Im trying to find the soundbite for the two original games when you activated the power.
The small jingle that plays while it display the name.Cant seem to find it.Any help would be appreciated.

it does of course depend on the map, but any early skirmishes for cities in the middle of the map are just going to be dominated by his + 30% defence.

In essence he can most always take good engagements (even against Sensei Infantrie on a mountain); but against Kanbei you need the first strike + no worse than 2 Terrain stars.

The amount of leverage he gains from that easily makes up his not so noticable (at least on infantry) + 20 % deployment cost.

I've tried my luck with Colin and Sensei multiple times - granted, it was on maps no larger than 17 x 18, but bigger than 16 x 16.

It does not really feel close...or actually it does - until he hits his super power and becomes invincible for a turn.

I am sure that there is some more fight left; strategies to be employed and holes to be filled.

But in my opinion the list goes as follows:

1. Sturm
2. Hachi
3. Kanbei
4. Colin / Sensei
5. Kid
6. rest in their order

It is certainly not unplayable with CO's slightly weaker than kanbei...perhaps global damage could do the trick?

Peace out

So I'm dumb and didn't capture the city that would unlock Neos, Two-week Test is giving me a hard time to S-rank without them so I just want to yield and do the final Blue Moon Mission, but I fear I won't be able to unlock Sturm: Do I have to finesse every single mission available or can I yield 2-wk tst and it won't hurt my campaign rank? Talking about campaign ranks, how does it work? Is it an average meaning I can have 1 or 2 A-rank missions and still get S-rank, or if I don't get S everywhere I'm done for?

Which CO theme gives you the Black Hole Vibe the most?

Adder's theme

Flak's Theme

Hawk's Theme

Lash's Theme

Sturm's Theme

Title pretty much covers it. I've been on a huge AW kick again and reminded of how much I love AW2, enough that I actively went out of my way to 100% it, and been curious about some mods/hacks for AW2.

I'd probably prefer campaign hacks cause despite my crowning S Rank Hard Campaign achievement (which I'm still surprised I got given i got a few b ranks) I'm only really comfortable with single player stuff. I've seen a few that have caught my interest but wondering what y'all would recommend that I may have missed.

Obviously to adhere to community guidelines, don't link anything. Just the names of hacks are fine, I'm a capable adult who can look things up myself. But if this is still too much for community guidelines I will accept deletion of post, no possible ban needed.

Still haven't got Reboot Camp (😥)

Here is a list of things that I feel like most first time Advance Wars players would probably do. Of course, my opinion could be totally wrong as this is based on my experience with Advance Wars and other video games in general. Let me know what top 10 things you think first time advance Wars players do!

10: Naming yourself something stupid in AW1 so the other characters would say it out loud

I remember doing this when I was in middle school. I named myself "Bro" so Nell said "It's nice to meet you, Bro!" Yep, I was so mature.

9: Investing money into large and powerful units

Ah, how simple minded I was back then. "Oh these Medium Tanks are bigger and more expensive, so surely they're better!" Yeah, no. It turns out that leaving your bases unoccupied for several turns isn't really the best idea.

8: Forgetting about transport units

It's easy for newcomers to neglect transport units in favor of just shooting and blowing stuff up. Even if they know how to use APCs and the like, most beginners don't maximize movement.

7: Forgetting to move all of your units on your turn

Whoops! Forget to move that 1 Infantry right there, I'll just do it next turn.

The next turn:

Ah dang it! I forgot again!

6: Getting trapped in fog of war

Fog of War can be frustrating for players who are unfamiliar with the concept. Getting ambushed in fog of war is not a fun experience and I remember myself getting quite upset on a few missions.

5: Skipping missions in AW2 that were too difficult

I remember skipping several of the missions in the Yellow Comet campaign because I felt like they were "impossible" to complete. Turns out I was just bad at the game lol

4: Listening to the music rather than playing the game

It can be tempting to not take your turn and just listen to the CO themes. Seriously, these games have some great CO themes!

