======Wars Series======

  * //and sometimes referred to as: Nintendo Wars series, Advance Wars series, Famicom Wars series---//

[[company:Intelligent Systems]]'s **//Wars// series** of [[genre:turn-based strategy games]] began life on the [[hardware:nes|Famicom]], and received a few sequels on various [[company:Nintendo]] systems before its first Western appearance as an early release for [[hardware:gba|Game Boy Advance]] (though those versionas did not appear in Japan until a few years later, in compilation form!).

=====Identifying Elements=====
====Key Staff====
====Patterns====
  * [[software:advance_wars|Level editor]]

=====Games=====
  * 1988 - **//Famicom Wars//** (FC)
    - 1998 - **//Super Famicom Wars//** (SFC: [[hardware:snes#Nintendo Power]] only)
      - 1998 - **//Super Famicom Wars BS Ban//** (SFC: [[hardware:snes#Satellaview]])
  * 1990 - **//Game Boy Wars//** (GB)
    - 1997 - **//Game Boy Wars Turbo//** (GB)
      - 1997 - **//Game Boy Wars Turbo Famitsu Version//** (GB) (By [[company:Hudson]])
    - 1998 - **//Game Boy Wars 2//** (GB, GBC) (By [[company:Hudson]])
    - 2001 - **//Game Boy Wars 3//** (GBC) (By [[company:Hudson]])
  * 2001 - **//Advance Wars//** (GBA)
    - 2003 - **//Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising//** (GBA)
    - 2004 - **//Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2//** (GBA)
    - 2005 - **//Advance Wars: Dual Strike//** (DS)
    - 2008 - **//Advance Wars: Days of Ruin / Dark Conflict//** (DS)
  * 2005 - **//Battalion Wars//** (GC)
    - 2008 - **//Battalion Wars 2//** (Wii)

====Famicom Wars====

====Super Famicom Wars BS Ban====
**//Super Famicom Wars BS Ban//**, or //Super Famicom Wars BS Ban Tsukinowa-jima!// if you go by the [[pattern:title_screen|title screen]] is, unfortunately, just a [[hardware:snes#Satellaview]] demo for the [[hardware:snes#Nintendo Power]] distributed of the Super Famicom game.

  * [[http://satellaview.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Famicom_Wars_BS_Ban|Super Famicom Wars BS Ban]] - The English Satellaview Wiki entry.

====Advance Wars: Days of Ruin====

  * [[sb:hookup:advance_wars_days_of_ruin]] - Friend Codes / hookup page.

=====Related Games / Series=====
  * //[[Faselei!]]//
  * [[fire_emblam_series|Fire Emblem series]]
  * [[nectaris_series|Nectaris series]]

=====See also=====
  * [[wp>Wars (series)]] - Wikipedia page.
  * [[http://warswiki.warscentral.com/Advance_Wars_Wiki|Wars Wiki]] - Wars series fan wiki.
  * [[http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/famicom-wars-series|Famicom Wars series]] - MobyGames list.