As with the previous games, it is a side-scrolling platformer based around speed. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the third in the Sonic series of games. With Knuckles tricked and trying to stop the heroes at every turn, will they be able to stop Robotnik in time? Robotnik needs them to repair the Death Egg, so he tells the guardian of Floating Island, Knuckles the Echidna, that Sonic and Tails are there to steal them.
Robotnik's Death Egg has crash-landed on Floating Island, so called because it harnesses the power of the Chaos Emeralds to float in the air.
