Sonic Advance was the first Sonic platformer made for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, released in 2001, and it kept the series' underwater levels where Sonic must find air bubbles or drown. Its MIDI-style countdown music recreates the tense warning heard when that air timer starts, a moment many players remember from trying to escape water zones. Because the tune is short, looping and instantly tense, it has been shared as a standalone clip on soundboards and reused in gameplay videos, memes and edits to mark a sudden deadline.