Sonic 3D Blast

Description

While visiting Flicky Island, Sonic notices that the Flckies, his small, feathered friends, were captured and turned into badniks (the robot enemies of Sonic) by Dr. Robotnik in his never ending quest for the Chaos Emeralds, as they live and are able to travel between parallel worlds. Seven levels separate Sonic from the final showdown with Robotnik.

Sonic 3D was the last Sonic title released for the Mega Drive, the only platforming presence of the blue blur in the Sega Saturn and one or the rare presences in Personal Computers. The title, considering the era it was released, is somewhat misleading, as instead of full blown 3D graphics it uses an isometric view where Sonic can move not only forwards and backwards, but also left and right.

Gameplay is much slower when compared to other games in the series, and the number of badniks is reduced to five on each section. As usual, when Sonic destroys one badnik, one creature leaps free from it's insides, but this time Sonic has to pick him up and lead them to an interdimensional ring. While they can be taken one by one, exploring the level with all five allow the player to reach for otherwise inaccessible continue tokens. Unlike all other previous games, time isn't a requirement: if the player completes a level in more than 10 minutes, it would only mean there would be no time bonus at the end. Finally, to collect all seven Chaos Emeralds, Sonic first must find Tails or Knuckles and offer them at least 50 rings.

Alternate Titles

• "Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island" -- European name

Part of the Following Group

• Sonic the Hedgehog universe

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User Reviews

An embarrassment to Sonic.	Windows	Satoshi Kunsai (1852)
Craptacular	Genesis	MegaMegaMan (337)
Action	Genesis	attilathehun (4)

The Press Says

PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1997		100
CD-Action	Windows	Nov, 1997	8 out of 10	80
Entertainment Weekly	Genesis	Dec 13, 1996	B	75
All Game Guide	SEGA Saturn	1998		70
GameSpot	SEGA Saturn	Dec 12, 1996	7 out of 10	70
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1997	67 out of 100	67
Game Revolution	SEGA Saturn	Jun 06, 2004	C+	58
IMPLANTgames	SEGA Saturn	Sep 10, 2009	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Sep 09, 2001	C-	42
GameSpot	Wii	Dec 12, 2007	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

The Bonus Stages are different between the three versions. In the Mega Drive version, you travel across a bridge collecting Rings while avoiding spike balls. In the PC version, you move along a halfpipe, again collecting rings and avoiding spikes. In the Saturn version, you travel across a polygonal tube, which has spike balls, speed boosters, a whirling tube, springs, bottomless pits, and (of course) rings. In my opinion the Saturn version has the best Bonus Stages of the three versions.