Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising is the second Advance Wars game in the series following Advance Wars. It was released onto the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The subtitle refers to the fact that Black Hole, the main enemy of the Advance Wars series, rose and invaded Orange Star yet again.

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
The game's North American boxart
Basic info
Developer	Intelligent Systems
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Game Boy Advance
Ratings
North America:	"E" for Everyone
Europe:	7+
Australia:	N/A
Japan:	N/A
Release Dates
North America:	June 23, 2003
Europe:	October 3, 2003
Australia:	July 10, 2003
Japan:	November 25, 2004*
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Guide on StrategyWiki

In Japan, the game was released only as part of a compilation called Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2. It was announced in the Japanese version of the February 2014 Nintendo Direct that Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 (a compilation of Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising) will be one of thirteen Game Boy Advance games to be released on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console on April 3, 2014.

Units

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The game's title screen

These are the units available in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising:

Unit		Type	Cost	Move	Range	Fuel	Ammo	Vision
	Infantry	Infantry	1000	3	1	99	{{{ammo}}}	2
	Mech	Infantry	3000	2	1	70	{{{ammo}}}	2
	Recon	Vehicle	4000	8	1	80	{{{ammo}}}	5
	Tank	Vehicle	7000	6	1	70	{{{ammo}}}	3
	Medium Tank	Vehicle	16000	5	1	50	{{{ammo}}}	1
	Neotank	Vehicle	22000	6	1	99	{{{ammo}}}	1
	APC	Vehicle	5000	6	---	70	{{{ammo}}}	1
	Artillery	Vehicle	6000	5	2-3	99	1
	Rocket	Vehicle	15000	5	3-5	50	1
	Anti-Air	Vehicle	8000	6	1	60	{{{ammo}}}	2
	Missiles	Vehicle	12000	4	3-5	50	5
	Lander	Ship	12000	6	---	99	1
	Cruiser	Ship	18000	6	1	99	3
	Submarine	Submarine	20000	5	1	60	5
	Battleship	Ship	28000	5	2-6	99	2
	B Copter	Copter	9000	6	1	99	3
	T Copter	Copter	5000	6	---	99	2
	Fighter	Plane	28000	9	1	99	2
	Bomber	Plane	22000	7	1	99	2
A colored background indicates a unit that was introduced in this game.

See also

• List of Missions in Advance Wars 2
• Advance Wars 2 damage chart

References

Games
Famicom Wars*	Famicom Wars Super Famicom Wars
Game Boy Wars*	Game Boy Wars Game Boy Wars 2 Game Boy Wars 3 Game Boy Wars TURBO
Advance Wars	Advance Wars* Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising* Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2* Advance Wars: Dual Strike* Advance Wars: Days of Ruin* Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Battalion Wars*	Battalion Wars Battalion Wars 2
Cancelled games	64 Wars Knight Wars