Difference between revisions of "Sonic Advance 2"

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Sonic Advance 2

System(s): Game Boy Advance

Publisher:

Sega Corporation (Japan)

Sega Europe (Europe)

THQ (US)

Sega Games

Developer:

Sonic Team, Dimps

M2

Distributor:

Infogrames Europe (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^[7]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[7]	AGB-P-A2NJ AGB-A2NJ-JPN
JP (Okaidoku-ban)	2004-06-17^[7]	¥3,800 (3,990)3,800 (3,990)^[7]	AGB-P-A2NJ AGB-A2NJ-JPN-1
US	2003-03-12^[1]		AGB-P-A2NE AGB-A2NE-USA
DE	2003-03-21^[5]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-NOE
ES	2003-03-21^[6]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-EUR
FR	2003-03-21^[4]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-FAH
IT	2003-03-21		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-EUR
UK	2003-03-28^[2]^[3]		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-UKV
FI	2003-03-21		AGB-P-A2NP AGB-A2NP-UKV
AU	2003
JP ▼	2016-02-24^[8]	¥650 (702)650 (702)^[8]^[9]	WUP-N-PCRJ

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Production credits

Main article: Sonic Advance 2/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Cube (UK)

PAL

80

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[11]

GameNOW (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[13]

Game Station (UK)

80

^[14]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

88

^[15]

NGC Magazine (UK)

PAL

73

^[16]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[17]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[18]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

82

^[19]

Play (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[20]

Pocket Games (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[21]

	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^[22]

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	89509891
MD5	6664b43c51935ea8f06f5b37ce83feca
SHA-1	b0f64bdca097f2de8f05ac4c8caea2b80c5faeb1

16MB

2002-10-25^[22]

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	513804ff
MD5	a219b3042eb65899baafa5143c53560c
SHA-1	dffd0188fc78154b42b401398a224ae0713edf23

16MB

2002-10-25^[22]

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	6c6c65a3
MD5	9cdc062badfcb4d0993c4455a4cf3c52
SHA-1	2aa6ee2cf2b0ebfafbea6d6d24165b252a7e329e

16MB

Wii U Virtual Console (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)
↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=7999 (Wayback Machine: 2003-05-04 22:31)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000086F7V (Wayback Machine: 2004-07-20 07:45)
↑ 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)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 http://sega.jp/gba/sonic2/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-20 00:45)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 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
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 Sonic Advance 2/Hidden content#Build dates

Sonic Advance 2

Books: Sonic Advance 2 Koushiki Guide Book (2002) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Sonic Advance 2 (2003)

Prototypes: Review prototype

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20030806100914.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fgamepage.2Fgamepage_main.jsp.3FgameId.3D1380-1] ttp://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1380 (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-06 10:09)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20030504223124.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.chipsworld.co.uk.2FdetProd.asp.3FProductCode.3D7999-2] ttp://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=7999 (Wayback Machine: 2003-05-04 22:31)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040720074536.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.amazon.co.uk:80.2Fexec.2Fobidos.2FASIN.2FB000086F7V-3] ttp://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000086F7V (Wayback Machine: 2004-07-20 07:45)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FMAW6K-4] ttps://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FVYUcZ-5] ttps://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FcYdsr-6] ttps://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Game-Boy-Advance/Sonic-Advance-2-267288.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040820004544.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fgba.2Fsonic2.2F-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 http://sega.jp/gba/sonic2/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-20 00:45)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180322224154.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.co.jp.2Ftitles.2F20010000014107-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000014107 (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-22 22:41)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20161005153639.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.famitsu.com.2Fcominy.2F.3Fm.3Dpc.26a.3Dpage_h_title.26title_id.3D167-9] ttp://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=167 (Wayback Machine: 2016-10-05 15:36)

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

[:File:EGM_US_166.pdf_p136-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2003" (US; 2003-04-01), page 136

[:File:GameNOW_US_19.pdf_p40-12] GameNOW, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GamePro_US_176.pdf_p64-13] GamePro, "May 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 64

[gamestationuk2003-03-21-14] Game Station (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:Hyper_AU_116.pdf_p76-15] Hyper, "June 2003" (AU; 2003-05-07), page 76

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_081.pdf_p61-16] NGC Magazine, "June 2003" (UK; 2003-05-15), page 61

[:File:NOM_UK_127.pdf_p70-17] Nintendo Official Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-14), page 70

[:File:NintendoPower_US_166.pdf_p137-18] Nintendo Power, "March 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 137

[:File:NZone_DE_2003-05.pdf_p59-19] N-Zone, "05/03" (DE; 2003-04-16), page 59

[:File:Play_US_016.pdf_p68-20] Play, "April 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:PocketGames_US_12.pdf_p48-21] Pocket Games, "Summer 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 48

[sonic:Sonic_Advance_2.2FHidden_content.23Build_dates-22] 22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 Sonic Advance 2/Hidden content#Build dates

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-* '''Executive Producer:''' [[Hideki Sato]]
-* '''Producer:''' [[Yuji Naka]]
-* '''Director:''' [[Akinori Nishiyama]]
-{{creditsheader|Art}}
-* '''Art Director:''' [[Yuji Uekawa]]
-* '''Designers:''' [[Sachiko Kawamura]], [[Kazuko Ito]], [[Makoto Yonezu]]
-{{creditsheader|Programming}}
-* '''Programmers:''' [[Takahiro Hamano]], [[Yoshihisa Hashimoto]], [[Takaaki Saito]]
-* '''Special Thanks:''' [[Yasuko Maruyama]], [[Masae Hirosawa]]
-{{creditsheader|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
-{{creditsheader|Sound}}
-* '''Sound:''' Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura
-* '''Special Thanks:''' Atsushi Tamamura
-* '''Sound Created By:''' [[Wave Master]]
-* '''Sound Creators:''' [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], [[Yutaka Minobe]], [[Teruhiko Nakagawa]]
-{{creditsheader|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]]
-{{creditsheader|Sega Of America}}
-* '''Executive Management:''' [[Peter Moore]]
-* '''Localization Producer:''' [[Yosuke Moriya]]
-* '''Localization Manager:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
-* '''Test Lead:''' [[Joseph Mora]]
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-* '''Director Of PD:''' [[Kats Sato]]
-* '''Localization Producer:''' [[Kuniyo Matsumoto]]
-* '''European Product Manager:''' [[Mathew Quaeck]]
-* '''Test Dept.:''' [[Roy Boateng]], [[David Smith]]
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-*'''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]]
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-*'''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
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Difference between revisions of "Sonic Advance 2"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 20:57, 12 November 2024

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Technical information

ROM dump status

References