Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance is notable for being the first Sonic game released on a Nintendo console, despite both Sega and Nintendo being well-known rivals on the console market throught the 1990s. Sonic Advance features…
Sonic Advance is a platform developed by Dimps, released 20 December 2001 on Wii U, Game Boy Advance and Android.
What Sonic Advance is
Sonic Advance is a platform game developed by Dimps and released in 2001. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Wii U, Game Boy Advance and Android.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game follows Sonic and his friends as they travel through various zones in order to stop Dr. Eggman from taking over South Island. The game features four playable characters; Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy. Each character has the same moveset as they did in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, with the addition of a melee attack. Each character has a special ability, such as Sonic's splice shield, Tails' flight and Knuckles' gliding and climbing abilities. In her playable 2D debut, Amy cannot perform the Spin Dash or get into ball form when jumping like the others, and must rely on her Piko Piko Hammer to defend herself, making her unique amongst the characters. Grind rails first…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric 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 is the 83rd of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Tennis in 2001. Its critic score of 79 is 8 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic Advance holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 135 votes.
What it launched against
Sonic Advance launched on 20 December 2001, within three weeks of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams and Ikaruga. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Advance yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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