Wars series

Wars

ファミコンウォーズ

Creator:	Unknown
First game:	Famicom Wars (1988)
Best-selling game:	Unknown (Unknown copies)
Latest game:	Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (2008)

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The Wars (Japanese: ファミコンウォーズ Famicom Wars) series of games is one the longest running Nintendo game series, debuting on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988 in Japan. Most Wars games are developed by Intelligent Systems, a second party developer to Nintendo that also develops Fire Emblem amongst others. The ones that aren't, the Battalion Wars games, are developed by Kuju Entertainment. They are published by Nintendo exclusively for their home console and portable gaming systems.

Since the first installment in the series, Famicom Wars, the Wars series has continuously developed the finer aspects of gameplay with the core mechanics being untouched. All of the Wars games are turn-based strategy games with the exclusion of the real-time strategy Battalion Wars and its sequel, Battalion Wars 2. While remaining exclusive to Japan for most of the series' life it became known to a wider public in August 2001 following its first international release with Advance Wars. All subsequent games have been released worldwide, bringing the total of games released in Japan to 11 (as Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising were released in a compilation) and internationally to 6.

Games

Game	JP release	NA release	EU release	AUS release	KOR release	Platform
00 Main Games
Famicom Wars	1988	N/A	Nintendo Entertainment System	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Game Boy Wars	1990	N/A	Game Boy	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Game Boy Wars Turbo	1997	N/A	Game Boy	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Game Boy Wars 2	1998	N/A	Game Boy Color	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Super Famicom Wars	1998	N/A	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Game Boy Wars 3	2001	N/A	Game Boy Color	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Advance Wars	2004	2001	Game Boy Advance	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising	2004	2003	Game Boy Advance	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Advance Wars: Dual Strike	2005	2005	Nintendo DS	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Battalion Wars	2005	2005	Nintendo GameCube	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Battalion Wars 2	2008	2007	Wii	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin	release pending	2008	Nintendo DS	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}