Sonic Advance 2

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Sonic Advance 2

System(s): Game Boy Advance

Publisher:

Sega (Japan, Europe)

THQ (US)

Developer: Sonic Team, Dimps

Distributor:

Infogrames (Europe)

Peripherals supported: Game Link Cable

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2002-12-19^[6]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[6]	AGB-P-A2NJ AGB-A2NJ-JPN
JP (Okaidoku-ban)	2004-06-17^[6]	¥3,800 (3,990)3,800 (3,990)^[6]	AGB-P-A2NJ AGB-A2NJ-JPN-1
US	2003-03-12^[1]		AGB-P-A2NE AGB-A2NE-USA
DE	2003-03-21^[4]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-NOE
ES	2003-03-21^[5]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-EUR
FR	2003-03-21^[3]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-FAH
UK	2003-03-21^[2]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-UKV
FI	2003-03-21		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-UKV
IT	2003-03-21		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-EUR
AU	2003
JP ▼	2016-02-24^[7]	¥650 (702)650 (702)^[8]	WUP-N-PCRJ

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Production credits

Executive Producer: Hideki Sato
Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Akinori Nishiyama

Art

Art Director: Yuji Uekawa
Designers: Sachiko Kawamura, Kazuko Ito, Makoto Yonezu

Programming

Programmers: Takahiro Hamano, Yoshihisa Hashimoto, Takaaki Saito
Special Thanks: Yasuko Maruyama, Masae Hirosawa

In cooperation with Dimps

Producer: Hiroshi Matsumoto
Line Producer: Koichi Sakita
Planners: Yukihiro Higashi, Masaaki Yamagiwa
Programmers: Katsuya Kuramoto, Tatsuaki Nakashima, Hiroki Yoshitake, Takaya Yamane, Shin-ichi Manabe, Kuninori Douno
Designer: Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Satoshi Yoshioka, Yuko Yamanoue, Etsuko Hosokawa, Tohru Nakanishi, Tomohiro Ozawa

Sound

Sound: Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura
Special Thanks: Atsushi Tamamura
Sound Created By: Wave Master
Sound Creators: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe, Teruhiko Nakagawa

Sega Corporation

Promotion Management: Seijiro Sannabe, Hideki Yokaichiya, Yasushi Yamashita
Sales Promotion: Naoko Ooka
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Mariko Takeda
International Business & Product Development: Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Hitoshi Okuno, Yusuke Suai
Marketing Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto
Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Chieko Nakamura, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Satoru Ishigami, Colin Restall, Tetsuya Honda
Product Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Kenji Takano, Akira Terasawa
Special Thanks: Yoshiki Ooka, Ikuo Ishizaka

Sega Of America

Executive Management: Peter Moore
Localization Producer: Yosuke Moriya
Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
Test Lead: Joseph Mora

Sega Europe, Ltd.

COO: Naoya Tsurumi
Director Of PD: Kats Sato
Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto
European Product Manager: Mathew Quaeck
Test Dept.: Roy Boateng, David Smith
Executive Management: Tetsu Kayama, Masanao Maeda, Hisao Oguchi

Source:

In-game credits

Sega of America

Localization Producer: Yosuke Moriya
Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
Vice President of Product Development: Jin Shimazaki
Project Test Lead: Joseph Mora
Testers: Leonard Ko, Adam Zehring, Ian Grutze, Cody Drake
Vice President of Entertainment Marketing: Mike Fischer
Senior Product Manager: Rich Briggs
Creative Services: Bob Schonfisch, Matt Shell, Miles Steuding, Arianne McCarthy
Advertising: Caroline McNiel, Teri Higgins
Public Relations: Kirsten Merit, Bryce Baer
Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Satoru Ishigami, Colin Restall
Special Thanks: Roxana Hui, Kathy Schoback, Yusuke Suai

THQ Inc.

