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

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Sonic Advance is the first Sonic game made for the Gameboy Advance. The game has four characters, Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, and, for the first time as a playable character in a classic-style 2D Sonic game, Amy Rose. Sonic can have Tails follow him, Sonic 2-style, by entering a special code at the character select screen. All characters have separate save-games which record their individual progress.

Some of the game's music is remixed from previous Mega Drive games. The remixed music includes the Options (Sonic 1's Scrap Brain Zone), Player Data (Sonic 1's Star Light Zone), 2P select (Sonic 2's 2P Emerald Hill Zone), invincibility (Sonic 1's Invincibility), and the first two bosses in the X-Zone (Sonic 1 and Sonic 2's boss musics).

This is one of several games to include the Tiny Chao Garden minigame. It is unlocked by default in this game.

Gameplay

The player must play through 6 normal zones, followed by the X-Zone and The Moon Zone if certain requirements are met. Each of the normal zones contains two acts. Act 1 is finished by passing a signpost and Act 2 is finished by opening a capsule containing animals, which falls from the sky after defeating one of Dr. Eggman's machines. Sonic Advance was the last game in the Sonic series to use end-level signposts and capsules and the sonic leg spin animation. This is also the first 2-D Sonic game that allows your character to grind on rails.

The special stages are accessible from Special Springs, which are placed near the top in certain acts. Each normal zone contains one Special Spring, except for Ice Mountain Zone which contains two: one in each act. Chaos Emeralds can be collected if one passes the stage. The chaos emeralds are "shared" between characters. Once the player has collected all the Emeralds and completed the X-Zone with all four characters, they can access the Moon Zone by completing the X-Zone again with Sonic.

Special Moves

Each character has his or her own unique ability which is a determining factor towards the game's overall difficulty. Their special moves are all retained from Sonic Adventure. Sonic is the fastest character overall, Tails can fly and swim, Knuckles can glide and climb walls and Amy has her hammer. Amy is considered to be the toughest character to play as, because of her inability to spindash or spin attack. Each character's strengths and weaknesses particularly come into play when fighting bosses or trying to find access to the special stages.

All of the characters can perform an attack by pressing the button. These moves are most often less effective than a simple spin jump or spindash due to their short range. Some characters can make combo attacks by pressing the button repeatedly.

Sonic

Double Spin Attack (formerly known as the W Kaiten Attack): Performed by pressing jump again while in mid-air. It increases the range of attack, enabling you to attack things a little higher than you can normally reach and it increases the speed of your attack.
Jump Dash: Performed by pressing or twice in rapid succession after jumping. Sonic does a sudden jumping dash.
Skid Attack: Performed by pressing three times rapidly. Sonic does a couple of somersaults, does a flip, then slides along the ground and stops.
Backward Jump: Performed by pressing three times rapidly, then during flip before Sonic skids.
Rushing Attack (Super Sonic only): Press . In a blaze of light, Super Sonic will speed up and attack.

Tails

Flying: Performed by pressing pressing multiple times. Gain height by tapping , then use D-pad to control what direction Tails is going. You cannot stop him from flying until he lands on something. You can attack enemies while in the air if you hit them with his tails. Tails can fly in the air for 8 seconds.
Swimming: Performed by pressing pressing repeatedly while underwater. This move acts similarly to Tails' flying ability, but underwater. You cannot attack enemies while swimming. Tails can swim for 8 seconds.

Knuckles

Gliding: Performed by pressing again while in mid-air. Glide sideways while losing little height. Press or to change what direction the character is gliding. Enemies in the path will take damage on contact. If the button is released Knuckles will fall. If a wall is in the path while gliding, Knuckles will cling to it. Push or to climb on it or just press again to jump off it. When he gets to the edge of a ledge, Knuckles will pull himself up on it.
Uppercut: Tap three times rapidly. Do a punch, then a double punch followed by a fiery uppercut.
Float: If Knuckles lands in a body of water he will rise to the surface and float. Push or to move right or left. Push and to look up while floating; Push to sink into the water. Push to jump out.
Swimming: Performed by pressing twice while in the water. Exactly like Knuckles' gliding but underwater, but enemies cannot be hurt and height will not increase. It's also possible to cling to and climb walls underwater.

