Wargroove 2 announced for Nintendo Switch, PC release in 2023

Advance Wars is a turn-based strategy and planning game WargrooveChucklefish, publisher announced Wednesday that there will be a sequel. Wargroove 2We will no longer be playing as medieval knights or fantasy flavours of the original, but instead we’ll play with something more vibrant, including new commanders and units that feature giant squids and merpeople, birds on the back, and flamethrower-wielding pirates.

Chucklefish says it’s tapping developer Robotality, the studio behind pixelated strategy games Pathway The HalfwayFor more information, please visit: Wargroove 2. The sequel is heading to Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, but there’s no hint of a release date yet other than sometime in 2023.

On Steam, Chucklefish laid out what’s changing for Wargroove 2. Updates include a new tiered Groove system for commanders’ special abilities, three story campaigns, a new roguelike mode, and an enhanced editor that will let players create their own maps, campaigns, and cutscenes.

Although the original Wargroove — released in 2019 — helped to fill the void left in the Advance Wars series’ absence, Nintendo is finally getting back into that business with the release of Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot CampIn April.