Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Cheats and Tips [GBA]

Password - Erase Data

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

 

Unlockable - Unlocking Hard Mode

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.

 

Unlockable - Lab Map Locations

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
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: Danger X9To gain NeoTanks in Green Earth - Sinking Feeling: Capture Southernmost city on the western island

 

Unlockable - Unlock COs

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

 

Unlockable - Unlocking Sound Test

SoundtestBeat normal campaign

 

Unlockable - Unlock Gallery

GalleryBeat Hard Campaign

 

Unlockable - Gold Menu Icons

Gold Campaign IconBeat all levels including secret ones in Normal Campaign
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
Gold Design Room IconBuy all CO Edits from Hachi
Gold Battle Maps IconBuy everything from Hachi
Gold Link IconThis will automatically turn Gold after the other 5 have

 

Secret - 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.
 

 

Secret - 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.
 

 

Secret - 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.
 

 

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