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Advance Wars is a turn-based strategy game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo in 2001. Players move ground, air, and naval units across grid-based maps, capturing properties to fund production. Each army is led by a Commanding Officer with unique unit bonuses and a special power.
How To Play Advance Wars
| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| D-Pad | Move the map cursor; navigate menus |
| A Button | Select a unit, confirm a move, open the action menu, capture or attack, confirm menu choices |
| B Button | Cancel a move or menu; hold while moving the cursor to scroll faster |
| L Button | Cycle the cursor to the next unit that has not moved |
| R Button | Show unit and terrain details; toggle the map information display |
| Start | Open the field menu for CO powers, options, and end turn |
| Select | Toggle the mini-map view |
About Advance Wars
| Release date | NA: September 10, 2001; AU: 2001; EU: January 11, 2002; JP: November 25, 2004 (in the Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 compilation) |
| Developer | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platform | Game Boy Advance |
| Genre | Turn-based strategy |
| Series | Wars (Nintendo Wars) |
| Modes | Single-player campaign; multiplayer up to four players via pass-and-play on one cartridge or Game Link Cable |
| Also known as | Game Boy Wars Advance (Japan) |
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