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Battalion Wars
Developer(s)	Kuju Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)
Engine
Latest version	{{{version}}}
Release date(s)	September 19, 2005 (NA)
Genre	Third-person action
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Media	1 GameCube Optical Disc
System requirements	Memory Card
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Battalion Wars(Japanese:突撃!!ファミコンウォーズ Totsugeki![Charge!] Famicom Wars), part of the Nintendo Wars series, is a real-time strategy game for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released on September 19, 2005.

Contents 1 Story 2 Gameplay 3 Reaction 4 Trivia 5 External links

Story

The game is set at the end of the 21st century. A border quarrel between the Western Frontier and the Tundran Territories eventually grows into a global conflict, putting a strain on both countries. The leader of Xylvania, Kaiser Vlad, had his country taken from him during the conflict and seeks revenge, by building his own army. As a result, the Western Frontier and the Tundran Territories must join forces to overcome the new threat.

Gameplay

Battalion Wars can be played in two ways: from an overhead or third-person perspective. In the former, the player takes the role of a commander, and orders troops, similar to the Advance Wars games, as well as most RTS games. Also the game can be played as a third person shooter, where the player controls a group of infantry, as well as several vehicles. Although only one soldier can be controlled at a time, the player may swap roles and become a different unit at any time. The unit the player controls deals more damage and is harder to destroy. The Gamecube's control stick controls a unit's movement and direction while pressing down the L button allows a unit to strafe left and right and lock on to enemy units, a control scheme reminiscent of the Metroid Prime games. This control system allows the C-stick to be used to compensate for the lack of mouse control by allowing the player to cycle through all available units and assign orders using the X and Y buttons or take direct control of a specific unit using the Z button.

Reaction

Critically, Battalion Wars received mainly positive reviews. However, the game has sold relatively poorly since release. Many fans and critics feel that the game did not live up to the potential of its gameplay ideas. For example, it only had one mode:Campaign. The Campaign itself can be completed in a maximum of 8 hours. It lacked a multiplayer mode and a mapmaker/free mode, plus Naval units as well as factories, airports, and shipyards to deploy more units. This, however, has led fans of the game to believe that a sequel will be available for Nintendo's next-gen console, the Nintendo Revolution, which would take advantage of the Revolution's online capabilities. In fact, many fans, gamers and critics alike, believe that if Battalion Wars had online play, it would have surpassed the likes of Halo 2 and both Star Wars Battlefront games.

Trivia

Each Army in Battalion Wars is modeled after a certain Real-Life Counterpart.

• Western Frontier: U.S. Army, Cold War Era
• Tundran Territories: Soviet Army, Cold War Era
• Solar Empire: Chinese/Japanese Armies, Various Eras
• Xylvania: German Army, World War 1

• Empress Lei-Qo constantly spouts proverbs from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, changing the gender whenever she refers to herself.

• Marshal Nova bears strong resemblance to Ivan Drago from Rocky IV.

• As a nod to the nickname given to Arnold Schwarzenegger during his stint as governor of California, the equally muscular Kommander Ubel of the Xylvanian Army is promised to become "Governator" of any lands he is able to capture.

Some of the Frontier unit names closely imitate real-life U.S. weapons, such as:

• "Herman" light tank (nod to the Sherman WWII tank)
• "Duey" gunship (blatant aside to the Huey helicopters) and its "Heckfire" missiles (kid-friendly name for its Hellfire real-life counterparts)
• "M17" assault rifle that looks like the American AR-15, also known as M16
• "M70" machine gun, the name'd suggest M60 machine gun
• "Humbug" heavy recon jeep that looks much like HUMVEE
• "Preacher" mobile artillery, whose name and role resemble the M7 Priest
• "F-19 Poltergeist" fighter that shares a common name with F/A-18 Hornet, looks with A-7 Corsair II and the jump-jet function with Harrier II
• "Valentine B-58" bomber that shares quite a common name with Boeing B-52 and a bit looks with De Havilland Venom
• "Strato Destroyer", a heavy flying wing aircraft, that has a name in common with Stratofortress (the could also be the combination of Stratofortress and Star Destroyer) and looks of a B2 Spirit

There is a level called Bridge on the River Styx, referencing the Bridge On The River Kwai film as well as the mythical River Styx.

There is a level called Herman's Heroes which contains three POW camps which could be a reference to the sitcom Hogan's Heroes, or the movie Kelly's Heros.

There is a level called X-Day, a reference to the real-life battle D-Day.

External links

• Kuju Entertainment
• IGN review

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