Sonic on the Advance ... BAH

Advantages: Sonic
Disadvantages: un original

...Sonic the Hedgehog on a Nintendo console? 10 years ago, if I'd of said that to a hardcore gaming fanatic, they'd have laughed in my face, then gotten all of their geeky friends to beat me up with their braces. Now though, it's reality (Sonic on a Nintendo game, not the beating up story). Sonic has come out for the most hallowed of Consoles, The GameBoy Advance. ~ What?s it all about (Alfie) ~ Before Sonic, the now world famous Hedgehog, SEGA fans had to put up with people like Michael Jackson on the front of their SEGA boxes. Not cool. Not cool at all? It was hard enough for Sega to start with. Nintendo had a lot of die-hard fans built up and all SEGA had was a 16-bit console and loads of money. One of the ways Nintendo had got so many fans was through there mascot, the ever popular, Mario, and, occasionally, his brother...

Tribute 12.03.2002 (04.04.2002) · Read review
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Review of Sonic Advance (GBA)

Mario & Sonic for kids & adults alike

Advantages: loads of different events, suitable for all, good multiplayer functionality
Disadvantages: tiring controls

...This game has great appeal for children - anything with mario and sonic in would - but is also appealing to adults due to its playability. Basically, various characters (mario, sonic, luigi, peaches, yoshi...) compete in the popular events of the olympic - track and field such as long jump, high jump, 100m, hammer, swimming, trampolining, archery. You control the players and therefore, there is excellent multiplayer functionality. It's a great game to play at parties (I've found the table tennis particularly popular) as well as with the children. It's a great game and there's loads of different events to choose from and try to master. Therefore, it'll be a while before you even start to get bored with it. However, the controls for some of theevents can be very tiring, due to what you need to do with the Wii remote. Swimming...

katherineh123 17.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

On your Marios, Get Sonic, Wii!

Advantages: Makes great use of the wii controller, good for multi- or singleplayer, exercise
Disadvantages: none for me.

...Nintendo's had a great idea with this one: a game which appeals to fans of Mario, Sonic, sports games, and children who want a brightly coloured game thats a lot of fun. I think you'd have to look far to find someone who couldn't find anything to like in this game. In this game, you get to play a variety of Olympics sports on the wii, either against the computer or with a group of friends, providing you have enough controllers. You can choose between 20 characters, who are all from the Mario games on Nintendo or Sonic's Sega games, for example you can play as Tails, Yoshi, Amy, and even Princess Daisy, who my friends tell me is from the first Mario adventure. Each of them has their own strengths: for example sonic is fast, but dr robotnik (annoying called dr eggman in this game) is really strong. This means that if you're doing a 100m...

charlsayslol 28.04.2008 · Read review
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A definite improvement on Sonic Advance 2

Advantages: Replayability, you will be playing this for months
Disadvantages: Not much really, though the story is a bit of a let down

...Introduction For chose of you that have read my previuos reviews, you will know that I felt let down by Sonic Advance 2, but I had high hopes for this one. I was not disappointed. Gameplay - 9/10 This is definitely better than Sonic Advance 2. The game goes fast, but not too fast, and the levels are still very big, but are rarely dull. The only exception I found to the rule was Toy Kingdom, about half way through the game, which seems repetitive in the extreme. The boss fights are a huge improvement, as rather than chasing Eggman along like crazy, you generally sit in one place and make hits, and there are some incredibly challenging battles that feature later on. There's also a mysterious robot that keeps appearing from time to time. There are two major differences to the style of gameplay. First of all, there is the partner...

GavLuvsGA 17.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sonic Advance 3 (GBA)

Mario & Sonic finally together

Advantages: good graphics, makes good use out of the Wii controls in some games,
Disadvantages: controls can be bad in some greats, worldwide online should of been used,

...Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is the best Olympic game that is out there is pure fun all the way. The game features a whole load of events such as athletics, gymnastics, shooting, rowing, archery, aquatics, fencing, and table tennis also included the dream events. The dream events are nothing really to do with the Olympics and are fun. You can chose from all your favorite characters from the Mario and Sonic series also add your Mii into the action. I found a problem as my favorite game character Donkey Kong was not added and he is part of Mario. My favorite to play in what the game offers is Sonic, Shadow, Blaze, Wario and Browser. My favorite on the game is the skeet shooting and the aquatics events which have you in the pool. The game wears you out easy but you will want to keep playing because it does get very addictive...

johnpaullucky7 12.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Mario and Sonic in the Olympics?

