History Trivia / NintendoWars

** ''Days of Ruin''/''Dark Conflict'', called ''Famicom Wars: Lost Light'' in Japan, had its physical release cancelled after many delays. Five years after its overseas release, it would finally appear as not only a Platform/DSiWare title, but a game available only as a ''Club Nintendo reward'' of all things.[[note]]Club Nintendo being their customer loyalty program at the time.[[/note]]

* BTeamSequel: While the franchise was originally created by Creator/IntelligentSystems, half the entries in the ''Wars'' series have been developed by other studios. Creator/HudsonSoft developed three ''Game Boy Wars'' games as well as an unreleased UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 installment, Kuju Entertainment created the ''Battalion Wars'' games, and Creator/WayforwardTechnologies headed up ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp''.

** ''Days of Ruin''/''Dark Conflict'', called ''Famicom Wars: Lost Light'' in Japan, had its physical release cancelled after many delays. Five years after its overseas release, it would finally appear as not only a UsefulNotes/DSiWare title, but a game available only as a ''Club Nintendo reward'' of all things.[[note]]Club Nintendo being their customer loyalty program at the time.[[/note]]

* {{Vaporware}}: Did you know that a ''64 Wars'' was planned for, you guessed it, the {{UsefulNotes/Nintendo 64}}? It was being developed by Hudson Soft for a 1999 release, but for whatever reason, the game never saw the light of day. The only publicly available footage can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SndPfgkuJE4 here]].

* Troubled production: [[https://youtu.be/uFkz818dUWo?si=AdG42iYMkiTPwZoy A developer of Reboot Camp]] came out to explain the issues with the game in response to LetsPlay/{{Mangs}}' [[https://youtu.be/XnQT0xKm4x0?si=wTIF7BV8qOMaKFCX critique on its shortcomings]].

* TheWikiRule:
** [[https://warswiki.org/ Wars Wiki]]
** [[https://advancewars.fandom.com/wiki/Advance_Wars_Wiki Advance Wars Wiki | Fandom]]

** ''[[https://www.playwarside.com/ Warside]]'' (2023) - An upcoming game from UK indie developer Lavabird that improves upon the original ''Advance Wars'' template with a slew of new units and gameplay changes designed to counter stalemate tactics such as [[StoneWall turtling]] and encourage faster pacing.
** ''[[https://athenacrisis.com Athena Crisis]]'' (2023) - An upcoming game from Japan-based indie developer Christoph Nakazawa.
** ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1477170/Empires_Shall_Fall/ Empires Shall Fall]]'' (2023) - An upcoming game from Russian indie developer Weird Penguin Games, featuring DieselPunk-themed and LovecraftianSuperpower factions locked in a World War I-esque conflict.

* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/CristinaValenzuela voices Nell and worked on the voice over for ''Re-Boot Camp''. Rather fitting considering Nell's position.

** In contrast, [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120 Nintendo explicitly stated]] that ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp'' would be delayed a second time due to the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War caused by the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nintendo would announce a new release date of April 21, 2023 the following year.

* DummiedOut: In ''Advance Wars 2'', there was a plan to make the Cruiser more useful by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRF5R9RF34 allowing it to shoot land units]]. This plan was cancelled but the animation still remains as unused data that requires some code modification to reactivate.

* SleeperHit: Prior to ''Advance Wars'', Nintendo had declined to release any installent of the series in America, fearing that it would be too complex for American gamers. When they took a chance on localizing ''Advance Wars'', it not only was successful enough for this series to become a mainstay in the West, but (along with the presence of Marth and Roy in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'') resulted in Nintendo finally bringing over the ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' series.

* SleeperHit: Prior to ''Advance Wars'', Nintendo had declined to release an of the series in America, fearing that it would be too complex for American gamers. When they took a chance on localizing ''Advance Wars'', it not only was successful enough for this series to become a mainstay in the West, but (along with the presence of Marth and Roy in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'') resulted in Nintendo finally bringing over the ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' series.

* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/CristinaValenzuela voices Nell and worked on the voice over for ''Re-Boot Camp''. Rather fitting considering Nell's pposition.

* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/CristinaValenzuela voices Nell and worked on the voice over for ''Re-Boot Camp''.

* ShortRunInPeru:
** ''Advance Wars'' didn't see release in Japan until three years after its initial release, packed with the second game of the sub-series (''Black Hole Rising'').
** ''Days of Ruin''/''Dark Conflict'', called ''Famicom Wars: Lost Light'' in Japan, had its physical release cancelled after many delays. Five years after its overseas release, it would finally appear as not only a UsefulNotes/DSiWare title, but a game available only as a ''Club Nintendo reward'' of all things.[[note]]Club Nintendo being their customer loyalty program at the time.[[/note]]

** ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1477170/Empires_Shall_Fall/ Empires Shall Fall]]'' (2023) - An upcoming game from Russian indie developer Weird Penguin Games. The setting features only two factions instead of the usual 4-5: the good guys are DieselPunk-themed while the bad guys are a LovecraftianSuperpower.

** ''VideoGame/{{Wargroove}}'' (2019) - A fantasy-themed game developed by Chucklefish and marketed as a spiritual successor of ''Advance Wars''.
** ''[[https://www.playwarside.com/ Warside]]'' (2023) - An upcoming game from UK developer Lavabird that combines much of the original ''Advance Wars'' style with more mature character designs. Where it attempts to distinguish itself is in its unit variety; classic ''Advance Wars'' units such as mechanized infantry and medium tanks appear to be absent, [=IFVs=] are armed, and there are new units such as the truck, the bulldozer, and the hovercraft.

** In contrast, [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120 Nintendo explicitly stated]] that ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp'' would be delayed a second time due to the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War caused by the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It eventually got announced that it'll release on April 21, 2023.

* ScheduleSlip: ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp'' was originally announced for a December 3rd, 2021 release date. It would [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1451533822022066179 later be delayed]] to April 8, 2022 to allow for extra polishing of the final product, only to be delayed again to April 21, 2023 in order to distance itself from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It doesn't help that the first mission of Advance Wars involves Orange Star being invaded by Blue Moon, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Russia.

** ''[[https://www.playwarside.com/ Warside]]'' (2023) - An upcoming game from Lavabird that combines much of the original ''Advance Wars'' style with more mature character designs. Where it attempts to distinguish itself is in its unit variety; classic ''Advance Wars'' units such as mechanized infantry and medium tanks appear to be absent, [=IFVs=] are armed, and there are new units such as the truck, the bulldozer, and the hovercraft.