Nintendo News | Battalion Wars Goes Head-to-Head with Halo 3

By Adam Riley 29.05.2007 43

According to the latest issue of Nintendo Power, it has been revealed that Nintendo will release Kuju's Battalion Wars II for Wii at the same time as Halo 3 on Xbox 360 in the US - 24th September. Can both games co-exist or is this a bad move?

Let us know your thoughts in the forum below...

Box art for Battalion Wars 2
Developer

Kuju

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

Strategy

Players

4

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 29.05.2007#1

IMO bad move, but it could work, just maybe. As long as there are Wiis in stock, or maybe Nintendo should consider a price drop around then?

In any case, I don't think a relatively unheard of game like Batallion Wars could go up against Halo 3 in sales, unless Nintendo managed to get it publically hyped up somehow.

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paul_sant2003 is offline. paul_sant2003 29.05.2007#2

I think Halo will have an impact on sales in the first week but as they are 2 completely different types of game I don't think it will effect it in the long run

 
ohm is offline. ohm 29.05.2007#3

Well most people have either a Wii or 360, not TOO many people have both. That simplifies matters.

 
The Croft is offline. The Croft 29.05.2007#4

Some people might think Nintendo have signed the BWii death warrant, but with constant ads, people will buy it.


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Phoenom is offline. Phoenom 29.05.2007#5

I'd love BWii to outsell Halo 3. About a million to one chance, but hey its still possible. Halo's overhyped anyway.Smilie

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 29.05.2007#6

The thing is, Halo 3 will sell the 360, Batallion Wars won't sell the Wii. Mario Galaxy or Smash Brawl will, & they won't be out for a good few months after that.

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squeek is offline. squeek 29.05.2007#7

Might be releasing then to keep the keener Wii gamers occupied until the highly anticipated games come out, and away from thinking too much about buying Halo 3 and a 360.

It's not going to sell Wiis on it's own, or compete with Halo 3.

Most Wii owners probably don't have too much interest in 360 games anyway, like nearly all the Japan owners.

I'm quite interested in this one so I'll be looking forward to the reviews.

 
Dr_R is offline. Dr_R 29.05.2007#8

Here's the deal. The game has the right level of 'gamer' appeal to persuade that vocal section of disgruntled Wii owners that 'yes the Wii will have lots of games that you'd like to play soon enough', but it's not such a high profile game that setting it up against Halo 3 will damage Nintendo's sales forecasts.

In other words, it's being released then to stop some Wii owners selling up and jumping ship to the 360 and Nintendo are willing to sacrafice some sales of BWII to that end, in a way they aren't with a title like Metroid or Mario Galaxy.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 29.05.2007#9

Dr_R said:
Heres the deal. The game has the right level of gamer appeal to persuade that vocal section of disgruntled Wii owners that yes the Wii will have lots of games that youd like to play soon enough, but its not such a high profile game that setting it up against Halo 3 will damage Nintendos sales forecasts.In other words, its being released then to stop some Wii owners selling up and jumping ship to the 360 and Nintendo are willing to sacrafice some sales of BWII to that end, in a way they arent with a title like Metroid or Mario Galaxy.
That actually makes a lot of sense, & it could work too, it's a shame that Battallion Wars II probably won't sell like hotcakes, but it could build up a strong

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Raff is offline. Raff 29.05.2007#10

I don't think it's that bad a move, as long as it gets decent ad presence.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Ph00p is offline. Ph00p 29.05.2007#11

Lets see a flaky RTS sequel whose prequel had a very mediocre reception, OR a generic FPS with a HUGE online community of rabid online fanbois, hmmm yea I think BW will be just fine Smilie , not really though.

Stupid move nintendo!

 
knighty is offline. knighty 29.05.2007#12

Considering Halo 2 was the biggest grossing media product in the first weekend of all time...hmmmmm

 
Gibdo is offline. Gibdo 29.05.2007#13

I don't think it will have any effect on sales. Whoever's going to buy either one will get it anyway.

 
Raff is offline. Raff 29.05.2007#14

Lets see a flaky RTS sequel whose prequel had a very mediocre reception

You must read some crummy stuff. Battalion Wars was superb and got decent reviews in all the right places. It needed multiplayer, and a console with a decent user base. Here it is.

a generic FPS with a HUGE online community of rabid online fanbois

Generic if you judge everything on aesthetics, otherwise it's the final sequel to the most finely crafted and innovative multiplayer experience of the last generation.


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It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 29.05.2007#15

Halo 3 will pwn.

 
Kangaroo_Kid is offline. Kangaroo_Kid 29.05.2007#16

Gibdo said:
I dont think it will have any effect on sales. Whoevers going to buy either one will get it anyway.

This.

If someone wants the games they'll buy them. It won't drastically affect the sales, it may initially, but in the long run it shouldn't. Hopefully. It would be a shame for this Battalion Wars to be overlooked as well.

 
Dead Wookie is offline. Dead Wookie 29.05.2007#17

Darkspine Sonic said:
Id love BWii to outsell Halo 3. About a million to one chance, but hey its still possible. Halos overhyped anyway.Smilie

Halo 3 is ovehyped, but come on that will never happen...Ever.

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J4K is offline. J4K 29.05.2007#18

At first I was thinking Nintendo just sent Battalion Wars to die. But I think they are different enough to co-exist. Nintendo just needs to make sure people know about the game through plenty of ads.

 
jadnice is offline. jadnice 29.05.2007#19

I have a funny feeling that Halo3 will not live up to the hype and will not meet the projected sales numbers thats expected. Time will tell. Nintendo doesn't or is using this game to counter Halo3 Wii owner will buy it if its great. Thats it.

 
JustJoe is offline. JustJoe 29.05.2007#20

This game hasn't really gotten any promotion, nor much detail on it,(hell I completely forgot about the game) this isn't a horrible move, but not the best.

 
CuRoi is offline. CuRoi 29.05.2007#21

I really can't see this have too big effect on sales, I mean they're two very different games on two different consoles. As long as Nintendo actually advertise Battalion Wars 2, it should do alright, even if it means the game really won't start selling until a couple of months after its release.

Battalion Wars was released late September as well I think.

 
Buffy the Fanboy Slayer 29.05.2007#22

No-one at Nintendo expects to compete with the publicity machine that is MS. I would guess coincidence. Those who would buy these games will do so, irrespective of the smae release dates.

As for the whole user base argument in favour of Halo 2, the user base of the Gamecube was almost the same as the Xbox, Argument failed. It is simply that BWars is a modest game. It is also a completely different game.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 29.05.2007#23

Batallion Wars 2 won't do well with the usually patronising Wii advertising either.

Nothing like "In Batallion Wars 2, you can fight people & save the world with your family in your comfortbale home! What's this? This is Wii." will do it any good.

I can see it now, that's the worst thing.

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Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 29.05.2007#24

They've probably just done this so that, on the day that 360 owners get the biggest game of the year, Wii owners aren't sat on their arse complaining about no new games.

( Edited on 29.05.2007 14:42 by Oni )

 
Megadanxzero is offline. Megadanxzero 29.05.2007#25

Fuck Halo 3, I'll get Battalion Wars 2 even if I DO have a 360 at that point ;-;

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