Mushroom Hill also takes its name from the Sonic 3 level select, 'Mushroom Valley', and a new transition takes you from there straight to Sandopolis if Flying Battery is moved away from its normal position.Ī large number of tweaks and bugfixes have been made to smooth over rare and common issues from the original game. When moving from Flying Battery to Icecap, the snowboard sequence (as Sonic) involves the broken exit door from Flying Battery, as it was also once planned. Sonic 3 Complete features an option to restore it to that position, with a suitably altered night sky, and a further optional change to the indoor color scheme to match the unused save screen icon from Sonic 3 (which has also been restored). It is confirmed by the original game's staff that Flying Battery Zone was originally intended to be played between Carnival Night and Icecap, but was moved around late in the development of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Perhaps most notably of all, the transition between the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles halves of the game is much improved, restoring Sonic 3's Final Boss, Big Arm, for Sonic and Tails at the end of Launch Base, and providing a cutscene based on the Sonic & Knuckles title screen to bridge the gap.įor those who aren't so set on Sonic 3 being the better half, it is possible to revert most of these changes using menu options or patches, and even to apply different musical configurations when playing the separate Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles halves. Launch Base's tricky traps are hence restored to their full power, and watching your step during the Hydrocity wall chase is well advised. As such, the default setup for Sonic 3 Complete restores Sonic 3's audio and visual style for the whole game, including, amongst other things, the original main game themes, Knuckles' iconic Jacksonesque drumbeat and associated miniboss theme, the reflective lack of music in zone transitions, the original title cards and a lack of 'and Knuckles!' exclamations glued in wherever possible.įor the Sonic 3 zones, the original object layouts are available, and are used by default in most cases. The primary inspiration for the project's creation was the idea that Sonic 3's presentation got a lot of things right that Sonic & Knuckles changed for the worse. Original Sonic 3 (final) Launch Base layout The following is a summary of some of the most notable changes included in Sonic 3 Complete. 1.5 Alternative Gameplay and Sonic Jam features.

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