'' Advance Wars '' is a turn-based tactics video game developed for the Game Boy Advance by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo . It was released in North America on September 10 , 2001 with a later release date on Japan and Europe , but the game release was put on hold in both Japanese and European regions due to the following day 's September 11 attacks in the United States . Although the game was released in Europe in January 2002 , neither GBA game was released in Japan until the '' Game Boy Wars Advance 1 +2 '' compilation on November 25 , 2004 . '' Advance Wars '' has been released for the Wii U Virtual Console simultaneously in Europe and North America on April 3 , 2014
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