Talk:Sonic Advance

Merge with SonicN
This page has been merged with SonicN. Also, can someone please expand the gameplay section of this article since it is still severely lacking. --Steerpike 12:43, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I've renamed the old gameplay section to "Characters", and added a proper gameplay section and a Tiny Chao Garden section. INVERTED 16:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

X-Zone music?
To me, it sounds like the music from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (before the contestant gets to £1000), but sped up. Does anyone know if this was intentional?

Zones
Someone should really cut down the "zones" section, and bring it more in line with the articles on Sonic 2 or Sonic 3. This is too much info. --Steerpike 16:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It would be a waste to remove all that info. Perhaps it should be split into a new article? INVERTED 17:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Why a waste? The amount of text or the time spent typing it is no indication of relevance or quality. I don't think casual readers (which is what encyclopdia's are written for and not just "fans") find any interest in detailed zone/level/boss descriptions. That belongs in wikibooks. A short visual description of each zone is good enough. --Steerpike 19:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Then move it to wikibooks, if you insist. ~iNVERTED | Rob (Talk) 20:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Dimps?
Where does this Dimps information come from? I can't find anything about this on the official Sonic website. The title appears in the official list of Sonic Team games. And the actual game mentions Sonic Team only. (Stefan2 03:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

Dimps are the guys who programmed the game. It was programmed by Dimps under the supervision of Sonic Team and released by THQ. You'll see their logo in the ending credits after finsihing X-Zone R OSSY    M ILES    TALK 07:11, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Copy
My copy is really messed up, one minute l'm playing and after a few minutes, it goes to a blank screen on me, even when l played it on my DS.--Daipenmon 23:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I got Sonic Advance 1 and Sonic Advance 2 from Saudi Arabia, and I live in the UK. Unfortunately, my SA1 copy does not save, and my SA2 copy did not start working after a few years. And when I got my Sonic Advance 3 copy, my friend lost it. So now, I have no Sonic Advance games at all. Balls for me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Son Gohan (talk • contribs) 12:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Ending the Sega/Nintendo rivalry.
I just noticed two claims in this article that I'm not sure are entirely accurate.
 * it was the first game in the franchise released on a Nintendo platform
 * Sonic Advance's announcement was met with shock and excitement from the video game press, as it was the first time a Sonic game would appear on a Nintendo system.
 * SA2B shares the same release date in Japan for the GameCube according to that Wiki page. Is this true? That would mean both titles together marked this occasion instead of just Advance itself. Maybe Sonic Advance was demonstrated to journalists ahead of SA2B, which would explain their reactions to the announcement.


 * The release of Sonic Advance signified the end of the console wars, a notorious rivalry between Sega and Nintendo that lasted throughout much of the 1990s
 * The way this is written could mislead readers into thinking it was the first Sega game published on a Nintendo platform, which is incorrect. The first Sega game published on a Nintendo platform was Super Monkey Ball, just 3 months earlier. You may want to reread the source here and maybe add in the sources on the SMB page and rewrite this passage.

TarkusAB talk 14:46, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll fix this. Most sources consider Sonic Advance the first game in the series on a Nintendo platform since it was announced first and it's original (Battle was a port). I'll attribute the console wars commentary to GamesRadar to help. JOE  BRO  64  14:49, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * To clarify, I think there is some validity to Sonic Advance contributing to the ending of the console wars, since Sonic is Sega's flagship mascot, but I think SMB was a more pivotal moment. TarkusAB talk 14:52, 10 November 2017 (UTC)