Here I am excited like a little kid about this week’s release of Advance Wars Days of Ruin for the Nintendo DS. I ought to be whining about the MacBook Air or something, but nope, my focus is on this game.
The last Advance Wars ate up about 100 hours of my time – probably a record for me with a game that didn’t include the words “Final” or “Fantasy”. It is an all-time favorite in the AAA class it seems. And you can’t buy it so easily now which is sad since this is the one game I tend to recommend for fellow DS’ers because it’s challenging and has meta reply value.
Initial reviews have been good and as more are published (probably this week) it’ll be easier to see that this will be another great DS game.
It’s odd how this game dropped like a bomb – it was barely announced in the Fall and now months later it’s a reality. The marketing seems to be light other than the official web site. I mean odd in the sense that many of us were anticipating another DS game in the series, especially as the last one was effectively an early launch title. Should be good – and if you’ve never played the series it’s worth a look.
