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Advance Guardian Heroes is a side-scrolling beat ’em up for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Treasure and published by Ubisoft outside Japan. A sequel to the Sega Saturn’s Guardian Heroes, it features physical and magic attacks, counters, mid-air dashes, protective barriers, and a Hyper Mode, across stages with their own bosses and puzzles.

How To Play Advance Guardian Heroes

ControlAction
D-PadMove; press down to guard; tap twice in one direction to dash
A ButtonJump; press again in midair for a homing jump
B ButtonAttack; press repeatedly for combos
Direction + B ButtonDirectional special moves
L ButtonMagic attack, which drains the MP meter
R ButtonRaise a magic barrier; time it against an incoming hit to counter
L + R ButtonsActivate Hyper Mode when the gauge is full
StartPause menu
SelectMenu navigation and option toggles

About Advance Guardian Heroes

Release dateNA: September 14, 2004; JP: September 22, 2004; AU: February 17, 2005; EU: February 18, 2005
DeveloperTreasure
PublisherTreasure (Japan); Ubisoft (worldwide)
PlatformGame Boy Advance
GenreBeat ’em up
SeriesGuardian Heroes
ModesSingle-player; two-player co-op Story mode and up to four-player Versus via Game Link Cable; Training mode

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