Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance is a platform video game for the Game Boy Advance game console. It was developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega in Japan, by THQ in North America, and by Infogrammes in Europe and Australia. It was released in Japan on December 20, 2001, in North America on February 4, 2002, and in Europe on March 23, 2002. It is the first Sonic the Hedgehog game on the Game Boy Advance, and the second on a Nintendo console. A version titled Sonic N was later released for the N-Gage on October 7, 2003.
| Sonic Advance | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sonic Team (Gameboy Advance) Dimps (N-Gage) |
| Publisher(s) | JP Sega NA THQ (Gameboy Advance) NA/EU Nokia (N-Gage) EU/AUS Infogrames (Gameboy Advance) |
| Director(s) | Akinori Nishiyama |
| Producer(s) | Yuji Naka Hiroshi Matsumoto |
| Artist(s) | Yuji Uekawa |
| Composer(s) | Tatsuyuki Maeda Yutaka Minobe |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance, Nokia N-Gage, Android |
| Release | Game Boy Advance JP January 20, 2001 NA February 3, 2001 PAL March 8, 2002 N-Gage NA October 6, 2003 PAL October 7, 2003 Android JP November 25, 2011 |
| Genre(s) | Platform, action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The game follows Sonic and his friends as they try to stop Dr. Eggman from taking over South Island. Four characters are playable in the game: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Each character has their own special ability: Sonic can defeat enemies with a shield attack, Tails can fly, Knuckles can glide and climb on walls, and Amy can attack enemies with her hammer (the other characters defeat enemies by jumping on them). The game marks the first appearance of Amy in a 2D Sonic game.
Also featured in the game is the Tiny Chao Garden. Here, players raise a creature called a Chao as a digital pet. Rings that players collect in the main game can be used to buy things such as fruit and toys.
Sonic Advance Media
Sonic Advance was developed for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld console
