Based upon Ensemble Studios' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, this addition to the Age of Empires series shifts from its real time strategy roots to a DS exclusive turn-based strategy title, though the same goals still apply. Command and rule.

Using the DS touch screen, players must guide their chosen empire in a series of battle campaigns, utilizing a number of units, strategies, and hero units in battle, while also constructing a town to provide new units and upgrades.

Five different civilizations are available: Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, and the Japanese. Each has a unique hero unit, for example Richard the Lionheart (Britons), Minamoto Yoshitsune (Japanese), Joan of Arc (Franks) or Genghis Khan (Mongols), who all provide a number of advancements during battle.

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Lead Programmer	Marcel Barker
Graphics Programming	Pierre-Luc Tardif
AI Programmer	Helen Li
Support Programmers	Pete Thompson Chris Savoie Kelvin Tang Aaron Koenig Darren Schebek
Lead Artist	Anna Fong
Background Artist	Aaron Parrott
Character Artist	Matt Osness
Interface Artist	Carolyn Cudmore
Logo Illustration	Chris Bourassa
Art Support	BonArts Diana Fox Mabel Chan Kim Sawula
Lead Game Designer	Tyler Sigman
Game Designer	Eric Emery
Designer	Christoph Sapinsky
Design Support	Derek Tam Ian Becking Dana Fortier
Design Assistants	Chris Klein Armando Troisi
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EEPROM corruption

It was discovered that a fatal, cart-bricking bug has slipped unnoticed into the final version of the game: Whenever the name of your DS is 3 characters or less, the game corrupts the EEPROM and crashes even before displaying the title screen. From this point on it will no longer boot, even on a DS with a longer name, unless the cartridge's EEPROM is wiped clean.