Advance Wars Cheats and Tips

OK, you have several steps, which i'll explain by the correct order. Please follow them closely or they may not work:

1 - Make sure you have access to Campaign(normal or hard) and War Room. Go to Design Maps. Fill the map with plains, then, counting from the upper left corner, left to right, deploy SIX INFANTRY units. Now, second line, directly below the infantry units, deploy SIX MECH units. Same procedure, only this time deploy SIX ARTILERY units, directly below the mechs. Finnaly deploy SIX MD TANKS under the artilery and save your map (my suggestion: edit mode).

2 - Now go back to the Field Training and play the level called "Naval Forces" and lose. Yes, that's right, LOSE. It's very easy, just obey Nell for the first day, then do that submarine dive thing and simply unload the T Copter and end the day.

3 - After you lose go back to Design Maps and load the previously created map. Now delete every unit, and try not to take your finger off the A button. If performed correctly Nell will pop out and tell you "The Orange Star Army has lost!" (the fact that you have chosen to deploy other armies units is completely irrelevant and will work nonetheless).

4 - Now, this is REALLY important. DO NOT press the select button EVER after deleting the units. Press A to access the menu and make your way to exit. The screen may look like there's something wrong but don't worry it won't crash unless you press the SELECT button.

5 - Despite the fact that the screen looks kind of wrong head for either campaign or war room. In here just do what you'd normally do in design maps to deploy or change/add terrain/HQs/etc. You'll have to find the best way to adapt to the screen but trust me, it's just a mather of time. Remember NEVER to press the SELECT button!

6 - After you make all the desired changes you have two options: you either save the game and switch off your GBA (thus ending the freaky screen, turning everything back to normal but with the changes you've made) or you continue to play like that (thus discarting the need to follow steps 2 to 5 and allowing you to progress through the campaign in a fastastic winning streak). For begginers I would suggest the first option, but every man is his own boss so you do whatever you want.

This is a very usefull cheat and if you get used to it you'll be able to advance in rank easily (depending, of course, of your rank in the level, which depends on how you choos to win the level) and unlock every character in the game, which becomes rather boring seeing as you have to go through campaing at least 3 times! So please try this cheat and tell me what you think of it.

My last recomendations are: don't worry about the screen looking freaky, that's normal and, I can't stress this enough, DON'T PRESS THE SELECT BUTTON after step 4. Doing this will probably cause the game to crash and freeze, although, as far as I know, as absolutely no side effects (no save file corruption, no errors, no nothing!)

Enjoy and have a nice life! ; )

Hold B during your turn.

OK, in order to do this follow these steps:

1. Go to Design Maps mode and fill the map with plains. Then, on the upper left corner place, from the left to the right, six infantry units in the first line, six mech units in the second line, six Md tanks on the third line, and finally six rockets. Then save the map with any name you want.

2. After saving the map go to Field Training, Naval Battle mission and lose. DO NOT YIELD! If you yield this won't work. Instead of yielding just follow Nell's instructions on the first turn, end it, wait for your second turn, dive the sub like Nell tells you to, and then simply drop the T-copter loaded in the cruiser and end the turn. For some reason the lander will be the first target, but it won't be destroyed, then the copter will be targeted and destroyed. Don't worry, this was ment to happen.

3. Now go to map you drew and delete all the 24 units you placed. Nell should now pop up and say "The Orange Star Army has lost", this is the confirmation that the trick worked. NEVER PRESS THE SELECT BUTTON! It will stop the sequence.

4. Now press the A button to open the menu, press Down twice, and then press down twice again to get out of the design maps mode. Again NEVER PRESS THE SELECT BUTTON.

5. Go to campaign or war room mode. When playing press the R button on a plain then press the L button to access the unit deployment menu, just like in the Design Maps Mode. If you don't press the L button you can still navigate on the terrain/base menu and to the changes that you wish, just don't add any troops or building of other armies that not your's or the enemies ones. You don't really need to press the R button first, but it's easier if you do so.

6. OK, final step (finally!). You have two chances: save the game after you make the changes, which, after you reset the game will stop the glitch-like images, or keep in the edit mode by deleting the enemy hq, and waiting for your second turn, in which you'll surely win!

ENJOY!!!

Try to ignore everything if you want to win

Olaf's Sea Strike Mission:

On Mission 4 use Andy then in Mission 6 defeat every enemy unit .

Rivals Mission:

For the Battle Mystery, Captain Drake, Wings of Victory and Naval Clash missions use Sami.

Defeat Kanbei Arrives mission in fewer than 8 attempts, Mighty Kanbei mission in 10 or less attempts and Kanbei’s Error mission in not more than 12 turns.

Unlockables:

Advanced Campaign

When you have finished the main Campaign and have brought Advance Campaign you can play in Advanced mode by holding down the Select button before entering Campaign mode. You will encounter enemy opposition which are harder to defeat and you will receive more War coins when the mission is completed.

