Best Strategy 2005

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Published by Nintendo
Developed by Intelligent Systems
Released July 26, 2005

Why we chose it: The Advance Wars series has always proven that turn based strategy games can have depth, and still be fun to play; but with the Nintendo DS incarnation, this became even more evident. The Nintendo DS touch screen makes it far more intuitive to shuffle through the numerous menus, and control your vast army to victory over your foes. They even managed to add a wealth of new features to fully expand the already proven game play. It’s definitely no big surprise that Advance Wars: Dual Strike won our prestigious best strategy game award on the Nintendo DS.

Runner-up:
Battles of Prince of Persia

Best of 2005: DS Categories

Best Graphics
Best Audio
Best Adventure Game
Best Action Game
Best Platformer
Best Racer
Best Sports Game
Best Role-Playing Game
Best Storyline in a Game
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Strategy Game
Best Puzzle Game
Best Innovation
Best Online Game
Sleeper Hit
Best Game Developer
Most Disappointing Game
Biggest Surprise
Game We Wish Released This Year
DS Game of the Year

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