Explore the new units, terrain features, and Commanding Officers introduced in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. Learn about the Neotank, Silos, Pipelines, and more.
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, known in Japan as Game Boy Wars Advance 2, is the second game in the Advance Wars series and fifth in the Game Boy Wars series. It features new COs, Units, and general features.
A remake produced by WayForward is part of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, a compilation for Nintendo Switch that also includes a remake of Advance Wars.
New Unit
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising featured a new Unit, the Neotank. Developed by Black Hole, they were the strongest Tank in the game.
New Features
Advance Wars 2 featured several new Terrain features:
- Silos: Small rockets fired by Infantry or Mech Units that damaged all Units in a small area. They dealt three damage to any Unit and could only be used once per battle.
- Pipeline and Pipe seams: Huge, impenetrable Pipes that no Unit can normally pass through. Units can get through gaps by destroying Pipe seams.
- Black Hole weapons: Throughout the Campaign, Black Hole uses new weapons like the Black Cannon, which are only usable by Black Hole.
New COs and CO powers
Advance Wars 2 brought several new COs. All Forces gained at least one CO, with Black Hole gaining four extra. All COs gained a normal CO power and a stronger Super CO power (except Sturm, who only gained a Super CO power).
- Hachi - Orange Star
- Colin - Blue Moon
- Sensei - Yellow Comet
- Jess - Green Earth
- Hawke - Black Hole
- Lash - Black Hole
- Adder - Black Hole
- Flak - Black Hole
External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising at MobyGames
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