History Headscratchers / NintendoWars

** The subs could maybe be {{HandWave}}d by having some kind of submersible pods or something that send the supplies down. No idea for planes, though.

* Why oh why can a plane not fly over anything, including an immobile pipe, or a *submerged submarine*?

** a submerged submarine is extremely hard to spot, if you spotted one, would you just fly over it [[FridgeBrilliance or stop to inform command of it's position?]]

* Andy's CO power repairs units. In Advance Wars most units are actually groups of 5 (for example, if you build a "light tank" it is a group of 5 tanks), and damage is represented by some of the members dying.

*** Especially the part about a kid who seriously used the phrase "What's an airport" can be able to become a Commanding Officer..
*** That would explain a great deal the [[WarHasNeverBeenSoMuchFun casual nature of fighting and how little [=COs=] seem to care about casualties]]

* On a similar note (also possibly FridgeHorror)... Repairs to tanks, copters, and such could be [[HandWave hand waved]] as the drivers are fine, it's just the vehicles that need repair. However, how do you explain Infantry/Mech? Especially when you have them repairing on a city instead of with a CO Power? Are they "refilling" their unit by taking civilians out of the cities?

** Could also be that the soldiers aren't all dead until the entire squad is destroyed, the soldiers are just wounded and 'repairing' them is medical staff tending to the sick and wounded.

* In Days Of Ruin, the factories are fully automated and build what are implied to be unmanned drones...that's all fine and dandy, but then tell me, why are human solders shown driving them? Furthermore, how do the factories build INFANTRY units?!

* Speaking of Days Of Ruin, I find the concept of CO units a bit weird. No matter how may times the CO unit dies, the CO themself is always completely unharmed and back at the HQ within the space of a single day. I can imagine Will jumping out of a ruined tank or bailing out of an exploding plane, but how on earth does he escape from a sinking submarine? Furthermore, when the CO "boards" Infantry or Mech units one would assume they are grabbing a rifle and tagging along to fight in their squad, meaning that when the infantry dies, the CO unit is being repeatedly shot until they can no longer remain conscious, and yet they are still good to go the following day. Furthermore, how does ever single CO in the game (even as young Isabella and Penny) automatically know how to pilot tanks, ships, planes, and fire rifles & bazookas.

** In fact, the entire series has been a bit weird with [=COs=], in the first 3 games everyone spoke to each other as if they were talking in person and occupying the same space despite being implied to be on opposite sides of the map inside their HQs. For example after AW2's "Lash Out" mission Nell tells Sami to "Drag that brat over here" only to find that it was a dummy, did she drag it through the ocean or something?
** The implication here is that Nell, Sami and the rest of the command team are enabled to storm the enemy HQ by virtue of routing the enemy or indeed an infantry unit storming the base. Then they can talk with the enemy CO directly... unless said CO has made a tactical withdrawal. Before that, they maintain radio contact to exchange barbs and taunts.

** Out-of-universe, boats self-destruct when they run out of fuel to avoid map clutter - if they're out at sea, an APC can't reach them. In-universe, they're probably being scuttled to protect military secrets (com-codes, maps with positions of friendly units, stuff like that). Also, since you mention buoyancy, ships often require bilge pumps to stay afloat during long trips... but we're talking months/years, not days, so that probably doesn't factor in.

* In Black Hole Rising, Mission 29 ("Rain of Fire") has a gimmick where a volcano would erupt daily, causing damage to any units sitting in an unlucky spot. Whose idea was it to build that many cities at the base of an active volcano?

* Why is Black Hole nearly the only nation that ever seems to design new units? The Neotank, the Piperunner, the S-Bomb and the Black Boat were all designed by Black Hole. The only new unit that is not taken from Black Hole design is the Megatank from ''Dual Strike''.
** Aside from Olaf's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness I assume the other countries were happy minding their own business and so had no need for developing more war weapons.
** Conflict drives innovation. It's implied that before Black Hole started messing around nations were mostly in piece. Tutorial in AW1 implies some of the weapons being produced (like MD Tanks) are relatively recent things. However, until AW2 there had no really been a widespread conflict, even the event of AW1 are relatively small. Meanwhile, Black Hole is a force actively seeking conflict and an advantage over Allied Nations, so it makes sense they are pouring more into research and development (not to mention having Lash...).

* So in Days of Ruin you get maps where you at least begin with no CO, even if someone takes the mantle partway through. How would that work within the game's universe? Unlike allied forces you can fully control these troops but who on the battlefield would be telling them what to do?

* So in Days of Ruin you get maps where you at least begin with no CO, even if someone takes the mantle partway through. How would that work within the game's universe? Unlike allied forces you can fully control these troops but who on the battlefield would be telling them what to do?

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** Aside from Olaf's EarlyInstalmentWeirdness I assume the other countries were happy minding their own business and so had no need for developing more war weapons.

* Why oh why can a plane not fly over anything, including an immobile pipe, or a *sumberged submarine*?