Dynasty Warriors Advance
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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.
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".
disliked the game, grading it 4 out of 10, 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
.
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
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
portable handheld system, part of the Dynasty Warriors
Dynasty Warriors
is a series of tactical action video games created by Omega Force and Koei. The award-winning series is a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, based loosely around the Chinese classical novel of the same name. The first game titled Dynasty Warriors,...
series. The game was published by Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
, and developed by Koei using their external development company Omega Force. It was released on August 29, 2005.
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".
Reception
Dynasty Warriors Advance received varied reviews upon release. IGNIGN
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disliked the game, grading it 4 out of 10, criticizing the low number of on-screen enemies at any time, and the "button-mashing" gameplay. Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...
, 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
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
.
Others
-Lu BuLü Bu
Lü Bu was a military general and later a minor warlord during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. According to the Records of Three Kingdoms, Lü Bu was highly-skilled in horse-riding and archery, and was thus nicknamed "Flying General"...
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