Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Sega Genesis

Pros: Tails is functional!
Cons: The Carnival Night Zone music! Ugh!

Deciding what the best Sonic the Hedgehog game in the popular series is can be a difficult task, but Sonic the Hedgehog 3 brings plenty to the table for one hell of an opening statement. While Sonic 3 doesn't contain quite as many levels as Sonic 2, it ...

Pros: Oh so much fun.
Cons: I pity those who don't have Sonic & Knuckles to go with it.

I don’t remember how or when we got the third Sonic the Hedgehog. I’m not even sure what year we bought our Sega Genesis. What I do know is that I loved the game then and I love it now. I’ve sold off all our other old Sega games, but no ...

Pros: Actually manages to improve upon it's great prequels
Cons: A bit short

When you take into account just how many people owned, and still own, the first two Sonic games, I can't help but feel that Sonic The Hedgehog 3 was at least slightly a failure for Sega. While it may not be a failure in terms of quality, ...

Pros: it's a great game
Cons: lousy ending

Well continuing down the list of Sonic games in my Sonic mega collection, I have now arrived at Sonic the Hedgehog 3. While I do have this game in Sonic and Knuckles collection on my PC, I am going to review just Sonic 3 and not Knuckles this time.
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Pros: Improved graphics, excellent soundtrack, all-new file saving system, new gameplay elements
Cons: A tad too short, file-saving equals dumbed-down gameplay, boring two-player modes

Certainly the Sonic The Hedgehog series has evolved vastly since his first appearance in the early 90s. Releasing four years later from the original release, it's evident that Sega has a plan going with the Sonic series, doing what needs to be done to...

Pros: A lot more entertaining that the games before it
Cons: The versus part of the game isn't all that fun like Sonic 2's

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a really great game. Sega greatly improves this part of the Sonic ser ...