Sonic Advance 2

Play Magazine

The graphics are just bliss: crazy parallax, glistening crystals, heat waves, blinking neon sparks, crazy animation - everything you love about 32-bit 2D (well almost; it's no Astal) is on display. [Apr 2003, p.66]

G4 TV

Sonic fans will be in heaven, as will anyone who enjoys a good healthy adrenaline rush.

Cinescape

The levels are huge now. While they were pretty big before, they were basically straight forward. Not anymore.

Nintendophiles

A fast paced platforming action game. With the ability to play five playable characters and having different paths in each level, the ideal amount of replay value is added to the game.

Gaming Age

Hands down one of the most impressive looking games that I have seen on the GBA. The backgrounds are vibrant, colorful and full of life.

GameNow

This cart isn't about depth, it's all about flash and energy, and I mean that in a good way. [May 2003, p.40]

Nintendojo

Sonic games have always been known for their speed, but in Sonic Advance 2, it's been exaggerated almost to a fault.

IGN

As good as the original Sonic Advance was, the sequel is a much better platformer.

Eurogamer

It takes a tried, tested, and thoroughly flogged old genre and injects some more speed and ingenuity into it, and there's a heck of lot of replay value here, even if the game's levels can probably be beaten in a few hours.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

A pocket adrenaline rush; it's the perfect complement to the more moderately paced Mario games already in your collection. [May 2003, p.136]

Pocket Games

The action comes fast n' furious as ever. [Summer 2003, p.48]

GameSpot

The levels are larger and require more exploration than the typical Sonic game; the abilities of the five separate playable characters actually have an influence over the strategy you'll use to complete an area.

Nintendo Power

May not present significant advances beyond his GBA debut, but it's a solid action title with great game play and lots of secrets. [Mar 2003, p.137]

AceGamez

People looking for a good side-scrolling game will enjoy it and Sonic fans everywhere will be delighted at another chance to return to the old-school roots that made Sonic so great back in the day.

Cheat Code Central

Offers plenty of déjà vu for Sonic fans. That can be either good or bad depending on what you expect from the spiky-haired hedgehog.

GameZone

While this game is a great improvement from the last one, Sonic Advance 2 does run out of steam pretty quickly. You’ll feel as though you played this game before.

Gamestyle

Slight negativity aside, Sonic Advance 2 represents Sonic at its best - fast, slick, looking great and offering yet more of those bonus features (now unlockable, however). Whilst technically there have been better Sonic games, none have managed to quite capture the frantic essence of speed and style like this does.

GameSpy

I was taken with it, I wanted to play it, I wanted to look at it. But it's sometimes frustrating and its boss battles are totally irritating.

Game Informer

Lacking in serious challenge, Sonic 2 does feature decent level design, imaginative graphics, and impressive velocity. [May 2003, p.94]

GamePro

Digital déjà vu. Your brain knows that it’s a brand-new game…but you never quite shake the feeling that you’ve played it all before.

GameCritics

Sonic is fast alright. Yet here's a game that openly discourages Sonic and his friends from fully embracing the thing that made the Sega's mascot so popular in the first place: raw, uncontrolled speed.

Yahoo! Games

There are no surprises in Sonic Advance 2... The lower your expectations, the more you'll enjoy this game.

All Game Guide

What it doesn't have is originality or depth, making this sequel more subsonic than supersonic.