Sonic Advance is a 2001 platform game developed by Dimps for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). It was the first Sonic the Hedgehog game released on a Nintendo console with Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the GameCube, and was produced in commemoration of the series' tenth anniversary. The story follows Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy as they journey to stop Doctor Eggman from taking over the world. Controlling a character, players are tasked with completing each level, defeating Eggman and his robot army, and collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds. Development began after Sega shifted its focus to third-party software development, due to the poor performance of the Dreamcast console. Sega recruited Dimps to lead development, making the game the first in the franchise developed by the studio. While Sonic Advance follows a similar style of gameplay to the Sega Genesis Sonic games, certain concepts and designs were reused from newer games such as Sonic Adventure (1998). The game has been ported to Nokia's N-Gage and Android devices, and is available on the Wii U via the Virtual Console in Japan. Sonic Advance received positive reviews for its graphics, character animations, and faithfulness to the original Genesis games, but was criticized for its short length and special stages. It was a major commercial success, selling 1.21 million copies in the United States and is among the GBA's bestselling games. The game was followed by two sequels also on the Game Boy Advance; Sonic Advance 2 (2002) and Sonic Advance 3 (2004).
Sonic Advance
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for Game Adaptation(s) in Sonic the Hedgehog: Emerald Quest II
Suggested by AutobotSonicFan
*Based on Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2* Immediately after the ending of Emerald Quest I, Sonic and the gang have crash-landed on Earth in search of the two Chaos Emeralds there. They did a head count, and everyone seems to be okay, but Knuckles appears to be dead. They didn't want him to die for nothing, so they had to find Eggman and the Chaos Emeralds. But Knuckles is still alive, and searches for three of the Master Emerald shards, which split in three, and races against his rival Rouge to get them first. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik sends the Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad (Scratch, Grounder & Coconuts) to set up traps and capture Sonic and his friends while he and his new robots, the E-100 series, work on his new shuttle. Vanilla and Cream get captured, along with a race of adorable creatures called Chao, by the SSSSS Squad and now Sonic, Tails, & Amy must rescue them while everyone else look for the Chaos Emeralds. Will Cream and her mother be rescued? Will Knuckles get the Master Emerald shards before Rouge? What would happen if they meet Eggman?
