Sonic Advance 3
Sonic is back, and this time, he needs the help of all of his friends to defeat the evil Dr. Eggman. In Sonic Advance 3, Sonic and Tails must reunite with their friends Cream, Knuckles, and Amy. Team up with…
Sonic Advance 3 is an adventure developed by Dimps, released 7 June 2004 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
What Sonic Advance 3 is
Sonic Advance 3 is an adventure game developed by Dimps and released in 2004. It was published by Sega. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Prior to the game's events, Doctor Eggman builds a robotic assistant named Gemerl, using parts from the robot Emerl who was destroyed in Sonic Battle. Eggman attempts an experiment using the Chaos Emeralds to perform the Chaos Control technique, but it goes awry and tears the world apart. This action separates Sonic and Tails from Amy, Knuckles, and Cream, all of whom Eggman finds and captures, intending to create a segment of his impending empire on each chunk of the planet. Sonic and Tails travel through the game's seven levels to recapture their friends and retrieve the Emeralds. The final boss fight takes place at the Altar Emerald temple. If the player defeats Eggman there without…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic Advance 3 is the 123rd of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Panel Puzzle in 2004. Its critic score of 72 is almost exactly the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic Advance 3 holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 71 votes.
What it launched against
Sonic Advance 3 launched on 7 June 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Advance 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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