Changes: Sonic Advance 2/Beta elements

Revision as of 11:25, 7 January 2016

This article pertains to the beta elements of Sonic Advance 2.

Streaming video

The short streaming video of Sonic Advance 2 shows footage from an early version of the game which holds a few differences. The video also appears as extra content in Sonic Mega Collection.

Gallery

Early build

Leaf Forest

Gallery

True Area 53

Unused sprites

Old copyright

An older copyright on the black background from the original Sonic Advance.

Tokyo Game Show

TGS Version, possibly leftovers from the Tokyo Game Show version.

Old title screen background

Sonic-Advance-2-Unused-Title-Screen-Background

The original, down-scrolling background in the title screen which is seen in the streaming video.

References

↑ Sonic Advance 2 - Prototype Screenshots. Sonic Cult. Retrieved on 7 January 2016.

Sonic Advance 2

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Cream and Cheese · Amy
Non-playable characters		Eggman · Vanilla · Guard Robo · Chao · Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Gorilla, Koala, Kangaroo, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Sea Otter, Seal, Skunk)
Zones		Leaf Forest · Hot Crater · Music Plant · Ice Paradise · Sky Canyon · Techno Base · Egg Utopia · XX · True Area 53 · Special Stages
Enemies		Balloon · Bell · Buzzer · Circus · Flickey · Geji-Geji · Gohla · Hammerhead · Kiki · Koura · Kubinaga · Kura-Kura · Kyura · Madillo · Mon · Mouse · Pen · Piko-Piko · Spina · Star · Straw · Yado
Bosses		EggHammerTankII · Egg Bomber Tank · Egg Totem · Aero Egg · Egg Saucer · Egg-Go-Round · Egg Frog · Super Eggrobo Z · True Area 53 boss
Moves/ techniques	General	Amy Dash · Boost Mode · Bound · Chao Attack · Chao Rolling Attack · Crouch · Double Spin Attack · Drill Claw · Double Punch · Flying · Grinding · Hammer Attack · Head Slide · Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Mid-Air Glide · Mid-Air Hammer Swirl · Propeller Flying · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spiral Attack · Skid Attack · Step Attack · Super Hammer Attack · Super Skid · Super Sonic Boost · Super Tails Swipe · Swim · Tail Swipe · Wall Climb
	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step, Spiral Upper) · Long Wind Jump (Burning Straight, Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) · Stop 'n' Slam (Bound, Drill Claw, Mid-Air Hammer Swirl, Propeller Descent, Soft Bomber) · Quick Reverse (Back Attack, Back Rotor, Back Star, Milky Turn)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper wall · Cannon · Dash Panel · Dropping platform · Fan · Gravity Control Switch · Grind Rail · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Spikes] · Spin ring · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post
Items		Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Attack, Brake, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Mosaic, Power Sneakers, Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Warp) · Ring · Special Ring
Other		Auto Running · Chao Bounce · Chao Search · Corkscrew · Freeze · Life · Loop · Sonic Advance 2 Official Guidebook · Sonic Advance 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Time Attack · Time Over · Tiny Chao Garden · Tunnel

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[1] Sonic Advance 2 - Prototype Screenshots. Sonic Cult. Retrieved on 7 January 2016.

