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-'''Grand Theft Auto Advance''' is a video game by [[Digital Eclipse]], released on 26 October [[2004]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]].
+'''Grand Theft Auto Advance''', officially titled '''Grand Theft Auto''' and also known as '''GTA Advance''', is a [[Digital Eclipse]] developed [[GTA III Era]] and [[3D Universe]] game initially released on October 26, [[2004]]. The game is only available for the [[Game Boy Advance]] hand held console and is the only GTA game not to be developed by a [[Rockstar Games]] studio.
-GTA Advance is considered to be less part of the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series as the other games. It is the only GTA game not developed by a [[Rockstar Games]] studio, it was released on the same day as [[GTA San Andreas]] so suffered from a lack of interest, and it is not listed on the Rockstar Games [http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/ site] (although it does have its [http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/gba/ own page] there).
+The game is played from a [[Top-Down Perspective|top-down perspective]], similar to [[Grand Theft Auto 1]], but adds features first introduced in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] such as vehicle based side missions (the [[Vigilante]] side mission), the [[Heads-Up Display]] and a number of the weapons introduced from GTA III onwards. The game was released on the same day as [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] in North America and was originally designed to be a portable re-release of GTA III. The game received mixed reviews upon its release and, due to the release of GTA San Andreas at around the same time, did not sell as widely as other GTA games.
-The game is played from a top-down perspective, similar to that in [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]]. However, GTA Advance also borrows several aspects from the more recent [[GTA III Era]], including vehicle-based side missions (such as vigilante), the [[Heads-Up Display]] and many weapons.
 ==Setting==
-The game is set in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], the fictional GTA city that appeared, most prominently, in [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. Indeed the earliest announcement of this game was that it would be a port of GTA III, but at some point in development (it is unclear exactly when this occurred) this idea was rejected, probably due to technical limitations and the time needed to reconstruct the previous game's missions in the new two-dimensional environment.
+GTA Advance is set in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and is a prequel to the events of GTA III being set [[2000|one year]] before those events. While landmarks from the original game return and the general street layout remains the same, there are a number of differences between GTA III and GTA Advance. The hills found on [[Portland]] and [[Shoreside Vale]], the [[Subway in GTA III|subway and Portland El]], and the various tunnels are not present. There are also examples of where neighbourhoods are not consistent between GTA III and GTA Advance. The runways of [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]] are inaccessible and the city itself is larger than its GTA III version, in particular Portland.
-The game that was actually released is a prequel to GTA III, taking place one year prior to the events in GTA III. As it takes place in GTA III's Liberty City, familiar landmarks re-appear and the overall street layout is the same. However the locations of familiar secrets such as rampages and hidden packages and jump ramps have all been changed, so players familiar with the city's corners and alleyways in GTA III will have to explore them afresh in GTA Advance. The city's three islands have been noticeably changed in its conversion and elements impossible to interpret to a top-view perspective, so there are no longer any sloped surfaces, and the tunnels and train system have been removed. Also there is no access to [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]] runways. The city in GTA Advance is bigger than in GTA III, especially [[Portland]](see image on the left).
-The games protagonist is called [[Mike]], with some of the GTA III characters re-appearing in the game, including bomb-shop owner [[8-Ball]] and the [[Yakuza]] co-leader [[Asuka Kasen]]. However, none of the [[Mafia]] characters from GTA III appear, and entirely new characters such as [[Vinnie]] (Mike's friend and first employer), [[Cisco]] (the leader of the [[Colombian Cartel]]), [[Jonnie]] (a bar tender) and [[Yuka]] (Asuka's niece) have been added. Several characters which were only referenced in GTA III are now met face-to-face, such as [[King Courtney]], the [[Uptown Yardies]] boss.
 ==Storyline==
-[[File:Mike-GTAA.jpg|thumb|left|Mike, the protagonist of GTA Advance]]
+The games storyline revolves around [[Mike]], a small time criminal looking to escape [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] with his best friend [[Vinnie]] who uses his connections to get the pair work across the city. Shortly before their planned departure, Vinnie asks Mike to do some final work for the [[Mafia]] and, during one of these jobs, Vinnie is killed by a car bomb and their money is destroyed. Mike, determined to avenge his friends death, stops working for the mafia and begins working for various other criminals and gangs across the city. These include mechanic and weapons expert [[8-Ball]], the [[Uptown Yardies]], the [[Yakuza]] and the [[Colombian Cartel]] to find out the truth behind Vinnie's death. 8-Ball later discovers that Vinnie had faked his own death to escape with all the money with Mike taking revenge on his old partner. Mike manages to escape Liberty City, despite high [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] interest in capturing him, while 8-Ball is arrested.
-Mike is a low-time criminal, working for the more connected Vinnie. They decide to leave Liberty City together and try their luck elsewhere, but Vinnie convinces Mike to do some tasks for their sometimes-employers, the Mafia, prior to leaving. During one of these missions Vinnie is apparently killed in a car bomb, taking Mike and Vinnie's money with him. Mike swears revenge.
