Cheats & Guides

Advance Wars: Dual Strike Cheats For DS

  1. Unlock final wallpaper in design room

    Obtain all 300 medals

    Contributed by: locdog517 

  2. 3 Star Forces

    Once you beat Normal Campaign once, you can use three of the 'Star' Forces with any character Rank 1 or higher. The three forces are Eagle Eye (+2 vison), Gear Head (+2 base repair), and Conquerer (+2 Capture).

    Contributed by: mushroomfantasy 

  3. Special Design Map

    In Map Design mode, hold L and R while selecting the mode to produce a special pre-made map, with "Advance Wars" spelled out in the terrain.

    Contributed by: Spiritmongrel 

  4. Unlock Gallery

    To unlock the gallery, simply beat normal campaign once, then purchase it from Hachi for 2000 points.

    Contributed by: Nanis804 

  5. Character Wallpapers

    When you complete campaign, you will get the wallpapers for the three COs that you used most that campaign. You can then select those wallpapers from the Display menu.

    Contributed by: Nanis804 

  6. Oozium

    Once you beat Crystal Calamity (the one with the big black crystal), you can purchase Oozium from Battle Maps for 1000 credits. You can then have predeployed Ooziums in your design maps.

    Contributed by: mushroomfantasy 

  7. Unlock Alternative Costume

    Get to Level 10 of higher with a CO and buy the CO edit from Hachi, and you will get the alternative costume in the CO edit menu.

    Contributed by: Gaffonium 

  8. Unlock Soundroom

    Beat Normal Campaign and buy it from Hachi.

    Contributed by: Gaffonium 

  9. Unlockable CO's in War Room

    Once the characters are unlocked you still have to buy them from Hachi, the cost is listed at the end of wach CO's how to unlock.

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 1000 points Adder
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 1000 points Flak
    Beat Crystal Calamity in Normal Campaign - 600 points Grimm
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 2000 points Hachi
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 1000 points Hawke
    Beat Crystal Calamity in Normal Campaign - 600 points Javier
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 3000 points Jugger
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 4000 points Kindle
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 3500 points Koal
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 1000 points Lash
    Beat Means to an End in Normal Campaign - 2000 points Nell
    Beat Crystal Calamity in Normal Campaign - 600 points Sasha
    Complete Hard Campaign once, than you can buy him from Hachi for 5000 points. Von Bolt

    Contributed by: canofbread, Shadow_StalkerX 

  10. Old Version Maps

    By having old versions of advance wars inserted in your DS at the same time as Duel Strike, unlock new buyables at the the Battle Maps Shop!

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Buy for 1 point when Advance Wars 1 is inserted in your DS Advance Warpaper
    Buy for 1 point when Advance Wars 2 is inserted in your DS Advance Warpaper 2
    Buy for 1 point when Advance Wars 1 is inserted in your DS Hachi's Land
    Buy for 1 point when Advance Wars 2 is inserted in your DS Lash's Land Map
    Buy for 1 point when Advance Wars 1 is inserted in your DS Nell's Land
    Buy for 1 point when Advance Wars 2 is inserted in your DS Strum's Land Map

    Contributed by: TheeKrazySpike 

  11. Pictures for the Gallery

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Automatically unlocked with gallery All charcters/world map (#1-28)
    Watch Game Ending Dismissed! (#34)
    Beat hard campaign Drive (#41)
    Watch Game Ending Flowers (#37)
    Watch Ending of Missing 22 Handshake (#33)
    Pick 'Yes' after last mission Original 7 (#39)
    Watch Ending of Missing 22 Party 1 (#31)
    Watch Ending of Missing 22 Party 2 (#32)
    Watch Game Ending Promise Hill (#36)
    Watch Ending of Mission 9 Rachel's Hat (#29)
    Watch Game Ending Report (#35)
    Pick 'No' after last mission Salute (#40)
    Watch Game Ending Three Villains (#38)
    Watch Ending of Missing 22 Toast (#30)

    Contributed by: Link McCloud 

  12. Brutal Combat

    Brutal Combat is the third level of the Combat Mode. It is harder then Hard Combat and every map is Fog of War.

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Beat Combat once. Now you can buy Brytal Combat (and Hard Combat) from Haichi. Brutal Combat

    Contributed by: BrammyX 

  13. Hard Combat Mode

    Complete Combat Mode at least once for this.

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Complete Combat mode once. Hard Combat

    Contributed by: 3110684 

  14. Unlockable Missions

    Do the following steps to unlock bonus missions in which you can unlock new units.

    Unlockable Unlockable
    On mission 10, capture the city east of your HQ to reach mission 11. (The black boat level) Mission 11 (black boats)
    On mission 13, capture the city in the northeast corner to reach mission 14. (The black bomb level) Mission 14 (black bombs)
    Find the map in Mission 16, Snowy Hunters. It's hidden in the southeastern most city, on the small island with the com tower. Mission 17 (Spiral Garden)

    Contributed by: Tfox707_Remixed, Shadow_StalkerX 

  15. Hard Campaign Force Unlockables

    You must beat hard campaign then head to the CO Select Screen for your reward

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Allows hiding during Super CO Power Mistwalker
    Allows deployment of units from allied cities during Super CO Power Soul of Hachi

    Contributed by: tehwisecracker 

  16. Champion Survival

    Beat the basic course for money, turn, or time survival mode to unlock the champion course. Purchase from Hachi for 1000 points each.

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Beat basic "Money" survival course Money Champion
    Beat basic "Time" survival course Time Champion
    Beat basic "Turn" survival course Turn Champion

    Contributed by: Nanis804 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
Character Guides Grimm Guide Guide by zegok_mm 22K
Character Guides Javier Guide Guide by SuperSonic612 41K
Character Guides Kindle FAQ Guide by JustChillin 53K
Character Guides Koal FAQ Guide by Tronn_Bonne 91K
Character Guides Olaf FAQ Guide by ThrawnFett 23K
Character Guides Sonja FAQ Guide by Tronn_Bonne 71K
Foreign Language Guides Guide and Walkthrough by BrammyX 61K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by pyroman93 18K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by AW Revolution Website 92K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by BSulpher 152K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by rpower 64K
General FAQs FAQ by Locke411 87K
In-Depth Guides CO FAQ by Xenesis Xenon 83K
In-Depth Guides CO Gauge Mechanics Guide by Xendrick 14K
In-Depth Guides CO Quote List by JustChillin 36K
In-Depth Guides Combat Mode FAQ/Walkthrough by CyberSach 34K
In-Depth Guides Dual Strikes FAQ by TheUnruly1 21K
In-Depth Guides Game Script by JustChillin 240K
In-Depth Guides Hard Campaign Walkthrough by Jags1880 107K
In-Depth Guides Hard/Brutal Combat Mode Guide by spyke252 16K
In-Depth Guides History FAQ by Pikachu 025 15K
In-Depth Guides Money Survival Guide by stairwalker 16K
In-Depth Guides Money Survival Guide by Heffenfeffer 83K
In-Depth Guides Predeployed Map Guide by TheUnruly1 20K
In-Depth Guides Time Survival Guide by Gameandwatch423 7K
In-Depth Guides Turn Survival Guide by Gameandwatch423 10K
In-Depth Guides Turn Survival Score Walkthrough by dalawman 12K