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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Codes

  • Erase Data

    Like in the first Advance Wars, you can erase your save data by holding L+Right+Select before turning the game on.

    EffectCode
    Erase DataL+Right+Select

    Contributed By: avataboo.

  • Nintendo Map

    At the Design Maps/Map or CO screen, highlight Map and hold A + L + R. The screen will go blank, then the Nintendo map will appear.

    Contributed By: SpikeDragon.

Unlockables

  • Gold Menu Icons

    To turn your menu icons from their regular colors into Sparkling Gold, do the tasks below for each icon.

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Gold Battle Maps IconBuy everything from Hachi
    Gold Campaign IconBeat all levels including secret ones in Normal Campaign
    Gold Design Room IconBuy all CO Edits from Hachi
    Gold Link IconThis will automatically turn Gold after the other 5 have
    Gold Versus IconBuy and play every map at least once (win or lose)
    Gold War Room IconBuy and Beat every war room map with any grade

    Contributed By: XxThunderxX.

  • Lab Map Locations

    To gain Neotanks , you have to capture a specific city in a specific map to get the lab map, and then beat a hidden mission. You have to do this in each country.

    Orange star
    Flak Attack: City north of your HQ, within range of your units starting positions.
    Secret Level: Test of Time

    Blue Moon
    Toy Box: South-Western most Neutral city, AKA: the one on the weird island.
    Secret Level: Neotanks!?

    Yellow Comet
    Show Stopper: South-western most neutral city.
    Secret Level: Sea of Hope

    Green Earth
    Sinking Feeling: Southernmost city on the western island
    Secret Level: Danger X9

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Secret Level: Danger X9To gain NeoTanks in Green Earth - Sinking Feeling: Capture Southernmost city on the western island
    Secret Level: NeotanksTo gain NeoTanks in Blue Moon - Toy Box: Capture South-Western most Neutral city, AKA: the one on the weird island.
    Secret Level: Sea of HopeTo gain NeoTanks in Yellow Comet - Show Stopper: South-western most Neutral city
    Secret Level: Test of TimeTo gain NeoTanks in Orange star - Flak Attack: capture city north of your HQ, within range of your units starting positions

    Contributed By: megabassxz.

  • Unlock COs

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    CO AdderBeat Campaign Mode once
    CO ColinBuy Grit or Olaf
    CO DrakeBeat Green Earth Campaign
    CO EagleBeat Green Earth Campaign
    CO GritBeat Blue Moon Campaign
    CO HachiBeat Hard Campaign Mode
    CO HawkeBeat Campaign Mode once
    CO JessBuy Drake or Eagle
    CO KanbeiBeat Yellow Comet Campaign
    CO LashBeat Campaign Mode once
    CO NellGet an overall rank of A in Campaign Mode
    CO OlafBeat Blue Moon Campaign
    CO SenseiBuy Kanbei or Sonja
    CO SonjaBeat Yellow Comet Campaign
    CO SturmGet an overall rank of S in Campaign Mode

    Contributed By: megabassxz.

  • Unlock Gallery

    To unlock the Gallery, beat the Campaign. To unlock the all pictures, beat the Hard Campaign. The gallery is found in the Sound Room.

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    GalleryBeat Hard Campaign

    Contributed By: Super Yamcha.

  • Unlocking Hard Mode

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Hard ModeBeat the game on easy, then go to Hachi's store and buy Hard Mode for 1000 points. To play press Select when starting a new campaign.

    Contributed By: CO Max.

  • Unlocking Sound Test

    To unlock the soundtest, beat a normal campign with an any rank to purchase the soundtest. It costs 5000 points.

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    SoundtestBeat normal campaign

    Contributed By: Psycho13.

Secrets

  • Campaign mode - in-game hints

    In campaign mode, if you are stuck on a level, just yield and the characters will give you hints on how to beat the level.

    Contributed By: dementor110.

  • Easy Gold Multiplayer

    An easy way to get the Gold Multiplayer tab is start any map and then immediatley yield. Repeat this for all levels. With 3 & 4 Player Maps, play as 2 or 3 people and yield for them all. It will count as a played and that much faster to get the Gold then playing them all.

    Contributed By: Super Glitch.

  • Special Design Map

    Go to ''Design Mode'' and click on ''Map''. Then hold the L and R buttons while it's loading. Once you get there, you should see a map with three Japenese letters on it made out of mountains that spell out Nintendo.

    Contributed By: Firedemon4.

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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Game Boy Advance

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