Amy

Stronger Hammer Attack: Tap twice in rapid succession. On the second swing, Amy reaches out farther.
Higher Jump: Press next to a spring. Swing the hammer into a spring to send Amy way up high in the air.
Mid-Air Hammer Swirl: Press and while in the air. Swirl down toward the ground. If an enemy is hit Amy will bounce up again.
Giant Steps: Press and : Amy takes giant steps forward. This move is good for getting up steep slopes; she can even get up slopes the others can't Spin Dash up!
Head Slide: Press and , then during Giant Steps. Good when you encounter an enemy during a Giant Step.
Hammer Jump: Press and . Use the hammer to jump extra high.

Manuals

Sonic Advance US Manual
Sonic Advance EU Manual
Sonic Advance JP Manual (no manual scans)

Also Released On

SonicN (2003)
Sonic Advance & Sonic Pinball Party Combo Pack for the Gameboy Advance (2005)
2 in 1: Sonic Advance & ChuChu Rocket! for the Gameboy Advance (2005)
2 in 1: Sonic Advance & Sonic Battle for the Gameboy Advance (2005)

Production Credits

Sonic Team

Executive Supervisor: Tetsu Kayama
Executive Producer: Hideki Sato
Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Akinori Nishiyama
Art Director: Yuji Uekawa
Technical Director: Takahiro Hamano
Designers: Sachiko Kawamura, Kazuko Ito, Makoto Yonezu
Programmers: Yoshihisa Hashimoto, Takaaki Saito

Dimps

Producer: Hiroshi Matsumoto
Line Producer: Koichi Sakita
Planners: Yukihiro Higashi, Masaaki Yamagiwa
Programmers: Shinichiro Shibusawa, Hirofumi Kono, Hiroki Yoshitake, Katsuya Kuramoto
Designers: Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yuko Yamanoue, Etsuko Hosukawa, Toru Nakanishi, Sadaki Matsumoto
Sound: Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura
Special Thanks: Masahisa Naganuma, Takayuki Sakamoto

Sound Created By: Wave Master
Sound Creators: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe
Scrap Brain Zone, Star Light Zone, Power Up, Boss From Sonic the Hedgehog
Emerald Hill Zone(2P), Boss From Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Music Composed & Arranged Remodeling: Masato Nakamura

Sega Corporation

Promotion Management: Masanao Maeda, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Seijiro Sannabe, Hideki Yokaichiya, Yasushi Yamashita
Product Development: Yoshiki Ohka
Marketing: Yasunobu Masahiro, Naoko Ohka, Takayoshi Ohuchi
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Mariko Takeda
Marketing Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Ayako Hino
Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Chieko Nakamura, Makoto Nishino, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Satoru Ishigami
Test Team: Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki

Sega Of America

Executive Management: Peter Moore
Localization Producers: Osamu Shibayama
Test Lead: Brian Ivanhoe
Special Thanks: Takashi Iizuka, Rich Briggs, Noah Musler, Roxana Hui

Sega Europe, Ltd.

Executive Management: Yoshio Sakai
Diector Of PD: Kats Sato
Producers Manager: Aude Donnan
Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto
Lead Tester: Matt Brooks
Product Marketing Manager: Jim Pride
Product Manager: Mathew Quaeck

Resources

Scans

US cover
US cart

EU cover
EU back cover
EU cart

JP cover
JP Player's Choice Cover
JP cart

Artwork

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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

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 *'''Double Spin Attack''' (formerly known as the [[W Kaiten Attack]]): Performed by pressing jump again while in mid-air. It increases the range of attack, enabling you to attack things a little higher than you can normally reach and it increases the speed of your attack.
 *'''Jump Dash''': Performed by pressing {{left}} or {{right}} twice in rapid succession after jumping. Sonic does a sudden jumping dash.
-*'''Skid Attack''': Performed by pressing {{B}} three times rapidly. Sonic does a couple of somersaults, does a flip, then slides along the ground and stops.
+*'''[[Somersault|Skid Attack]]''': Performed by pressing {{B}} three times rapidly. Sonic does a couple of somersaults, does a flip, then slides along the ground and stops.
 *'''Backward Jump''': Performed by pressing {{B}} three times rapidly, then {{A}} during flip before Sonic skids.
 *'''Rushing Attack''' (Super Sonic only): Press {{B}}. In a blaze of light, Super Sonic will speed up and attack.