Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

For our Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Review, Where the Game Boy Advance classics of Advance Wars have been rebuilt from the ground up, featuring all the gameplay of the originals with the added ability to challenge your friends online! Tackle strategic, turn-based missions as you maneuver land, air, and naval units. Take down enemy squads, capture bases, and fight to restore peace.

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Review Pros:

• Big bright cartoon graphics.
• 6.6GB download size.
• Two games in one – Advance Wars, and Advance Wars 2 Black Hole Rising.
• 2 – 4 multiplayer on one console.
• Strategy gameplay.
• Optional tutorial.
• Anime cutscenes.
• Two difficulties – casual and classic.
• World map level select.
• The game takes place where on the battlefield a unit is represented by one person, when in combat it goes into an animated sequence showing the full unit.
• The number under people shows the health of the unit, lower health also means lower damage output. (you lost part of your unit)
• Cities can be captured by placing a unit on them, each city takes X amount to capture, and you take down its capture points but how much health you have.
• Terrain will add/subtract damage dealt/taken.
• Click a unit and get a clear grid showing how far they can move and where.
• Enemy turns can be fast-forwarded.
• Vehicles can be used and controlled the same way as units.
• Cities can restore the health of vehicles at the rate of 2hp per turn.
• Join vehicles by having them both in the same square. Doing this replenishes health.
• APC vehicles can park next to units and vehicles to heal them and give ammo.
• Vehicle fire from a distance means the enemy doesn’t fire back when you fire.
• The APC can take units and tea sport them around.
• You can capture enemy cities but they can also steal yours.
• Each mission shows your best score and how many days (turns) it took.
• Choose how much animation you see in terms of movement and combo or turn it all off.
• The Intel menu tells you about your current victory conditions, the team you are against, and the guide.
• The guide is a text-based book on all things tutorial.
• End of mission breakdown showing total score based on speed, power, and technique. You get an overall rank.
• CO is your leader and over time their bar builds until it’s full then you can launch their unique power.
• Earn coins from playing the game.
• The ID tag is your gamer card as it were, and shows off accomplishments and any awards you have.
• You can play the games in any order but you don’t get a spoiler warning if you go for Advance Wars 2 first.
• Many combat vehicle types are from ground to air to see and anti-air.
• Plays like a brutal game of chess.
• Six map regions to play on.
• War room game mode is where you play the Ai and build up a score.
• 2 to 4 local play with each player needing a Nintendo Switch and a copy of the game.
• Four CO characters to choose from – Andy, Max, Sami, and Olaf.
• The weather can change via a power move.
• Design room lets you create and/or share maps.
• Share maps locally or online.

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Review Cons:

• No touchscreen support.
• Bare minimum voice work.
• Cannot rebind controls.
• You cannot pause the game when it’s the opponent’s turn regardless if it’s on or offline.
• Nintendo Switch Online is required to share maps online.
• No real game Options.
• Doesn’t have any leaderboard support for campaign scores.

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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp:

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Developer: Nintendo

Publisher: Nintendo

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