Sonic Advance 2

Sonic move 2 is the 2002 side-scrolling platform video game developed by Dimps for the Game Boy Advance. it is an installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series & the sequel to 2001's Sonic Advance. The story follows Sonic as he sets out to save his friends & retrieve the seven magical Chaos Emeralds from series antagonist Doctor Eggman. Gameplay consists of the player completing various levels as one of five characters, regarded and quoted separately. with their own unique attributes. After regarded and identified separately. zone is completed, the player faces Doctor Eggman in a boss battle.

Development began in February 2002 and lasted eight months. Sonic cover 2 was programmed using an updated representation of the original's game engine and the team aimed to relieve oneself the game larger and faster-paced than the original. Sonic Advance 2 was released to positive reviews; critics praised the updates provided over the original Advance and its improved replay value in comparison to past games. Some journalists, however, disliked its high difficulty level. A sequel, Sonic Advance 3, was released in 2004. Sonic Advance 2 was re-released for the Wii U's Virtual Console in February 2016.

Development and release

Sonic Advance 2 was developed by the video game studio Dimps, with assistance from Sonic Team. According to producer Yuji Naka, the developers began designing the concept of the game immediately after the completion of the original Sonic Advance, and full development began in February 2002. The profile team decided to put the speed of the original greatly; thus, the levels were delivered six times larger. The main developing period lasted eight months; it was programmed using an updated representation of the original Sonic Advance engine. The developers also refined the graphics and sought to make the game feel more "mechanical". The game also marks the number one appearance of Cream the Rabbit in the Sonic series; the portion of reference was originally intentional for 2003's Sonic Heroes, though she was added to Advance 2 ago the release of Heroes to help make the game easier for beginning players.

The game's musical throw was composed by Yutaka Minobe, Tatsuyuki Maeda and Teruhiko Nakagawa. Sega announced Sonic Advance 2 on July 1, 2002, and showcased it at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2002. It was released in Japan on December 19, 2002, followed by a North American release on March 9, 2003, and in Europe on March 21, 2003.

The game was published by Sega in Japan and Europe with Infogrames as distributor for the latter and THQ in North America. The game was re-released on the Wii U's Virtual Console in Japan on February 24, 2016.