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 in Japan and Europe, but the game release was put on hold in both Japanese and European regions due to the following day's 9-11 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.