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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
AW2 NACover.jpg
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+ (PEGI)
6+ (USK)
Australia: G8+
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

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising is the second Advance Wars game in the series following Advance Wars. It was released for 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.

In Japan, the game was released only as part of a compilation with the original Advance Wars 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 will be one of thirteen Game Boy Advance games to be released on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console on April 3, 2014.[1] At E3 2021, Nintendo announced that a remake of Black Hole Rising alongside the original Advance Wars will be developed by WayForward and released as part of another compilation titled Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp.[2]

Modes[edit | edit source]

Campaign[edit | edit source]

The campaign is the main single player mode of the game. Different COs and maps can be unlocked, and points can be earned here to be exchanged in Battle Maps.

War Room[edit | edit source]

War Room features different maps that can be played on with any CO, albeit the player will be at a disadvantage against the AI. Points can also be earned here.

Versus[edit | edit source]

Versus is a battle mode where the player can play against another player or the computer on the same GameBoy Advance. Special maps, War Room maps, as well as Designed maps can be played here, although Campaign maps cannot be played here.

Design Room[edit | edit source]

Design Room is a mode where players can edit their own maps. CO colors can also be changed here if they're purchased.

Link[edit | edit source]

Link mode is where players can play together with a GameBoy Advance link cable.

  • Single-Pak allows for up to four people to play off of one game-pak.
  • Multi-Pak allows for up to four people to play off of several game-paks.
  • Trade Maps allows for two players with two game-paks to trade design maps.

Battle Maps[edit | edit source]

Battle Maps is where maps for war room, other COs, and other misc. items can be bought in exchange for points earned in War Room or Campaign.

Units[edit | edit source]

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

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


Commanding Officers[edit | edit source]

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

CO Country CO Power Super CO Power CO Meter Hit Miss
AW2 Andy Profile Neutral.png Andy Orange Star Hyper Repair Hyper Upgrade Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Mechanics Waking up early
AW2 Max Profile Neutral.png Max Orange Star Max Force Max Blast Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Weight training Studying
AW2 Sami Profile Neutral.png Sami Orange Star Double Time Victory March Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Chocolate Cowards
AW2 Nell Profile Neutral.png Nell Orange Star Lucky Star Lady Luck Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Willful Students Downtime
AW2 Hachi Profile Neutral.png Hachi Orange Star Barter Merchant Union Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Tea Medicine
AW2 Olaf Profile Neutral.png Olaf Blue Moon Blizzard Winter Fury Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Warm boots Rain clouds
AW2 Grit Profile Neutral.png Grit Blue Moon Snipe Attack Super Snipe Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Cats Rats
AW2 Colin Profile Neutral.png Colin Blue Moon Gold Rush Power of Money Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Grit and Olaf Black Hole
AW2 Eagle Profile Neutral.png Eagle Green Earth Lightning Drive Lightning Strike Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Lucky Goggles Swimming
AW2 Drake Profile Neutral.png Drake Green Earth Tsunami Typhoon Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png The open sea High places
AW2 Jess Profile Neutral.png Jess Green Earth Turbo Charge Overdrive Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Dandelions Unfit COs
AW2 Kanbei Profile Neutral.png Kanbei Yellow Comet Morale Boost Samurai Spirit Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Sonja Computers
AW2 Sonja Profile Neutral.png Sonja Yellow Comet Enhanced Vision Counter Break Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Computers Bugs
AW2 Sensei Profile Neutral.png Sensei Yellow Comet Copter Command Airborne Assault Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Lazy, rainy days Busy malls
AW2 Flak Profile Neutral.png Flak Black Hole Brute Force Barbaric Blow Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Meat Veggies
AW2 Lash Profile Neutral.png Lash Black Hole Terrain Tactics Prime Tactics Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Getting her way Not getting it
AW2 Adder Profile Neutral.png Adder Black Hole Sideslip Sidewinder Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png His own face Dirty things
AW2 Hawke Profile Neutral.png Hawke Black Hole Black Wave Black Storm Smaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmaller CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Black coffee Incompetence
AW2 Sturm Profile Neutral.png Sturm Black Hole N/A Meteor Strike Small CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.pngSmall CO Power Star Icon.png Invasions Peace
A colored background indicates a CO that was introduced in this game.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Artwork[edit | edit source]

Commanding Officers[edit | edit source]

Screenshots[edit | edit source]

Virtual Console Screenshots[edit | edit source]

Videos[edit | edit source]

E3 2003 trailer, featuring a cover of Jess' Theme

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Japanese Nintendo Direct (February 14) - Youtube.
  2. Whitehead, Thomas (15 June 2021). "Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp Reimagines The Classics On Switch". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

External links[edit | edit source]

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