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Sonic Advance
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For most of the 1990s, a Sonic game on a Nintendo system was the stuff of playground arguments. Then Sega stepped out of the hardware business after the Dreamcast, and Sonic Advance made the unthinkable feel completely natural: the blue blur tearing across a Game Boy Advance screen, running loops and smashing badniks as if he had always belonged there. It was the first Sonic game released on a Nintendo console, developed by Dimps and published in North America by THQ, and it went straight back to the Genesis formula that made the series famous while dressing its heroes in the sleeker look introduced by Sonic Adventure.
Four playable characters give every zone real replay value. Sonic is built for raw speed, Tails can fly up to routes the others never see, and Knuckles glides across gaps and climbs walls to reach hidden corners. Amy Rose makes her first playable appearance in a 2D Sonic game here, and she plays unlike anyone else: she can't spin-dash, so she swings her hammer through enemies instead, which forces a more deliberate rhythm through stages designed for momentum.
The zones have that classic Sonic mix of speed and spectacle. Neo Green Hill opens the game with a knowing nod to where it all started, Casino Paradise is a neon tangle of bumpers and flippers, Ice Mountain trades sunshine for snow, and the Egg Rocket sends you scrambling up a spacecraft as it launches. Every zone ends in a showdown with Dr. Eggman and his latest contraption, and hidden special stages hold the Chaos Emeralds for players who hunt down every secret. There is even a Tiny Chao Garden tucked inside, which could link with Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and Sonic Adventure DX on the GameCube so your Chao could travel between handheld and console.
Sonic Advance launched a trilogy, followed by Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Advance 3, and made Dimps Sega's go-to partner for handheld Sonic for years afterward. More importantly, it proved classic 2D Sonic still had plenty to say after the series moved into 3D. On original hardware it feels like the Genesis sequel that never was, with tight level design, bright sprite work and bouncy, unmistakably Sega music, and it carries a little history with it too: this is the cartridge where Sega's mascot officially moved into Nintendo's house.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 2001
- Publisher
- THQ
- Developer
- Dimps
- Genre
- Platformer
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer
About the game
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 four playable characters and marks the first playable appearance of Amy Rose on a 2D title. The game borrows elements from the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles for the Sega Genesis, but with the post-Dreamcast artstyle for the characters which was introduced in Sonic Adventure. The game also includes multiplayer features and mini-games. The title was also ported to the Nokia N-Gage under the title "SonicN".
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