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A [[Spin-Off]] game of the ''[[Nintendo Wars]]'' series released on the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. Unlike the other games in the series, this one eschews [[Turn-Based Strategy]] for a [[Real Time Strategy]]/[[Third-Person Shooter]] mix somewhat similar to ''[[Hogs of War]]''. You direct your units around the battlefield, but do it from the point of view of any individual unit on the field, which you also control in battle.
The series involves a world with surprisingly trigger-happy nations. The two largest, the [[Eagle Land|Western Frontier]] and the [[Glorious Mother Russia|Tundran Territories]], are in a state of cease-fire after a long war, and things seem to be heating up between them yet again. As the bullets and bombs fly, all countries involved get embroiled with the Iron Legion, the former army of [[Uberwald|Xylvania]] that nearly conquered the world centuries ago, is more than willing to give it another shot, and isn't about to let a little thing like being dead stop them.
A sequel, ''[[Battalion Wars II]]'', was released on the [[Nintendo Wii]]. In ''[[Fun with Acronyms|B]]'''[[Super Title 64 Advance|Wii]]''''', the [[Britain Is Only London|Anglo Isles]], who managed to stay out of the previous conflict, invade the [[Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo|Sol Empire]] on rumors that they were building a superweapon to use against them (Given that they built the superweapon that stopped the Iron Legion, this wasn't too hard to believe). Eventually, the Frontier and Tundra get involved in the action as well.
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* [[Ace Pilot]]: Pierce
* [[All Up to You]]: In a manner of speaking...
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: When you realize the Western Frontier CO's consider war to be just another sport and it's implied they have detailed records where kill counts are equal to touchdowns. These are also the commanders that casually suggest field exercises with live ammunition for their own soldiers. This is invoked during the first bonus mission (where you play as Tundra instead of Frontier), where Herman is even more of a [[General Ripper]] and [[Rocky IV|Ivan Dra]]... [[Expy|Marshall Nova]] is far more noble.
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* [[Ambition Is Evil|Ambition Is Eviler]]: {{spoiler|Countess Ingrid's revival of the Iron Legion}} is apparently due to "ambition", though outside of one line, it seems it was done more because {{spoiler|it looked like a good way to prevent Xylvania from getting its ass kicked}}.
** Kaiser Vlad explicitly warned that the revival of the Iron Legion would bring "no victory, only suffering." A close study of {{spoiler|Ingrid's}} reaction suggests this was not a deterrent, but a perk.
* [[And This Is For]]: In the ending of the first ''Battalion Wars'', {{spoiler|Nova punches Ubel for Tundra, then throws a knockout punch for his father}}.
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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Marshall Nova is a fairly beefy guy who always has his hands taped up, and in his ascension to Leadership over the Tundran Territories, is shown holding what looks suspiciously like a Championship Belt. Given what country Tundra is the [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of, fans often compare him with [[Rocky IV|Ivan Drago]].
* [[A Commander Is You]]
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: There's a case that ''helps'' the player in Beachhead in ''Battalion Wars 1''; the CPU-controlled Artillery can snipe off the infantry climbing up the hilly terrain that makes seeing them difficult, from inside the fort on top of the hills. However, in ''Battalion Wars 2'', while there is another case that involves a playable unit in the last mission, it does ''not'' help the player whatsoever: {{spoiler|the Battlestation attacks the guns that fire the weak green lasers coming from the Mining Spider before attacking the blasted digging machine itself, but you don't get to aim at these guns whatsoever.}} This makes no sense because {{spoiler|the Fighters you get are harder, albeit generally more rewarding, to control than the no-brainer Battlestation}}, but at least {{spoiler|the Heavy Tanks fire at the guns too if commanded to attack the Spider}}.
* [[Contractual Genre Blindness]]: Kaiser Vlad.
* [[Cosmetically Different Sides]]: With the exception of tanks having different machine gun mountings for some factions (Frontier tanks have a top mounted gun, while Tundra tanks have 2 side mounted guns), played straight.
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*** [[The Hero]]: [[A Commander Is You|You]]
*** [[The Lancer]]: Nova
*** [[The Big Guy]]: Herman
*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Austin and Lei-Qo
*** [[The Chick]]: Betty
** And the types of infantry, with positions up for debate:
*** [[The Hero]]: Grunts
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* [[No Campaign for the Wicked]]: Averted. In the first ''Battalion Wars'', you could play as other countries, including Xylvania and Iron Legion, in certain bonus missions. {{spoiler|In addition, "Flashback 2" in the sequel has you play as the Iron Legion against the Solar Empire.}}
* <s>[[Non-Entity General|Non]]</s> [[Non-Entity General|Entity General]] - Though rumors suggest that initial concept art was drawn for what would've been the Frontier player character. Featured a spiky-haired, goateed young buck named 'Sam.' Appropriate, as he looked like a young Uncle Sam.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Xylvania and its predecessor, the Iron Legion.
* [[Overlord, Jr.]]: Ubel, the adopted son of Vlad.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Vlad has been shown to genuinely care about Ubel and {{spoiler|pre-possession}} Ingrid, claiming to have raised both.
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