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1988 · Intelligent Systems · Turn-based strategy

Famicom Wars

Nintendo exclusive

Famicom Wars is a Japanese-only video game for the Famicom (the Japanese name for the NES). It was designed by Nintendo R&D1 and programmed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It spawned many sequels, five of which were released in America. It is the first game in the Nintendo Wars series. The gameplay can be compared to games in the Fire Emblem series, as both are in the turn based strategy genre, and both have been developed and published by the same companies (the Famicom Wars series was released first, however).

Released
12 August 1988
Platforms
Nintendo 3DSWiiNESWii U
Genres
Turn-based strategy
Developers
Intelligent SystemsNintendo R&D1
Publishers
Nintendo
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Warfare
Age ratings
CERO A
Languages
Japanese
Time to beat
64hmain story64hwith extras64hcompletionist

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Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES12 August 1988Japan
Wii19 May 2009Japan
Nintendo 3DS26 December 2012Japan
Wii U3 December 2014Japan

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