Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

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+ (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*
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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. 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.

Modes

Campaign

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

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

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

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

Link

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

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

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

Commanding Officers

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

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

Nomenclature

Names in Other Markets
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゲームボーイウォーズアドバンス2 (Gēmu Bōi Wōzu Adobansu Tsū)	Game Boy Wars Advance 2

Gallery

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  Logo

Artwork

Commanding Officers

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  Nell

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  Andy

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  Max

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  Sami

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  Olaf

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  Grit

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  Colin

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  Kanbei

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  Sonja

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  Sensei

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  Eagle

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  Drake

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  Jess

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  Sturm

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  Flak

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  Lash

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  Adder

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  Hawke

Screenshots

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  Title screen

Virtual Console Screenshots

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Videos

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E3 2003 trailer, featuring a cover of Jess' Theme

See also

• List of Missions in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
• Advance Wars 2 damage chart

External links

• Official site (Japanese)
• Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising manual

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