GameCube Critic Reviews

At first glance, Battalion Wars may look like a cartoon with campy echoes of old suspense movies. But, make no mistake about it, in the end this game successfully grasps the full potential of the Gamecube.

Brilliant fun. An absolute blast from start to finish and, without question, the best action strategy game available. [NGC]

The character design and animation are absolutely brilliant. [Nov p.92]

The game gives you a great feel of control, allowing you to give orders to your units with the press of a button.

The only severe flaw holding Battalion Wars back from the truly elite is its serious lack of content. Everything the game has to offer is strictly tied to the campaign, which only lasts about five hours in total clock time.

With tight control, mostly intuitive squad management, a wide assortment of soldier and vehicle types, great physics, and huge landscapes upon which epic wars wage, Battalion Wars is a blast.

Fun while it lasts. The game mechanics are simple, but they work well. It is a shame there is no multiplayer option and that the game does not last very long. Still, one of the best light war games on the GameCube. [Dec 2005]

RTS drawbacks aside, the game's onfield heroics are intense and satisfying. [Nov 2005, p.116]

The control aspect takes a bit of practice and some of the longer, tougher missions take a bit of patience to replay a few times to find the best points of tactical advantage, but Battalion Wars succeeds on being both an action game and a game of strategic pondering.

While perhaps too Saturday-morning to capture the imagination of hardcore real-time strategists, Battalion Wars, existing as it does between playful and dramatic, warlike and dopey, feels at home on Nintendo's console.