{"id":133292,"date":"2023-04-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148402"},"modified":"2023-04-22T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T04:00:00","slug":"advance-wars-switch-dev-thanks-fans-for-positive-reception-calls-release-a-life-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/advance-wars-switch-dev-thanks-fans-for-positive-reception-calls-release-a-life-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Wars Switch Dev Thanks Fans For Positive Reception, Calls Release A &#8220;Life Dream&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/feddcbc5c6757\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/feddcbc5c6757\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Advance Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/feddcbc5c6757\/advance-wars.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/feddcbc5c6757\/advance-wars.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Advance Wars\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After jumping through several hoops, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/advance_wars_1plus2_re-boot_camp\">Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp<\/a> has <em>finally<\/em> launched on the Nintendo Switch. As exciting as it is for many fans of the series, it is perhaps even more exciting for the development team.<\/p>\n<p>WayForward director James Montagna, who has worked alongside Nintendo on the &#8220;reimagined&#8221; version of the classic turn-based strategy series, has taken to social media to acknowledge the fact his &#8220;life dream&#8221; has been fully realised &#8211; calling it &#8220;the most anticipated, surreal, and exciting day&#8221;, while thanking his team and the game&#8217;s fans at the same time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>James Montagna:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve had the honor of developing Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp alongside Nintendo!<\/p>\n<p>Today, my life dream is fully realized. But it&#8217;s my team &amp; our friends at Nintendo whose efforts I must acknowledge for this reality. On behalf of us all, please enjoy Advance Wars!<\/p>\n<p>Wow, I can&#8217;t respond to everyone but thanks!! This is simultaneously the most anticipated, surreal, and exciting day of my life<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/markbozon\/statuses\/1649444719913750528 @ 2023-04-22T23:50:52+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Massive moment for my old stomping grounds <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WayForward?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WayForward<\/a> and the insanely talented people there. Huge congrats to all involved! Now let\u2019s get a new game in this engine, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NintendoAmerica<\/a>! These guys and gals clearly have the chops! \ud83d\udc4d\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udfae <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47tIsgYH61\">https:\/\/t.co\/47tIsgYH61<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Mark Bozon (@MarkBozon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkBozon\/status\/1649444719913750528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Montagna also goes on to mention how he won&#8217;t be able to say much else about the game, and &#8220;can&#8217;t really answer questions&#8221;, which isn&#8217;t all that surprising considering it&#8217;s a first-party Nintendo release. On the plus side, the team at WayForward did celebrate this special occasion with a fittingly-themed cake:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/wayforward\/statuses\/1649548795389026307 @ 2023-04-22T23:27:18+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Onward, to battle! But first, a pre-victory cake! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hORxgQDIYJ\">pic.twitter.com\/hORxgQDIYJ<\/a><\/span>\u2014 WayForward (@WayForward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WayForward\/status\/1649548795389026307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This updated Advance Wars release includes two-games-one and comes with 3D graphics, voiceovers, online play, and many other enhancements. In our Nintendo Life we awarded the Switch release an &#8216;excellent&#8217; 9 out of 10 stars &#8211; calling it a delightful reimagining.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:147417 @ 2023-04-23T00:32:59+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"rJ1tGazljfw\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Have you tried out Advance Wars on Switch yet? What do you think of it so far? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo After jumping through several hoops, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp has finally launched on the Nintendo Switch. As exciting as it is for many fans of the series, it is perhaps even more exciting for the development team. WayForward director James Montagna, who has worked alongside Nintendo on the &#8220;reimagined&#8221; version of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}