Sonic Advance is a 2001 side-scrolling platformer for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Sonic Team and Dimps and published by Sega in Japan, THQ in North America, and Infogrames in Europe. The first Sonic game on a Nintendo console, it has four playable characters, the Tiny Chao Garden, and link cable multiplayer.
How To Play Sonic Advance
Control
Action
D-Pad Left/Right
Move
D-Pad Down
Crouch / roll while moving
A
Jump (spin attack)
B
Character action (attack, hammer, glide, or fly)
Down + A
Spin dash
Start
Pause / confirm
About Sonic Advance
Release date
JP: December 20, 2001 | NA: February 3, 2002 | EU: March 8, 2002
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