
Every turn, units, which consist of ground, sea and air units, can move across the different types of terrain and attack enemy units or perform other actions, such as submerging a submarine or resupplying friendly units. Two to four armies, each headed by one or two commanding officers (COs), take turns building and commanding units on grid-based maps.

Except in some campaign missions with special objectives, there are two ways to defeat an opponent: destroy all of the enemy's units or capture their headquarters.

The player's objective in Dual Strike is to defeat the enemy army with their own army. It sold more than 35,000 copies in its first ten weeks in Japan. Īdvance Wars: Dual Strike received "universal acclaim" and also won several awards, including "Best Strategy Game for the DS" from IGN in 2005. The Allied Nations struggle to overcome this threat and are eventually joined by several former Black Hole commanding officers in an effort to save the land. Black Hole has returned under the leadership of a new commander who seeks to give himself eternal life by draining the energy of Omega Land. The storyline is a continuation of the previous two games and is set in the new location of Omega Land. Advance Wars is the international title of the Wars video game series, which dates back to the Family Computer game Famicom Wars in 1988. The game is preceded by Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising and Advance Wars and succeeded by Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. It is the third installment in the Advance Wars series (first on DS media) and was released in 2005 for Japan on June 23, in North America on August 22, in Europe on September 30 and in Australia on March 22, 2006.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike, known as Famicom Wars DS in Japan, is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.
