Improved high score support - The game records S-ranks achieved on each map with each CO.Some COs from Advance Wars Dual Strike and Days of Ruin make an appearance as well! Each CO has unique combat abilities in the War Room setting.Each map has an info dossier with the par time and author of the map.Tutorial map with summary of game rules, scoring and new hack features.30 New War Room Maps to play on - Some remixes of existing maps, most brand new from the AW Community.All the challenges present are hand-crafted by Xenesis and many, many members of the Advance Wars community with over a year’s worth of refinement. The more enthusiastic members of the Advance Wars community were also involved - helping with graphics, map design, utilities and playtesting.Ĭomplete with new COs from the AW series, plenty of challenging maps and a bundle of hand-coded new features, this is a definitive hack to play for Advance Wars fans (or people who like turn based strategy games!).
Lots of music, graphics, maps and assembly code were generated solely for the hack. Instead, it has turned into something that’s taken over a year to put together, complete with a large amount of refinements and gameplay additions. The original intention for the project was to develop a new War Room challenge for Advance Wars 2 in about two months with some fun maps and a few new challenge. This hack is a much fuller implementation of what was aimed at a good six years ago, aided by a huge understanding of how the game works and all the hacking advancements that have happened over that period.
The War Room challenge is actually the second attempt at a full challenge mode for the game, with the first attempted in the very early days when the map format wasn't even known so it was mostly substitutions and new goals for maps.
While not as well recognised as its partner series Fire Emblem, it has a cult following of some extremely skilled players. Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole rising was the second of the quirky turn based strategy wargames that got released outside of Japan on the Gameboy Advance.