There’s also a new, and highly divisive, focus on speed.

She can’t spin dash and isn’t invulnerable when jumping – but a brace of new hammer-based moves go some way toward making up for that. It’s more than just a novelty inclusion – she transforms the game, making it far more difficult and forcing you to approach it much more cautiously. Best of all, you can now play as Amy Rose with her Piko Piko Hammer, fresh from Sonic Adventure. The ability to play as Tails and Knuckles with their familiar skills make things feel even more vintage. My friends, this is one heck of a game it’s not a match for the Mega Drive classics but it’s closer than anyone would dare to admit. This was seismic at the time, a true “snowball in Hell” moment for gaming.īut that’s not the point the point, dear reader, is one that must be expressed as eloquently as possible: Sonic Advance slaps. Alright, it’s the first 'high-profile' 2D Sonic game and the first Sonic game on a Nintendo system (alongside Sonic Adventure 2: Battle which launched the same day, December 20th 2001). Wait, no, that isn’t strictly true – the brilliant Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure for Neo Geo Pocket Color hit that ill-fated system in late 1999. Sonic Advance kicked things off with the first 2D Sonic game since Sonic & Knuckles back in 1994. Yes, I can feel some hardcore Sonic fan poking me in the back about the 2003 N-Gage version of the original game, Sonic N. I mean, come on! They haven’t been re-released - besides an appearance on the Japanese Wii U eShop - since their original bows on GBA cartridge back in 2001, 20 respectively. It’s the mainline games, though, that I desire most – Sonic Advance, Sonic Advance 2 and… er… (checks Wikipedia) Sonic Advance 3. Those last two don’t figure much into this, though that’s not to say they have nothing to offer – Sonic Battle has a shockingly emotional story for a Sonic game, and Pinball Party is a genuinely good time. Three games, one tangentially-related fighting RPG thing ( Sonic Battle) and some pinball ( Sonic Pinball Party). Yes, I am of course talking about the venerable Sonic Advance series. Look, it’s not confirmed, but it’s as good as, which was enough to prompt me to write a diatribe imploring Sega and Nintendo to work out their age-old differences and bring back a nearly-forgotten series of Sonic classics. Game Boy Advance is coming to Switch Online! Maybe! Almost certainly, anyway! Hopefully.

Today, Stuart pleads with the powers that be to get a certain trilogy on Nintendo Switch Online. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've got on their minds.

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