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2 Sonic games in one year! How privileged are we? Well, not very, because once you use the lock on feature and connect Sonic 3, you get the game we should have gotten the first time. There are a few things that separate this from the Sonic 3 that Japan had, one major one being that now you play as Knuckles in Sonic 2. Sounds pretty neat, but there is a drawback to this to be mentioned later. Don’t get me wrong, this game is as good as the earlier Sonic adventures. This is his 4th hit game on this system. Sonic is a platform game, which is unlike any other. It is unique due to its speed. No other game is as fast paced as Sonic in this genre. Character graphics are exactly the same as Sonic 3. The backgrounds are superb, with lots of color and a very atmospheric feel to them. The enemies are drawn great, and the sub-bosses and bosses are even better. The tradition of great music tracks continues as S&K brings in some great tunes (my favorite is the Death Egg one). Other than the great music, the sound remains at its high quality too, although a lot remains the same from Sonic 3, which in actual fact is not a bad thing. The story picks up where Sonic 3 left off. The Death Egg has crash landed on Angel Island. In order to make his ship operational, Dr Robotnik needs an extraordinarily large amount of energy. The island which he has landed on is the home to the Master Emerald, an emerald which has enough power to make the Death Egg fully operational once more. Knuckles has turned against Dr Robotnik, after discovering his plan to steal the Master Emerald, a special chaos emerald which is keeping Angel Island, Knuckles’ home, afloat. Without the emerald, the island will fall into the sea. On its own, S&K plays exactly like Sonic 3, except that you now can play as Knuckles. It still has all the same old chaos emerald stuff. Knuckles and Sonic have different paths through the game at a certain point too. But throw Sonic 3 into the mix, and this becomes without a doubt the best Sonic game ever. It's really long, really hard and there is so much to do. It also has the added challenge of getting 14 chaos emeralds, to become Hyper Sonic, Hyper Knuckles, or Super Tails. Still once its all done, its all done. S&K on its own is just the same as any other Sonic, except with longer levels. For once, there is some difference between each player’s quest. S3&K is long, and then you throw the chaos emeralds into the mix. But the main complaint is that we were forking out extra money for the other half of something we got 6 months earlier. With Sonic 3 in together, its probably the best game on the system, period.
8/10
