August 29, 2003
Advance Wars 2

Oooh! Oooh! Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising is going to be released in early October! This is a must-have for GBA owners - the original Advance Wars is fantastic - I still play it regularly, and reviews of Advance Wars 2 look good.

Update: Wing Commander: Prophecy looks pretty sexy, too, and that's out already...

Update 9th September: It seems the Yanks have had Advance Wars 2 since June. Bah!

Posted to Toys and games by Simon Brunning at August 29, 2003 12:42 PM
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I've had the game for a couple of weeks now and I'm probably not even halfway through, but I must say IT IS A LOT OF FUN. It seems the one-player game is a lot longer than in AW1, there's a few new units but the same cute artwork and solid gameplay are there.

Posted by: Jason Scheirer on August 30, 2003 10:07 PM

Likewise. Basically the same game, which is fine, because it's so perfect for the platform. It is a bit longer. There are more commanders, and it seems like there are a lot more battles where you get multiple CO's to command. Definately a must buy.

Posted by: rob on August 30, 2003 10:54 PM

Longer! Wow! I'm not even halfway through the first one yet!

I've just started the penultimate mission in the basic campaign. Then there's the advanced campaign.

And even once I've finished *that*, there will still be plenty to do - war room maps, Vs. mode maps (of which there are well over a hundred, and which you can play with a choice of generals both for the player and for the computer), and replaying the campaigns choosing different commanders.

So really, I don't *need* Advance Wars 2 yet. Which won't stop me from buying it at some point...

Posted by: Simon Brunning on September 4, 2003 04:14 PM

I have Advance wars 2, and it is very, very, very long. There must be 50 or so missions in the campian, then theres the advanced campain, war maps, VS maps, different COs the list goes on and on.

It's far better than the origanal in gameplay, and th missions are more varied. For anyone reading this website, but haven't bought it, BUY IT!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chris Ames on September 9, 2003 07:24 AM

OK, that's it, I'm sold.

Posted by: Simon Brunning on September 12, 2003 11:44 AM

i've got black hole rising it's really good i've got up to the last bit af yello commet

Posted by: nick on October 10, 2003 07:30 PM

I like black hole rising but I cant get sturm!!!

Posted by: shadow on October 12, 2003 02:53 AM

Sturm is a must have cheap CO! you must beat the Standard Campaign and get a "S" as an overall rank! More Co's, More maps, More fun!

Posted by: CyberSach on October 20, 2003 10:03 PM

aw2 rules, u can play as hachi by buying EVERYTHING that hachi has, including CO's, but i cant remember cuz it was pretty long ago that i unlocked him =) but aw2 is basically aw with more missions, more war room maps, more vs maps, more terrain, different graphics, super CO powers and neotanks =)

Posted by: XtReMeDuDe on October 22, 2003 04:42 PM
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