BWii blowout

by Alisha Karabinus { Oct 16th 2007 at 3:00PM }

Finally, Wii owners are about to have lots of opportunities to take their game online, and one of those chances comes with Battalion Wars 2, better known as BWii. Lots of media and hands-on impressions on the strategic sequel to the GameCube title surfaced after last week's event, and we've helpfully collected some of here it for you. In our gallery, we've got updated screens and artwork, as well as a gameplay video after the jump.

But what we're sure you really want to know is: how's the game? Well, we can tell you what we know, but unfortunately, that's not as much as we'd like. It looks like everyone was limited to an extremely brief slice of gameplay when they got to go hands-on with the title, but so far, all outlets seem to be reporting good results. The controls are easy to pick up and seem precise, with the nunchuk controlling movement and the D-pad serving as unit selection. As expected, players aim with their current unit via the remote. To win, all you have to do is destroy more units than your opponent by the end of the round, and you can offer up a rematch to anyone who gives good game. Sounds solid so far, but this close to release, we wish Nintendo had revealed a little more.

Gallery: BWii

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Tags: battalion-wars-2, bwii, gallery, kuju, multiplayer, online, preview, strategy

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Aaron @ Oct 16th 2007 3:23PM

A handful of new screenshots and a pair of very limited hands-on impressions do not constitute a "blowout."

I was excited to finally get some real info on this game. Misleading title, come on!

Trogdor @ Oct 16th 2007 4:10PM

Yeah, the title's misleading, but I WANT THIS GAME!!! Man, I wish it'd show up already! It has so much cool looking stuff, even if it is "cartoony".

Jonathan Tran @ Oct 16th 2007 4:34PM

0:34

DO A BARREL ROLL!!

James @ Oct 16th 2007 4:49PM

Those looking forward to this, did you like the first one? I rented it, but it just failed to "grab" me. Any reason to think this one might have a bit more depth?

flameofdoom666 @ Oct 16th 2007 5:03PM

The single player is longer, it has multi player (and wifi), more detailed everything, and water units.

DBuck_Eye @ Oct 16th 2007 9:58PM

Will this have split screen? Lack of that would be its only drawback.

troy @ Oct 17th 2007 9:37AM

It's got split screen and wireless wii to wii LAN with no other wireless required! So if your buddies got a Wii and the game you should totally have a massive WLAN party!

BluClouds7 @ Oct 17th 2007 1:44PM

is the multiplayer only head to head, or can you have say 3 or 4 people on one team against 3 or 4 people on another team?

jasenj1 @ Oct 17th 2007 2:51PM

Finally a LAN party game. I hope you can play co-op via LAN. The Wii is perfect for this sort of play: small, easily transported, no wires for the LAN setup. The only tricky part might be syncing the controllers to the right boxes.

I hope this game really brings good online and LAN play and shows the way for LOTS of other games to follow.