If Knuckles in a team (leader or partner) except Sonic & Knuckles or Knuckles & Sonic, then the team has a Power type.
If Sonic in a team (leader or partner), then the team has a Speed type. For example, Sonic needs to be paired with Tails and Cream needs to be paired with Amy in order to pull off some of the trick maneuvers introduced in Sonic Advance 2.Įach team has a Type, and there are 3 types : Speed type, Power type, and flight type. Some abilities are exclusive to certain teams.
The different combinations lets the player use different abilities. With the addition of Tag Action, the player teams up two playable characters. Tag Action is similar to Sonic the Hedgehog 2: the player picks two characters and controls one while the other will just follow along controlled by the computer (or player two in multiplayer mode)Īdditionally, in a feature first seen in Knuckles' Chaotix the character can pick up the teammate by holding R, and then release them for to use special abilities. This time however, Sonic Advance 3 introduces a new game feature called 'Tag Action'. The basic gameplay combines both the gentler platforming of the original Sonic Advance, and the speed-orientated gameplay of Sonic Advance 2, to provide an experience close to the original games.