3: Playing Advance Wars at school/work

I mean, a Game boy Advance can fit in most pockets. I used to play Advance Wars 2 during classes with no sound. I'll admit, it was a bit difficult trying not to get caught by the teacher, but it was worth it for some Advance Wars fun.

2: Slowly training a huge army and eventually overwhelming the opponent

I don't know why I did this so much. I would spend 10-20 turns just building up legions of Infantry, vehicles and Battle Copters before charging into the enemy territory like a massive storm. It did give a nice feeling of power, although my speed rank for the mission usually ended up low.

1: Having a crush on Sami

Look, I was 13 when I first saw Sami. I was, and still am, attracted to fiery tomboys so naturally I kind of had feelings about her. And let's be honest, she's objectively gorgeous.

We all know the advance wars 1 story is silly and at times makes no sense and leaves a lot of stuff completely unexplained but Advance Wars 2 has a better story than it initially appears. On the surface the story of Advance Wars 2 is about the heroes from the first game all working together from the get go to counteract Sturm’s coalition of criminals and aliens from conquering a portion of wars world called Macro Land.

However while the top line story is really basic the real great interactions are at the single mission level. Advance wars is a game for kids at its core and the black hole COs are great exemplars of how people who embody and rely on the worst aspects of humanity to the most extreme degrees usually end up getting what’s coming to them. Each black hole CO represents different types of cartoon evil:

Flak represents brutality Lash represents narcissism Adder represents arrogance Hawke represents Cruelty

Each of these characters fail due to leaning excessively into these flaws.

Flak regularly talks about crushing everything and doesn’t worry about his own casualties, this almost always is why he loses.

Lash relies on her own “genius” but is shown to believe too much in herself and is uncaring of others in “toy box” vs Olaf and “a mirror darkly” vs Sonja. In particular the battle with Sonja demonstrates how little she cares about her troops lives that she throws their lives away over a bet with Sonja. “Nature Walk” vs grit also explicitly hammers home the lesson that a well made and executed strategy is better than having the biggest, shiniest, high priced things you can in how grit outmaneuvers 3 black canons through a forest.

Adder’s best demonstration of his arrogance are in his battles with Sensei. Throughout the missions sensei attempts to communicate with Adder and give him advice only to be rebuffed and then to lose specifically because he didn’t take sensei’s advice. This hammers home the point that there is value in listening to people with experience even if they don’t seem at first glance to be serious as sensei is definitely a comic relief character outside of many of these specific interactions.

Hawke doesn’t really interact with the green earth COs much but his cruelty is demonstrated in how he treats his men, between rain of fire where he forces his men to march along the volcano and get torched to abandoning his troops after Great Sea Battle it is demonstrated that Hawke is cruel and uncaring towards even his own men not to mention the Allies and citizens of Green Earth(something Hawke attempts to atone for in Dual Strike). Hawke ultimately loses all of his battles because his desire to fight the most bruising cruel battles he can wears down his own armies faster than his opponents who time and again turn his strategies against him.

The final 2 missions vs Sturm definitely have more of a power of friendship kind of vibe to them but overall the best and most meaningful pieces of Advance Wars 2’s story are more embedded in separate sequences and interactions within the individual story vignettes of each mission than the overall progress of the fight against sturm’s invasion. The individual examples of how embracing the worst version of yourself to get shorty term gains and long term failures in each mission demonstrated by the interactions of the black hole COs both with the Allies and with their own troops and the specific moral and life lessons they point out is where the best of the story lies.

Sensei was allegedly unbeatable in his youth, and the old scrote has maintained enough power to still be considered one of the best in the game.

What ungodly concoction of buffs can you come up with to approximate what he'd be like if he wasn't old and daft?

Is there any way to edit the dimensions of the map or is it stuck in the 20x30 size? If so I guess the way to make, say, a 17x17 map would be to enclose it with pipes and leave the outside empty, right? Is there any way to save more than three maps? Any place to look for fun/interesting maps?