Front Mission E3 2007 Hands On

Filed in archive Nintendo DS on July 14, 2007

Front Mission for the SNES is one of my favorite RPGs ever along with Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6. I'm very happy that Square Enix is giving the best game in the series a chance to shine once again on Nintendo's handheld wonder. IGN is comparing it to Advance Wars when it should the other way around. Welcome back Front Mission!

Despite being one of the smaller franchises in the Square-Enix stable, the Front Mission series has enjoyed a devoted fan-base that has remained loyal over the past decade or so. It's loyalty that has paid off too, because what promises to be the best Front Mission game in a long time is making its way to the Nintendo DS. Indeed, during our hands-on time with the game we were impressed with Square's robo-strategy game, because it mixes up elements of Advance Wars with the more familiar levelling-up gameplay of previous Front Mission games.

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