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Battalion Wars 2 for Nintendo Wii
Battalion Wars 2 for Nintendo Wii combines direct action with commanding an entire army. You personally control a soldier, tank, helicopter, fighter aircraft or ship and can switch to another unit at any time. Simple orders tell selected troops to follow, defend a position or attack a target. This puts you in the middle of the firefight while you also decide which units should deal with tanks, infantry, aerial targets and buildings.
The campaign tells of a conflict surrounding an ancient superweapon and alternates between events in the past and present. Six armed forces fight across islands, beaches and fortified bases. New naval units add battleships, frigates, submarines and landing craft to the tanks and aircraft from the first game. Some missions call for a rapid assault, while others involve protecting convoys, capturing bases or repelling attacks from several directions.
The Wii Remote is used to aim and select targets; the Nunchuk controls movement and formation orders. After each mission, the game rates speed, technique and unit preservation, encouraging another attempt for a better rank. The original online battles and cooperative play through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection have been unavailable since 20 May 2014. The complete solo campaign remains playable from the disc without a network connection.
Region and language
Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Battalion Wars 2 uses a Wii Remote and Nunchuk for one player. The former Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection features are no longer available; the solo campaign works entirely offline.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Battalion Wars 2 for Nintendo Wii. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Battalion Wars 2
Kuju London developed Battalion Wars 2 as the sequel to Battalion Wars for Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo released the European Wii version on 15 February 2008. The original set the tone with a blend of third-person action and real-time tactics; the sequel retained that direct control while expanding the battlefield with naval units, permanent bases and several new armies.
The story consists of campaigns that together explain the origin and return of the conflict. Players command the Solar Empire, Western Frontier and other armies, each with distinctive vehicles and infantry. Personally controlling one unit keeps the pace of an action game, but the outcome also depends on target selection, cover and intelligently distributing the battalion across land, sea and air.
Battalion Wars 2 was one of the Wii games through which Nintendo supported online cooperation and competition. Those features offered separate missions and game types rather than an online version of the solo campaign. Nintendo ended Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for Wii on 20 May 2014, so these network features are no longer presented as operational. The campaign, mission ratings and all local controls remain part of the physical disc.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Battalion Wars on GameCube established the foundation with personally controlled infantry, tanks and aircraft alongside orders to the rest of the army. Battalion Wars 2 refines that combination on Wii, adds naval forces and bases, and tells a new conflict through flashbacks. The core remains faster and more direct than a traditional strategy game.
Pikmin 2 has you assign groups of small creatures to tasks, but the captain rarely fights directly and time, carrying and puzzles take centre stage. Battalion Wars 2 also gives orders to groups while you personally shoot, drive or fly. The military battlefield and rapid switching between units make its execution much more action-focused.
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin uses turns, a grid and calculated attack values on Nintendo DS. Battalion Wars 2 plays out battles without pauses in three-dimensional environments. Both revolve around unit strengths and weaknesses and capturing objectives, but on Wii you execute every shot and manoeuvre yourself.
Aragorn's Quest combines third-person combat with allies who largely act independently. Battalion Wars 2 gives far more control over separate groups and vehicles and lets you switch units instantly. Both use Wii gestures in combat, but only Battalion Wars builds missions around combined land, air and sea attacks.
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 places you as a single soldier in linear World War II shooting missions. Battalion Wars 2 uses an imaginative conflict and lets you coordinate an entire army. Aiming with the Wii Remote feels related, but tanks, aircraft, ships and tactical orders give every mission a broader scale.
