Sonic Advance 3
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| Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
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| Latest version | {{{version}}} |
| Release date(s) | June 7, 2004 (NA) June 17, 2004 (JP) June 18, 2004 (EU) |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | 32-Megabit cartridge |
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Sonic Advance 3 is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Sega and published THQ for Game Boy Advance. It was first released in North America on June 7, 2004, later in Japan on June 17, 2004 and finally in Europe on June 18, 2004. The game uses elements from Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2, as well as adding a new feature called tag action. It lacks the Chao Garden Mini game that the previous two games had, but includes Chao Gardens that serve a different purpose. It would be possible that this game took place after the events of Sonic Battle, hench the fact that G-mel looks a lot like Emerl and that G-mel was constructed from old parts of Emerl.
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Characters
- Sonic the Hedgehog is playable from the start.
- Miles "Tails" Prower is playable from the start.
- Knuckles the Echidna can be unlocked by completing Sunset hill (Zone 2), Act 3 with Sonic as team leader
- Amy Rose can be unlocked by completing Toy kingdom (Zone 4), Act 3 with Sonic as team leader
- Cream the Rabbit can be unlocked by completing Cyber track (Zone 6), Act 3 with Sonic as team leader
Gameplay
Basic gameplay is identical to Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2. This time however, Sonic Advance 3 introduces a new game feature called tag action. Tag action is similar to Sonic the Hedgehog 2: the player picks two characters and controls one while the other will just follow along controlled by the computer (or player two in multiplayer mode) Additionally, in a feature first seen in Knuckles' Chaotix the teammate can be brought into the character's arms by holding R, and then be released for team action.
Character team actions
- Sonic - Gives a super burst of speed, as if you just walked through a speed booster.
- Only having Sonic as a partner (or being Sonic) will let your character run as fast as they do in Sonic Advance 2.
- Tails - A super high jump aided by Tails (ground action)
- - Tails can fly around while holding his partner a la Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (air action)
- Knuckles - Can be thrown forward at enemies (ground action)
- - Glides forward with his partner riding on his back (air action)
- Cream - Cheese becomes a character chao and can used by the player in the same way Cream uses Cheese (ground action)
- - A small double jump (air action)
- Amy - A super high jump aided by Amy's hammer
besides the Character actions, a partner effects the way the leader acts, for example, Amy will act similar to the way she did in Sonic Advance, but when teamed with Sonic, she will play the way she did in Sonic Advance 2. Each teamup will be given a categorization showing it's strength. Either Flying, Power, or Speed
Character partner effects
- Sonic partnered with:
- Tails - Similar to Sonic Advance (speed)
- Knuckles - Sonic gains some aerial moves, such as a downwards bounce, and an upwards dash. His somersault attack also becomes firey and more powerful (speed)
- Cream - Sonic gains a forward dash attack similar to the fire shield dash from Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (speed), and also has unlimited air underwater, via a bubble that surrounds him, much like the bubble shield's effect from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Amy - Sonic's ground attack becomes a hammer attack, Sonic does not curl up into a ball when he jumps and must use his air attack to curl up. Amy's animations change to reflect her crush on Sonic. Sonic grinds rails on a Snowboard. (speed)
- Tails partnered with:
- Sonic - Tails behaves the same way he does in Sonic Advance 2. (speed)
- Knuckles - Tails' ground attack becomes a tornado spin attack. Tails gains an aerial instant shield attack like Sonic's. Tails flight becomes a gliding attack like Knuckles' (power)
- Cream - Tails flies with his tails underneath him, he flies for a shorter time and gains more height per press of the A button similar to Cream's flight (fly)
- Amy - Tails' ground attack becomes a hammer attack, Tails does not curl up into a ball when he jumps, and must use his air attack to curl up, Tails also flies holding his hammer, which can be swung without interrupting his flight. (fly)
- Knuckles partnered with:
- Sonic - Similar to Sonic Advance, except his gliding ability becomes a head first aerial dash (similar to his forward trick ability from Sonic Advance 2). (speed)
- Tails - Knuckles' punch attack becomes an uppercut, Knuckles also takes a small jump before gliding, and glides with his fist extended forward. (power)
- Cream - Knuckles behaves the same way he does in Sonic Advance. (power)
- Amy - Knuckles' ground attack becomes a hammer attack, Knuckles does not curl up into a ball when he jumps, and must use his air attack to curl up, Knuckles gains his downward punch attack from Sonic Advance 2. After gliding into a wall, Knuckles can dash up walls in a similar style to a spin dash. (power)
- Cream partnered with:
- Sonic - Instead of a homing attack, Cheese dashes forward a short distance for an attack (Speed)
- Tails - Instead of flying, Cream pulls out an orange umbrella and floats (Fly)
- Knuckles - Cheese by default flys defensively in circles around Cream. (Power)
- Amy - Cream's ground attack becomes a hammer attack. Cream does not curl up into a ball when she jumps, and since her aerial attack is to throw Cheese, she cannot curl into a ball while jumping. (Fly)
- Amy partnered with:
- Sonic - Amy behaves the same way she does in Sonic Advance 2, but with an aerial forward dash added. (Speed)
- Tails - Amy behaves the same way she does in Sonic Advance, she can glide slowly down with balloons, and her aerial hammer attack gives her an extra upward boost. (fly)
- Knuckles - Amy's hammer becomes huge. Amy has a forward dash similar to her Sonic Advance 2 spin dash, but she does not curl up into a ball when she uses it (Power)
- Cream - Amy behaves the same way she does when partnered with Tails, but her aerial hammer attack gains her no extra air.
Zones
- Route 99 Zone
- Sunset Hill Zone
- Ocean Base Zone
- Toy Kingdom Zone
- Twinkle Snow Zone
- Cyber Track Zone
- Chaos Angel Zone
- Altar Emerald Zone
- Nonaggresion
Dr. Eggman tears the Earth apart and Sonic is separated from Knuckles, Amy, and Cream and is stranded with Tails. The two begin to search for their friends and the source of the trouble (which is the separation of the chaos emeralds). But like always, Eggman is making everything from doomsday devices to kooky contraptions and is trying to vanquish Sonic once and for all. The most dangerous of these is Gemel, a super fighting robot made from the remains of Emerl, a slight "replica" of Gemel.
Trivia
- Sunset Hill Zone is a tribute to the original Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic 1) as the background theme design is similar to the original Green Hill scenery and the zone background music is a remix of the Green Hill Zone music (with different variations between the three Acts).
| Sonic the Hedgehog series |
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| Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic 2 | Sonic CD | Sonic 3 | Sonic & Knuckles | Sonic 3D | Sonic Adventure/DX | Sonic Adventure 2/Battle | Sonic Heroes | Sonic (2006) |
| 8-bit series |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Sonic Chaos | Sonic Triple Trouble | Sonic Blast |
| New handheld series |
| Sonic Pocket Adventure | Sonic Advance/N | Sonic Advance 2 | Sonic Advance 3 | Sonic Rush |
| Spinoffs and related titles |
| SegaSonic the Hedgehog | Sonic Spinball | Knuckles' Chaotix | Sonic Labyrinth | Sonic Drift | Tails Adventures | Tails' Skypatrol | Sonic Championship | Sonic R | Sonic Shuffle Sonic Pinball Party | Sonic Battle | Shadow the Hedgehog | Sonic Riders |
| Compilations |
| Classics | Jam | S&K Collection | Sonic Mega Collection/Plus | Sonic Gems Collection |
| Cancelled titles |
| Sonic Crackers | Sonic X-treme |