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 ==Streaming video==
-The short [http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sonic_Advance_2_-_Game_Boy_Advance_-_Retro_Commercial_-_Trailer_(2003_Sega_of_Japan) streaming video] of ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' shows footage from the early version of the game with small changes. The streaming video can also be found as extra content in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]''.
+The short [[:File:Sonic Advance 2 - Game Boy Advance - Retro Commercial - Trailer (2003 Sega of Japan)|streaming video]] of ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' shows footage from an early version of the game which holds a few differences. The video also appears as extra content in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]''.
 {{Gallery start}}
 <gallery>
-Gd-sadv2-1.jpg|As seen in a streaming video, originally ''Sonic Advance 2'' had a simpler title screen. Here the checkered background always scrolls downwards.
+Gd-sadv2-1.jpg|In the streaming video, ''Sonic Advance 2'' originally had a simpler title screen. Here, the background always scrolls downwards.
-Gd-sadv2-2.jpg|An early character selection screen still using character sprites from ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' and lacking diagonal "SA2" text in the background.
+Gd-sadv2-2.jpg|An early character selection used character sprites from ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' and lacked the diagonal "SA2" text in the background.
-Gd-sadv2-3.jpg|An early level select. The lake of [[Leaf Forest]] is not present, the piece of [[Music Plant]] island is missing and [[Chaos Emerald]] counter is not featured.
+Gd-sadv2-3.jpg|An early level select. The lake in [[Leaf Forest]] is not present, the piece of [[Music Plant]]'s island is missing and [[Chaos Emerald]] counter is not featured.
 </gallery>
 {{Gallery end}}
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 {{Gallery start}}
 <gallery>
-Gd-sadv2-4.png|The screenshot was featured in [[Sonic Team]]'s website,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonic-cult.org/dispart.php?catid=3&gameid=8&subid=2&artid=1 |title=Sonic Advance 2 - Prototype Screenshots |accessdate=7 January 2016 |publisher=Sonic Cult}}</ref> when [[Cream the Rabbit|Cream]] was first shown. Notice the mistake on the [[Amy Rose|Amy]]'s [[1-Up|life]] icon with corrupt palette. There is also no sign of [[Cheese]], and the only time four characters would appear on screen is through multiplayer mode. Multiple websites later replaced the screenshot with one featuring [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/b/b9/Sonic-Advance-2-Prototype-Leaf-Forest-Group.png/revision/latest?cb=20160107104830 fixed life icon].
+Gd-sadv2-4.png|A screenshot from [[Sonic Team]]'s website,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonic-cult.org/dispart.php?catid=3&gameid=8&subid=2&artid=1 |title=Sonic Advance 2 - Prototype Screenshots |accessdate=7 January 2016 |publisher=Sonic Cult}}</ref> this image showed [[Cream the Rabbit|Cream]] for the first time. Notice [[Amy Rose|Amy]]'s [[1-Up|life]] has corrupt color palette. [[Cheese]] is also not there, and the four characters can only appear on screen in multiplayer mode. Multiple websites would replace the screenshot with one featuring a [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/b/b9/Sonic-Advance-2-Prototype-Leaf-Forest-Group.png/revision/latest?cb=20160107104830 fixed life icon].
-Sonic-Advance-2-Prototype-Leaf-Forest.gif|The sky in [[Leaf Forest]] is darker and less less opaque than in the final game.
+Sonic-Advance-2-Prototype-Leaf-Forest.gif|The sky in [[Leaf Forest]] is darker and less opaque than in the final game.
-Sonicadvance2 090502 2 640w.jpg|The Leaf Forest sky has still darker color.
+Sonicadvance2 090502 2 640w.jpg|The Leaf Forest's sky is still in a darker color.
 </gallery>
 {{Gallery end}}
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 ===True Area 53===
 <gallery>
-Gd-sadv2-5.jpg|[[Super Sonic]]'s sprites were re-used from ''[[Sonic Advance]]'', rather than being re-drawn.
+Gd-sadv2-5.jpg|[[Super Sonic]]'s sprites were re-used from ''[[Sonic Advance]]''.
 </gallery>
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 ===Old copyright===
 [[File:Sonic-Advance-2-UnCopyright.png|thumb|right]]
-Older copyright on the black background from original ''[[Sonic Advance]]''.
+An older copyright on the black background from the original ''[[Sonic Advance]]''.
 ===Tokyo Game Show===
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 ===Old title screen background===
 [[File:Sonic-Advance-2-Unused-Title-Screen-Background.png|thumb|right]]
-The original, down-scrolling background in the title screen, that is seen in the [http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sonic_Advance_2_-_Game_Boy_Advance_-_Retro_Commercial_-_Trailer_(2003_Sega_of_Japan) streaming video].
+The original, down-scrolling background in the title screen which is seen in the [[:File:Sonic Advance 2 - Game Boy Advance - Retro_Commercial - Trailer (2003 Sega of Japan)|streaming video]].
 ==References==

Sonic Wiki Zone