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Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike is the third Advance Wars game in the series, and was released onto the Nintendo DS in 2005. The subtitle refers to the Nintendo DS, the console the game was released on. In a two front battle, each front is controlled by a separate Commanding Officer, and when someone wins in the secondary front, that CO gets to join in on the main front, thereby giving that team a tactical bonus.
| Advance Wars: Dual Strike | |
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 The game's North American boxart | |
| Basic info | |
| Developer | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| System | Nintendo DS |
| Ratings | |
| North America: | "E" for Everyone |
| Europe: | 7+ (PEGI) 6+ (USK) |
| Australia: | PG |
| Japan: | A |
| Release Dates | |
| North America: | August 22, 2005 |
| Europe: | September 30, 2005 |
| Australia: | March 22, 2006 |
| Japan: | June 23, 2005 |
| Advance Wars: Dual Strike Guide on StrategyWiki | |
It was rereleased on the Wii U's virtual console on December 1st, 2016.
Game Modes[edit | edit source]
Below are the game modes in Advance Wars: Dual Strike.
Campaign[edit | edit source]
The Campaign is the main story mode of the game. It deals with the black hole conflict in Omega Land.
After beating the main campaign, the Hard Campaign is unlocked.
War Room[edit | edit source]
War Room features several challenge maps where the player can play against the AI. The player can choose to use one or two COs for these maps.
Versus[edit | edit source]
Versus mode allows the player to play against the computer or another person on the same DS.
Survival[edit | edit source]
Survival is a mode where the player must play through a series of maps under one of three limitations.
- Money gives the player a limited amount of funds.
- Turn gives the player a set amount of turns.
- Time gives the player a time limit.
Combat[edit | edit source]
Combat is a real time strategy mode different from the standard turn based strategy modes. Here the player selects a Commanding Officer, and then can spend up to 20,000 points on units the player can use to either wipe out the opponent's units or capture their HQ.
Battle Maps[edit | edit source]
Battle Maps is where maps, COs, and other items can be purchased.
History[edit | edit source]
History is where various achievements, records, and statistics are kept.
Wireless[edit | edit source]
Wireless allows the player to play with other people with another DS.
- Normal Battle allows the player to play
- DS Battle
- Trade Maps allows the player to trade maps
- Combat allows the player to play the real time Combat mode with other players
- Download sends Combat to players without Advance Wars: Dual Strike via DS Download Play
- Messages
Sound Room[edit | edit source]
Sound Room is unlocked after the main campaign has been beaten. It allows the player to listen to the soundtrack of the game.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Gallery is unlocked after the main campaign has been beaten.
Design Room[edit | edit source]
Design has three options:
- CO allows the player to edit the colors of the COs.
- Map allows the player to create and edit maps.
- Display allows the player to change the wallpaper on the main menu.
Units[edit | edit source]
These are the units available in Advance Wars: Dual Strike:
| Unit | Type | Cost | Move | Range | Fuel | Ammo | Vision | |
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Infantry | Infantry | 1000 | 3 | 1 | 99 | - | 2 |
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Mech | Infantry | 3000 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 2 |
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Recon | Vehicle | 4000 | 8 | 1 | 80 | - | 5 |
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Tank | Vehicle | 7000 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 9 | 3 |
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Medium Tank | Vehicle | 16000 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 1 |
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Neotank | Vehicle | 22000 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 1 |
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Megatank | Vehicle | 28000 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1 |
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APC | Vehicle | 5000 | 6 | --- | 70 | - | 1 |
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Artillery | Vehicle | 6000 | 5 | 2-3 | 99 | 9 | 1 |
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Rockets | Vehicle | 15000 | 5 | 3-5 | 50 | 6 | 1 |
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Anti-Air | Vehicle | 8000 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 9 | 2 |
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Missiles | Vehicle | 12000 | 4 | 3-5 | 50 | 6 | 5 |
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Piperunner | Vehicle | 20000 | 9 | 2-5 | 99 | 9 | 4 |
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Fighter | Plane | 20000 | 9 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 2 |
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Bomber | Plane | 22000 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 2 |
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B Copter | Copter | 9000 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 3 |
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T Copter | Copter | 5000 | 6 | --- | 99 | - | 2 |
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Stealth | Plane | 24000 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 6 | 4 |
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Black Bomb | Bomb | 25000 | 9 | 1-3 | 45 | - | 1 |
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Battleship | Ship | 28000 | 5 | 2-6 | 99 | 9 | 2 |
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Cruiser | Ship | 18000 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 3 |
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Lander | Ship | 12000 | 6 | --- | 99 | - | 1 |
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Submarine | Submarine | 20000 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 6 | 5 |
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Black Boat | Ship | 7500 | 7 | --- | 60 | - | 1 |
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Carrier | Ship | 30000 | 5 | 3-8 | 99 | 9 | 4 |
A colored background indicates a unit that was introduced in this game.
