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Napoleon

Napoleon is real-time strategy game for the GameBoy Advance starring the historically famous commander. It was released in two countries: France and Japan. Napoleon is a Japanese Game Boy Advance launch title…

21 March 2001

Napoleon is an adventure developed by Genki, released 21 March 2001 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

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What Napoleon is

Napoleon is an adventure game developed by Genki and released in 2001. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Napoleon is real-time strategy game for the GameBoy Advance starring the historically famous commander. It was released in two countries: France and Japan. Napoleon is a Japanese Game Boy Advance launch title developed by Genki and published Nintendo. The game is a real-time strategy, a genre which rarely appeared on consoles at the time, let alone portable platforms. Instead of being an omnipotent being, however, Napoleon lets one play as the historical French leader himself as he rides on horseback to command his troops in battle. Contrary to what the name might imply, the game itself is not historically accurate, as its missions sometimes incorporate things such as monster summons which…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Napoleon launched on 21 March 2001, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Worms World Party and Cossacks: European Wars.

Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Worms World Party, Cossacks: European Wars.

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When did Napoleon come out?
Napoleon was released on 21 March 2001 for Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

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