NAME: Sonic 3
SYSTEM: Sega Genesis
MAKER: Sega
PRODUCER: Yuji Naka
GENRE: Action/Platform

GRAPHICS: 9. Good, and on-par with S&K
MUSIC: 9. Some under-emphasized "rap," but I like most of it, especially the Carnival zone
FUN: 7. Not near as good as S&K, but not awful
REPLAY: 1. NO reason whatsoever
DIFFICULTY: 8. Tough bosses
ENDING: 2. It's credits...
STORYLINE: 7. Introduced the now-famous Floating Island
MULTIPLAYER: 6. Tails flying you around is exceedingly handy
ORIGINALITY: 5. Another Sonic
REALISM: 7. 3-Dish, but the special stages are awesome
CONTROL: 6. Tails' flying is jerky
MATURITY: 6. Nice... uh... half-rap

There's an odd story behind Sonic 3. See, at first, Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were going 
to be one game, but in order to get it out on time, they took out some levels and the 
ability to use Knuckles, etc. Those "lost levels" were put together in Sonic & Knuckles; 
however, Yuji Naka (Sonic's creator) realized that the two combined games would be awesome, 
as he had originally intended. Thus, Lock-On technology was born, and the rest is history. 
Anyway, I have to admit that Sonic & Knuckles is a lot better than Sonic 3. The entire game 
seems like a learning experience, then you get tossed into a boss battle and you're dead. 
I don't really have much to say about this game. I reccomend getting it ONLY if you have 
S&K, otherwise, take a rain check on this one.

OVERALL: ******* 70%

Reviewed on 4/1/1999