Now, four years too late, Sega is finally starting to get 3D Sonic right, and Sonic Heroes is the highly likeable result. Sure they had their moments, but they were hardly the must-have masterpieces you expect from a company mascot. Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 - the first Sonic games in 3D - were a bit shit. I'm not talking about all the rubbish merchandise he's spawned over the years, but the fact that he may well have killed off the Dreamcast. Sonic & Knuckles levels are the same, with one exception: the Mushroom Hill Zone is slightly extended at the beginning, has one supplementary Giant Ring (or, in Knuckles' case, two), and gets an intro to tie the level to Sonic 3's Launch Base Zone (Sonic is airlifted in by Tails, Knuckles falls down after having jumped from an exploding platform).Sonic the Hedgehog has a lot to answer for. Sonic and Tails skips the final boss of Launch Base, while Knuckles still has to do it (although he skips the first true boss of Launch Base). There are slight differences in object placement in some of the Sonic 3 Zones (Launch Base especially). Knuckles' levels are different from Sonic's and Tails' in most cases, with new areas and bosses. Passing a star post makes all 3 Bonus Stages from both games available, including the slot machine stage (20-34 rings required), magnetic orbs stage (35вЂ“49 rings required), and the gumball machine (50вЂ“65 rings required). Thus, the songs that were different between Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles (which include the title screen, 1-up, and invincibility sounds, as well as the mid-level boss music, Knuckles' theme and end credits theme) play the Sonic & Knuckles version. The music used in Sonic & Knuckles is used in the combined game. It also shows the amount of Emeralds collected. Save slots now display information about continues and lives remaining. Game progress can be saved in Sonic & Knuckles by using Sonic 3's save feature (there are now 8 save slots instead of 6). There are also several other notable differences when playing these two combined games. Tails has no Hyper form, but the Super Emeralds are needed for him to transform into Super Tails, as the Chaos Emeralds alone have no effect on him. When these Emeralds are collected, Hidden Palace Zone will become available, and Sonic can transform into Hyper Sonic and Knuckles can transform into Hyper Knuckles. The final boss of Sonic 3 is also omitted for Sonic and Tails.ДЄfter collecting all the Chaos Emeralds of Sonic 3 a new quest becomes available when entering the first special Stage in Mushroom Hill Zone which allows you to collect seven new Emeralds called 'Super Emeralds'. Once these levels are completed the Death Egg falls off screen intact instead of being destroyed, and then the play continues straight to the levels of Sonic & Knuckles. Also, all of the levels from both games are accessible, starting from Sonic 3. Knuckles is playable in the Sonic 3 levels and Tails becomes available in the Sonic & Knuckles levels. There are several noticeable differences when playing the games combined. In Sonic Classic Collection, for unknown reasons, the game was renamed to Knuckles in Sonic 3. It acts as one large combined game and all the levels from Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles become available. Sonic 3 & Knuckles is a game that results when Sonic 3 is locked-on to Sonic & Knuckles via Lock-On Technology.

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