Paris is currently hosting the 2007 Micromania Games Show. There hasn’t been much in the way of exclusive announcements at the show, hence the lack of coverage, but one game in particular has caught our attention: Advance Wars 2 for the DS. A sequel perhaps, but a sequel to one of the greatest games ever made, so you can understand if we’re a little excited. Over on the NeoGAF forums, Sad_Panda spills the beans:

“AW DS 2 did receive a complete overhaul in terms of design. Gone are Max, Andy and the others, replaced by a whole new crew. IS went with a whole new, more realistic, miltary look, and quite frankly, it seemed like a pretty wise move. Graphically-wise, the look went with the new design, though it looked pretty much the same. New combat animations were pretty low-quality though, blurry and badly animated. Surely that’s gonna be fixed by the time it comes out. Had time to notice a new unit - bike infantry unit - and that pretty much sums it up.”

Hmmm, interesting. It sounds like all the familiar elements have been ditched in favour of something more gritty and less cartoony. This was probably necessary in order to keep the franchise fresh, but we’ll have to wait and see if it works. More details when we have them.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, September 29th, 2007 at 3:20 pm by Bulent Yusuf
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