Sonic Advance 3
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| Developer(s) | Dimps |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Release date(s) |  June 7, 2004 June 17, 2004 June 18, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | 32-Megabit cartridge |
Sonic Advance 3 is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps and published by THQ for the 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 allowing the player to choose an additional partner, who augments the player's actions. The Chao Garden mode from the previous Advance games has been removed, and the Chao Garden in this game serves to help the player view the Chaos Emeralds and chao they have collected.
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[edit] Storyline
Doctor Eggman tears the Earth apart using Chaos Control, 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 G-Mel, a super fighting robot made from the remains of Emerl.
[edit] 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
- Dr. Eggman is not playable except in multiplayer mode for 2P in the "Nonaggresion" stage. He found Emerl's parts and turned them into G-Mel.
- G-Mel as he is the antagonist. He is not playable. He is created from the parts of Emerl from Sonic Battle, G-Mel is Dr. Eggman's henchman for the most part of the game until he betrays him in the final battle and is later reprogrammed by Tails to be friends with Cream and her mom, in an allusion to Sonic Battle.
[edit] 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 character can pick up the teammate by holding R, and then release them for team action.
[edit] In-game music
Many of the songs in the game are remixes of earlier songs. Most are from Sonic Battle, namely: Route 99 is a remix of Tails' Lab, Altar Emerald is a remix of Holy Summit, and Nonagression is a remix of Emerl's theme. The main menu music is remixed Chao Race music from Sonic Adventure 2. As aforementioned above, the music of Sunset Hill is a remix of Green Hill from Sonic 1. The sound test in the options mode is unlocked after the boss in Alter Emerald is defeated. There are 2 unused tracks titled Intact Music 1 and Intact Music 2. The purpose of these tracks is unknown.
[edit] Cast
This is the very last game to use the original voice actors before they were changed to the Sonic X cast.
[edit] External links
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