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{{Bob|bobscreen=Sonic Advance 3.png|publisher=[[Sega]]|developer=[[Sonic Team]] / [[Dimps]]|system=[[Game Boy Advance]]|europe=June 18, 2004|usa=June 7, 2004|japan=June 17, 2004|genre=2D Platform|seealso=Sonic Advance 2}}
'''''Sonic Advance 3''''' is the third game in the ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' series released for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. Unlike the first two games in the series, ''SA3'' features ability to play two characters in a partner setting.

==Game Play==
The gameplay of this game is similar to that of ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]'', with its 2 character team-ups and ring-dropping enemies, though the actual ring bands are gone. Like ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'', this game's merit is the subject of a lot of debate. It really comes down to personal taste - this isn't really a ''bad'' game, but many people don't like the gameplay.

===Abilities with Sonic as a Partner===
''A free spirited hedgehog that hates evil. He can be short tempered at times, but never turns his back on those in need of help.''

{|border="1" class="prettytable"
!
!Tails
!Knuckles
!Cream
!Amy
|-
!Regular<br>Actions
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|-
!A Button
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Jump
|-
!B Button
|Skid Attack
|Fire Sliding
|Skid Attack
|Hammer Attack
|-
!Jump+A
|''No Action''
|''No Action''
|Jump Dash<br>Homing Attack
|''No Action''
|-
!Jump+B
|''No Action''
|Wind Attack<br>'''Up+B''' Upper Spin<br>'''Down+B''' Bound Attack
|''No Action''
|Spin Attack
|-
!Special<br>Actions
|'''R Button''' Mid-Air Trick Action<br>Boost Mode (While Running)
|Boost Mode (While Running)
|Breathe (In Water)<br>Boost Mode (While Running)
|Boost Mode (While Running)
|}

===Abilities with Tails as a Partner===
''A friendly kid fox with two tails, who thinks of Sonic as a favorite big brother. He loves tinkering with machinery.''

{|border="1" class="prettytable"
!
!Sonic
!Knuckles
!Cream
!Amy
|-
!Regular<br>Actions
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|-
!A Button
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Jump
|-
!B Button
|Tail Swipe
|Tornado Attack
|Tail Swipe
|Hammer Attack
|-
!Jump+A
|Propeller Flying
|Mid-Air Glide
|High Propeller Flying<br>Homing Attack
|Hammer Propeller Flying
|-
!Jump+B
|''No Action''
|Tail Spin Attack
|''No Action''
|Spin Attack
|-
!Special<br>Actions
|'''R Button''' Mid-Air Trick Action<br>'''A Button''' Dog Paddle (In Water)<br>Boost Mode (While Running)
|'''A Button''' Breast Stroke (In Water)
|'''A Button''' Dog Paddle (In Water)
|'''A Button''' Dog Paddle (In Water)
|}

===Abilities with Knuckles as a Partner===
''A powerful Echidna with spiky fists, and Sonic's best friend and rival. He's sincere in nature, but a little gullible and easily misled.''

{|border="1" class="prettytable"
!
!Sonic
!Tails
!Cream
!Amy
|-
!Regular<br>Actions
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|-
!A Button
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Jump
|-
!B Button
|Double Punch
|Spiral Uppercut
|Double Punch
|Hammer Attack
|-
!Jump+A
|Mid-Air Glide
|Double Mid-Air Glide<br>Wall Climb
|Mid-Air Glide<br>Wall Climb
|Mid-Air Glide<br>Wall Climb
|-
!Jump+B
|No Action
|No Action
|No Action
|Spin Attack<br>Down+B Drill Claw
|-
!Special<br>Actions
|Breast Stroke(In Water)<br>Boost Mode (While Running)
|Breast Stroke (In Water)
|Breast Stroke(In Water)<br>B Button<br>Homing Attack (During Glide)
|Right+A Button<br>Dash Climb (Wall)<br>Breast Stroke (In Water)
|}

===Abilities with Cream as a Partner===
Cream is a polite little rabbit that takes her tiny Chao "Cheese" wherever she goes. She means well, but can act a little childish at times.

{|border="1" class="prettytable"
!
!Sonic
!Tails
!Knuckles
!Amy
|-
!Regular<br>Actions
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|-
!A Button
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Spin Jump
|Jump
|-
!B Button
|Chao Ball Attack
|Chao Attack
|Chao Spinning Attack
|Hammer Attack
|-
!Jump+A
|Flying
|Floating Fall
|Flying (Chao Spin)
|Flying
|-
!Jump+B
|Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack
|Mid-Air Chao Attack
|Mid-Air Chao<br>Spinng Attack
|Mid-Air Chao Attack<br>Down+B Hip Drop
|-
!Special<br>Actions
|Life Ring(In Water)<br>Boost Mode (While Running)
|No Action
|No Action
|R Button<br>Mid-Air Trick Action
|}

===Abilities with Amy as a Partner===
''Sonic's self professed girlfriend that he can't seem to escape from. She never leaves home without her trademark Pikopiko Hammer.''