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Commanding Officers[edit | edit source]
These are the Commanding Officers available in Advance Wars: Dual Strike:
| CO | Country | CO Power | Super CO Power | CO Meter | Hit | Miss | |
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Jake | Orange Star | Beat Down | Block Rock |  
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Clubbin' | Easy listening |
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Rachel | Orange Star | Lucky Lass | Covering Fire |
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Hard work | Excuses |
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Andy | Orange Star | Hyper Repair | Hyper Upgrade |
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Mechanics | Waking up early |
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Max | Orange Star | Max Force | Max Blast |
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Weight training | Studying |
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Sami | Orange Star | Double Time | Victory March |
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Chocolate | Cowards |
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Nell | Orange Star | Lucky Star | Lady Luck |
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Willful Students | Downtime |
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Hachi | Orange Star | Barter | Merchant Union |
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Tea | Medicine |
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Olaf | Blue Moon | Blizzard | Winter Fury |
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Warm boots | Rain clouds |
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Grit | Blue Moon | Snipe Attack | Super Snipe |
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Cats | Rats |
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Colin | Blue Moon | Gold Rush | Power of Money |
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Grit and Olaf | Black Hole |
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Sasha | Blue Moon | Market Crash | War Bonds |
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Truffles | Pork rinds |
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Eagle | Green Earth | Lightning Drive | Lightning Strike |
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Lucky Goggles | Swimming |
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Drake | Green Earth | Tsunami | Typhoon |
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The open sea | High places |
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Jess | Green Earth | Turbo Charge | Overdrive |
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Dandelions | Unfit COs |
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Javier | Green Earth | Tower Shield | Tower of Power |
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Honor | Retreating |
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Kanbei | Yellow Comet | Morale Boost | Samurai Spirit |
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Sonja | Computers |
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Sonja | Yellow Comet | Enhanced Vision | Counter Break |
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Computers | Bugs |
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Sensei | Yellow Comet | Copter Command | Airborne Assault |
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Lazy, rainy days | Busy malls |
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Grimm | Yellow Comet | Knuckleduster | Haymaker |
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Donuts | Planning |
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Flak | Black Hole | Brute Force | Barbaric Blow |
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Meat | Veggies |
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Lash | Black Hole | Terrain Tactics | Prime Tactics |
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Getting her way | Not getting it |
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Adder | Black Hole | Sideslip | Sidewinder |
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His own face | Dirty things |
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Hawke | Black Hole | Black Wave | Black Storm |
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Black coffee | Incompetence |
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Jugger | Black Hole | Overclock | System Crash |
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Energy | Static Electricity |
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Koal | Black Hole | Forced March | Trail of Woe |
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Proverbs, ramen | Fondue |
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Kindle | Black Hole | Urban Blight | High Society |
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Anything chic | Anything passé |
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Von Bolt | Black Hole | N/A | Ex Machina |
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Long life | Young 'uns! |
A colored background indicates a CO that was introduced in this game.
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Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Logo
Artwork[edit | edit source]
Illustrations[edit | edit source]
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Key art
Commanding Officers[edit | edit source]
Screenshots[edit | edit source]
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Title screen
Virtual Console Screenshots[edit | edit source]
Videos[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
| Games | |
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| Famicom Wars* | |
| Game Boy Wars* | |
| Advance Wars | |
| Battalion Wars* | |
| Cancelled games | |
