Advance Wars and I should be tight. We’ve got so much in common: I like light turn-based strategy games and think Nintendo makes the best games in the business, and Advance Wars is a light turn-based strategy game made by Nintendo. Really, we should be best buds, right there. I should’ve invitedYou can probably see where this is headed. I’ve given various versions of Advance Wars
The major problem is tone. Advance Wars is too cheery. It’s a war being fought by cute, silly cartoon characters, who should probably be a little bit less cute and silly about, y’know,. There’s no blood or gore, but presumably people are dying out there on those fields. When my squad of 10 infantry units is waylaid by a Medium Tank and wiped out in a single strike, my commanding officer shouldn’t immediately smile it off while launching sarcastic barbs at the enemy leader.