Board 8 > Advance Wars 1+2 delayed indefinitely

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Advance Wars is like fictional armies right. It doesn't directly involve Russia or anything does it? I don't really get this.

Advance Wars is like fictional armies right. It doesn't directly involve Russia or anything does it? I don't really get this.

The fictional armies are kind of based off real ones. Blue Moon is pretty obviously Russia. I still don't necessarily agree with this, for the record.

It's certainly kind of ironic the remake is getting delayed because of world events, though, since the original was delayed in Europe and Japan due to 9/11...

Disappointing but totally understandable (and not unexpected) decision.

The nations in the game are loosely based on real world countries. Blue Moon is basically a stylised Russia.

that seems like the opposite of irony

It's certainly kind of ironic the remake is getting delayed because of world events, though, since the original was delayed in Europe and Japan due to 9/11...

That makes a bit more sense then. Things are just going to keep getting worse here in the real world though. I don't know if there will be an "appropriate" time to release this any time soon.

What do you mean? It'll be fine for Nintendo to release it once Russia finishes conquering Ukraine and the war ends.

the old series aesthetic was always a bit distasteful.

Second time in a year a game I was super hyped for gets delayed indefinitely due to matching real world events.

What does that mean? Do you hate pixels or something?

Yeah true, actually.

Hmmm is there a word for that? I can't really say its 'expected' because who actually expected it. Anti-ironic?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/1/AAEfmDAADAn_.jpg

I too remember the lunar whale uprising

Also in addition to AW1 and 9/11, AW2 launched around the invasion of Iraq. The series is definitely cursed.

Ciconia Part 2

something like Call of Duty that shows a (comparatively) much more grounded idea of war and still ends up portraying it as a fun activity for adolescent boys through its game mechanics.

let's see if this year's call of duty/battlefield gets delayed

I mean there's no way they could release a game while a war wasn't ongoing. I assume this will come out once Ukraine is no longer in the news, but there'll still be ongoing atrocities in Yemen, Palestine, Afghanistan and more. And they didn't delay AW2 even with Iraq, only wars in western countries matter apparently.

This is all silly because it's a cartoon war game, but the precedent they're setting here is a strange one.

Honestly, unless the game was made with a clear intention to sate people's bloodlust, I think ultimately there has to be a burden on people raising kids to tell them "This is a game, it is not real life, temper yourself." Even something like cod doesn't HAVE to be "harmful to society" if people understand it to be a competitive game meant to test certain skills, as advance wars is.

They already announced no COD this year.

That was before this though, just a "happy coincidence"

I suspect the delay is mostly because Nintendo is worried about any PR nightmares that may arise from them trying to advertise this game right now. It's very easy to imagine some outlet going "I can't believe Nintendo is glorifying war right now" and going viral.

This is all silly because it's a cartoon war game, but the precedent they're setting here is a strange one.

I suspect the delay is mostly because Nintendo is worried about any PR nightmares that may arise from them trying to advertise this game right now. It's very easy to imagine some outlet going "I can't believe Nintendo is glorifying war right now" and going viral.

Good chance to bring back Battalion Wars instead!

I feel like we're not far enough removed from the Jack Thompson era to be taking the "it's not REALLY harmful, so the American public will let it slide" angle seriously.

Jovial Russian parodies aren't going to be seen in any mass market media for quite some time, if ever again.

Maybe I'm insensitive but tbh they should just release it quietly, without much advertisement, and hope it slides under the PR radar. Delaying it indefinitely because of a war that could potentially last for years is basically a soft cancellation.

Had the game gone gold yet? The timing seems kind of on the borderline.

Has a game ever been cancelled or significantly (like, more than a month or two) delayed after going gold?

You're aware of the Cold War, right? From a US cultural impact perspective that was way worse than this current conflict and we had a ton of silly Russian parodies going on even as we were literally fearing that they could blow us into mutually assured oblivion at any second.

Even something like cod doesn't HAVE to be "harmful to society" if people understand it to be a competitive game meant to test certain skills, as advance wars is.