Software:Army Men Advance

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Army Men Advance
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Developer(s)DC Studios
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company
Producer(s)Julia Bond
Composer(s)Robert Anderberg
SeriesArmy Men
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • NA: June 5, 2001[1]
  • EU: June 15, 2001
Genre(s)Top-down shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Army Men Advance is a top-down shooter video game developed by DC Studios and published by the 3DO Company exclusively for Game Boy Advance. Much like Army Men, the story has General Plastro and his army of tan figurines have decided to take over the world and it is up to Sarge and reporter Vikki Grimm to thwart the conquest. Throughout the game, the player is required to rescue team members, infiltrate tan bases, escape from a jail, investigate an extra terrestrial presence, and retrieve communications equipment. The player can choose to play as either Sarge or Vikki, but the quests for each are identical and once a character has been chosen it is impossible to switch to the other unless the player wants to start again from the first mission.

In game screenshot

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic57/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM4/10[3]
Eurogamer7/10[4]
Game Informer7/10[5]
GamePro2.5/5 stars[6]
GameSpot4.4/10[7]
IGN7/10[8]
Jeuxvideo.com14/20[9]
Next Generation3/5 stars[10]
Nintendo Power3/5 stars[11]
Nintendo World Report4.5/10[12]

Army Men Advance received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] NextGen called it "A decent, if not amazing[,] game, at least until Capcom gives us that GBA version of Commando we've been dreaming about" (which is ironic, since the Game Boy Advance version of that game does not exist).[10]

References

  1. "3DO Announces Army Men® Advance for the Game Boy® Advance". June 5, 2001. Archived from the original on October 14, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011014110531/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_060501.html. Retrieved August 30, 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Army Men Advance for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/army-men-advance/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance. Retrieved May 15, 2015. 
  3. Chou, Che (July 2001). "Army Man Advance [sic"]. Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (144): 91. https://retrocdn.net/images/e/ea/EGM_US_144.pdf. Retrieved August 30, 2022. 
  4. Bye, John "Gestalt" (July 12, 2001). "Army Men Advance". Gamer Network. Archived from the original on August 16, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010816112416/http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_armymen_gba. Retrieved August 30, 2022. 
  5. Kato, Matthew (August 2001). "Army Men Advance". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (100). Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090719114928/http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200108/R03.0811.1136.34507.htm. Retrieved May 15, 2015. 
  6. Extreme Ahab (June 12, 2001). "Army Men: Advance Review for Game Boy Advance on GamePro.com". GamePro (IDG Entertainment). Archived from the original on January 18, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050118051107/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gameboy_advance/games/reviews/14662.shtml. Retrieved May 15, 2015. 
  7. Satterfield, Shane (June 11, 2001). "Army Men Advance Review". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/army-men-advance-review/1900-2773319/. Retrieved May 15, 2015. 
  8. Harris, Craig (June 14, 2001). "Army Men Advance". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/14/army-men-advance. Retrieved May 15, 2015. 
  9. Jihem (August 8, 2001). "Test: Army Men Advance" (in fr). Webedia. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064051/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00001516_test.htm. Retrieved August 30, 2022. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Army Men Advance". NextGen (Imagine Media) (79): 62. July 2001. https://archive.org/details/NextGen79Jul2001/page/n63/mode/2up. Retrieved August 30, 2022. 
  11. "Army Men Advance". Nintendo Power (Nintendo of America) 146. July 2001. 
  12. Sklens, Mike (July 5, 2001). "Army Men Advance". NINWR, LLC. https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/3785/army-men-advance-game-boy-advance. Retrieved May 15, 2015. 

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