Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp director James Montagna spoke about how Nintendo approached WayForward Technologies to revive the classic turn-based strategy RPG series. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp includes remakes of the first two games in the series that were released on the Game Boy Advance. Re-Boot Camp launched exclusively on the Nintendo Switch after a series of delays, and was praised for being a return to the classic series. Re-Boot Camp is also quite a notable entry in the franchise, not only for being the first Advance Wars game in over 15 years, but also for it being developed by WayForward, a well-known and longtime indie developer.
WayForward Technologies was first established in 1990, getting its start working on a variety of licensed titles. While WayForward would become a well-regarded developer for its adaptations of various IPs, the studio's claim to fame would be the Shantae series, starting with the first game in 2002 for the Game Boy Color. WayForward would eventually collaborate with various companies in developing brand-new titles for older series, such as Contra 4 for the Nintendo DS with Konami or with Arc System Works for River City...
