History Characters / NintendoWars

* GlassCannon: His boosted offense is offset by a loss to defense His CO abilities further emphasize his "hit them fast and hard before they hit you" approach to war, altering each of those stats accordingly.

* WeHaveReserves:While he doesn't think like this, his abilities, producing weaker units for less cost, sure do lead to this for someone controlling him.

* CloudCuckoolander: Over and over again in the Advance Wars comedy sketches on Youtube.

* PurposefullyOverpowered: in [=AW2=].

* {{Darwinist}}

* [[spoiler:{{Hypocrite}}: he's a darwinist commander claiming to be the strongest man in the world....but in C21, Lin implies that Greyfield actually was a mediocre commander at best and faked the results. And let's not forget himself having the Creeper virus while executing soldiers for having it, something Caulder has fun with by asking if Greyfield will order his own men to execute him as well.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Combined with ShutUpHannibal, he get's an epic speech against Adder.
--> Adder: You can see with your own eyes, the might of our army. We passed through several cities on our way here... Heh heh... Crushing them beneath our boots took no time at all.
--> Grit: ......
-->Adder: Be it Blue Moon or any other country, no one can stop us. Come, Grit. You know that joining us is the smart thing to do.
--> Grit: Well now... You got one thing right. I never did care much which territory belonged to which country. I couldn't have cared less if y'all decided to set up shop here.
--> Adder: Heh heh heh... In that case...
--> Grit: However...
--> Adder: Hm?
--> Grit: However... You've got no call to be treating the folks who live here any way you please.
--> Adder: What?!?
--> Grit: You destroyed whole cities? You did just say that, right? Well, listen here, I don't care how powerful you say you are... You, Adder, are now my number-one enemy.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Who DOESN'T like that cowboy-style theme of his?
* DifficultButAwesome: Weak with most of the game's units, but the absurdly powerful long-range units more than balance it.

* LethalJokeCharacter: The vast majority of his units take an 80% attack penalty. Sounds like a pushover, right? Then the artillery shells and rockets start hitting you.

* NeutralGood: As evidenced by the exchange above.

* GameBreaker: Getting cheaper units is not especially game-breaking in itself, but pair him with Kanbei (who gets the exact opposite - stronger units that cost more than usual to deploy), and you can very easily buy cheap, then switch to get all the extra power.

Older and more confident sister of Colin. Her powers are similarly money based, in that she takes cash from her trust fund to fuel her army. This contribution to the war efforts is worth 100G extra for every city. Doesn't sound like much, but it adds up. She may not be as inately powerful as her brother, but together they make an incredibly powerful tag team. It is in fact widely regarded as one of the deadliest in the game. They buy units cheaper and faster, you can never get your powers out and they always have more money...

In the first game, he was a slightly slimy and unlikeable generic emperor guy (mostly due to his quick judgements and third-person speeches), but in subsequent games he's become a strong and honourable FatherToHisMen. He insists on the best for his army, and has MUCH more powerful troops for a big cost boost. His powers can increase this to 190/190! He's another GameBreaker on his own and makes an even better one with his young daughter, Sonja.

* GameBreaker: As per the description.

* BornUnlucky: In the first game, her attacks could randomly become weaker.

* GoddamnedBoss: In Advance Wars 2 and Dual Strike, his CO Power and Super CO Power cut the fuel of all enemy units in half, as well as dealing minor (but irritating) damage. Additionally, his Super CO Power makes it rain, creating Fog of War even if the map in question does not have Fog of War. Better bring APCs, or choose Jess.

* GameBreaker: in [=AW2=]
** That's an Understatement. He has 20% all around boost, can go unnoposed on all terrain, and on the war room map you battle him, he has 30 pre-deployed Neotanks!!!

* GameBreaker: Oh look, these four stars of defense now equate to ATTACK BOOSTS! Cue insane giggles and missing Neotanks.
** This got her a significant toning down in ''Dual Strike''; her defence stars now impact half their bonus towards offence.

