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[Juice]

I'm not a huge fan of the series, but I did have a good lot of fun with Advance Wars 1 when it came out. The sequel really just felt like more of the same from the fifteen minutes I played of it.

But as much positive hype I've heard about the DS version, I haven't heard anything at all about how you play it. I recall hearing once somewhere that it doesn't use the touch screen at all, which is why I'm asking: they're wrong right?

One thing that bugged me about the game was how much I had to jam the A button to select and move 20 things a turn. When I saw screens for the DS version my first thought was that naturally controlling all the units with the touch screen would be super easy/fun.

Could someone just tell me how it plays and what's going to be better about it than the GBA versions?

 

[Jonnyram]

Coincidentally, I was just looking at the updated Japanese website and there seems to be a new mode called Combat where you move a unit with the d-pad and fire stuff with the touchpen in realtime. It looks like a lot of fun. 8 player wireless supported in this mode too.

 

[Juice]

But the normal game, do you move your units with the touchpad or are you stuck just using d-pad and a button?

The latter sounds ridiculous but it's the only thing I've heard so far.

 

[Jonnyram]

You can use either d-pad or touchpad for the regular game.

 

[imastalker co.]

all i know is, that of all the games i played at E3, this one had by far the most natural controls out of anything there.

all thanks to the touch screen.

 

[Juice]

Exciting!

function sales($game) {
return $game++;
}

sales('advanceWarsDualStrike');

 

[Thraktor]

Exciting!

function sales($game) {
return $game++;
}

sales('advanceWarsDualStrike');

Wow, I don't know what's more nerdish, that you posted that, or that we all understand it.

 

[Do The Mario]

Exciting!

function sales($game) {
return $game++;
}

sales('advanceWarsDualStrike');

WTF??

 

[Meatpuppet]

Sales +1 for the confused

 

[demi]

Exciting!

function sales($game) {
return $game++;
}

sales('advanceWarsDualStrike');

Posts like this make me not want to buy the game now.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Posts like this make me not want to buy the game now.

do not betray teh winning team

 

[demi]

The winning team is betraying me.

 

[Meantime]

Exciting!

function sales($game) {
return $game++;
}

sales('advanceWarsDualStrike');

I find your bracket positioning and lack of indentation offensive.

 

[GaimeGuy]

This thread makes the nerd in me happy.

 

[Juice]

I find your bracket positioning and lack of indentation offensive.

Sorry, I should have used [ CODE ] tags.