Video Game Reviews: Nintendo DS
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
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Advance Wars: Dual Strike
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GameSpy
Nintendo's surprisingly popular
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IGN
The GBA series hops off one handheld and onto another. How's the transition? Our full review.
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GamePro
The simple to learn, yet hard to master strategy mechanics of the Advance Wars series are as solid as ever, and though the sound and graphics haven't been upgraded to the true capabilities of the DS, both screens are used to their fullest, and ordering
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Games Radar
Tack onto all this a robust soundtrack, a comprehensive level editor and a war room filled with new maps and unlockable features and you’ve found one of the longest, most rewarding DS games out there. Put this online and it'd be damn near perfect.
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Worth Playing
Sugarcoated StrategyFor gamers of a certain breed, "turn-based" is synonymous with "no visceral thrills." No matter how rich the specific genre possibilities may be epic role-playing battles, grids of terrain expertly designed for strategic maneuve
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Eurogamer
Being yet another game to shoehorn a DS-related subtitle into its name, Advance Wars: Dual Strike once again sets out to prove that two screens are, indeed, better than one. But is it really the great, er, Advance we're all hoping for, or another dead-ey
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GameZone
I have another confession to make; I never played Advance Wars on the GBA. Once again I have exposed my nightmares by admitting to you, our loyal GameZone readers, just how behind I am in times with certain games.
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Gaming Target
Germany and the Black Hole Army are very similar in a number of ways. For starters, both are very efficient at building large empires, celebrating said empire by throwing a world war, and promptly losing it all. While modern day Germany has learned it's
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Game Revolution
It builds on one of the most solid foundations in recent gaming history, expertly incorporates the second screen, puts the stylus to good use, tells a decent story, and magically transforms your dust-collecting Nintendo BS into the powerful and creative
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Yahoo! Games
The armies of Orange Star, Yellow Comet, and the rest of the Macro Lucky-Charms alliance are once again squaring off with the Black Hole Army -- mysteriously arisen from the ass-kicking they got in the last game -- now stronger and weirder than ever.
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1UP
A goldmine of tactical riches. The gameplay is fast (once you've dribbled past the Teen Beat dialogue) and the game looks sharp.
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Extreme Gamer
A one of kind strategy war game that brings the cute into the battlefield.
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Games are Fun
As you know, I was a big fan of Advance Wars 2, and this of course makes Dual Strike better in the fact that I get to enjoy playing with the same characters that made the universe Nintendo set up so lovable. However, don't let this scare those of you
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Frag Land
I’m not very fond of talking about storylines. There are two reasons for that. First off I’m trying to prevent ruining your game fun by giving too much away. Secondly I’m a rather lazy person and the “see for yourself” thought often crosses my
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Electric Playground
In my opinion, this is the best game available for the Nintendo DS and one of the best strategy games of its generation. A must have for any DS owner and if you don't have a DS, this is a viable reason to get one.
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N-Europe
Without a doubt the finest DS game in existence to date. Buy it, play it, lose days, weeks, even months of your life to it; and the best bit? You won't want them back.
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Pro-G
Sure, I knew Advance Wars: Dual Strike was a turn-based strategy. Sure, I knew that the franchise was very highly regarded. Sure, I knew that it was one of the most eagerly awaited titles on the DS this year. I simply wasn't expecting it to be quite this
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Nintendojo
An excellent game and a great value, but not perfect. It has many improvements, but one or two of the new features cancel out some of the strides forward.
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Modojo
The in-game timer says that I have poured 33 hours into the cart so far, and I estimate that I've completed half of what the game has to offer. DS owners who opt to skip Dual Strike are missing out on the most full-featured and addictive title released
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DS-x2
Well there are a few upgrades to Advance Wars: Dual Strike, most noticeably is the Dual CO missions. Where you can pick from 2 CO's and power them both up. You can then use the "Tag Power", which allows you to execute both CO's Special Powers and control
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NZGamer
Needless to say it was a sleeper hit, and spurred by the success Nintendo quickly gave Intelligent Systems the green light to design a sequel. Unfortunately, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising for Game Boy Advance was mostly a rehash of its predecessor.
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Cubed3
Two of the main criticisms aimed at both the Advance Wars and Fire Emblem series (both created by IS) are that the graphical level is not as high as it should be and that nothing much seems to change between versions. Now, coming off the back of the last
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Da GameBoyz
The sheer amounts of gameplay modes both in single player and in wireless multiplayer make this one of the best DS releases in sometime.
