Dynasty Warriors Advance
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 North American Game Boy Advance cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Omega Force |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Hack and slash Tactical action[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) PEGI: 12+ |
Dynasty Warriors Advance (真・三國無双 Advance Shin Sangoku Musō Adobansu, Shin Sangokumusou Advance in Japan) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance portable handheld system, part of the Dynasty Warriors series. The game was published by Nintendo, and developed by Koei using their external development company Omega Force. It was released on August 29, 2005.
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[edit] Gameplay
Players choose from 13 characters based on Chinese history, battling through 180 battle maps. Each character has similar attacks to their counterparts in the other Dynasty Warriors games. The character development system is also present in the game, which allows the player to collect a large multitude of weapons for each character.
Like the other Dynasty Warriors games, the play modes are Free Mode, Musou Mode and Challenge Mode.
Unlike the non-portable-console Dynasty Warriors Games, there are a set number of possible positions for the characters. You can go up to two spots back and one spot forward. However, the player can only move when it says "Player Move." When it is an "Ally Move" or an "Enemy Move," the player can not perform any functions.
The abilities to jump, build Musou, and shoot arrows in battle from the previous games were omitted from Advance. Also, characters' speech is all in subtitles, with no voiceovers. Though that there is dialogue when a character defeats an officer. Most commonly "Enemy officer defeated".
[edit] Reception
Dynasty Warriors Advance received varied reviews upon release. IGN disliked the game, grading it 4 out of 10, [2] criticizing the low number of on-screen enemies at any time, and the "button-mashing" gameplay. Nintendo Power, however, awarded the game a 7 (out of 10), praising its replay value that "ranks among the best" on the Game Boy Advance system. The game currently has a 56 out of 100 score at Metacritic. [3]
[edit] Characters
Only a few characters are in Dynasty Warriors Advance:
[edit] WU
[edit] WEI
[edit] SHU
[edit] Others
All characters start from the beginning except, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and Lu Bu The 3 Lords can be unlocked by completing each Musou Mode and Lu Bu can be unlocked by clearing Musou modes with Cao Cao, Sun Jian or Liu Bei. As for the other characters (which are Dong Zhuo, Sima Yi, Sun Quan, Yuan Shao, Zhang Jiao and Zhuge Liang), they ARE impossible to unlock (even though they have unique sprites.)
Cao Cao
Guan Yu
Liu Bei
Lu Bu
Sun Ce
Sun Jian
Sun Shang Xiang
Xiahou Dun
Xu Zhu
Zhang Fei
Zhao Yun
Zhen Ji
Zhou Yu
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (English)Koei's Official Site
- (Japanese)Official Game Site of Japan
- (traditional Chinese)Official Game Site of Taiwan
[edit] References
- ^ "EA Signs North American Distribution Agreement with Koei Corporation for Upcoming Tactical Action Game Samurai Warriors". Electronic Arts. 2004-02-24. http://www.info.ea.com/news/pr/pr456.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.[dead link]
- ^ IGN: Dynasty Warriors Advance Review
- ^ Dynasty Warriors Advance (gba: 2005): Reviews
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