Talk:Battalion Wars (series): Difference between revisions

:That may be so, but your mentions of the Japanese name essentially answer the question: in Japan, it is considered part of the Nintendo, or more accurately Famicom Wars series, and therefore, in the rest of the world, the Battalion Wars series is accepted as a sub-series of Nintendo Wars, a 'spin-off' of those games, per se. Generally, in disputable cases such as this, the original Japanese release is considered canon (ie. fact), and the Japanese placement within the Nintendo Wars series has, as I mentioned, been accepted internationally as placing the Battalion Wars series as a sub-series of Nintendo Wars, a collective series of military strategy games, be they turn-based (Advance Wars) or real-time (Battalion Wars). Lylat Wars is a moot point, as that was only released under that name here in Europe for trademark reasons. [[User:Moydow|<font color="green">Moy</font>]][[User talk:Moydow|<font color="orange">dow</font>]] 17:04, 9 August 2010 (BST)

:: Exactly, the ''original'' Japanese is cannon. However, in this particular case the Japanese release is not the original. Battalion Wars came out of the West and was originally written in English. The Japanese release was simply the localization. So, in this case the Western release is considered cannon for Battalion Wars. The "Famicom Wars" branding was just a marketing ploy by the publisher (Nintendo) for that particular region. As far its developers are concerned, it's not related to Advance Wars. The Japanese Advance Wars development team at Intelligent Systems had nothing to do with Battalion Wars. And the Western developers at Kuju had nothing to do with Advance Wars. The only thing they both have in common was the same publisher-- Nintendo, who because they owned the name rights to both chose to connect the series for a particular region. That doesn't make Battalion Wars part of the Advance Wars cannon. All it makes it is a side note in the overall series. The Battalion Wars series is not a sub-series of Advance Wars. Battalion Wars is its own series which deserves its own wiki, its characters shouldn't have pages here. There should only be one page dedicated to Battalion Wars and should be under the Japanese title (Totsugeki!! Famicom Wars). --[[User:RandomDude|RandomDude]] 14:04, 10 August 2010 (BST)