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Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega
02 February 1994
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603 Ratings / 1 Reviews
#521 All-time
#11 for 1994
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2D platformer#46 Fantasy#189 Science fiction#146
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Rolling platformer Aquatic
After the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic and Tails find themselves on a mysterious floating island where they must gather the chaos emeralds to prevent Dr. Robotnik's Death Egg station from relaunching. Their mission becomes more difficult, though, as they encounter the island's powerful echidna guardian, Knuckles, who is determined to keep the emeralds under his protection at all costs.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
1994 • Sonic Team Sega  
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Sonic 3
1994 • Sonic Team Sega  
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ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ3
1994 • Sonic Team Sega  
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Insanely Good
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 is extremely well made and polished. It's refreshing after playing Sonic CD where the level design was extremely inconsistent and sloppy

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 was meant to be Sega's magnum opus for the Genesis Sonic series. It was gonna be twice as long as any other Sonic game prior, it was gonna have stunning new visuals and an interesting story. However, due to hardware limitations, Sonic The Hedgehog 3 was split into two games. I'll be reviewing the first half. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 is insanely good. None of the Zones felt stupid and were all consistently good.

This game introduces the Master Emerald, Angel Island, and the newest addition to the cast, Knuckles The Echidna who serves as a semi-antagonist since he was manipulated by Dr. Robotnik into believing that Sonic and Tails are after the Master Emerald, something he must protect.

Tails is playable here and is an easy mode. But he also can tag along with Sonic as he did in Sonic The Hedgehog 2. Knuckles is also playable. He is the slowest, but he can glide and climb walls which makes him the most traversable character.

After collecting the 7 Chaos Emeralds (Which can be done by finding hidden rings), you can become Super Sonic like in the Sonic The Hedgehog 2. However, Tails and Knuckles also have Super forms this time around

The music is also really well done and some of it was worked on by Michael Jackson (Which is a huge reason why we don't see this game re-released as much as the others). Still a great soundtrack but I wouldn't say it is better than Sonic CD.

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 is a fantastically made game filled to the brim with personality and charm. Truly it is the best 2D Sonic game yet
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Sonic 3 really is somewhere between Sonic 1 and 2, while 3 does make improvements and is pretty much a direct sequel to 2, at the same time I just didn't find it as good. The level design wasn't quite as memorable, the game was way too short for its own good, and I didn't find the soundtrack as memorable. I know maybe not growing up with this one might have some to do with that, but I feel like Sonic 2 was such a memorable game that this had a lot to expect, and it overall is a good Sonic game, but not as good as 2. Hell I'll even call this the 2nd best Sonic game in the series, but it still leaves a lot to be desired.
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MiriamMendelsohn Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-10-02T22:48:54Z
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plexure Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-26T15:09:18Z
Mega Drive/Genesis • XNA / XSA
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kxpedro Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-26T14:01:27Z
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BoreCanal Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-25T18:48:48Z
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MyNameIsPretzels Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-24T23:55:34Z
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Kowareta99 ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ3 2023-09-24T07:03:26Z
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oddpast Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-11T22:24:48Z
2023-09-11T22:24:48Z
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GMMASTER Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-11T12:00:37Z
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4.0
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GMMASTER Sonic 3 2023-09-11T11:59:58Z
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2023-09-11T11:59:58Z
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holograms Sonic 3 2023-09-09T19:09:11Z
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TheSilentH Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-08T16:46:20Z
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Hades1979 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2023-09-05T23:16:37Z
2023-09-05T23:16:37Z
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  • xAlisonxMossx 2020-10-19 20:47:08.922552+00
    this is so obviously better than Sonic 2, don't get the rating
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    • viadilmountains 2021-03-04 16:01:53.774985+00
      Because this game is better when you add Sonic & Knuckles so you have the real Sonic 3 that developers meant to gave initially.
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  • lowplacelikehome 2021-07-13 15:56:14.311245+00
    Lost count of how many times I beat this. The worst Boss was that frustrating barrel roll in Carnival Night Zone
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    • zod_ 2022-05-17 20:26:30.375769+00
      i never got this complaint. i figured out the barrel in like 5 seconds. it really isn't that hard to get the gist of it. dumbest complaint in video game history that everyone seems to make because we haven't grown as a demographic since the days of mid 2000s youtube reviewers that would complain about anything.
    • omo_ree 2023-08-22 16:53:16.983253+00
      I think the Act 1 boss was worse than that bcz i didnt know you can jump on it at first
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  • TheDavidLol 2021-08-03 20:00:55.061868+00
    I'm not rating this individually due to the fact that this is literally just half of a game. S3&K is the real Sonic 3.
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  • xdsocko 2021-08-07 23:53:18.254013+00
    such a well made and polished game, S3&K is an amazing video game and most likely my favourite sonic games
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  • MasterTHG 2022-04-22 21:15:39.636297+00
    McDonalds split Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles into separate games
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  • omo_ree 2023-08-21 17:05:55.141461+00
    i got more lost in marble garden than any sonic cd level and i'm not exaggerating
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