Dynasty Warriors Advance

Dynasty Warriors Advance (真・三國無双 Advance, Shin Sangoku Musō Adobansu; Shin Sangokumusou Advance in Japan) is a 2005 hack and slash video game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei for the Game Boy Advance. A spin-off of the Dynasty Warriors series, it was published outside Japan by Nintendo. It is the only installment in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance as well as the first to not be released on a PlayStation console.

Dynasty Warriors Advance
North American Game Boy Advance cover art
Developer(s)	Omega Force
Publisher(s)	JP: Koei WW: Nintendo
Series	Dynasty Warriors
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Release	JP: March 24, 2005 NA: August 29, 2005 EU: December 2, 2005
Genre(s)	Hack and slash Tactical action[1]
Mode(s)	Single Player

Characters

Dynasty Warriors Advance features a smaller roster of thirteen characters, a sharp decrease in comparison to the last home console title, Dynasty Warriors 5. Three members of each faction are available from the beginning of the game. Completing Musou Mode with any character from a particular faction will unlock the faction's leader as a playable character. Completing Musou Mode again with one of the faction leaders will unlock Lu Bu.

Wei	Wu	Shu	Other
Xiahou Dun	Sun Ce	Zhao Yun	Lu Bu (Unlockable)
Xu Zhu	Sun Shang Xiang	Guan Yu
Zhen Ji	Zhou Yu	Zhang Fei
Cao Cao (Unlockable)	Sun Jian (Unlockable)	Liu Bei (Unlockable)

Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	54.83%[2]
Metacritic	56/100[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Eurogamer	3/10[4]
Game Informer	7/10[5]
GamePro	[6]
GameSpot	5.3/10[7]
GameSpy	[8]
GameZone	6.9/10[9]
IGN	4/10[10]
Nintendo Power	7/10[11]
Nintendo World Report	5/10[12]
X-Play	[13]
Detroit Free Press	[14]
The Sydney Morning Herald	[15]

Dynasty Warriors Advance received very mixed reviews upon release. IGN disliked the game, grading it 4 out of 10,^[10] criticizing the low number of on-screen enemies at any time, and the "button-mashing" gameplay. Nintendo Power, however, gave the game a 7 (out of 10), praising its replay value that "ranks among the best" on the Game Boy Advance system.^[11] The game currently has a score of 56 out of 100 at Metacritic,^[3] and 55% at GameRankings.^[2]