Sonic Advance: Fast 4ward

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Sonic Advance: Fast 4ward, alternatively known simply as Sonic Advance 4, is a 2D platformer in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise developed by Niobium Moon Studios and THQ Nordic and published by SEGA. It is an exclusive title for the Game Boy Hub and the fourth installment of the Sonic Advance series.
==Story==
Four months after the events of Sonic Advance 3, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, and Gemerl investigate a strange cosmic disturbance on the remote Forworth Isles, eventually discovering its cause to be an otherworldly scepter that has dropped into their universe. However, they run into Shadow and Rouge before they can take it home with them for further research, and Rouge is a little too interested in the scepter. A brief scuffle between her and Sonic results in all eight of them being warped into a dark potential future known as Chiropterra, where several civilians and robots have fallen under the spell of the sinister Orchid Queen, the owner of the scepter. Upon discovering the arrival of Sonic and his friends in this world, the Orchid Queen wants to find her scepter and gather the Chaos Emeralds so she can use their powers to go back in time and enslave the world before they can even have the chance to stop her.
Sonic's gang needs the Emeralds to return to their time, so they must fight the Orchid Queen's army and uncover both the past and future of the Forworth Isles before it's too late.
==Playable Characters==
*Sonic the Hedgehog
*Miles "Tails" Prower
*Knuckles the Echidna
*Amy Rose
*Cream the Rabbit
*Shadow the Hedgehog
*Rouge the Bat
*Gemerl
==Zones==
*Bayside Burst Zone: The intro stage of the game, Bayside Burst Zone takes place within the coastal jungles of the Forworth Isles before Sonic and his friends encounter the time-warping scepter.
*Urban Umbra Zone: The dark capital city of Chiropterra, where the team first encounters the Orchid Queen and her forces.
*Forest Foundry Zone: A forest that has been transformed into a building site for the Orchid Queen's robots. Liquid metal has polluted the rivers and the trees are lined with silver bridges and machinery.
*Flooded Flight Zone: A hybrid plane and cruise ship where citizens of Chiropterra come together to gamble and get rowdy.
*Radiant Remnant Zone: The remains of an ancient temple on the Forworth Isles, where it appears that the Orchid Queen has sent an eerily familiar opponent to deal with Sonic and the team.
*Opulent Orchard Zone: A massive garden of plants covered in a strange gold coating, with their flowers and fruits shining like crystals.
*Urgent Uplands Zone: The team must charge up a stony mountain layered with Chiropterran defenses.
*Grisly Grime Zone: The Orchid Queen's secret fortress, where she has taken her scepter after recovering it from the Radiant Remnant.
*Exalted Entrance Zone: Sonic and his friends reach the Orchid Queen's gateway to their time and must put a stop to her plot - and uncover who she really is.
==Multiplayer==
Up to eight players can join an available lobby and play a variety of different multiplayer modes. Unlike previous installments of the Sonic Advance series, a playable character can be selected by more than one player at a time, thanks to the inclusion of palette swaps for all eight characters.
In Race Mode, players race to the goal post on any Act at least one participating player has cleared, while Ring Mode has them compete to collect the most Rings on specially designed stages within a given time limit.
In the new Battle Mode, players fight on battle stages based on the stages featured in the main story, along with select stages from the previous three Sonic Advance games. All stages based on previous Zones are available by default, with Fast 4ward battle stages being unlocked as their respective main story Zones are completed.
The Sonic Advance 1-3-inspired battle stages are as follows:
*Neo Green Hill Zone (Sonic Advance)
*Secret Base Zone (Sonic Advance)
*Ice Mountain Zone (Sonic Advance)
*Hot Crater Zone (Sonic Advance 2)
*Music Plant Zone (Sonic Advance 2)
*Sky Canyon Zone (Sonic Advance 2)
*Route 99 Zone (Sonic Advance 3)
*Ocean Base Zone (Sonic Advance 3)
*Chaos Angel Zone (Sonic Advance 3)
Race Mode is the only multiplayer mode that cannot be played via Download Play, requiring all participating players to own a copy of the game.
==Trivia==
*This is the first mainline video game in the Sonic series to not feature Dr. Eggman as a prominent antagonist; in fact, the mad doctor is nowhere to be seen.
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