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In terms of audio, Advance Wars isn't as thrilling to listen to as Castlevania: Circle of the Moon or Mario Kart Super Circuit, but it's nevertheless pleasant. The same bass-laden background music accompanies each battle, while there are separate themes between each single-player mission and for the menus. In general, the music is catchy and solid, though a bit heavy on the dramatic backbeat. In-game sound effects are the standard array of tread, missile, and machine-gun samples that you've no doubt heard from a plethora of other games in similar genres.
Boil it all down and the one word that comes to mind is "great." Advance Wars is deep and easy to learn, and it contains a level of replay rarely witnessed in handheld gaming. Whether intentional or not, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have created the consummate handheld strategy sim by which all others will now be measured.
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