Sonic the Hedgehog 3

This game is so awesome. It has 6 save files plus a no save mode for longplays or speedruns, it has tons of creative zones, Tails can now fly, it's so good. Sure, the level select is very hard to get, it's still a great game. Not as good as Sonic 3 & Knuckles, or Sonic & Knuckles alone, it's still great.

"Sonic 3 & Knuckles" is one of the most epic games I've ever played. Knuckles' story tends to be more dramatic, what with the 'shadowy Dr. Eggman' (Dr.Eggman/Robotnik with a helmet on), fighting Metallix (AKA Mecha Sonic, AKA Metal Sonic) twice and finding fun hidden passages around the ruins of Angel Island that Sonic and Tails can neither access (unless you're using the handy-dandy debug setting). There isn't an act in the game that I don't love, but my absolute favorite is The Doomsday Zone Act 2 in which starts out in silence with Sonic/Tails/Knuckles spinning through one of the reverse polarity machines (Which turns the sprite of your choice upside down). Many SNES "Donky Kong Country" fans hate the soundtrack to this game because DKC had more dimension. I, for one, wish that a composer and a DJ would collabarate and turn the tunes into music preformed by live instuments.

I feel influences of Michael Jackson's "Keep it in the Closet" in the Carnival Night Zone theme and I'm feeling a bit of Phil Collins' 'Both Sides' album style and Genesis' 'We Can't Dance' album style mixed in the 2-player selection music. A lovely mix of music and epic gaming that after 10 years I still cannot put down.

I played this game on the Genesis Sega collection! It's so much fun and super amazing.

Sonic 3 takes off exactly where the second phenominal game ended, like the back the future movies, where we land on Angel Island after the Death Egg gets blown to pieces, and there's the sweet music playing, where all the animals fly to paradise. This game has Knuckles, an annoying cocky enemy who picks on Sonic, and is was convinced here that Sonic's his enemy. This games the shortest and easiest in the series, and back in the day I would of been so excited to own it, it's my least favorite in the series, although there's a new sound when you get an extra life, and when you get the spheres that make it so nothing can hurt you temporarily. The final boss on Launch Base zone is easy. first he's Robotnik going up and down with a few small moons, then he comes back big, with a pointed long spike claw that can grab you and take all your rings away, and continues are hardest to get here, you have to save the game. There are six zones, with only two acts: Angel Island, Hydrocity, Marble Garden, Carnival, ice Cap, and Launch Base zone. On Ice Cap zone, is the most amazing, special level on the game, you get to go extreme skiing into an ice cave, which is the level.

"SONIC 3" (1994) is a fast, vibrant game that boasts incredible level designs, a soundtrack with plenty of texture, new and interesting special stages, and a lot of abilities for players to get their teeth into. Although the levels are bigger and more elaborate than the first two games "SONIC 3" should give any Sonic The Hedgehog fans much of the same stuff they enjoy.

This was the first game I ever completed 100% and it means a great deal to me but I have to say it isn't as complete a package as it's predecessors. Somehow it doesn't have the lovable soul that "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG" (1991) and "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2" (1992) had and that's sad. The music, while very good in the moment, isn't as memorable or fun. The levels are often very fiddly, getting in the way of speed.

But it's still a great entry into the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise and I certainly recommend it.