Possibly a robot. He's basically Flak.

Called Zak in the EU version. A short, arrogant man painted like a kabuki actor and using very flowery language, his special power gains him attack bonuses on roads and makes him a mixture of Adder and Jake. Also has the notably lowest Tag Break in the game: A whooping 35% penalty to team-ups with Rachel [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking due to having called her ugly]].

* ConsultingMrFlibble: Penny does this constantly to Mr. Bear.

* {{Pettanko}}
* SituationalBadass: Get her on FogOfWar, or backing up Lash or her pappy, no power in the Verse can stop her.

The head of Orange Star's Special Forces, Sami is an infantry specialist. Day-to-day her Infantry and Mechs are tougher to kill and hit harder, at the expense of everything else. While this sounds pretty suckish, in conjunction with her CO Powers and the affected unit's low cost, Sami is considered to be high tier. Her Victory March has earned her the nickname "Lady of War" amongst the fans. Personality-wise, she's the most sensible and dependable of the three. Strangely, though it says she likes long hair, she wears instead an ear-length cleancut hairstyle. Constantly ShipTeases with Eagle of Green Earth.

* [[KillItWithWater]]: And by "It", I mean Olaf.

* OddCouple: She is pretty much the complete opposite of Javier, but they work well together.

* MightyGlacier: Grit's only real weakness is that he can't win things ''quickly'' the fact that long-range units can't move and fire on the same turn means that he's slow to advance. This can be exploited if you play as a CO that can mobilize rapidly, such as Colin, Sami or Sensei, as they have a chance to control the centre of the map before he can and gain an economic advantage (of course, Colin and Sensei are ''also'' broken...).

* MightyGlacier: Grit's only real weakness is that he can't win things ''quickly'' the fact that long-range units can't move and fire on the same turn means that he's slow to advance. This can be exploited if you play as a CO that can mobilize rapidly, such as Colin, Sami or Sensei.

The head of Orange Star's Special Forces, Sami is an infantry specialist. Day-to-day her Infantry and Mechs are tougher to kill and hit harder, at the expense of everything else. While this sounds pretty suckish, in conjunction with her CO Powers and the affected unit's low cost, Sami is considered to be high tier. Her Victory March has earned her the nickname "Lady of War" amongst the fans. Personality-wise, she's the most sensible and dependable of the three.

Commander-In-Chief of Orange Star. She got the top job after Olaf left of Blue Moon, and the first game dropped some pretty heavy hints that they were father and daughter, but this was never resolved and subsequently dropped. She's normally a super-secret unlockable with the ability to randomly do extra damage with ANY attack. Her powers only exacerbate this.

Former Orange Star CO, now runs the game shop. Selling...people and maps. Another game-breaking secret unlock, he buys things cheaper than everyone but Colin. His powers make everything EVEN CHEAPER and allow deployment from ANY CONTROLLED BUILDING. If he's facing someone that isn't himself or Nell, the battle's already decided.

He left the top job at Orange Star to take the one at Blue Moon. He's then stated in the next game to be a local to their though. He's a PapaWolf to his men and takes his duties as head of BM seriously. In the first game, he seemed to be the villain, but this was later proven to be false. He's grown from his more cowardly persona into a Father Christmas look-alike.

In the first game, he was a slightly slimy and unlikeable generic emperor guy, but in subsequent games he's become a strong and honourable FatherToHisMen. He insists on the best for his army, and has MUCH more powerful troops for a big cost boost. His powers can increase this to 190/190! He's another GameBreaker on his own and makes an even better one with his young daughter, Sonja.

Arrogant but virtuous. He leads Green Earth, has spats with Jessie and romantic hints towards Sami. He's an AcePilot that gets boosts to his air force.