-His revenge leads to his falling out with the Mafia, and he ends up working for various gangs, mostly the Yardies and the Yakuza. Each gang persuades Mike to do jobs for them as they help him find out the truth about Vince's death.
+===Continuity===
+*The arrest of 8-Ball helped to set up the [[Introduction (GTA III)|opening cutscenes]] of GTA III where he escapes from a police transport with [[Claude]].
-One of Mike's employers and friends, 8-Ball, finds out that Vinnie has actually staged his own death, and Mike takes revenge on his old partner. During this mission 8-Ball is arrested (setting the stage for his escape in the [[Grand Theft Auto III]] [[Give Me Liberty|intro]].), but Mike manages to escape.
+*[[Asuka Kasen]]'s lack of trust towards [[Claude]] in GTA III may have come from her later discovering Mike had kidnapped her niece [[Yuka]] prior to working for Asuka.
+*[[King Courtney]], of the Uptown Yardies, may have been more likely to betray Claude in GTA III after nearly being killed by Mike, who he had attempted to help.
+*[[Salvatore Leone]] is almost certainly the leader of the Mafia mentioned, as both the [[Forelli Family|Forelli]] and [[Sinadcco Family|Sindacco]] Family's had suffered heavy losses in [[1998]]. The fake death of Vinnie may have furthered Salvatore's paranoia following the betrayals of [[Carl Johnson]] and [[Uncle Leone]].
 ==Technical details==
-The game had to be adapted to the Game Boy Advance's hardware limitations. As a result it does not have voice acting or animated cutscenes, nor does it have GTA III's much-lauded pedestrian dialog. All cutscenes are text-only with line-art pictures of the characters' faces, sometimes with a thematic backdrop behind. The art style is consistent with that used for the cover and loading art of the three-dimensional releases in the series. Replacing the pedestrian dialog, some soundbites taken from GTA III are played when the player hits someone's car, but there is a limited variety, leading to much repetition.
+GTA Advance, having been adapted to the Game Boy Advance's hardware limitations, does not feature a number of things that had become standard with the release of GTA III. These include voice acting, animated cutscenes, pedestrian dialogue and radio channels. There are, however, certain sound bites that were transferred from GTA III including brief police radio chatter stating the location of and vehicle being used by the player, some soundbites for car crashes and a fixed tune for each vehicle, which can be changed.
-The game does not feature radio channels. Like the [[Game Boy Color]] ports of GTA 1 and GTA 2, each car has one fixed tune that is constantly repeated and cannot be changed. These include parts of some familiar GTA 2 and GTA III tunes, in instrumental versions.
+==Game information==
+*[[Characters in GTA Advance]]
-These limitations, coupled with the game being released on the same day as its highly anticipated cousin [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], caused the game to be widely criticized by fans, and it is largely unpopular. Indeed some fans of the original top-down games say that they preferred the old games' mechanics better.
+*[[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
+*[[Mike]]
+*[[Missions in GTA Advance]]
+*[[Radio Stations in GTA Advance]]
+*[[Vehicles in GTA Advance]]
+*[[Weapons in GTA Advance]]
 ==Trivia==
-*GTA Advance is the only GTA III Era game which does not have a [[PlayStation 2]] port, and the only game in the entire [[Grand Theft Auto|series]] not to have been released for a console from the [[PlayStation|PlayStation series]], except [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961]].
+*GTA Advance is the only GTA III Era/3D Universe game which does not have a [[PlayStation 2]] port, and the only game in the entire [[Grand Theft Auto|series]] not to have been released for a console from the [[PlayStation|PlayStation series]], except [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961]].
 *GTA Advance is the only GTA game which has been launched exclusively on one platform (with the exception of [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961]]), the first to be created primarily for a portable device, and the only game to solely be on a [[Nintendo]] platform.
-*The canonicity of GTA Advance is debateable - not only is it the only GTA game to not be primarily developed by a Rockstar studio, it does not feature on Rockstar's [http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/ official Grand Theft Auto website].
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
+File:Mike-GTAA.jpg|Mike, the protagonist of GTA Advance.
 File:Titlescreen-GTAA.png|The title screen of GTA Advance.
-File:LibertyCity-GTAA-map.png|Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto Advance
+File:LibertyCity-GTAA-map.png|Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto Advance.
-File:Flamethrower-GTAA-ingame.jpg|Gameplay of GTA Advance
+File:Flamethrower-GTAA-ingame.jpg|Gameplay of GTA Advance.
-File:Gamecartridge-GTAA.jpg|GTA Advance game cartridge
+File:Gamecartridge-GTAA.jpg|GTA Advance game cartridge.
 </gallery>
-==See also==
+==External link==
-*[[Characters in GTA Advance]]
-*[[Missions in GTA Advance]]
-*[[Weapons in GTA Advance]]
-*[[Liberty City in GTA III Era]]
-==External links==
 * [http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/gba/ Grand Theft Auto Advance official site]