Tank Beat

Tank Beat (タンクビート, Tanku Bīto), known in PAL regions as Tank Battles, is an artillery/strategy game for the Nintendo DS that was developed by Milestone Inc.

Tank Beat
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Milestone Inc.
Publisher(s)	JP: Milestone Inc. NA: O3 Entertainment PAL: Midas Interactive
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	JP: November 30, 2006 NA: May 24, 2007[1] EU: October 5, 2007 AU: October 25, 2007
Genre(s)	Artillery/Strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Overview

In Tank Beat players take control of Vill Katjue, a rookie tank driver lost in the chaos of an invasion. The game features 24 missions as well as skirmish modes.^[2]

The game is played with the stylus, with players drawing paths on the touch screen for their tank to follow, dragging the stylus across the screen to rotate the camera, and tapping on enemy units to fire upon them. More than 20 different tanks and combat vehicles such as APCs or missile launchers are available to the player, each differing in speed, defense, firepower, and weapons.^[3] Players can also give commands to allied AI-controlled tanks.

The game also supports two to four-player wireless play, and online games through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.^[4]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	40/100[5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Eurogamer	4/10[6]
Famitsu	28/40[7]
GameRevolution	D−[8]
GameSpot	3.7/10[9]
GameZone	3.1/10[10]
IGN	4/10[11]
Nintendo World Report	7/10[12]
Wired	[13]

Tank Beat received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[5] The gameplay mechanics were cited to have a "hit or miss" feel, ranging from "great fun" to "old in about two seconds".^[9] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it a score of all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40.^[7]

Sequel

A sequel titled Tank Beat 2 Gekitotsu! Deutsch-gun vs. Rengō-gun (タンクビート2 激突! ドイツ軍vs.連合軍, Tanku Bīto 2 Gekitotsu! Doichi-gun vs. Rengō-gun) was released in Japan on November 29, 2007. It was released in North America on December 2, 2008, renamed as Heavy Armor Brigade and published by UFO Interactive Games.