SONIC ADVANCE 3
Sonic Advance 3 was released on May 25, 2004, in the U.S., on June 17, 2004, in Japan, and on June 18, 2004, in Europe. This game featured a teamwork concept called "Tag Action" to make it different from the previous games in the Advance series.
Sunset Hill
Ocean Base
Toy Kingdom
Twinkle Snow
Cyber Track
Chaos Angel
Altar Emerald
Each zone has three acts, a boss, and 10 hidden chao with the exception of Chaos Angel. Chaos Angel also contains Altar Emerald, which will only be revealed after the Chaos Angel boss is defeated. Alter Emerald is just the final boss battle (not counting the Super Sonic level) and doesn't have its own map. 2-4 chao can be found within each act and some zones have 1 chao hidden within its map. The chao are important to find to complete the game with Super Sonic, but not with Knuckles. A zone map contains a large ring that will take you to the Sonic Factory, 3 smaller rings that will take you to a specific act (these rings get crowns after you've successfully cleared it once), a boss transporter, transporter for two mini-games, and a transporter for the zone's special stage.
Knuckles with Sonic: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Double Punch, Swim on top of water; Loses climbing and "normal" gliding ability; Gains boost abilities [Sonic provides a speed boost on ground and in the air to Knuckles]
Knuckles with Tails: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Glide/Climb, Swim on top of water; Gains additional height on the glide; uses the Spiral Upper attack instead of a normal punch [Tails throws Knuckles up in the air (ground) or carries him (air)]
Knuckles with Amy: Spin/Spin Dash, Glide/Climb, Spin Attack/Drill Claw, Swim on top of water; Loses ability to jump on top of enemies with a normal jump--must use Spin Attack; Loses ability to punch--uses Hammer Attack; Gains Drill Claw [Amy uses her hammer to propel Knuckles upwards on ground and in the air]
Knuckles with Cream: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Double Punch, Glide/Climb, Swim on top of water; Gains Homing Attack while gliding [Cream gives Knuckles homing abilities with Cheese--who can also take the form of a Knuckles chao]
When Knuckles is the partner, Knuckles allows himself to be thrown as a long range spinning attack (ground) or glides (air).
Sonic with Knuckles: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump; Gains fire on normal skid and two wind attacks while jumping (one downward, one upward)
Tails with Knuckles: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump; Loses ability to fly and swimming is weak; Gains Tornado Attack, gliding ability (not as mobile as Knux'), and spin attack
Amy with Knuckles: Jump, Mid-Air Hammer Attack; Gains Amy Dash, larger hammer for normal attack, hammer jump, and spinning hammer attack
Cream with Knuckles: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Fly, Chao Attack; Gains the ability to destroy any enemy that Cheese touches without summoning
5 Ring: Worth 5 rings
10 Ring: Worth 10 rings
? Ring: Worth a random amount of rings
Electric Shield: Attracts rings and prevents Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream from losing their rings for one time when either hit by an enemy or falling into a trap
Green Shield: Prevents Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream from losing their rings for one time when either hit by an enemy or falling into a trap
Invincibility: For a short time, nothing can hurt Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream
Sneakers: Increase Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream's speed for a short time
Defeat Enemies: Find and destroy 8 enemies scattered throughout the playing field within 60 seconds.
Push the Switch: Gather a certain amount of points (differs by zone) within 30 seconds by pushing switches. The color of the switch when it is pushed determines the number of points you receive for pushing it.
