Sonic Advance 2



Sonic Advance 2 is the second Sonic game for the Game Boy Advance. While it still takes a standard side scrolling approach and basically retains the same engine from the first Sonic Advance, it has a few upgrades (or downgrades, depending on how you look at it) to the classic formula.

Story
Dr. Eggman is capturing all the furry forest animals and turning them into robots. AGAIN. But this time there's a TWIST. He's also kidnapped Sonic's friends Tails and Knuckles. (Actually, Knuckles was simply tricked. AGAIN.)  This is an absolute no-no for Sonic, so he rushes off to save the day. AGAIN.

Characters
Sonic- Sonic is the main hero of the game, and naturally the fastest of the bunch. At the get-go, he's your only choice, but you unlock other characters as you play as him. His B button move is a somersault followed directly by a slide (automatically this time, for you lazy players. His midair A button move is the same useless shield attack from Sonic Advance.  (It was actually pretty useful in  Sonic 3. No clue what happened.) Also, if an enemy is nearby, he'll do a homing attack this time.  Play as Sonic for a hard game.

Tails- Sonic's sidekick and stuff. His B button move is a tail swipe, and his midair A button move is his ability to fly-keep mashing A to gain altitude until Tails gets tired and falls to the ground. Play as Tails for an easy game.

Knuckles- Sonic's favorite gullible fool is back, and this time, he's been brainwashed. AGAIN. His B button move is a double punch, and his midair A button move is his glide and climbing walls and stuff. Play as Knuckles for a normal game.

Cream- She's a polite bunny or something. Widely considered the most annoying Sonic character, for a good reason. Her B button move is her Chao attack, in which she'll send Cheese out to attack enemies for her while she sits there and does nothing like the evil bunny tyrant she is. Her A button midair move is a complete rip off of Tails's fly move, only weaker. Play as Cream for a very easy game.

Amy- A lame reward for 100% completion, Amy is a SUPER SECRET reward that is unlocked instead of something worthwhile like, say, Super Sonic in every level. Amy is a complete carbon-copy of Sonic, so let's just move on.

Gameplay
Gameplay is a little different this time around. The focus of the game is largely on speed as opposed to platforming. The basic formula is as follows:


 * 1. Hold right.
 * 2. Build speed.
 * 3. Crash into an enemy.
 * 4. Repeat.

New to this game is boost mode, which allows you to go really fast while shadow images trail behind you. Collecting rings will allow you to enter this mode faster. To enter boost mode, just run fast, and it'll kick in eventually.

Other than that, you just have to get from point A to point B.

Bosses
The bosses are similar to the boss of Mushroom Hill Zone from Sonic 3 and Knuckles in that they're constantly scrolling right. Except that they're stupid and unplayable this time. The only exception is the final boss in the XX Zone, which is actually the easiest boss in the game thanks to that.

Special Stages
This time, instead of finding a relatively easy Special Spring, hitting it, and playing the cruddy unplayable Special Stage, you must track down the 7 special rings in each act. In one go. Meaning if you die, you lose everything. And if you pass one up, since it's pretty much impossible to backtrack, you're screwed. What fun.

Thankfully, the stages themselves are somewhat playable this time. You run around in a full 3D space, and collect rings while dodging the slow robot Zero. Pretty easy stuff, actually.

The reward is a Chaos Emerald. Get all 7 as Sonic to unlock True Area 53. Have fun.

Zones

 * Leaf Forest Zone
 * Hot Crater Zone
 * Music Plant Zone
 * Ice Paradise Zone
 * Sky Canyon Zone
 * Techno Base Zone
 * Egg Utopia Zone
 * True Area 53

Tiny Chao Garden
The Tiny Chao Garden is back, and it's exactly the same as last time. Hop to it.

Oh, except the rock-paper-scissors game has been replaced by a Breakout-esque game where you collect rings as Cheese while Cream bounces you on a spring.