Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2816 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2008-02-15
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .30 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

ATTACK! Bazookas to the left tank! Flamers take care of those vets!
Great little game we have here! Heard all the good reviews and thought I'd take th eplunge and get it! Not disappointed at all! easy controls, great graphics, funny looking units! Whilst in the think of battle getting use to the unit selection may get fiddly but easily mastered with practice! A good excuse to play more often methinks! Beware of those pesky aircrafts tho - fast and can bomb your group to oblivion!

One of the Wii's best games and it's made in the UK...
I was unsure about buying this title but as it has received such great reviews in the gaming press I'd give it a try. Whilst this isn't the kind of game I'd normally play, I have to say I'm really impressed, from the opening mission that gently eases you into the game through to its multiplayer aspect it is superb. Visually it is one of the best on the Wii, with some fantastic water effects, with a large amount of animation on the screen at any one time. As a game that can be approached in so many different ways and on so many levels, Battalion Wars 2 should appeal to anyone who likes a bit of good old-fashioned strategic action. Instead of buying PDC Darts or Carnival games, invest in this, you won't be disappointed.

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.