[anintendo_evafan]

When the term World War is thrown around so loosely it could apply in a very vague sense to large scale conflicts both in terms of weaponry and loss of life. But in reality world war has always referred to a war being fought in different parts of the world on a larger or grander scale (countries separated by oceans for example). Not wars localized too inter continental or inter regional conflicts. At least that has always been my understanding of World War.