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Punished Miku
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Bummer. Been pre-ordered since last year.
BlackOlivesMatter
Banned
Was it set in Ukraine?
lol, #hashtagthoughtsandprayersandhowcanwemakethisaboutus
lol, #hashtagthoughtsandprayersandhowcanwemakethisaboutus
Tarnpanzer
Member
Hopefully they get enough time to fix those ugly looking graphics.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Seems dumb? Not the war obviously, but there are always conflicts and wars going on in the world. Was modern warfare delayed due to the war in the middle east. Obviously there is way more pertanent shit going on right now. But this is a dumb reaaon to delay a game
Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
why? is there something going on?
graywolf323
Member
well that sucks, it was releasing the week of my birthday and I was really looking forward to it 
what's going on in Ukraine is awful but delaying a game that isn't set to come out for another month just seems a bit silly especially given the cartoony nature of the game
what's going on in Ukraine is awful but delaying a game that isn't set to come out for another month just seems a bit silly especially given the cartoony nature of the game
ranmafan
Member
I’m conflicted by this. I understand Nintendo not wanting to look insensitive to some, and I can wait a little longer considering all the other great games that have been released this month and still coming. But yeah this game already had a delay and to have another indefinite delay after just getting a new release date sucks. At least give us some idea Nintendo when you will release it now instead of please stay turned for updates. Also we just got Triangle Strategy and no one is complaining about that game about war coming out at this time.
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Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
i was pro all wars up until this announcement but now i'm reconsidering my stance
anthony2690
Member
If we are lucky some crazy russian nintendo fan will single handedly take out Putin now.
(Not that I care for advance wars anyway, I thought it was pretty pants compared to other SRPGs back then)
(Not that I care for advance wars anyway, I thought it was pretty pants compared to other SRPGs back then)
mcjmetroid
Member
what......
Punished Miku
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mcjmetroid
Member
I mean in fairness I don' see this as attention seeking like other virtue signals but this is a weird one. Nobody would have made this connection otherwise.
BaneIsPain
Member
It feels cheap and insincere using current events to score some cheap point. I’d rather they admit not ready for release to polish or something.
Sneakysnake
Banned
Really? Please explain it to the rest of us because I don't get it
Gloomnivore
Member
This is why the new art style is as lame as it is. Nintendo knows this franchise is at odds with its public image. Not really sure why they brought it back at all.
mcjmetroid
Member
Bingo! This literally proves why they tried to make it look as childish as possible
LordCBH
Member
Triangle Strategy didn’t see any delay and I’d say it deals with far more “current events” situations in it given its story and setup lol. So the advance wars one is certainly weird as hell.
mcjmetroid
Member
Agreed. I Suppose Advance Wars is a tiny bit more on the nose with tanks and air bombers etc. Still ridiculous though
Kokoloko85
Member
Whats with entertainment having to delay stuff due to world circumstance? First BLM and now Ukraine.
Whats with this shit, entertainment is there to…. Entertain us. Despite the awful stuff that happens around the world ALL THE TIME…… like all the time. Lets stop work, school, netflix, sports events because bad stuff is happening……
Its like social media, the politicians and government want us to turn off fun and just focus on shit we cant control….. but when other bad shit happens, we shouldn't care about
Whats with this shit, entertainment is there to…. Entertain us. Despite the awful stuff that happens around the world ALL THE TIME…… like all the time. Lets stop work, school, netflix, sports events because bad stuff is happening……
Its like social media, the politicians and government want us to turn off fun and just focus on shit we cant control….. but when other bad shit happens, we shouldn't care about
Investor9872
Member
Or just give everyone the option to switch back to the original graphics on the fly.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
The boomers among us might remember the gigantic tsunamis that happened in late 2004 in the Indian ocean (they killed over two hundred thousand people). At that time, a song called "Perfect Wave" was being played on German radio stations all day long. After the tsunamis happened, they stopped playing the song. Shame, it was a cute song.
Punished Miku
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Disaster Report also got delayed in Japan after Fukushima I think.
Shifty1897
Member
It's funny how quickly I just went from not wanting to start World War 3 to personally wanting to ride the first nuke dropped like:
You can mess with gas prices, but messing with Advance Wars is a bridge too far.
You can mess with gas prices, but messing with Advance Wars is a bridge too far.
Woopah
Member
What virtue or points do you think they are signalling here? Nintendo believe that the current situation will make it harder to market the game and lead to lower sales. Therefore they are delaying the product to a time when it's release is more profitable.
Its a business move.
EDIT: I think it's also worth pointing out that the original Advance Wars was delayed in Europe and Japan because of 9/11. It released in November America on 10 September 2001.
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SidViscous
Member
Fair enough, gives me time to finish triangle strategy so no complaints. The Russians are the villains in the OG games this remakes right?
Punished Miku
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Yep. It's understandable to delay it honestly.
Literally every review would be pointing it out and possibly even dropping scores about it being "tone-deaf" or something. It's just not the best timing for it, if I was trying to maximize the best outcome on a release date.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Looks more like Captain Birdseye gone BBW mode.The game has some Russian style generals too, using tanks.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
Disappointing, but understandable. They don't want to risk weaker sales and reception. At least they didn't cancel it *wink* *wink* Propeller Arena *wink* *wink*
Virtual signaling by companies is considered to be a cynical business/marketing move, first and foremost. I doubt anyone claiming this is disputing that.
I sincerely doubt most reasonable people will be making any connections between Advance Wars to the Ukrainian/Russian war right now, let alone in a month.
Anyone that would be offended by a cartoony fictional war-themed game because of real-life war is either a child or is someone with the mentality of a child.
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