Sonic Advance 3

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Sonic Advance 3
System(s): Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team / Dimps
Genre: 2D Platform

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Sonic Advance 3 is the third game in the Sonic Advance series released for the Game Boy Advance. Unlike the first two games in the series, SA3 features ability to play two characters in a partner setting.

Game Play

The gameplay of this game is similar to that of Knuckles' Chaotix, with its 2 character team-ups and ring-dropping enemies, though the actual ring bands are gone. Like Sonic Advance 2, this game's merit is the subject of a lot of debate. It really comes down to personal taste - this isn't really a bad game, but many people don't like the gameplay.

Abilities with Sonic as a Partner

A free spirited hedgehog that hates evil. He can be short tempered at times, but never turns his back on those in need of help.

	Tails	Knuckles	Cream	Amy
Regular Actions	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash
A Button	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Jump
B Button	Skid Attack	Fire Sliding	Skid Attack	Hammer Attack
Jump+A	No Action	No Action	Jump Dash Homing Attack	No Action
Jump+B	No Action	Wind Attack Up+B Upper Spin Down+B Bound Attack	No Action	Spin Attack
Special Actions	R Button Mid-Air Trick Action Boost Mode (While Running)	Boost Mode (While Running)	Breathe (In Water) Boost Mode (While Running)	Boost Mode (While Running)

Abilities with Tails as a Partner

A friendly kid fox with two tails, who thinks of Sonic as a favorite big brother. He loves tinkering with machinery.

	Sonic	Knuckles	Cream	Amy
Regular Actions	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash
A Button	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Jump
B Button	Tail Swipe	Tornado Attack	Tail Swipe	Hammer Attack
Jump+A	Propeller Flying	Mid-Air Glide	High Propeller Flying Homing Attack	Hammer Propeller Flying
Jump+B	No Action	Tail Spin Attack	No Action	Spin Attack
Special Actions	R Button Mid-Air Trick Action A Button Dog Paddle (In Water) Boost Mode (While Running)	A Button Breast Stroke (In Water)	A Button Dog Paddle (In Water)	A Button Dog Paddle (In Water)

Abilities with Knuckles as a Partner

A powerful Echidna with spiky fists, and Sonic's best friend and rival. He's sincere in nature, but a little gullible and easily misled.

	Sonic	Tails	Cream	Amy
Regular Actions	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash
A Button	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Jump
B Button	Double Punch	Spiral Uppercut	Double Punch	Hammer Attack
Jump+A	Mid-Air Glide	Double Mid-Air Glide Wall Climb	Mid-Air Glide Wall Climb	Mid-Air Glide Wall Climb
Jump+B	No Action	No Action	No Action	Spin Attack Down+B Drill Claw
Special Actions	Breast Stroke(In Water) Boost Mode (While Running)	Breast Stroke (In Water)	Breast Stroke(In Water) B Button Homing Attack (During Glide)	Right+A Button Dash Climb (Wall) Breast Stroke (In Water)

Abilities with Cream as a Partner

Cream is a polite little rabbit that takes her tiny Chao "Cheese" wherever she goes. She means well, but can act a little childish at times.

	Sonic	Tails	Knuckles	Amy
Regular Actions	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash
A Button	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Spin Jump	Jump
B Button	Chao Ball Attack	Chao Attack	Chao Spinning Attack	Hammer Attack
Jump+A	Flying	Floating Fall	Flying (Chao Spin)	Flying
Jump+B	Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack	Mid-Air Chao Attack	Mid-Air Chao Spinng Attack	Mid-Air Chao Attack Down+B Hip Drop
Special Actions	Life Ring(In Water) Boost Mode (While Running)	No Action	No Action	R Button Mid-Air Trick Action

Abilities with Amy as a Partner

Sonic's self professed girlfriend that he can't seem to escape from. She never leaves home without her trademark Pikopiko Hammer.

