Advance Wars: Dual Strike Secrets
The two-screen wonder has more than its fair share of prizes to unlock and buy. Find out what they are and how to unlock them below.
Secrets
Mode Unlockables
Hard Campaign: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy from Hachi's shop for 1,000 Wars Points.
Sound Room: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy from Hachi's shop for 2,000 Wars Points.
Gallery: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy from Hachi's shop for 2,000 Wars Points.
Gallery picture #39: When faced with a choice during the dialogue after completing Means to an End, select the first option.
Gallery picture #40: When faced with a choice during the dialogue after completing Means to an End, select the second option.
Gallery picture #41: Beat the Hard Campaign.
Hard & Brutal Combat: Beat Normal Combat and then buy for 1,500 Wars Points.
Turn/Time/Fund Survival Champion: Beat Normal Survival of that type, then buy for 1,000 Wars Points each.
Oozium in Map Editor: Beat the mission Crystal Calamity and then buy it for 1,000 Wars Points.
Commanding Officers
Sasha, Grimm & Javier: Beat the mission Crystal Calamity and buy for 600 Wars Points each.
Flak, Lash, Adder & Hawke: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy for 1,000 Wars Points each.
Nell & Hachi: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy for 2,000 Wars Points each.
Jugger: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy for 3,000 Wars Points.
Zak/Koal: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy for 3,500 Wars Points.
Candy/Kindle: Beat the Normal Campaign and buy for 4,000 Wars Points.
Von Bolt: Beat the Hard Campaign and buy for 5,000 Wars Points.
CO Colour Edits: Unlocked when you buy the CO, simply leave the shop and re-enter it to be able to buy the colour edit. Following is a list of prices for the different COs:
- Nell, Hachi, Flak, Lash, Adder & Hawke's colour edits cost 200 Wars Points each;
- Jugger, Zak/Koal & Candy/Kindle's colour edits cost 300 Wars Points each;
- Von Bolt's colour edit costs 600 Wars Points;
- All other COs's colour edits cost 150 Wars Points each.
Alternate Costumes: Unlocked automatically when you get a CO to Level 10. To change a particular CO to their alternative costume, go into the CO Colour Edit menu, then select the alternate costume button. You can then select a colour edit, too!
Wallpapers/Warpapers
CO Wallpapers: Beat either campaign, and the 3 COs you used most often will have their wallpapers unlocked. In a tie, the Orange Star COs have priority over Blue Moon, then Yellow Comet, followed by Green Earth, and finally Black Hole.
AW1 Wallpaper: Buy from Hachi while AW1 is in the GBA slot for a single Wars Point. 1
AW2 Wallpaper: Buy from Hachi while AW2 is in the GBA slot for a single Wars Point. 1
Final Wallpaper: Get all 300 medals.
Lab Maps
Lab Maps work slightly differently in Advance Wars: Dual Strike. If you manage to beat a mission which is played as a result of finding a lab map, the corresponding unit is unlocked for all armies and COs there on throughout the campaign.
The Long March (and Black Boats): Find the map in Black Boats Ahoy.
Lash’s Test (and Black Bombs): Find the map in Frozen Fortress.
Spiral Garden (and Piperunners): Find the map in Snow Hunters.
Skills
Normal Skills: Unlocked for every CO at that level or above (up to level 9).
* Skills: Beat Normal Campaign for first three, Hard Campaign for final two.
Unlockable Maps
Hachi’s Land & Nell’s Land: Buy from Hachi's shop while Advance Wars 1 is in the GBA slot for a singular Wars Point each. 1
Sturm’s Land & Lash’s Land: Buy from Hachi's shop while Advance Wars 2 is in the GBA slot for a singular Wars Point each. 1
Following is a list of all the maps you can buy. They all cost 500 Wars Points unless otherwise specified.
- War Room:
- Little Lion
- Megalopolis
- Pipeline
- Rabbit Island
- Watery Downs
- Fortress Isle
- Treble Ridge
- Four Acres
- Final Battle
- Silo Nation (1,000 Wars Points)
- Risky Duo (1,000 Wars Points)
- Helix Peninsula (1,000 Wars Points)
- Pre-Deployed:
- Trifecta Isles
- Ocean Prison
- Narrow Ridge
- Deadlakes
- No-Exit Isles
- Arrow Point
- Crater Reef
- Lost Road
- Capital Clash
- Islands Agogo
- Grand Battle
- 2 Player:
- Pipes Aplenty
- Frigid Finale
- 3 Player:
- Fan Isle
- Gridlock Glen
- Kidney Island
- 4 Player:
- Marine Cross
- Axle Roads
- Worm Canal
- Broken Land
- Rough Terrain
- Deep Forest
- Scramble Isle
- Danger Pool
- Dark City
- Clover Pond
- Cross Cape
1 Your cartridge of Advance Wars 1/2 and Advance Wars: Dual Strike must be same region to unlock the wallpapers and maps. Thanks to Upgraded Cannon for confirming this.