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So Advance Wars is getting remade, 1 and 2 as a single game for the Switch. On one hand, I'm somewhat excited, because it means the series isn't gone and forgotten, and maybe there'll be nice new fanart. On the other hand, the visual style of the remake isn't exactly excellent, as of now anyway.
Stylistically, it's still got the somewhat exaggerated proportions and scaling, and it's appropriately colorful, but it kind of lacks detail and it could really use some stark shading, maybe even add straight up cartoony black outlines. I don't LOVE the style which the new CO portraits are drawn in, but they're all fully animated and rather expressive, which I think is pretty cool.
The animation of units I think could be a LOT better, looking at infantry their upper bodies kinda just shake back and forth as muzzle flashes are vaguely in front of their guns. If you look at Mechanized Infantry, they all slowly raise their launchers over their shoulders, out of sync, yet the actual firing and flashes take place at a set time, regardless of if they've all gotten on target. It looks weird, sloppy, and janky, compare to the original, where they all wait to get in position and ready, then fire off. Overall, a lot of the unit animation is very lacking in weight and timing, and flashes and sounds should sync to the animations for more satisfying results.
One can hope that things like these will be improved upon by the time of release in December, but that seems rather optimistic of me. First it makes me think I'll get a Switch after all, but maybe I'll hold off still, maybe that rumored improved model will come, maybe it won't have analog stick drift.