Advantages: Graphics
Disadvantages: See review

...Mario and Sonic have come together to make a game called "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games" this game was made for the 2008 Olympic Games in China. It isn't a promo game and is still around. But is it worth it? GAMEPLAY You can choose from a variety of different games, like 100m, 100m freestyle, table tennis, pole vault etc. These are fun, but some of the controls are hard and get boring after a while. GRAPHICS The game has good graphics, and it is a game with both Mario AND Sonic in it. It's great that the two rivals look good together in one game. The graphics are 3D which is also good, because mainly in the "Mario" and "Sonic" games, the graphics are 2D. It's good that they look good in 3D SOUND There are good sound effects, like when you land on a mat, but there isn't much music. Most of the characters say...

AlexanderBanks 31.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Sonic can run, but he can't hide... FROM ME!

Advantages: No real challenge, looks a bit ugly, won't last long
Disadvantages: Good characters, quite cheap, good for a quick fix

...Back in 2002, Sonic Advance was not only the first Sonic game to ever appear on a Nintendo console, it was also a welcome return to the blue hedgehog's 2D platforming roots. Sonic had been meandering around in 3D adventure games for too long, so it was nice to see him going back to what had made him famous. Available exclusively for the Gameboy Advance (GBA), it was promised as a brand new slice of platforming action, the evolution of earlier classics such as Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Sonic & Knuckles. But its production was outsourced from the hands of the legendary Sonic Team and into those of Dimps - the people behind the Dragon Ball Z games - so, to be honest, its success was never guaranteed. If there's one thing that can be guaranteed, then it's Sonic Advance's loyalty to the earlier Mega Drive games. The gameplay style and plot...

RayWhitney 16.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sonic Advance (GBA)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Advantages: Great multiplayer fun, lots to do
Disadvantages: Slightly Repetetive

...The Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has been with us for a while now, and it hasn't been too badly received either amongst the Wii-mote waving, button bashing members of the public out there, so now that the DS version has finally arrived, should these same gamers still be as excited as they were the first time around? Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on the DS is certainly not short on features, 16 playable characters have all been included, each of which are split into four categories such speed, skill, power and the all rounder's, therefore you can choose which characters you would prefer to use for each event based on their ability. The game also offers plenty of choice when it comes to events, these range from sprinting, swimming and cycling to more specialist events such as fencing and gymnastics...

TJGardner 01.03.2008 · Read review
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Sonic Advance 2 Review

Advantages: Faster More Polished Gameplay and Very Addictive
Disadvantages: Boss Attack Levels

...Continuing the legacy of 2D Sonic games,this game is sheerly fantastic,but as with any game there are at least a few gripes to contend with. For those of you who have never played a 2D Sonic game before the basics of Sonic are these,you run around giant levels (acts) killing badniks with animals inside them,collecting rings and avoiding traps,running around loops,beating bosses and collecting chaos emeralds to stop the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik and all sorts of wholesome stuff which made the originals one of the most lucrative video games franchises ever,however unlike Sonic Advance (which basically had nothing new included) to this mix of classic platforming are several new extras,good and bad. The story is this,Dr Robotnik (or Dr. Eggman depending on where you live) has kidnapped all of Sonics friends and is trying to take over...

Andynicholson17 06.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)

==Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)==

Advantages: variety of games to play
Disadvantages: Slow loading

...Mario & Sonic at the olympic games was the first game i bought after getting a Wii for christmas. I personally think that it is an excellent first game to get for the Wii. You can happily play for hours and hours becuase of the wide variety of events you can play. These events include; *"Swimming" *"Archery" *"Running" *"Hurdles" *"Long jump" *"Triple jump" *High jump" *"Pole vault" *"Hammer throw" *"Javeline throw" *"Epée" *"Trampoline" *"Vault" *"Rowing" *"Skeet" *"Tennis" So as you can see by this list you have a wide variety to choose from but you also have the options of unlocking different games, this can be done by breaking records and so on. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is fun for all the family to enjoy because it has a multiplayer option of upto 4 people. You also get to choose from all your favourite...

BENanaaa 24.08.2009 · Read review
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