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  • Playing Advance Wars again. Damn, this game rocks.

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #34470  by Torgo
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 3:37 am
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Playing Advance Wars again. Damn, this game rocks.</div>

 #34471  by Eric
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 3:48 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I'm finding myself glued to Megaman Battle Network 2, Commander Shadowman is an awesome foe. Protoman looks like he down the Mega Man Zero design route though...ugh.</div>

 #34472  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 5:26 am
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Ditto that, twice. It's such a frickin' masterful little game!</div>

 #34473  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 8:58 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Tht's a game I'll definetly have to replay during the Summer.</div>

 #34476  by Zeus
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 2:47 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yep. Can't wait for the sequel and for Fire Emblem. Advance Wars was a hidden gem</div>

 #34478  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 4:57 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Hidden? It was one of the first GBA titles to hit platnum in North America =P</div>

 #34479  by Zeus
 Sat Apr 19, 2003 9:40 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It was also widely ignored by the masses since it had a cartoony look. That was why it became pretty hard to find....and still is</div>

 #34481  by Eric
 Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:42 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>But it went platinum Zeus, this counters your whole ignored theory. :P</div>

 #34482  by Zeus
 Sun Apr 20, 2003 10:06 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>1 mil copies? I doubt it....show me proof</div>

 #34491  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Apr 21, 2003 1:19 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Are you crazy? I haven't seen a futureshop that doesn't have at least 3 or 4 copies of the game</div>

 #34492  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Apr 21, 2003 1:21 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Just look around for any 2002 year end best sellers lists, it might be world wide, I'm not sure, all I know is that it was surprisingly popular and was one of the first titles on GBA to sell well.</div>

 #34510  by Lox
 Mon Apr 21, 2003 5:07 pm
<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I swear(I will check today) that it is very easy to find at any Wal-Mart still.</div>

 #34511  by Zeus
 Mon Apr 21, 2003 5:07 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Maybe out there in the boonies. Over here, you can't find a copy of the game</div>

 #34512  by Zeus
 Mon Apr 21, 2003 5:09 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Worldwide I can see, but the game really took off from word of mouth here and is popular with the hardcore crowd. The casual essentially ignored it, which is why Nintendo isn't making more</div>

 #34548  by the Gray
 Tue Apr 22, 2003 4:35 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'm actually going to back Zeus up on this one, it's incredibly hard to find around here. I've gotten large cash offers for it.</div>