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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Ridge Island:

Learn about Ridge Island in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. This guide covers the plot, new units, features, and COs introduced in the game.

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Learn about Ridge Island in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. This guide covers the plot, new units, features, and COs introduced in the game.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    The Black Hole Army, under the command of Sturm, launches a large-scale invasion of Macro Land using new war weapons developed by Lash.
  2. 2
    Four new Black Hole COs (Flak, Lash, Adder, and Hawke) are recruited to invade the four countries of the Allied Nations.
  3. 3
    The Allied Nations must work together to drive Black Hole out of their world.
  4. 4
    Near the end of the campaign, the Allied COs confront Sturm in Black Hole's base.
  5. 5
    The final battle takes place in front of the Death Ray, a weapon guarding a missile set to destroy half of Wars World in 30 days.
  6. 6
    The Death Ray is destroyed, and the Allied Nations disarm the missile.
  7. 7
    Sturm attempts to self-destruct the missile, but Hawke betrays and kills him with his Super CO Power, Black Storm.
  8. 8
    Hawke takes over as leader of Black Hole and leaves Macro Land with his remaining troops.
Tips
  • Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising introduced the Neotank, the strongest Tank in the game.
  • New terrain features include Silos (which deal 3 damage to all units in a small area), Pipelines and Pipe seams (impenetrable barriers with destructible gaps), and various Black Hole weapons like the Black Cannon.
  • All COs gained a normal CO Power and a Super CO Power, with Sturm being the exception, only having a Super CO Power.
  • New COs include Hachi (Orange Star), Colin (Blue Moon), Sensei (Yellow Comet), Jess (Green Earth), and Hawke, Lash, Adder, and Flak (Black Hole).
  • Defeating the Black Hole Army and driving them from Macro Land.
  • Unlocking new COs and understanding new game mechanics.
  • Saving Wars World from destruction by the Death Ray and the missile.

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