
Its release in Japan and Europe was delayed, supposedly due to the September 11 attacks in the United States. Designer Kentaro Nishimura commented that the game's success shifted Nintendo's attitude over Western tastes, and that same success is frequently credited as a driving force for Nintendo bringing another Intelligent Systems franchise, Fire Emblem, outside of Japan beginning with the seventh installment.Īdvance Wars was released in North America on September 10, 2001. In order to alleviate this, the developers made the mechanics easy to understand, adding in an in-depth tutorial that did not require players to read the manual. The conflict enters a new stage when an Orange Star commanding officer named Andy is accused of attacking the armies of two other nations, Yellow Comet and Green Earth, without reason, resulting in a worldwide war.Īs with previous Wars titles, Advance Wars was not originally intended for release outside Japan, due to Nintendo feeling that Western consumers would not be interested in turn-based games because of their complex mechanics.

The game takes place on a fictional continent, where two nations, Orange Star and Blue Moon, have been fighting each other for years.
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It is the seventh title in the Wars series of video games, and the first in the Advance Wars sub-series.


JP: Novem(as part of Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2)Īdvance Wars is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance.
