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--- wars_series [2021/07/23 10:12] – created, mostly for notes on SFW rjt
+++ wars_series [2024/10/16 11:44] (current) – Satellaview version link rjt
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 ====== Wars Series ======
+{{ :media:image:videogame:wars_series.gif|}}
+A series of fun, straight-forward strategy games. Until the Game Boy Advance versions they were only released in Japanese, but there are fan-translations for those now.
+The character designer for Advance Wars 1,2,DS is [[Ryo Hirata]],
 ===== Games =====
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   * [[https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/famicomwarsjpn/|Famicom Wars]] on The Spriters Resource.
+  * https://www.romhacking.net/translations/911/ - English translation patch.
+  * https://www.romhacking.net/translations/2730/ - French translation patch.
 ==== Super Famicom Wars ====
+Game was only released via the Nintendo Power cart writer. It's a bit bare-bones, no story mode.
 The pre-game options aren't explained in-game:
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   * Quick Battle. No battle animations.
   * Quick Map. No map animations.
+There was also a series of Satellaview broadcasts: [[https://superfamicom.org/blog/2024/10/preserving-roms-about-war-amidst-the-war-on-rom-preservation-and-hacking-them-up-too/|Preserving ROMs about war amidst the war on ROM preservation. (And hacking them up, too!)]]
 === See Also ===
-  * [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3354/|Super Famicom Wars]] translation patch on RHDN.
+  * https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3354/ - English translation patch.
   * [[https://spritedatabase.net/game/536|Super Famicom Wars]] graphics on Sprite Database.
   * [[https://www.spriters-resource.com/snes/superfamicomwarssupernintendowarsjpn/|Super Famicom Wars]] on The Spriters Resource.
+===== Similar Games =====
+  * //[[edf_tactics]]//.
+  * //[[nectaris_series|Nectaris]]// series.
+  * [[great_strategy_series|大戰略]] / //Daisenryaku// series.
+  * //[[battle_isle_series|Battle Isle]]// series.
+Directly inspired by the //Wars// games:
+  * //Warside// [[https://playwarside.com/|playwarside.com]]
+  * //Tiny Metal// [[steam>751500/TINY_METAL/]]
+  * //Tanks of Freedom// [[github>w84death/Tanks-of-Freedom]] [[github>P1X-in/Tanks-of-Freedom-3-D]]
+  * //Athena Crisis// [[steam>2456430/Athena_Crisis/]]
+  * https://itch.io/games/tag-advance-wars
 ===== See Also =====
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   * [[https://www.warsworldnews.com/wp/|Wars World News]] - Fansite.
   * [[https://warswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page|Wars Wiki]].
+  * [[https://awbw.amarriner.com/|Advance Wars By Web]] - Browser-based, multiplayer version, with elements from //Advance Wars//, //2//, and //DS//.
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