{|border="1" class="prettytable"
!
!Sonic
!Tails
!Knuckles
!Cream
|-
!Regular<br>Actions
|Spin (While Running)<br>Spin Dash
|Down+A Leap
|Down+A Amy Dash
|Down+A Leap
|-
!A Button
|Spin Jump
|Jump
|Jump
|Jump
|-
!B Button
|Hammer Attack
|Hammer Attack
|Big Hammer Attack<br>Down+B Hammer Jump
|Hammer Attack
|-
!Jump+A
|Jump Dash
|Floating Fall
|No Action
|Floating Fall
|-
!Jump+B
|Mid-Air Hammer Attack<br>Down+B Spinng Hammer Attack
|Mid-Air Hammer Jump
|Mid-Air Hammer Attack<br>Down+B Spinng Hammer Attack
|Mid-Air Hammer Attack
|-
!Special<br>Actions
|Boost Mode (While Running)
|B Button<br>Head Slide (During Leap)
|No Action
|R Button<br>Mid-Air Trick Action<br>B Button<br>Head Slide (During Leap)
|}

==Levels==
* [[Route 99 Zone]]
* [[Sunset Hill Zone]]
* [[Ocean Base Zone]]
* [[Toy Kingdom Zone]]
* [[Twinkle Snow Zone]]
* [[Cyber Track Zone]]
* [[Chaos Angel Zone]]
* [[Altar Emerald Zone]]
* [[Nonaggression]]

==Production Credits==
===Created by [[Sonic Team]]™===
Producer: [[Yuji Naka]]<br/>
Director: [[Akinori Nishiyama]]<br/>
Art Director: [[Yuji Uekawa]]<br/>
Assistant Director: Ai Mashima<br/>

===In cooperation with Dimps®===
Producer: Kouichi Sakita<br/>
Line Producer: Yukihiro Higashi<br/>
Planners: Yukihiro Higashi, Masaaki Yamagiwa<br/>
Programmers: Tatsuaki Nakashima, Hiroki Yoshitake, Kuninori Douno<br/>
Designers: Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yuko Yamanoue, Etsuko Hosokawa, Tohru Nakanishi, Tomohiro Ozawa<br/>
Sound: Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura<br/>
Special Thanks: Katsuya Kuramoto, Kenji Ayukawa, Syuhei Kimura, Isamu Kubota<br/>

===Sound created by [[Wave Master]]===
Sound Creators: [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], [[Kenichi Tokoi]], Hideaki Kobayashi, [[Masaru Setsumaru]], [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]

===SEGA Corporation===
Marketing: Mitsuru Takahashi, Naoko Ooka, Hideki Yokaichiya, Mariko Takeda<br/>
Production: Mitsuru Takahashi, Naoko Ooka, Hideki Yokaichiya, Mariko Takeda<br/>
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Youko Nagasawa<br/>
International Business: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Yusuke Suai, Shiko Sakai<br/>
Product Development: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Yusuke Suai, Shiko Sakai<br/>
Development Division: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Toshiro Nakayama, Yusuke Asano, Akiko Kuroda<br/>
Marketing Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto<br/>
Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Youichi Takahashi, Hiroki Osawa, Satoru Ishigami, Colin Restall<br/>
Customer Relations: Yutaka Shoji, Masahiro Ozeki, Nobuyuki Inoue, Mariko Okada<br/>
Product Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Akinobu Koechi, Akira Terasawa, Satoshi Yamagata

===SEGA of America===
Executive Management: Hideaki Irie<br/>
Localization Producers: Yosuke Moriya, Klayton Vorlick<br/>
Director of PD: Osamu Shibayama

===SEGA of Europe===
SEGA Europe COO: Naoya Tsurumi<br/>
Director of PD: [[Jin Shimazaki]]<br/>
Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto<br/>
European Product Manager: Mathew Quaeck<br/>
SoE Test Dept.: Darius Sadeghian, David Smith, Roy Boateng<br/>
Special Thanks: James Nicholas, Ricky Ip<br/>
Voices: [[Ryan Drummond]], [[William Corkery]], [[Scott Dreier]], [[Jennifer Douillard|Jenny Douillard]], [[Sarah Wulfeck]], [[Jon St. John]], [[Deem Bristow]]<br/>
Voice Recording Director: [[Lani Minella]]<br/>
Recording Coordinator: [[Keith Palmer]]<br/>
Executive Management: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda<br/>
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi<br/>
Presented by:SEGA

==Resources==
===Box Art===
<gallery>
Image:GBA-SonicAdvance3.jpg|US cover
Image:sadv3_eu_boxart.jpg|EU cover
Image:sadv3_jp_boxart.jpg|JP cover
</gallery>

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