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Oh, wow, Battalion Wars! I never managed to beat it (surprisingly hard, IIRC), but I remember being blown away that a developer had actually tried to implement

Oh, wow, Battalion Wars! I never managed to beat it (surprisingly hard, IIRC), but I remember being blown away that a developer had actually tried to implement both the top-down RTS mechanic and the grunt-on-the-ground 3PS mechanic in the same game. I don't think anyone had really tried that since Dungeon Keeper, and rarely since. Off the beaten path here, but just for my own curiosity: did Nintendo seek you guys out when they wanted a third party to try their hand at the license, or did you go to them with the pitch for "3D Advance Wars in real time"?

louthy 4y ago
> surprisingly hard, IIRC It was much harder pre-release, we had to tone it down! Although that's relatively normal when you get a room full of hardcore gamers making games :) > both the top-down RTS mechanic and the grunt-on-the-ground 3PS mechanic in the same game Yeah, that was something I particularly liked - it took a loooooooong time to get the squad control right, but I think it worked nicely. One interesting artefact is the sweeping camera movements (when switching units) and the follow camera algorithm was something I originally invented (probably reinvented) for Lunatik and I built it into Battalion Wars - so it bookended my time in games! > Off the beaten path here, but just for my own curiosity: did Nintendo seek you guys out when they wanted a third party to try their hand at the license, or did you go to them with the pitch for "3D Advance Wars in real time"? I thought I remembered this, and I thought they came to us, but the more I think about it the less sure I am of that fact! I'm now semi-thinking that we pitched the idea (not as Advance Wars) and they said "Let's make it Advance Wars 3D". But, yeah, passage of time, makes me question that. Sorry!