E3: Battallion Wars

[Great Rumbler]

Battalion Wars, formerly known as Advance Wars: Under Fire, looks quite a bit better visually with very lush game environments, but there's not much new known about gameplay details. It's retaining the same slightly cartoony style, but shares none of the same characters from previous Advance Wars games. So far, there's no word on if multiplayer exists, but the single-player is said to be a fairly long 20 missions.

As before, it features standard 3rd-person shooter controls and gameplay slightly similar to Pikmin. One difference is that The AI of friendly units is pretty sharp, as it automatically pathfinds, fires on enemies, and even picks up health items. One slight difference is that infantry units don't commandeer vehicles; vehicles are strictly independent units. So far, we've seen tanks (with a turret and machine gun fire), jeeps (fast single-machine gun units), and various air units that haven't been playable yet.

Planet Gamecube

[OB1]

Looks pretty cool! I hope it's good.

[Great Rumbler]

They really need to add multiplayer, a game like this SCREAMS multiplayer.

[OB1]

There's no multi??

[Great Rumbler]

So far, there's no word on if multiplayer exists, but the single-player is said to be a fairly long 20 missions.

[OB1]

Hmm...

[Great Rumbler]

That could just mean that multi hasn't be revealed yet. It should have it though.

[A Black Falcon]

Multi in games like that work best online, and without online... oh, it'd still be great to see multiplayer. 3d strategy/action can work. But I wouldn't be that surprised if it's not there... though it should be, given how Advance Wars is known for great and easy-to-use multiplayer...

[Great Rumbler]

You could always have co-op though.