had caught
Sonic and Tails off guard, and He had dropped all 7 chaos emeralds he was
carrying. Knuckles stole all these, for truthfully, they had originally
belonged to the island he was on. Sonic and Tails had been left helpless on
the unfamiliar island, and had to brave all the elements the island had to
offer. More like a small world, traveling across Angel Island was no easy
task. Along the way, Sonic had regained all the chaos emeralds and could
transform into Super Sonic at any time he had over 50 power rings. (the
earliest point in the game you could become super sonic is carnival night).
As he progressed throughout the island, he came across a secret realm in
which the master emerald was held. Surrounding the master emerald were super
emeralds. Sonic acquired these super emeralds, and for the first time in
Sonic history, Hyper Sonic was born. Hyper Sonic is an
actual term meaning mach 3. By the time Sonic had reached this realm
known as secret palace, he had settled the fight with Knuckles and they both
realized the real enemy was Dr. Robotnik. As the Doctor stole the Master
Emerald, he retreated to his "Death Egg". With the ultimate power source
that was the master emerald, Dr. Robotnik finally had a powerful enough
energy supplier to let him take over the world with the Death Egg. Little
did Sonic, Tails, or Robotnik know that the Master Emerald was what kept
Angel Island unique from all other islands. Angel Island was a floating
island that was kept up by the power that emitted from the Master Emerald.
Knuckles had been wounded in trying to protect the M.E. and could no longer
go on, he put his past aside for the good of the island, and showed Sonic
the way to the "Sky Sanctuary" which was the only way to reach Dr. Robotnik
now. Battling his way up the now "badnik" infested Sky Sanctuary, Sonic
finally reached the Death Egg. In a final match with all Eggman's
technology, with the power of the master, super, and chaos emeralds, Sonic
emerged victorious. As the Death Egg fell into the ocean and Robotnik's
plans finally thwarted, Sonic and Tails returned the Master Emerald to Angel
Island, and watched it rise up into the sky. Knuckles ultimate destiny is to
protect this emerald with his life now. If you wish to know more about
Knuckles and his situation you may check out the
character profiles
and find out all there is to know. Overall Rating:
Audio
The music in this game is a perfect example of the classic videogame "pixilated" music. You'll know what I mean if you hear it. You can find examples of this in the Media/audio/mp3 section of Sonic Ultimate. I'm a huge fan of "old school" gaming, so this is one reason I give all my 5 to the audio section.
Game play
Perhaps one of the easiest to control Sonic games. All 2 dimensional Sonic games were much easier to control than the 3D ones. I must say though, even while super and hyper Sonic, one could control Sonic with no problem. Not much to critique when it's just all good.
Story
Out of all the Sonic games, I have two favorite storylines. Sonic CD is one of them, and Sonic 3&K is most definitely the other. These storylines fit so well into what's happening, and it explains details as it does so. Sonic and Knuckles first confrontation here will prove repetitive after this game, and shows how stubborn big red is. The summary describes the story fairly well if you wish to know more.
Replay Factor
I believe other Sonic games should have taken after this one's example. The idea of letting Sonic transform at any time during any level was the very epitome of "fun" Destroying enemies, and flying into the air at high speeds is just what people would find interesting about Sonic. His speed gives him the edge, and being two to three times faster with invincibility was all that this game needed to have a great replay factor.
