Battalion Wars 2 | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.60
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 893
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: Real Time Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5
MPN: WIRVLPRBWE
UPC: 045496900250
EAN: 0045496900250
ASIN: B000R4809W
Release Date: October 29, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Battle six armies through five theaters of war--each with unique commanding officers | | • | Engage 20 single-player missions | | • | Features five new naval units: Battleship, Frigate, Dreadnought, Submarine, and Transport | | • | Play in three online multiplayer modes: Assault, Skirmish, and Co-op |
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Product Description
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the commanding officers of Battalion Wars 2! Mistakenly believing that the Solar Empire is developing a devastating super-weapon, Commander Pierce and Colonel Windsor of the Anglo Isles launch a pre-emptive strike. But as the nations of the world, including the Tundran Territories, are once again propelled into all-out conflict, it becomes clear that a shadowy figure is pulling the strings from afar. Take control as commander-in-chief in this fantastical war action game! Online multiplayer battles heat up the competition as you wage war against friends on the ground, in the air and by sea.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 It's not advance, but it's Wars!!! December 26, 2008
I really love advance wars, so I thougt that Battalion Wars 2 should be the same strategy game, whith one on one fight. The are not one on one fight, but the fun is slightly the same. An extra its the on-line mode, really fun. For me its a 8/10 if you had play advance wars, and a 9/10 if you like Battalion Wars 1.
 eh... December 19, 2008
l bought this game for my boyfriend and he didn`t like it. The graphics weren`t so good and the story line was really short. The characters [commanders] got annoying after a while... The only thing that i found amusing was that you get to play as the bad guys in a part of the story line.
Good enough at $20 November 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Battalion Wars 2 (or BWII), has recieved above average reviews from the professional gaming media, and all in all i think theyve got it right this time (miracle, i know). The game is hard to describe, bcause its not your typical war game (if the graphics already havent told you that), its not really a deep RTS, and its not turn-based. The basic play of the game is to either reach a certain area (with or without a specific unit), destroy a specific enemy unit, or destroy a certain...thing. Each mission is pretty much described above, with slight variations of course. The story is actually really lame, the same goes for the VO (although i dont think its as bad as everyone says it is). Where the game actually hook you is the overall gameplay.
You control a battalion of soliders at any given moment, hence the namesake. What makes this game unique ius that unlike your conventional RTS game, you take direct command over a specific unit, all the time. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good-you actually feel as if your doing a part of action, and its fun to do so. The bad-it limits control over your other units, and could potentially cost you quite a bit (i mean victory/loss).
As you command your unit, you can lock onto a specific unit (be that enemy or otherwise), as do a variety of things. You yourself can directly attack it, send others from your battalion to attack it, or capture it (again, either directly or with other units). The overall mash-up of game ideas and gameplay styles means your not going to get bored easily. It does, however, make everything feel a lit loss, and as if it could have been better.
One of the most important aspects of the game is online play. You can play either with/without a buddy, and the matches play out incredibley smooth (very little lag time). There are 3 modes. Assult (conventional 'kill everything' mode), Co-Op (play through missions with a friend), or Versus. The game has a neat little way of keeping track of your online progress (somthing i wasnt expecting from an early Wii online game) by scoreing you for every match. After several matches, you can earn a score (out of stars), and everyone you play will see it. I dont know if the game matches random players through rank, but i dont think so. Another cool online feature is the unlocking aspect. After playing a certain number of matches for a certain mode, you can unlock additional maps/missions.
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Great game, needs improvement though November 29, 2008
This game is one of the greatest games for the wii. It takes you through the world as the commander of the battalions of different countries. I would give this game a 5 star rating but it needs improvement.
Let's look at the good side
-the game has a great story line
-great gameplay
-great crontrols once mastered
-lovely graphics
-the good, hardcore, fun violence but without the gore
-an online multiplayer (finally a multiplayer)
Now let's look at the bad
-needs a offline multiplayer for when nintendo shuts off the servers
-needs a lot of bonus missions for tons of replay value
-in my opinion, I think the campains should be based on wars, like the lightning wars, frontier/tundra conflict, first xylvanian war(BW 1), the second xylvanian war(BW 2), and the solar/anglo conflict, and side choosement for the player being on the side he or she wants to be.
I think the game is a great game and I say it's worth the money, but it can't get away without its problems being seen.
 Major improvement over the original November 19, 2008
For those who haven't played Battalion Wars for the Gamecube, this is a real-time strategy game played from a third person view. You select one of your units, and you control that unit while commanding the rest of your army to follow you into battle, or you can direct them to assault a different target or wait/defend a given location. You can send any combination of units to perform any action, so the control level is immense for a third person style RTS. Unlike in Goblin Commander, which is a fun game in its own right, you can actually send your troops all over the place. The only serious restriction is that there is no option to take an aerial view of the battlefield like most games in this genre.
For those who played the original, BWii is much better than the first. The Wiimote allows for more intuitive aiming and control in directing other units. Navy has been added, which works surprisingly well. Online is extremely fun, allowing you to play an opponent in a variety of levels, either trying to earn the most points (through killing their units) in a given time limit or trying to meet certain objectives such as capturing the opponent's base. You can also play Co-op missions online. Although there are only a few different levels, they are reasonably challenging and you work together in an attempt to earn good rankings. Unfortunately, if you're stuck with an unskilled player you probably won't beat the Co-op missions, but they're still loads of fun.
If you enjoyed the first, you will definitely enjoy BWii. The online is an awesome addition, and the Wii controls make things so much more natural. Do yourself a favor and pick this game up.
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