Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #928 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2008-02-15
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: 7.50" h x .50" w x 5.50" l, 2.00 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review

When the original version of Battalion Wars was released on the GameCube, the major criticism was that the game needed a better control system, which is exactly what the Wii version provides. This is not simply a battlefield strategy game where you position your planes, tanks, and ships and then watch the results. Here you can take direct control of your weaponry to affect the outcome. Battalion Wars 2 still requires plenty of thought amidst the shoot ‘em-up action, and there’s even an online multiplayer mode so you can play your friends.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant!
I have just completed this game and felt compelled to write this review because I thought it was simply ACE! Very fun to play. Intuitive controls. Good online play. Plus, something that hasn't been mentioned much and I wasn't expecting, it's HILARIOUS too! Was chortling through much of the gameplay. Most fun I've had on a game in a while. BUY IT NOW!

One of the the most overlooked games
The problem is originality often doesn't go down well. Bw2 is an original type of game, as is zack and wiki. These are both games that maybe you might not have heard of, but let me assure you they are both great.

Bw2 is a brilliant example of 3rd person shooters, and whilst it claims to be a strategy game, i ofnd there is verey little strategy involved, which just makes it that much better, would highly recommend piking it up 2nd hand, 16 pounds is a bargain for such a fantastic game!

a decent enough stop-gap
Perhaps more than any other Nintendo game, BWii shows both the weakness and strength of the big white one's gaming agenda.

Filled with charming art design and simple adaptable controls BWii should ride up there with the likes of Metroid and Mario. However, bouyed by Official Nintendo's 90% score I have to say I'm mostly underwhlemed, but certainly don't regret paying for it.

Marketed (and subsequntly trumpted by ONM) as a strategy game, I cant help but feel disappointed. Never getting near its handheld cousin Advance Wars, BWii plays out more like a charming, bright third person blaster and this is both its greatest strength and weakness.

The single player campaign is indeed fun. You can try out a variety of troops, vehicles (land, sea and air based), destroy buildings and cause cutesy carnage on the opposition, all with a control scheme slightly better than that of a traditional console because of the wii-pointer.

The problem is that its not really challenging. Keeping the 'paper-scissor-stone' structure of Advance wars (where each unit has a strength and vulnerability) you lead your troops across a variety of terrains, destroying all in your path. However while the nintendo website convincves you that you have control for a whole battlefield, the opposite is true. It might tell you that you can call in air strikes or heavy artillery, but in reality all you do is make sure your troops survive the linear route plotted on your map. If you make it to the airport (mind you you can't g anywhere else), you get planes. The reason you get planes is because there is artillery ahead that will destroy your troops. No tactical acumen of any sort is required as your hand is held like this throughout the game.

Thats not to say the action isn't fun, its just that its in fact the exact opposite of a strategy game. All that is required is to pick the right troop on the command structure for whatever the next enemy is that hurtles kamikaze-like toward your line. In this way it is no different to the FPS on other consoles.

But as a full blown release its hard not to give Kuju some brownie points. The game feels fully thought out, the graphics are clean and the artsyle developed. It also features the best rendered cut scenes seen ont he wii so far.

So, if you're stuck waiting for Smash brothers, then BWii is a decent enough stop-gap, just don't ecpect much depth as almost no developer has managed this yet on the wii.