Open Up New Gameplay modes:

Complete the final mission in Field Training to open up the Campaign, War Room, Design Maps and Stats options on the Main menu.

Unlock CO Drake:

During Campaign mode Andy must be selected for Naval Clash, Wings of Victory, Captain Drake and Battle Mystery missions. When the Campaign mode is over Drake is availabe at the Battle Maps Section for 50 War Coins.

Unlock CO Eagle:

Select Sami to win Captain Drake, Naval Clash, Battle Mystery and Wings of Victory missions before winning the Rivals battle. Eagle will the be available to buy in the Battle Maps section for 80 War Coins.

Unlock CO Grit:

Complete Mission 4 in Campaign mode and select Max to complete it to be able to buy Grit for 50 War Coins. Grit will then be available to buy in the Battle Maps section for 50 War Coins.

Unlock CO Kanbei:

Buy Kanbei for 50 War Coins in the Battle Maps section once you have completed the Campain mode in the normal difficulty setting.

Unlock CO Sonja:

Buy Sonja for 60 War Coins in the Battle Maps section when you defeat Kanbei Arrives mission in fewer than 9 attempts, Mighty Kanbei mission in 11 or less attempts and Kanbei’s Error mission in not more than 13 turns which unlocks the bonus Sonja missions which you also have to beat.

Unlock CO Sturm:

To unlock Sturm you need to have purchased Sonja, Eagle, Kenbei, Drake and Grit from the Battle Maps section and then Sturm will be available to purchase for 100 War Coins but he can only be used in the Vs mode. Obtain Sturm quicker by using Max in as many battles as possible.

Unlock CO Nell:

Buy Nell in the Battle Maps section for 80 War Coins once you have obtained an S-Rank in Advance Campaign and War modes.

Special Intel:

Successfully complete all the Field Training missions to unlock the Field Training mission Special Intel which you will be able to in the list back at Field Training missions.

Use other CO's in multiplayer:

Beat Campaign mode and then purchase other CO’s in the Battle Maps section to use them in Multi-player.

Easter Eggs

Gold Menu Icons

Complete the condition listed next to certain icons in the Main menu to change them to a flashing gold from their original colour.

Stats:

Regardless of rank complete all 20 War Room maps.

Rank:

Obtain Rank 1as the final rank.

Records:

Obtain gold Rank and Stats and Records will turn gold also.

Field Training:

In all 14 Training missions obtain an A-Rank.

Campaign:

Regardless of rank complete the Advance Campaign.

War Room:

In all 20 War Room maps get an S-Rank.

Battle Maps:

Purchase all the maps and unlock and buy every CO.

The following cannot be turned to gold:

Vs mode, Design Maps, and Multiplayer menu.

Deleted saved games:

When you turn on the Game Boy Avance Hold L + Right + Select.

Stop enemy from building:

Position a medium tank or other troop type on an enemy building.

Load more units to transporter ships:

Load..

I've been playn' the game a long time now,so listen up-

ANDY-"This is gonna be easy!"

Andy has no weaknesses.

If your'e a beginner, this is the guy to use.

SAMI-er,can't think of her 'famous' saying.

I think that Sami is the worst CO in the game.

Big WOW,you infantry are a little bit better than everyone else.

Only use her for capturing the enemy HQ.

MAX-"If it's direct combat, i'm your man!"

Max has brill direct combat(recons,tanks,md tanks ect.) but his indirect combat is really really bad.

Max needs a lot of open space.

GRIT-"Mosey out and see what happens".

The complete oposite of Max. PRESS B on one of his battleships when he uses his power.

WOW!

OLAF-"I'll show you the meaning of power!"

Like Andy (good all-rounder) but watch out.

When it rains Olaf is effected very badly. But snow does'nt effect him at all.

DRAKE-"I'm a tough old sea-dog!"

Billiant ships but bad aeroplanes. If you're Andy then use your power straight after Drake's.

EAGLE-"I will pull no punches!"

Eagle has A rank planes but puny D rank ships. I think Eagle is the best CO in the game (apart from Sturm)and I love his power!

SONJA-"MORE INTELLLLLLLLLLLLL!"

Sonja has a brilliant vision range in fog of war.

No weaknesses.

Note-Strangely, somtimes Sonja's units don't do as much as they should do.Weird?

KANBEI-(He's extremely protective of Sonja his daughter)

Kanbei has the best direct and indirect units in the game.

He's brill for beating your mates on Pre-deployed.

ONE MAJOR PROBLEM.All of his units cost one-third more than they normally would with any other CO.

I know that does'nt sound much, but it makes a big difference in battle.

STURM-"You fools!"

Sturm is the baddy of the game. His power is devastating and so is his attack. His defence is pants,though.

SUPER CHEATS TEAM, U BETTER PUT THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE ITS TAKEN ME AN HOUR TO DO IT!

When you go into campaign mode hold select.

This will give you Advance mode the enemies are harder but you get more cash!!!