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'''Famicom Wars''', the very first ''[[Nintendo Wars]]'' game, was released in Japan in August 1988 for the Famicom, the Asian equivalent to the Nintendo Entertainment System.  It was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]], and a lot of what is present in [[Advance Wars]] harkens back to this game.
'''Famicom Wars''', the very first ''[[Nintendo Wars]]'' game, was released in Japan in August 1988 for the Famicom, the Asian equivalent to the Nintendo Entertainment System.  It was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]] and published by [[Nintendo]], and a lot of what is present in [[Advance Wars]] harkens back to this game.


While this game was never released outside of Japan, a translation became available in 2006, which opened up the previously little-known game to Western audiences.  The game was eventually re-released for the Virtual Console on {{date|m=May|d=19|y=2009}}.  
While this game was never released outside of Japan, a translation became available in 2006, which opened up the previously little-known game to Western audiences.  The game was eventually re-released for the Virtual Console on {{date|m=May|d=19|y=2009}}.