* TakingYouWithMe

* GameBreaker

* GameBreaker
* TierInducedScrappy

* BonusBoss
* GogglesDoNothing

A small and painted warrior of SesquidipidalianLocquaciousness. HE's as rude and arrogant as you'd expect of Black Hole. He specialises in road-based combat. So, he's an evil Jake.

Evil genius who thinks nothing of maiming, murdering, experimenting and building new death toys. Her powers are terrain based. She's somewhat of a ShadowArchetype of Lash. And a gamebreaker.

--> Adder: You can see with your own eyes, the might of our army. We passed
through several cities on our way here... Heh heh... Crushing them
beneath our boots took no time at all.
Grit: ......
Adder: Be it Blue Moon or any other country, no one can stop us. Come, Grit.
You know that joining us is the smart thing to do.
Grit: Well now... You got one thing right. I never did care much which
territory belonged to which country. I couldn't have cared less if
y'all decided to set up shop here.
Adder: Heh heh heh... In that case...
Grit: However...
Adder: Hm?
Grit: However... You've got no call to be treating the folks who live here
any way you please.
Adder: What?!?
Grit: You destroyed whole cities? You did just say that, right? Well,
listen here, I don't care how powerful you say you are... You, Adder,
are now my number-one enemy.

* Pettanko

* MightyGlacier Grit's only real weakness is that he can't win things ''quickly'': the fact that long-range units can't move and fire on the same turn means that he's slow to advance. This can be exploited if you play as a CO that can mobilize rapidly, such as Colin, Sami or Sensei.

* ThirdPersonPerson in Advance Wars. Seems to come to his senses later, but still cannot find his socks.

** Sidekick?!? She's his ''daughter!!!!'' (Presumably, she got her smarts from her mother.)

* BigBad of the first two ''Advance Wars'' games

* GameBreaker in [=AW2=]
* GlassCannon in [=AW1=] Campaign, where he has 120/80 stats and no movement penalties.
* LightningBruiser in [=AW2=], where he has 120/120 stats and no movement penalties.

* PurposefullyOverpowered in [=AW2=].
* StoneWall in [=AW1=] VS, where he has 80/120 stats. The offense loss is likely to prevent him from dealing heavy damage with his lack of movement penalties.

* [[WalkingShirtlessScene Not the case with his chest.]]

* EvilCounterpart to Sonja

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The heroes [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains can't match her, when it comes to being striperiffic, that is]].

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn in ''Dual Strike'']]

* {{Expy}} of Flak

* SmugSnake, and she knows it.

* JokeCharacter: Flak, Jugger (though both can lean towards LethalJokeCharacter if luck swings you way)

* StoneWall: Defense is already a specialty of his, but after capturing only a few control towers any of his units are NighInvulnerable. His Super CO power compounds this intensely.
** For anybody who has ''Dual Strike'' and hasn't tried this, play as him [[CharacterSelectForcing on Megapolis]]. It's [[ItsEasySoItSucks a cakewalk]], but still [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome incredibly enjoyable]].

* ShoutOut: He makes one to ''ConanTheBarbarian''.

* [[strike:InspectorJavert]]
* WhatAnIdiot

* [[InverseNinjaLaw Inverse Muscle Law]]: In each AW game, his character design has gotten more and more muscular, while his units and CO Powers have gotten worse and worse. A popular fanon joke blames steroid use.
* [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards Linear Tanks, Quadratic Artillery]]: Max>Grit at low levels of play, but Grit>>>>>Max in advanced play.

* JokeCharacter: Flak, Jugger

* ConsultingMrFibble: Penny does this constantly to Mr. Bear.

* XanatosGambit: He does a few of these. Justified in that his main motive is curiosity about how humans will behave when thrust into adverse conditions.

* CreepyChild

* AffablyEvil: he ''tells you how to kick his butt'' in one Tactics session

*ShooOutTheClowns:After a bit (roughly, the post ''Lin's Gambit'' difficulty spike), he really only shows up to 1.make others comment that it isn't the right time 2.Something that has to do with science