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While fans have been dealing with the lack of new Advance Wars content from Nintendo, an indie studio has already been working on filling that particular void for the second time. Publisher Chucklefish had already released the heavily Advance Wars-inspired Wargroove in 2019, to critical success, and have now announced a sequel to their strategy RPG. Wargroove 2 will be developed by Robotality, who has previously worked on a game called Pathway, and has a nautical theme, featuring pirates, treasure, and giant enemy squids. Wargroove 2 will release on the Nintendo Switch and PC/Steam, and will have a co-op mode, a new roguelike single-player campaign, and more.

 

[Scarlet]

Loved Wargroove but never finished it due to completionism burning me out on trying to get three stars for each map. Definitely a game I'll get back onto before the Advance Wars remake drops.

 

[RedoLane]

Perfect. the first game sits in my Steam library for ages, so i'm definitely gonna finish it before the sequel comes out.

 

[TheStonedModder]

Maybe I’m thinking of a different game but when I tried the first wargroove I remember being excited for it being similar to advanced wars, followed by disappointment when it seems like something else entirely

Almost like it was trying to just get by on the “advance wars style” like that crummy “Soccer Story” clone that came out right before the “golf story” sequel “sports story”

 

[MagnesG]

The artstyle is still ugly, sadly.

 

[pokota]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that WarGroove is a spiritual successor to the Fire Emblem games?

 

[Scarlet]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that WarGroove is a spiritual successor to the Fire Emblem games?

Nah, it takes from Advance Wars more in how units are factory produced and replaceable, and the whole commander thing.

 

[Kwyjor]

I completely forgot about Wargroove. I remember there was some anticipation for it, but I suppose almost everyone else forgot about it too.

 

[Joeynator3000]

Honestly the artstyle wasn't doing it for me, and is still not doing it for me with the sequel. Just gonna wait for the advance Wars remake that's FINALLY coming out after being delayed for a year. -.-

 

[Viri]

Fugly art style.

 

[jomaper]

wait do people actually think it's an ugly style?