

The heroes eventually track Eggman to his Egg Utopia space station, which they destroy, and Cream finds Vanilla in the aftermath, unharmed. After being defeated and chided by Sonic, Knuckles comes with him to get back at Eggman. When Sonic finds Knuckles, the echidna has been tricked by Eggman into fighting Sonic. Sonic soon rescues Tails from Eggman too, although Tails has no idea what Eggman is up to, and Tails joins Sonic on his mission. Cream then joins Sonic on his adventure to find her missing mother, Vanilla.

Along the way, Sonic saves a young rabbit named Cream and her Chao friend, Cheese, from Eggman after defeating his EggHammerTankII. Learning of his friends' kidnapping, Sonic rushes off to save them. This time, however, he has kidnapped Tails and Knuckles too. Eggman has again begun kidnapping Animals and turning them into robots so he can build the Dr. Spoiler warning: Plot, ending details or any kind of information follow. Sonic Advance 2 was first announced on 1 July 2002, and then showcased in the Tokyo Game Show in September 2002. The bulk of the score was composed by Yutaka Minobe, Tatsuyuki Maeda and Teruhiko Nakagawa.

Though Cream the Rabbit was made for Sonic Heroes, the team decided to introduce her in this game to make her familiar to players and make the story feel fresh. The team decided to speed up the pace and used an updated version of Sonic Advance's engine. The main development period lasted eight months. Development began February of 2002, when Sonic Advance got localized. With the success of Sonic Advance, a sequel was put into development.
