Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
North American box art
Developer(s)Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Daisuke Nakajima
Masaki Tawara
Producer(s)Toru Narihiro
Hitoshi Yamagami
Programmer(s)Susumu Ishihara
Artist(s)Masahiro Higuchi
Hiroaki Hashimoto
Writer(s)Kouhei Maeda
Composer(s)Yoshito Hirano
SeriesWars
Platform(s)
ReleaseNintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
  • JP: October 30, 2013[4] (digitally as a platinum status reward)
Genre(s)Turn-based tactics
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, released as Advance Wars: Dark Conflict in Europe and Australia, is a turn-based strategy video game for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.[5] It is the fourth installment in the Advance Wars series after Advance Wars: Dual Strike[6] and was released in 2008 for North America on January 21; in Europe on January 25; and in Australia on February 21. A Japanese release was planned under the title of Famicom Wars DS: Lost Light,[a] but was canceled after a series of delays. It finally became available in Japan through Club Nintendo in October 2013 as a downloadable platinum status reward for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.[7]

Days of Ruin features a grim and more serious tone and atmosphere in contrast to the previous light-hearted installments, with a new storyline, characters and setting independent of the previous games. Set amidst a post-apocalyptic world, the story focuses on the Rubinelle 12th Battalion,[b] one of the surviving remnants of the military of the country of Rubinelle,[c] which had been locked in a century-long war with its rival, Lazuria,[d] prior to a devastating global meteor shower. In the aftermath, the Battalion devotes itself to assisting survivors and restoring order, despite the shattered nations renewing their war against each other and an incurable disease ravaging both sides. Meanwhile, a mysterious faction with unknown motives takes advantage of the destruction and pushes both sides deeper into conflict from behind the scenes.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Nintendo of Europe: Advance Wars: Dark Conflict Game Info". Nintendo of Europe. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  2. ^ "Nintendo of America: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Game Info". Nintendo of America. 2008-01-21. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  3. ^ "Aussie Game Releases (February 18–23)". IGN. 2008-02-21. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  4. ^ "Gaming News". ScrewAttack.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  5. ^ Jones, George. "Advance Wars: Days of Ruin: New features, multiplayer, and a dark story line make this sequel shine". GamePro. Vol. 235. p. 78.
  6. ^ Shoe, Michael. "Advance Wars: Days of Ruin: Nights of strategizing". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 226. p. 83.
  7. ^ "ファミコンウォーズＤＳ 失われた光". Club.nintendo.jp. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  8. ^ Webster, Locke (2008-01-21). "UGO.com: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Interview". UGO.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference AWDOR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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