Versus mode can be used to create games played against the computer AI or other players by using hotseat gameplay. Versus mode allows the players to use either a pre-existing map or a user-created map and set up a game with customized settings.
In War Room Players are put in maps wherein they must defeat enemies who are usually given an advantage at the start. Many of Black Hole Rising's additional modes remains unchanged from its predecessor. The Orange Star army also has two of this game's new unit, the Neotank. In this War Room map featuring Pipelines and Missile Silos, the Infantry on the left is launching a missile that will damage all units within the cursor on the right. When the campaign is completed, the player is given an overall rank, rewarding higher ranks with more unlockable content in the in-game shop. Ĭompletion of a campaign mission or War Room will net the player a rank based on several criteria. When the regular campaign has been completed, a more difficult Hard Campaign, in the vein of Advance Wars's Advance Campaign, can be unlocked, generally featuring modified maps and starting units. Upon meeting certain requirements, new missions may become available. Each continent begins with several missions that the player can select from. The player plays as one or more commanding officers of the protagonist nations, fighting against the antagonist of the game, Black Hole. The campaign takes place over the game's five continents, each focusing on one of the five countries in the game. The Campaign mode in Black Hole Rising differs from its predecessor Advance Wars in that the mission selection is non-linear. In certain campaign maps, there are special objectives, such as capturing or destroying certain key buildings, such as a Black Cannon, a new property found in Black Hole Rising. Generally, the player can win by defeating all of the enemy's troops, or by capturing the enemy's headquarters. The goal of the player in Black Hole Rising, common to all of the Nintendo Wars series, is to defeat all of the enemies, sometimes by completing special objectives. The game was well-received, and won the European Computer Trade Show's Best Handheld Game of the Year award in 2003.
The protagonists, the Allied Nations, cooperate once again to drive the Black Hole forces out of Macro Land once and for all. Black Hole has quickly recovered from its defeat in Cosmo Land, and has gathered forces to invade Macro Land under the command of Sturm, the same commander who led the invasion of Cosmo Land.
The storyline of this game continues from the previous game, Advance Wars. At E3 2021, Nintendo announced that Black Hole Rising, alongside the original Advance Wars, will be remade and released together for the Nintendo Switch by WayForward in another compilation titled Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp.īlack Hole Rising is nearly identical to the previous game in terms of core gameplay there was only a small change in overall graphical style and some small content additions. Despite being developed in the region, the original Japanese release was canceled, but the game was later released in the region alongside the original Advance Wars as part of a compilation cartridge called Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 in 2004. It is preceded by Advance Wars and followed by Advance Wars: Dual Strike. It is the second game in the Advance Wars sub-series of Nintendo Wars. It was developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo in 2003. Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising is a turn-based strategy video game for the Game Boy Advance.