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Bad. Buy something Else!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved the first one.
what happened?
the music is okay...
the controls are fine. those are the only good things.
sometimes very frustrating.
can't go to chao garden UNTILL you beat the game WITH all 7 chaos emeralds.
it's part of "completing the game"
and you can never unlock anything new just by beating the game alone, you NEED all 7 chaos emeralds.

sometimes this game runs slow too.
and very VERY frustrating when beating a boss because you never get 1 ups because their so hard to get.

so you get about 3-4 tries on a boss. seems like enough? nope.
i've also gotten stuck on a very VERY hard level, and after a month or two i finally beat the level.

DO NOT BUY! use your money on something worth while like Sonic Advance 1, or Super Mario Advance 2 Super Mario World. Just don't buy this cheaply made peace of junk!

"Worst sequel ever"

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: March 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My god! This game is absolutely horrible!! The boss levels are hard and you have to run to kill the boses. That's gay. Also, you only have Sonic at the beginning. My advise: Get the first Sonic Advance. Stay away from this...

sonic advance 2

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has many bad things in it.It is veary hard,poorly made,all other characters besides sonic must be unlocked,has no codes for it. And finally, you must unlock the Tiny Chao Garden by collecting all seven of the Chaos Emeralds.

almost as bad as sonic 3D blast

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For the graphics capability of the gameboy advance, and the quality of Sonic games that origionally appeared on the Sega Genesis/Megadrive, this one was badly put together. Just like the first Sonic Advance, this game has you running around loops and slopes so much that you hardly run into any of the adventurous level layouts that SONIC TEAM so well thought out when creating Sonic games for the Genesis Platform. I'm an advanced gamer and I found myself dying way too often in this game, mostly from running sonic into bottomless pits. This game is a pass

Boring, boring, boring!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I..I..I can't believe this!! This, this game is supposed to be good? OK, I play it, and, I get bored. And plus it's too hard to unlock the bonus features. This games STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: Get Advance Wars!!! Ya, buy it. It's better, trust me.

THIS GAME IS SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: February 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is stupid because the sp rings are hard to find, plus the levels are too boring and last the boss attacks get harder when you finish a level.PS. Don't EVER GET THIS GAME!!!!!!!!

a return to form? no, but perhaps an improvement..

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'll start by pointing out that I have not played the other Sonic Advance games, so I don't know how this compares. I do know how it compares to the old Genesis games though, and that is negatively.

But forget that for a second - what are the good parts of this game? For starters, the graphics are pretty sweet. The redesigned character animations are very visually appealing. Sonic rips across the screen in a way more similar to his 3D counterpart than the old 16-bit hedgehog. The sprites have an anime kick to them that is fitting to the modern Sonic persona.

Also, some of the level designs are very nice from both a graphic and gameplay standpoint. Gameplay elements from the 3D platformers have been nicely integreted IE grind rails, and in some places the level designs use these elements quite creatively. The use of anti-gravity on Egg Utopia, while nothing new to the Sonic level vocabulary, manages to maintain a sense of speed and awe throughout. In conjunction with the level designs, some of the badniks are actually fairly clever. I was surprised to find some of their behavior wasn't a simple rehash of the tried and true genesis baddies.

On the subject of level designs, though, the trap designs are hideous (some so badly designed as to be almost 100% unavoidable.) The balance between tricky traps and keeping up the speed of the game completely lacks subtelty. The Sky Canyon stage contains some of the worst use of pitfalls in a platformer I've ever seen. You have to perform some pretty rediculous button wizadry to pass it as Sonic, the only main character without the ability to fly.

Also, while we're on character designs, let's talk about Cream the Rabbit for a second. She's useless. She contains almost no unique gameplay elements and is basically a shorter, less versitile version of Tails. The only truly unique aspect of Cream is the use of Cheese (horrible pun, by the way) who is too slow on the draw to be of any use in a game that puts so much emphasis on speed. Cheese does however make the boss battles obscenely easy.

