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Sonic Advance 3 is a 2004 platform game developed by Dimps and published by Sega. It is the third and final installment of the Sonic Advance 3. The game follows Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream to keep Eggman's assistant, Gemerl, from building empires on the seven chunks of the world.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It introduces the partner system, allowing you play as one character but with another character following you which gives you their special abilites.
 * 2) Incredible and detailed graphics for GBA standards, pushing the console to its limits.
 * 3) Solid controls, like Sonic Advance 2.
 * 4) You no longer have to unlock Amy by getting all seven emeralds with five characters individually.
 * 5) Great soundtrack that is an improvement from the last game. The soundtrack was composed by Kenichi Tokoi. Have a listen!
 * 6) The storyline is decent: Eggman builds a robot named Gemerl that uses parts from Emerl from Sonic Battle and Eggman uses chaos emeralds as an experiment to build an empire.
 * 7) Nice open-world hubs where you can explore and find all the acts of zones.
 * 8) Fun boss battles, especially the final boss, called Nonaggression Zone.
 * 9) The characters have voiceovers in this game unlike the previous games.
 * 10) You can earn Silver or Gold Medals depending on your performance.
 * 11) * As a result, the game has very good replay value.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) In order to access to Special Stages, you have to find and collect all 10 chao in 3 acts in a zone, which is strange for a speed-based platformer game. It is also time-wasting.
 * 2) Poor enemy placement; robots come out of nowhere and attack you easily as you don't even have a chance to react from it.

Reception
Sonic Advance 2 received positive reviews.

Trivia

 * If you play as Sonic and Knuckles as your partner, the life symbol will look like a mirrored version of the Sonic & Knuckles logo.