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Gearbox: The Wii U Will Get The Best-Looking Version Of Aliens: Colonial Marines When word of a newer, gritter Advance Wars for the Nintendo DS—one seemingly free of Andy, Max, Sami, Eagle, et al—we got a little worried. Had Intelligent Systems lost its way? New screens of Advance Wars 2 DS, however, continue to induce rock-solid turn-based strategy loving drool. Doing double DS duty on AWDS2 and the new Fire Emblem DS, Intelligent Systems show they know their stuff.
A pair of in-game screen shots is after the jump, showing off the all-new, more detailed sprites, plus giving us a look at the new cast and the new motorcycle unit. I firmly express my “Do Want”.
Taken from the recent MicroMania Games Show in Paris, here’s some actual gameplay footage from the upcoming Advance Wars 2 for the DS. Still a little undecided on the new art style; it looks nice, yeah, but also a little drab compared to its yummier predecessors. [MGS 07]Advance Wars DS 2: Vidéos et Images! [Nintendo Master, thanks Brian!]
Remember we told you about Advance Wars 2 being playable at the Micromania show France? Well we’re not French. Not even Belgian. Couldn’t get there. Jeux France could, though, and took some pics of the playable code. The good news? The gameplay itself still looks cartoony. The… other news? Looks like initial reports were bang on the money: the characters and overall feel of the game look like they’ve gotten a darker, more serious do-over. Which is, if nothing else, a brave decision. Another shot’s after the jump, hit the link for the rest.
Advance Wars 2 au MGS [Jeux France]
The 2007 Micromania Games Show is going down in Paris right now. Most of the stuff on-hand is old-ish, but one game there, it’s brand new. So new we’d previously only heard its very name, and knew nothing of its details or appearance. That game: Advance Wars 2 for the DS, sequel to, oh, only the best game to ever grace the system. GAF resident Sad_Panda was lucky enough to get his hands on it: AW 2DS did receive a complete overhaul in terms of design. Gone are Max, Andy and the others, replaced by a whole new crew. IS went with a whole new, more realistic, miltary look, and quite frankly, it seemed like a pretty wise move. Graphically-wise, the look went with the new design, though it looked pretty much the same. New combat animations were pretty low-quality though, blurry and badly animated. Surely that’s gonna be fixed by the time it comes out. Had time to notice a new unit – bike infantry unit – and that pretty much sums it up.
A new look? New characters? It’s not like I wasn’t already interested, I was completely interested. Now? I’m looking for ways to cram a little more interest in. Advance Wars 2 playable in Paris @ MGS 2007 [Sad_Panda @ NeoGAF]
