Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp Is Up for Preorder

It’s been a very long time coming, but Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp is finally coming out. It’s set to release exclusively for Nintendo Switch on April 21, which just so happens to be this Friday. Re-Boot Camp is a collection of from-the-ground-up remakes of the 2001 Game Boy Advance game Advance Wars and its 2003 sequel Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. It’s available for preorder now (see it at Amazon), so read on to see where to get it, how much it costs, and more.

Preorder Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp

Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp is only available in a standard edition. If that changes down the line, we’ll add the information here.

What Is Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp?

For years (and years, and years) strategy game fans had been pining for a new Advance Wars. But it seemed Nintendo had left the franchise behind in favor of its other turn-based strategy game series, the fantasy-flavored Fire Emblem. And while this isn’t a new entry per se, it’s good to see new life breathed into the modern military series Advance Wars.

This game contains full remakes of the first two Advance Wars games, which originally appeared on GBA in the early 2000s, before the series graduated to the Nintendo DS. In them, you’re in command of the Orange Star Army, which means you’re responsible for telling your land, sea, and air-based troops where to go and which enemies to engage. The idea is to win battles using your wits and strategy. You can play through the two campaigns, or you can go up against friends in Versus Mode.

Re-Boot Camp was originally announced with an April 2022 release date, but the war in Ukraine caused Nintendo to delay its release. (The enemy army bears some cartoonish resemblance to Russia). So after a year’s delay, it’s finally slated to release April 21, 2023.

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