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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

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Explore the new units, features like Silos and Pipelines, and COs introduced in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. Learn about the Black Hole army's new weapons and strategies.

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Explore the new units, features like Silos and Pipelines, and COs introduced in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. Learn about the Black Hole army's new weapons and strategies.

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, known in Japan as Game Boy Wars Advance 2, is the second game in the Western Advance Wars series and fifth in the Japanese Game Boy Wars series. It introduces several new COs, Units, and general features.

New Unit: The Neotank, the strongest Tank in the game, developed by Black Hole.

New Features:

  • Silos: Rocket-like weapons fired by Infantry or Mech units, dealing 3 damage to all units in a small area. Usable once per battle.
  • Pipeline and Pipe seams: Impenetrable pipes that block movement, with destructible Pipe seams allowing passage.
  • Black Hole Weapons: New weapons exclusive to the Black Hole army, such as the Black Cannon, which the player cannot use.

New COs and CO Powers: All Forces gained at least one new CO, with Black Hole gaining four. All COs now have a normal CO power and a Super CO power, except Sturm who only has a Super CO power.

  • Orange Star: Hachi
  • Blue Moon: Colin
  • Yellow Comet: Sensei
  • Green Earth: Jess
  • Black Hole: Hawke, Lash, Adder, Flak

External Links:

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

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