Sonic & Knuckles

This is hands down the best Sonic game ever made. Even Sonic Rush and the Sonic Advance games can't beat it. This is a Sonic game everyone must purchase, and with lock-on technology, you can have the complete Sonic 3!

This Sonic game also has the best Sonic zones ever. You've got the Lava Reef zone, which is a cave with lava filled obstacles, and the Death Egg zone, which is Robotnik's flying base. Finally, the Sandopolis zone, which is a zone in the desert, and on the second act you're in a pyramid full of traps and dangerous ghosts. How cool is that?.

Not only that, but you get to play as Knuckles, which is probably one of the best Sonic characters ever made. He can climb, glide, and be played in almost all of the Sonic stages, even the Sonic 3 ones! Yes, that's right. Tails can also be played in the Sonic & Knuckles stages as well. I also forgot to mention that Knuckles can also be played through the whole of Sonic 2! So if you have your old Sonic 2 cartridge still, then just place it in the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge and you'll be able to play through every stage with Knuckles on Sonic 2!.

You can't really go wrong with Sonic & Knuckles, even when you don't have Sonic 3. You've still got some of the fast Sonic moments, and the coolest characters in it. If you really want the ultimate experience, then make sure you have Sonic 3 & Sonic and Knuckles. You won't be disappointed.

If you are desperate to play this game, then you'll need to buy it, but it's not easy to get hold off that way, so I'd suggest that you get Sonic Mega Collection Plus for it. Not only do you get the best Sonic game on it, you also get the other best Sonic games on it as well!.

*THIS REVIEW IS ABOUT THE COMPLETE GAME PLAYABLE VIA LOCK-ON TECHNOLOGY*

Before playing "SONIC & KNUCKLES + SONIC 3" (1994) I always feel nervous. The kind of throat-swelling, mouth-drying, stomach-turning nerves that one gets in anticipation of a first date. I have completed this game consistently for so long and yet I always feel fear and excitement.

For the first two zones my mind's on seven chaos emeralds, earned in the blue sphere stages. Then my mind's on shields and rings. After Launch Base Zone Act 2 we're in Mushroom Hill and my mind is then on seven super emeralds. Once I've got them it's back to shields and rings.

Then it's all sneakers blazing to the Doomsday Zone in a race against time through space.

What this game has that the first two outings don't have (Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles also lack this as individual games) is a rip-roaringly brutal sense of relentless pursuit. The Doomsday Zone is the skull-splitting, edge of your seat climax to a sweaty, grimy, blistering chase.

Spin dashing through these colourful, dangerous, enormous, beautiful levels, to some of the best tracks in the Sonic canon, is intoxicating. The journey you take Sonic, Tails and Knuckles on is unforgettable. Playing it after "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG" (1991) and "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2" (1992) is one awesome ride through a wonderful world

Sonic is back for the 4th time, but this time he's on a team with Knuckles. The 4th adventure takes you on an excitement adventure, the same speed skills and more new adventure's levels filed with loops and new creatures. Sonic and Knuckles battle their way to get back the Chaos emraids for the 4th time. can they get them or will Dr Robotnik have them to himself forever. We'll have to find out as we can play the 4th adventure game.

For those of you who remember the old Sonic games for Genesis, if you have played the Sonic and Knuckles game and added on Sonic 3, I enjoyed playing as Knuckles and playing different levels. It will bemissed by at least me.

Okay, this game is NOT Sonic 4, or even chapter 4 of the series. It is actually a continuation of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The reason the game was split into two parts was because the Genisis cartridge did not have enough space to fit the entire game. The lock-on ability, when used with Sonic 3, lets the player finally play Sonic the Hedgehog 3 the way it was really meant to be. Gamers can finally experience the complete story. Meanwhile, Sonic 2 can also be hooked up, and allow gamers to play as Knuckles in Sonic 2! That's fun, but it is slightly tougher since Knuckles can't jump as high as Sonic, but luckily his abilities, such as climbing, balance it out. In general, Sonic and Knuckles, especially when locked on with Sonic 3, is an excellent game, and a must-buy for fans of the 'hog!