Title:
Sonic Advance 3

Genre:
2D Platformer

Platform:
Game Boy Advance

Developer:
Dimps

Release Dates:
North America: 28/05/04
Japan: 17/06/04
Europe: 18/06/04

Memory:
-

Players:
1-4

Zones:
-

Playable:
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream

Re-releases:
None

Other Pages:
Under Construction

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Intro:
Sonic Advance 3 has a new spin on the Advance series - this time the player will have a partner character who follows them around, giving them unique special moves to help them through the levels. With five characters to choose from, twenty combinations of teams are possible.

Story:
Eggman has used Chaos Control to split the world into seven parts, and plans to use the ensuing chaos and mahem to take over the world when no one's ready for it. Seperated from their friends, Sonic and Tails set out to stop Eggman. However, Eggman has created the 'ultimate fighting robot' to take them on...

The Game:
When you choose a character, you get a partner who will follow you through the levels, like Tails did in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and 3. The partner you choose will give you extra abiliies, for example having Tails as a partner you can jump higher and get an air lift.

The zones are non-linear, using a map where you can choose which acts to play. There are three acts per zone, followed by a boss level. Throughout the game you'll fight Gemerl, Eggman's 'ultimate fighting robot'.

To get into the obligatory Chaos Emeralds, you must rescue ten Chao lost in each zone. Once you've done this, you can collect a SP Key which will allow you to enter the special stage. It may sound complicated, but in practice it's much less difficult to do than it was in Sonic Advance 2.