Executive Vice President - Worldwide Studios: Jack Sorensen
VP - Product Development: Philip Holt
Executive Producer: Brian Christian
Producer: Derek C. Smith
VP - Marketing: Peter Dille
Group Marketing Manager: Alison Quirion
Associate Product Manager: Heather Hall
Director - Creative Services: Howard Liebeskind
Senior Creative Services Manager: Kathy Helgason
Creative Services Manager: Kirk Somdal
Media Relations Manager: Reilly Brennan
Associate Media Relations Manager: Erik Reynolds

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Cube (UK)

PAL

80

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[10]

GameNOW (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[12]

Game Station (UK)

80

^[13]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

88

^[14]

NGC Magazine (UK)

PAL

73

^[15]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[16]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[17]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

82

^[18]

Play (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[19]

Pocket Games (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[20]

	84
Based on 12 reviews

Sonic Advance 2

Main article: Sonic Advance 2/Magazine articles.

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	7efee7f7
MD5	3fb865c5f142a8fc1f82105bfc6b8935
SHA-1	7bcd6a07af7c894746fa28073fe0c0e34408022d

16MB

2002-10-25^[21]

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	89509891
MD5	6664b43c51935ea8f06f5b37ce83feca
SHA-1	b0f64bdca097f2de8f05ac4c8caea2b80c5faeb1

16MB

2002-10-25^[21]

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	513804ff
MD5	a219b3042eb65899baafa5143c53560c
SHA-1	dffd0188fc78154b42b401398a224ae0713edf23

16MB

2002-10-25^[21]

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	7368a863
MD5	bb5388a63c4ced0f72dca1ce62775eff
SHA-1	47db906c26dad6d17792d22d975ca0d851b8b65e

32MB

EPROM cartridge

Page

References

↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1380 (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-06 10:09)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 http://sega.jp/gba/sonic2/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-20 00:45)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000014107 (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-22 22:41)
↑ http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=167 (Wayback Machine: 2016-10-05 15:36)
↑ Cube, "Issue Eighteen" (UK; 2003-04-10), page 111
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2003" (US; 2003-04-01), page 136
↑ GameNOW, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 40
↑ GamePro, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 64
↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Hyper, "June 2003" (AU; 2003-05-07), page 76
↑ NGC Magazine, "June 2003" (UK; 2003-05-15), page 61
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-14), page 70
↑ Nintendo Power, "March 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 137
↑ N-Zone, "05/03" (DE; 2003-04-16), page 59
↑ Play, "April 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Pocket Games, "Summer 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 48
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 Sonic Advance 2/Hidden content#Build dates

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[:File:Cube_UK_18.pdf_p111-9] Cube, "Issue Eighteen" (UK; 2003-04-10), page 111

[:File:EGM_US_166.pdf_p136-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2003" (US; 2003-04-01), page 136

[:File:GameNOW_US_19.pdf_p40-11] GameNOW, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GamePro_US_176.pdf_p64-12] GamePro, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 64

[gamestationuk2003-03-21-13] Game Station (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:Hyper_AU_116.pdf_p76-14] Hyper, "June 2003" (AU; 2003-05-07), page 76

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_081.pdf_p61-15] NGC Magazine, "June 2003" (UK; 2003-05-15), page 61

[:File:NOM_UK_127.pdf_p70-16] Nintendo Official Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-14), page 70

[:File:NintendoPower_US_166.pdf_p137-17] Nintendo Power, "March 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 137

[:File:NZone_DE_2003-05.pdf_p59-18] N-Zone, "05/03" (DE; 2003-04-16), page 59

[:File:Play_US_016.pdf_p68-19] Play, "April 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:PocketGames_US_12.pdf_p48-20] Pocket Games, "Summer 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 48

[sonic:Sonic_Advance_2.2FHidden_content.23Build_dates-21] 21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 Sonic Advance 2/Hidden content#Build dates

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Sonic Advance 2

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Technical information

ROM dump status

References