Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

2003 video game

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, known in Japan as Game Boy Wars Advance 2, is a turn-based tactics video game made by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance game console. It is the sequel to Advance Wars, also for the Game Boy Advance. Neither were released on schedule in Japan because of the September 11 attacks. It was later released in 2004 along with the first game as Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2.

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Developer(s)Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)Nintendo
SeriesNintendo Wars
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console (Wii U)
ReleaseGame Boy Advance:
  • NA: June 23, 2003
  • EU: June 24, 2003
  • AU: July 10, 2003
  • JP: November 25, 2004 (as part of compilation Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2)
Virtual Console (Wii U):
  • JP: April 3, 2014
  • EU: July 2, 2015
  • AU: July 3, 2015
  • NA: August 20, 2015
Genre(s)Turn-based tactics
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer