[Infendo Forums reader, ejamer, decided to hold a contest of his own in which Forum fans would write a game review. The winner, Alucard, nabbed some Wii Points. We'll be sure to let everyone know when there's another contest going on in the Forums. Here is the winning review for Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin for Nintendo DS.]

Brief Summary on the series:

Advance Wars is a series that originally started on the Famicom gaming system in Japan, developed by Intelligent Systems. Intelligent Systems was made up of people from Nintendo Research & Development 1 division lead by Gunpei Yokoi until they splintered into their own development teams. Famicom Wars, known as Advance Wars in America, is a turn based tactical game (Similar to Fire Emblem) where you control many different units and use them to conquer a map full of enemies. The first game to reach the United States was Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance. This game along with Advance Wars 2, were the only games in the series that were not released in Japan when they first came out. It wasn’t until 3 years after the original release in the U.S.A that they were released in a compilation pack for the GBA.
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Reader Casey writes: So, I was thinking about Advance Wars all day yesterday. Target’s flier said they would have it by 4pm yesterday. Right after work I went to Target and I couldn’t find it. I went up to the customer service desk, saw the guy flirting with a female co-worker (damn shawty, you lookin’ good), and knew it would be useless to ask them about the game. So, I went to Best Buy. they didn’t have it. Finally I went to a GameStop.

“Can I help you?”

“Do you have the new Advance Wars?”

“Did you pre-order?”

“No.”

“Well, lucky you. we have one left.”

Yes, lucky me. I’m so lucky I get to give you money.

Anywho, game is fun so far. We gots to play online when you get it. Here’s my friend code: 262 117 217 945