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| Advance Wars: Dual Strike (Nintendo DS) | 
 enlarge | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 2775
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 4.9 x 0.8
MPN: 100730
Model: PS2 ACT 81033
UPC: 045496735869
EAN: 0045496735869
ASIN: B0009XEC02
Release Date: September 30, 2005
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
The greatest strategy game in portable history maneuvers onto the DS with new units, new COs (commanding officers), new game modes and the most addictive gameplay this side of Tetris. It may not have much in the looks department but in gameplay terms this is the supermodel of turn-based combat.The lowdown:
Mixing chess-like complexities with an anime plotline, Advance Wars is one of gaming's most unlikely heroes. This marks the most significant overhaul of the series yet with six new units and dozens of new features, including a real-time mode. The stylus control and dual screen display are really just gimmicks though, and it's the new dual strike attacks that are the most interesting idea, with COs double teaming for some battle turning super moves. COs can also gain "experience", as in a role-playing game, allowing you to fine tune your army's abilities like never before. Most exciting moment:
A tense four way battle against friends that ends in a double whammy duel strike from hell. Since you ask:
The Advance Wars series has been going since 1988 in Japan, where it's known as Famicom Wars. The first to make it to the UK was Advance Wars 1 on the GBA in 2002. Advanced or not, war has historically been viewed as a bad thing. The bottom line:
The best DS game yet and probably the best Advance Wars ever. 
Harrison Dent
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 I keep coming back. April 8, 2008
I'll keep this short. I heard many good things about the prequels on the GBA, but dismissed them as I don't like strategy games. But when offered this for a measly ten pounds from a friend I thought 'What the hell' and bought it.
It's addictive, deep, and oh so much of a joy to play. It is very challening and requires you to develop a strategy but it really is worth your time even if you don't usually like these games. Battles can be very long but there is no time limit so you can take as long as you like, perfect for when you are half watching TV, half playing the game! you can even save mid-battle if needs be.
Believe the hype, believe the reviews, its fantastic.
 Very hard... July 21, 2007
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this game as I've read many reviews on Amazon and elsewhere hailing it as one of the best titles available on the Nintendo DS.
The game is a stategy game along similar lines to Command and Conquer. In essence you control a turn-based army including units such as tanks, bazooka teams, mobile howitzers, helicopers, jets etc. Your objective is to capture buildings to gain 'money' then use this money to build tanks, planes etc then attack your enemy until either their entire army has been vanquished or you capture their HQ.
This is all well and good and the gameplay is involving and challenging, unfortunately this is my first gripe: in my humble opinion it is far TOO challenging. There are supposedly 300 missions in total. I reached level 13 then got totally stumped. The game is very VERY hard to play after the first few missions, you don't get anywhere near enough money to begin with and before you have a chance to build up a decent army to fight with the AI (which has alot more money available to build units at the beginning and builds them much faster) moves in and crushes your feeble defences. Some of the Commanding Officer characters which are supposedly able to command tank units and entire fleets of ships and aircraft are all about 13 years old and use stupid phrashes such as "'Sup?" and "Word!" they talk endlessly about rubbish and their 'helpful' info about playing the game is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
The two most infuriating things are: Unless you attempt to complete a battle in exactly the way the game wants you too its almost impossible to finish the battle and you have to start all over again which after fighting intensely for over after 2 hours is so annoying it makes you want to throw the DS out the window. Also if you find the game too hard to play (and you will) there is no difficulty setting available to make it a bit easier.
The only reason I haven't given this game 1 star is because there are some plus sides. The graphics are good and the gameplay (at least in the early stages) is fun and does keep you occupied for hours however as I've said it does get very hard, very fast and although I like a challenge as much as anyone else it goes beyond being a challenge and makes you want to break something!
All in all I am very disappointed and learned the valuable lesson of not listening to hype before buying computer games.
Cartoon Wars June 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Advance Wars DS is in my opinion just a cartoony version af chess (albeit much more complicated and enjoyable). It's turn based strategy game where you command an army and must defeat the other army or armies. That's the basic gist but there is a huge campaign mode with a hard mode as well which is basically a new campaign on top which just have this but in diferent scenarios. Then there are survival, vs and war room. Then you can create your own stages. There is a huge amount to do it'll take forever. IT's highly addictive, easy to drop into anf with a really good learing curve. allows multiple save files. PErfect game to play on a handheld. While graphically it's not that impressive it's functional and it doesn't add much from the 2 gba titles it's still brilliant. highly reccomended
Best Game ever - a year later, still playing February 11, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Amazing game, can get very deep and involved, which is fantastic for the DS. One of the best points is that you can play for just a few seconds and save at any point, which is a rare thing on DS games. Like I say I've been playing this for a year and I am still hooked - the campaign alone is huge, but there are so many extra levels and maps, it's fantastic.
 Fun Game!! December 12, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A lot of people seem to be camparing this game to command and conquer when its more like Starcraft meets Chess. The balancing of the units in this game is very good and adds a lot of strategy. It requires you to actually use your brain(unlike command and conquer)and it isn't just mindless hogwash. The graphics could have used an upgrade from the GBA versions but the gameplay more than makes up for it. I highly recommend this game if your willing to give up some time on learning the ropes.
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