History Trivia / NintendoWars

** 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 pushed a release dat of April 21, 2023.

** 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.

* 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 [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120 delayed again indefinitely]] 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.

* FollowTheLeader: The debut and meteoric success of of ''Advance Wars'' inspired some third-party imitations.
** ''[[https://kongregate.fandom.com/wiki/Battalion:_Series Battalion]]''. A Turn-based Strategy series that was developed by urbansquall and published by Kongregate.
** [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/604287 Strategery 2012]].

* ContentLeak: Despite ''Re-Boot Camp'' being delayed from its April 8, 2022 release date, pre-loads of the digital version of the game were unlocked and became playable on that date, allowing many people to play the game early.

* NamesTheSame: Yamamoto may refer to Mr. Yamamoto from ''Super Famicom Wars'' or Sensei's name in the Japanese versions of the ''Advance Wars'' games. Although it ''is'' strongly suggested that Sensei was once an unbeatable CO, so it's not that much of a stretch to assume it was an intentional ShoutOut.

* 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 [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120 delayed again]] 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.

* DuelingWorks: At the time of it's original 1988 release, ''Nintendo Wars'' had two contemporary rivals. ''Daisenryaku'' and ''Nectaris''. Both of them are Turn-Based Strategies that have significant differences from ''Nintendo Wars''.

* 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 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.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: ''Super Famicom Wars'' has four ending songs which are all remixes of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thunderer The Thunderer]] by John Philip Sousa.

** While an official reason was never given, it is generally believed that the Japanese release of ''Advance Wars'' was cancelled in part due to 9/11 and the subsequent UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, as it would have been difficult to market the game when global media attention was on the United States entering war with Afghanistan. The American release was saved by virtue of it shipping on September 10th 2001, though even then, it did go on sale in most stores on 9/11, being a Tuesday.

** While an official reason was never given, it is generally believed that the Japanese release of ''Advance Wars'' was cancelled in part due to 9/11 and the subsequent UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, as it would have been difficult to market the game when global media attention was on the United States entering war with Afghanistan. The American release was saved by virtue of it shipping on September 10th 2001, though it did go on sale in most stores on 9/11, being a Tuesday.

* SequelFirst: Japan had an unusual example regarding the original ''Advance Wars''. It was planned for an October 2001 release, but said release was cancelled for unstated reasons (fans generally assume 9/11 would have made marketing the game difficult). It would eventually release in 2004, when it was bundled alongside ''Black Hole Rising'' as a double pack.

** While an official reason was never given, it is generally believed that the Japanese release of ''Advance Wars'' was cancelled in part due to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, as it would have been difficult to market the game when global media attention was on the United States entering war with Afghanistan.

* QuoteSource: For ConsultingMisterPuppet.

* 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 [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120 delayed again]] in order to distance itself from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It doesn't help that the first mission of Advance Wars is Orange Star versus Blue Moon, where Orange Star's Headquarters is based off of the Empire State Building (U.S.A.) while the headquarters of Blue Moon is based off of Saint basil's Cathedral (Russia).

* 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 [[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120 delayed again]] in order to distance itself from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

** In contrast, 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.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The release of ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp'' got delayed a second time due to the late February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

* 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 in order to distance itself from the late February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
* SequelFirst: Japan had an unusual example regarding the original ''Advance Wars''. It was planned for an October 2001 release, but said release was cancelled as to not damage the sales of ''Game Boy Wars 3'', which had released just a few months prior. It would eventually release in 2004, when it was bundled alongside ''Black Hole Rising'' as a double pack.

* 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.

* 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 a cancelled UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 installment, Kuju Entertainment created the ''Battalion Wars'' games, and Creator/WayforwardTechnologies headed up ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp''.

* FollowTheLeader: The debut and meteoric success of of Advance Wars inspired some third-party imitations.

* {{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 was scrapped. The only publicly available footage can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SndPfgkuJE4 here]].

* BTeamSequel: While the series 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 a cancelled UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 installment, Kuju Entertainment created the ''Battalion Wars'' games, and Creator/WayforwardTechnologies headed up ''Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp''.

* BTeamSequel: ''Re-boot Camp'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch is surprisingly being developed by Creator/WayforwardTechnologies, making this the first time that the studio has ever developed a game for Nintendo, while Intelligent Systems is busy working on ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare: Get it Together]]''.

* SequelFirst: Japan had an unusual example regarding the original ''Advance Wars''. Its release was delayed there due to the September 11th attacks (the American release was saved by virtue of it shipping on September 10th, though it did go on sale in most stores on 9/11, being a Tuesday). It ultimately wouldn't be released in Japan until 2004, when it was bundled alongside ''Black Hole Rising'' as a double pack.

** ''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 (their customer loyalty program at the time).

* {{Vaporware}}: Did you know that a ''64 Wars'' was planned for, you guessed it, the {{UsefulNotes/Nintendo 64}}?

* 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 a vague Spring 2022 date to allow for extra polishing of the final product.

* NoExportForYou: Every game prior to ''Advance Wars'' were released exclusively in Japan.
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