What is Sonic Advance?
{{unsourced|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox video game | image = Sonic Advance Logo.webp | caption = Logo | developer = [[Sonic Team]] <small>(Game Boy Advance)</small><br>[[Dimps]] <small>(N-Gage)</small> | publisher = {{plainlist| *[[Sega]] ([[Japan|JPN]]) *[[THQ]] ([[North America|NA]]) *[[Nokia]] (N-Gage, NA/[[Europe|EU]]) *[[Atari]] (EU/[[Australia|AUS]]) }} | producer = [[Yuji Naka]]<br>Hiroshi Matsumoto | director = Akinori Nishiyama | artist = [[Yuji Uekawa]] | composer = [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]]<br>Yutaka Minobe | released = '''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{video game release|JPN|January 20, 2001|NA|February 3, 2001|PAL|March 8, 2002}}'''N-Gage'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|October 6, 2003|PAL|October 7, 2003}}'''Android'''<br>{{vgrelease|JP|November 25, 2011}} | genre = [[Platform game|Platform]], [[action game|action]] | modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] | platforms = [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nokia N-Gage]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]] | series = ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' }} '''''Sonic Advance''''' is a [[platform game|platform]] [[video game]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. It was developed by [[Sonic Team]] and published by [[Sega]] in [[Japan]], by THQ in [[North America]], and by Infogrammes in [[Europe]] and [[Australia]]. It was released in Japan on December 20, 2001, in North America on February 4, 2002, and in Europe on March 23, 2002. It is the first ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' game on the Game Boy Advance, and the second on a [[Nintendo]] console. A version titled '''''Sonic N''''' was later released for the [[N-Gage]] on October 7, 2003. ==Gameplay== The game follows Sonic and his friends as they try to stop Dr. Eggman from taking over South Island. Four characters are playable in the game: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and [[Amy Rose|Amy]]. Each character has their own special ability: Sonic can defeat enemies with a shield attack, Tails can fly, Knuckles can glide and climb on walls, and Amy can attack enemies with her hammer (the other characters d