Nintendo’s Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp lastly releases greater than a yr after indefinite delay as a consequence of Ukraine invasion

A Nintendo online game which suffered an indefinite delay as a result of battle in Ukraine lastly releases at the moment.

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp was initially scheduled to hit the Switch console on 8 April final yr, however its Japanese writer pushed it again following Russia’s invasion.

It is a remade assortment of the primary two video games within the Advance Wars sequence, a long-running ways franchise that places gamers answerable for varied factions battling with troops, tanks and different artillery.

Its cartoon-like visuals have all the time been considerably at odds with the content material: the primary sport begins with a rustic engaged in a battle towards its neighbour, and one of many armies is modelled after Russia and the Soviet Union.

When the delay was introduced on 9 March 2022, Nintendo stated it was “in light of recent world events”. Vladimir Putin‘s troops had begun their full-scale assault on Ukraine on 24 February.

Nintendo didn’t announce a brand new launch date till 8 February this yr, having been pressured to reassure followers that the sport had not been cancelled after months with out an replace.

Re-Boot Camp’s launch tomorrow comes 15 years after the earlier instalment within the franchise, making it some of the anticipated video games of 2023.

‘Packed with strategic brilliance’

Critics have handed out largely glowing critiques of the brand new sport.

Nintendo Insider stated it was “packed with punchy strategic brilliance” and was an “addictive and tense” expertise.

IGN described it as a “great return for this long-neglected series”, and GameSpot stated the package deal provided “fun and approachable strategic gameplay”.

The included video games, Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, initially launched in 2001 and 2003.

Nintendo’s determination to delay Re-Boot Camp coincided with the corporate ceasing shipments to Russia, becoming a member of fellow gaming and tech firms like Microsoft, Sony, Apple, and Netflix.