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    Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Feb 02, 1994

    Play as Sonic or Tails to chase down Doctor Robotnik/Eggman once again. This time Sonic must also face a new enemy, Knuckles the Echidna.

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    4.3 stars

    Average score of 6 user reviews

    Sonic the hedgehog 3 is the best of the 3 0

    Sonic the hedgehog 3 is the best of the 3. Not only you can play as Sonic but as Tails as well. You get 2x more game play, Tail can fly to places Sonic cant and Sonic and use special attacks when he has 1 of the fore fields on him. The evil villain is his game is a different hedgehog name Knuckles. He is super fast as Sonic and he has the ability to fly. The graphs are great just as in 2 but the bonus levels have improved. The bonus levels have more of a 3d likeness to it. In the bonus levels yo...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    A Worthy Title in the Sonic Franchise 0

    PROS: Retains Sonic's familiar gameplay with added improvementsA save system to replay levels and collect emeralds.Great music.CONS:  The game is short, having only six zones unless locked on to Sonic & Knuckles.       Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the 4th installment of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Sega Team and was released first on the Sega Genesis as the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Following the ending of Sonic 2, the main antagonist, Dr. Ivo Robotnik survives his pr...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Sonic 3 is a very good Sonic title and one of the best 0

    Sonic 3 is a continuation of the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy so how good is it.The story is after the Death Egg Eggmans flying fortress Crashes onto the Floating Island and ends up finding the gurdian and newcomer to the series Knuckles the Echidna. Dr Eggman convinces Knuckles that Sonic is the enemy and as Sonic and Tails investagate Knuckles out of nowhere knocks Sonic out of his Super form and takes the Chaos Emeralds and he shows up at certain parts to halt Sonics progress. So its up to Soni...

    0 out of 0 found this review helpful.

    An Awesome Sequel 0

    Almost reaching the same, unbelievable calibur that the old classic 1992 game known as, "Sonic the Hedgehog 2," came to, Sonic 3 manages to bring a stylish new look to the franchise with new music, new jingles, and new power-ups... and a great new echidna character with a really cool background. Sonic 3's got a few new tricks up its sleeves by reusing old ones. The level design wonderfully recycles old gameplay parts and reinvents them for new purposes, and even includes yet another new speci...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    With a greater emphasis on genuine platforming than its predecessor, Sonic 3 was a step in the right direction. 0

    Editor’s Note: For those of you who don’t know, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is actually the first half of a full game, Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Due to time constraints, Sonic Team decided to release the full game into two separate games in order to retain the full experience. However, they still charged top dollar for each game, and even today, playing through the full Sonic 3 & Knuckles experience often requires either buying both games separately, or playing through each game separatel...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Lock on tech 0

    There are two major reasons why the game is wroth the fame. Michael Jackson's involvement of music theme and lock on technology. The original game for the Genesis has an open flap for Sonic and Knuckles so that two games can become one. You don't get that on any others....

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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