UNLOCKING KNUCKLES
Knuckles is the first main playable character to be unlocked. Knuckles can only be unlocked by beating Sunset Hill Act 3 with Sonic as the lead character.STORY
The world is split into 7 parts with only Sonic & Tails together to start. Attempting to stop Eggman's current takeover the world plot, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Cream & Cheese are teaming up to restore things to their natural order.KNUCKLES' ZONES
Route 99Sunset Hill
Ocean Base
Toy Kingdom
Twinkle Snow
Cyber Track
Chaos Angel
Altar Emerald
Each zone has three acts, a boss, and 10 hidden chao with the exception of Chaos Angel. Chaos Angel also contains Altar Emerald, which will only be revealed after the Chaos Angel boss is defeated. Alter Emerald is just the final boss battle (not counting the Super Sonic level) and doesn't have its own map. 2-4 chao can be found within each act and some zones have 1 chao hidden within its map. The chao are important to find to complete the game with Super Sonic, but not with Knuckles. A zone map contains a large ring that will take you to the Sonic Factory, 3 smaller rings that will take you to a specific act (these rings get crowns after you've successfully cleared it once), a boss transporter, transporter for two mini-games, and a transporter for the zone's special stage.
KNUCKLES' ABILITIES
In this game, what a character can do depends on the partner. These are the things Knuckles can/can't do with a specific partner.Knuckles with Sonic: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Double Punch, Swim on top of water; Loses climbing and "normal" gliding ability; Gains boost abilities [Sonic provides a speed boost on ground and in the air to Knuckles]
Knuckles with Tails: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Glide/Climb, Swim on top of water; Gains additional height on the glide; uses the Spiral Upper attack instead of a normal punch [Tails throws Knuckles up in the air (ground) or carries him (air)]
Knuckles with Amy: Spin/Spin Dash, Glide/Climb, Spin Attack/Drill Claw, Swim on top of water; Loses ability to jump on top of enemies with a normal jump--must use Spin Attack; Loses ability to punch--uses Hammer Attack; Gains Drill Claw [Amy uses her hammer to propel Knuckles upwards on ground and in the air]
Knuckles with Cream: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Double Punch, Glide/Climb, Swim on top of water; Gains Homing Attack while gliding [Cream gives Knuckles homing abilities with Cheese--who can also take the form of a Knuckles chao]
When Knuckles is the partner, Knuckles allows himself to be thrown as a long range spinning attack (ground) or glides (air).
Sonic with Knuckles: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump; Gains fire on normal skid and two wind attacks while jumping (one downward, one upward)
Tails with Knuckles: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump; Loses ability to fly and swimming is weak; Gains Tornado Attack, gliding ability (not as mobile as Knux'), and spin attack
Amy with Knuckles: Jump, Mid-Air Hammer Attack; Gains Amy Dash, larger hammer for normal attack, hammer jump, and spinning hammer attack
Cream with Knuckles: Spin/Spin Dash/Spin Jump, Fly, Chao Attack; Gains the ability to destroy any enemy that Cheese touches without summoning
POWER-UPS
1-Up: Gives an extra life5 Ring: Worth 5 rings
10 Ring: Worth 10 rings
? Ring: Worth a random amount of rings
Electric Shield: Attracts rings and prevents Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream from losing their rings for one time when either hit by an enemy or falling into a trap
Green Shield: Prevents Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream from losing their rings for one time when either hit by an enemy or falling into a trap
Invincibility: For a short time, nothing can hurt Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream
Sneakers: Increase Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Cream's speed for a short time
SONIC FACTORY
This is where you go to go from one (accessed) zone to another. You can also change your character(s) here or view how many chao you've found in each zone in the Chao Playground. The Chao Playground also tells you how many chao can be found in each act or zone map.SPECIAL STAGES
There is one special stage for each of the 7 main zones and you can only get one chaos emerald per zone. To access the special stage, you must first find all the hidden chao for the zone and then manage to find a special key within an act & finish the act without dying. With the key, you can finally use the special stage transporter found within the zone map and get to the special stage. In the special stages themselves, you have to collect a certain number of rings before reaching the end to gain the chaos emerald.MINI-GAMES
There are two mini-games in each zone map. If you beat the game, you are given extra lives depending on the time remaining. You can only play each game once for each zone per game session.Defeat Enemies: Find and destroy 8 enemies scattered throughout the playing field within 60 seconds.
Push the Switch: Gather a certain amount of points (differs by zone) within 30 seconds by pushing switches. The color of the switch when it is pushed determines the number of points you receive for pushing it.