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Bokosuka Wars

This game revolves around a leader who must lead an army in phalanx formation across a battlefield in real-time against overwhelming enemy forces while freeing and recruiting soldiers along the way, with each…

14 December 1985

Bokosuka Wars is a real time strategy (rts) developed by ASCII Entertainment, released 14 December 1985 on Wii and Family Computer.

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What Bokosuka Wars is

Bokosuka Wars is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by ASCII Entertainment and released in 1985. It is available on Wii and Family Computer.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This game revolves around a leader who must lead an army in phalanx formation across a battlefield in real-time against overwhelming enemy forces while freeing and recruiting soldiers along the way, with each unit able to gain experience and level up through battle. The player must make sure that the leader stays alive, until the army reaches the enemy castle to defeat the leader of the opposing forces. The game was responsible for laying the foundations for the tactical role-playing game genre, or the "simulation RPG" genre as it is known in Japan, with its blend of role-playing and strategy game elements. The game has also variously been described as an early example of an action…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Bokosuka Wars launched on 14 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Bokosuka Wars come out?
Bokosuka Wars was released on 14 December 1985 for Wii and Family Computer.

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