Due to system-memory limitations, the single-cartridge link-cable option is merely a watered-down version of the overall game, with a randomly generated map and each player possessing only seven units. The versus mode allows four-player competition with only a single cartridge on the same system, while the link mode enables both single-cartridge and multi-cartridge multiplayer options. Until you complete this mode, only the versus mode and link mode options are available from the main menu.
The game opens with a diverse 14-mission field training exercise, which delves into all aspects of the game, including deployment, unit development, movement range, and fog-of-war navigation.
It's been an excruciating wait, but the news is good: Advance Wars is both impressive and addictive.ĭeveloped by Intelligent Systems, Advance Wars thrusts you into the role of a military advisor in the Orange Star army. In fact, other than Sacnoth's totally cool UK release of Faselei! for the NeoGeo Pocket Color, Nintendo's Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance is the only strategy sim to make its way to a handheld in English within the last four years. Turn-based military strategy sims aren't a well-represented genre in the handheld market.