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Nintendo Spin
Advanced Wars: Dual Strike is the latest game in the award winning turn-based strategy series that began on the GameBoy Advance. This Nintendo DS sequel is chock-full of new content, including new Commanding Officers (CO's), new units, new game modes,
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GamerDad
Advance Wars: Dual Strike adds some new things to the series but is mainly a small extension of the great Game Boy Advance games. The game can be played with either the stylus or the d-pad and buttons. The standard d-pad control is probably the most
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UnderGroundOnline
Nazi Germany and the Black Hole Army are very similar in a number of ways. For starters, both are very efficient at building large empires, celebrating said empire by throwing a world war, and promptly losing it all. While modern day Germany is a
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My Gamer
The number of unlockables is overwhelming. It will take days upon days of gameplay time to unlock everything this game has to offer.
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eToychest
The game doesn't stray much from the original formula, but it certainly improves upon it in every imaginable way.
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DarkZero
Those who have played any of the AW titles over that past few years will no doubt feel right at home once you boot up the game on your DS. Everything about the game feels very familiar, the layout of the menus, the distinct graphics, the layout of the
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Planet Gamecube
Survival mode presents you with a certain number of levels and a limited amount of time, turns or money in which to play through them. These three types of challenges require different skills from the player. When playing the money challenge for example,
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Armchair Empire
Dual Strike does just about everything right – in fact, the only thing I can really complain about is that it sucked up (well, currently still sucking-up) huge blocks of my time.
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N-Insanity
I’m still amazed at how full that tiny little DS card is full of information. I still haven’t even explained the extra modes.
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Thunderbolt
This game has it all; the gameplay is solid and far more balanced than those of previous games, the many characters both return and make memorable debuts, and wide variety of new weapons, features and gaming modes will keep you coming back to quench your
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Lawrence
The answer is yes….but there are some minor disappointing aspects to Advance Wars: Dual Strike. My main complaint is that the game barely makes use of the unique hardware that the DS possesses. While it’s more fun to play with the stylus, it’s
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Cheat Code Central
It's the epitome of turn based strategy games. I've loved AW since it appeared out of left field on the GBA and Duel Strike knocks it out of the park on the DS.
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Gamerz-Edge
One of my favorite parts about Advance Wars is the fact that despite its simplistic nature, battles are more than just a few units attacking one another. You have tons of different things to keep into consideration as you plan your strategies. Several
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PALGN AU
As any clued-up gamer will know, there's quite a history for Advance Wars: Dual Strike to follow. Ina nutshell, the two GBA titles that preceded it proved to be the most confident, graceful rebuttals yet to the elitist crowd who had always insisted that
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VGPub
The pinnacle not only of its series, but also of the current North American DS library. If you have even a passing interest in the strategy, genre it will suck you in. If you have never played a strategy game, this is a great series to jump into.
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HonestGamers
For instance, Dual Strike's expanded single player campaign and increased challenge have come as a nice surprise. Each mission is now longer, tougher, and more memorable than the last, and just because the basic gameplay remains the same, that's not to
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MobileTechReview
With all new elements in the game, there is even more game time and things to do. For instance survival mode is where you have certain hindrances, like a certain amount of money, or certain number of days, to complete your objective. The all-new combat
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Plain Games
Dual Strike utilizes many of the unique aspects of the DS system. The player can use either the stylus or D-pad and buttons to control the game, with no option changing needed. The upper screen is used to display unit and terrain information or can be
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Jive Magazine
Advance Wars is a tactical turn-based strategy game, similar to Disgaea or Final Fantasy Tactics. Instead of individual characters with various statistics and weapons, you are given units to command on a battlefield as Commanding Officer (CO). The entire
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GameBrink
The game has great gameplay, good graphics, nice controls using the DSs touch-screen, it has great new units, and it's just plain fun.
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DS Advanced
Advance Wars is one of those series that we – American gamers – haven’t really been familiar with, partially because until 2001, the series was Japanese-exclusive. Nintendo was nice enough to finally bring the series over, and – as anyone who’s
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GameSpot
Advance Wars is back and better than ever in this incredibly fun and rewarding strategy game.
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Detroit Free Press
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