse to acknowledge that trash as a GameCube WARS game.
The game may not fit your ideals, but then, Advance Wars doesn't fit other people's either. Under Fire is undoubtedly more accessible and excluding the narrowminded opinions of people who reject the game simply because it's not turn-based, most enjoyed it. I bet it's well received.Scrow said:yeah... like sales are always an indication of quality. besides, i don't think it'll sell very well.