The boss battles at first are a credit to this game - the running battle gimmick does make some of the fights pretty tricky, and they're certainly more engaging than the fights Sonic Adventure had to offer. However the game relies on the gimmick too much, and by the end of the game I'm pretty sick of it. What happened to boss fights that are all different? That use the environment and circumstance to dictate the gaming style? On a similar note, the final boss battle is horrid. I won't reveal why but it is both far too easy and frustratingly difficult in a way that isn't good.

Even for a game series that gets by on only the faintest hint of a plot, this game's story is nonexistant. The Genesis games used intentional changes in setting, mood-appropriate music and suggestive boss battles to drive an implied story. Your imagination just had to fill in the blanks. Here the story is literally: run to the right, beat Robotnik. It's not a convincing motivator.

I could nitpick a number of other little things, like the grade B techno soundtrack or the ludicrous "starting line" at the beginning of every stage, but the main point is that this is a bit of a disappointment for a veteran of the Genesis classics. Yes it has brought speed back to the Sonic series, but it's a shallow sort of speed. It totally lacks the wonder and mystery of the classic games as well as their sense of exploration and discovery. I can remember every step of the old games but most of these levels are simple - and sometimes frustrating - one-way rollercoaster rides. Most of the undeserved criticisms leveled at vintage Sonic can unfortunately be applied here. It's a nice little taste of nostalgia for those of us who miss the hog's career peak, but it's no Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Good For Sonic Fans

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sonic Advance 2 is an okay good game. I've never played the 1st Sonic Advance game though, so I don't know if #2 is a big improvement or not. Well, you start off with Sonic, and get Cream, Tails, and Knuckles later by just progressing through the game (the order I put them in is the order you get them). You get Amy by unlocking her with all of Knuckle's emeralds, you get the Tiny Chao Garden with all of Sonic's emeralds, the Sound Test with all of Cream's emeralds, and Boss Time Attack with all of Tail's emeralds. If you don't want to unlock the things, I suggest forget buying this game. If want the game and just don't want to unlock, get a Gameshark/Codebreaker/Action Replay. For those who want the game, have fun and good luck!

This is stupid. I reconmmend you play Sonic Mega Collection

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I cannot say much about this game, but enough to steer you clear.
The story is that Dr. Eggman is making trouble again. That is it. There are no story telling elements witin the game.
The object of the game is to get from point A to point B. If you run fast enough in one direction for enough time, you will create a sonic boom and go supersonic. Which needs to happen more often.
Within the levels are emblems. You need a certain amount to go to special stage and get a emerald. Let me tell you, it is so hard to actually collect the emblems, I have never been to special stage. The emeralds unlock the final boss.
The characters are varied by skills and stats.
Cheese can attack from a distance.
Knuckles can punch.
Amy has a hammer.
Sonic is fast.
Tails can fly.

Whoopie.
Now I can go through the whole game with just Cream and Cheese and not break a sweat. There is a diffculty imbalance here.

This game is too imbalanced to be fun.

Now go play Sonic Mega Collection my groupies!!!!

if you exist......

Fun for the majority but ends up being too damn hard.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Like any other 2D Sonic game, this game does offer a huge amount of fun, with colorful levels and jazzy music. But the last 3 stages are so damn hard you'll just be chucking your Nintendo against the wall in a fit of rage.

There are too many traps and stingers in each level. For a game that sort of promotes itself on being the fastest platformer out there it is quite cruel to send you straight into enemy, losing all your rings and leaving you powerless to do anything about it. The levels do seem a bit expansive as well and lack that tight, punchy feel of the Mega Drive/Genesis games.

In this game you can play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and a new character called Cream, who is a rabbit. Strangely enough, Sonic is the blandest character of the lot in this game as he has no useful powers. I ended up getting the furthest with Tails since he has the ability to go airbourne. The last boss is simply impossible and the game is not rewarding enough to take all 4 characters this far.

But hey, if you can get it cheap then give it a go. Maybe I'm just really rubbish at it.

Graphics A
Sound B
Gameplay B+
Lasting Appeal C+

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