Advance Wars, later released in
Japan as 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
Japan and
Europe region due to the following day's
September 11, 2001 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 most recently been released for the Wii U Virtual Console simultaneously in Europe and North America on April 3, 2014.