	Sonic	Tails	Knuckles	Cream
Regular Actions	Spin (While Running) Spin Dash	Down+A Leap	Down+A Amy Dash	Down+A Leap
A Button	Spin Jump	Jump	Jump	Jump
B Button	Hammer Attack	Hammer Attack	Big Hammer Attack Down+B Hammer Jump	Hammer Attack
Jump+A	Jump Dash	Floating Fall	No Action	Floating Fall
Jump+B	Mid-Air Hammer Attack Down+B Spinng Hammer Attack	Mid-Air Hammer Jump	Mid-Air Hammer Attack Down+B Spinng Hammer Attack	Mid-Air Hammer Attack
Special Actions	Boost Mode (While Running)	B Button Head Slide (During Leap)	No Action	R Button Mid-Air Trick Action B Button Head Slide (During Leap)

Production Credits

Created by Sonic Team™

Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Akinori Nishiyama
Art Director: Yuji Uekawa
Assistant Director: Ai Mashima

In cooperation with Dimps®

Producer: Kouichi Sakita
Line Producer: Yukihiro Higashi
Planners: Yukihiro Higashi, Masaaki Yamagiwa
Programmers: Tatsuaki Nakashima, Hiroki Yoshitake, Kuninori Douno
Designers: Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yuko Yamanoue, Etsuko Hosokawa, Tohru Nakanishi, Tomohiro Ozawa
Sound: Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura
Special Thanks: Katsuya Kuramoto, Kenji Ayukawa, Syuhei Kimura, Isamu Kubota

Sound Created by: Wave Master Sound Creators: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Kenichi Tokoi, Hideaki Kobayashi, Masaru Setsumaru, Fumie Kumatani, Tomoya Ohtani

SEGA Corporation

Marketing: Mitsuru Takahashi, Naoko Ooka, Hideki Yokaichiya, Mariko Takeda
Production: Mitsuru Takahashi, Naoko Ooka, Hideki Yokaichiya, Mariko Takeda
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Youko Nagasawa
International Business: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Yusuke Suai, Shiko Sakai
Product Development: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Yusuke Suai, Shiko Sakai
Development Division: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Toshiro Nakayama, Yusuke Asano, Akiko Kuroda
Marketing Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto
Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Youichi Takahashi, Hiroki Osawa, Satoru Ishigami, Colin Restall
Customer Relations: Yutaka Shoji, Masahiro Ozeki, Nobuyuki Inoue, Mariko Okada
Product Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Akinobu Koechi, Akira Terasawa, Satoshi Yamagata

Sega of America, Inc.

Executive Management: Hideaki Irie
Localization Producers: Yosuke Moriya, Klayton Vorlick
Director of PD: Osamu Shibayama

Sega Europe, Ltd.

SEGA Europe COO: Naoya Tsurumi
Director of PD: Jin Shimazaki
Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto
European Product Manager: Mathew Quaeck
SoE Test Dept.: Darius Sadeghian, David Smith, Roy Boateng
Special Thanks: James Nicholas, Ricky Ip
Voices: Ryan Drummond, William Corkery, Scott Dreier, Jenny Douillard, Sarah Wulfeck, Jon St. John, Deem Bristow
Voice Recording Director: Lani Minella
Recording Coordinator: Keith Palmer
Executive Management: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Presented by:SEGA

Resources

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Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems

2001  Sonic Advance | Tiny Chao Garden     2002  Sonic Advance 2     2003  Sonic Pinball Party | Sonic Battle     2004  Sonic Advance 3 | Sonic X: A Super Sonic Hero     2005  Sonic Advance & Sonic Pinball Party | Sonic Advance & ChuChu Rocket! | Sonic Advance & Sonic Battle | Sonic Battle & ChuChu Rocket! | Sonic Pinball Party & Sonic Battle | Sonic Pinball Party & Columns Crown     2006  Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis      Demos  Sonic Advance 3  Prototypes  Sonic Advance | Sonic Advance 2 | Sonic Advance 3  Unreleased  Sonic X: Chaos Emerald Chaos | Sonic Riders