GT Advance Championship Racing

GT Advance Championship Racing
North American packaging artwork
Developer(s)MTO
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Hiroshi Kitayama[2]
SeriesGT Advance
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • JP: March 21, 2001[1]
  • NA: June 11, 2001
  • EU: June 22, 2001
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

GT Advance Championship Racing, known in Japan as Advance GTA (アドバンスGTA, Adobansu GTA),[2] is a racing game developed by MTO and published by THQ. It was a launch title for the Game Boy Advance.[3][4] The game's sequel, GT Advance 2: Rally Racing, was released on June 30, 2002, in North America.

GT Advance features forty-five licensed Japanese cars and places the player in races on thirty-two tracks.[5] Due to positive reaction to the game in Japan, THQ purchased publishing rights for the North American and European releases to the game after a reported bidding war,[6] and added in a controversial password save system into the game to cut costs.[7]

The game was received with mostly positive reviews from critics that praised the game for its fun gameplay,[8] but THQ was criticized by most reviewers for adding passwords to the game when the Japanese version had battery-backed saves.[7][9]

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  3. ^ Harris, Craig (April 10, 2001). "THQ Grabs Advance GTA". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Shahed, Ahmed (April 11, 2001). "GT Advance confirmed for the North American GBA". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on October 25, 2001. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Harris, Craig (June 14, 2001). "GT Advance Championship Racing". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Harris, Craig (March 30, 2001). "First Impressions: Advance GTA". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Ajami, Amer (June 7, 2001). "GT Advance Championship Racing Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "GT Advance Championship Racing". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  9. ^ Bramwell, Tom (June 12, 2001). "GT Advance Championship Racing". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2022.