Sonic Triple Trouble
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Publisher: Sega |
Sonic Triple Trouble (called Sonic & Tails 2 in Japan) was released in November 1994. Just like Sonic Chaos, you can play as either Sonic or Tails. Unlike Sonic Chaos, this game was exclusively released for the Game Gear and no Sega Master System version was ever made. This game was the debut of Fang the Sniper, and Knuckles the Echidna's first appearance in a Game Gear game. There was an Archie comics adaption of this game which not only featured Nack the Weasel but also Vector the Crocodile and Octobot, which was published in October 1995.
Sonic Triple Trouble was developed by Aspect Co. Ltd, just like Sonic 2, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Blast and Tails Adventure.
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Gameplay
This exclusive Game Gear game is much larger in size than its predecessors. The gameplay experience is much more in line with the Sonic games of the Genesis.
This is the first Sonic game in which all of the players rings are not lost after getting hurt. In this game, during any act of Zone 1, 2, or 6, or the first act of any other Zone, each hit will take away 30 rings. In the second act of Zone 3, 4, or 5, 50 rings will be lost.
Two characters are also available for play, Sonic or Tails. Sonic has the ability to do the Spin Dash (
+ jump) and the Super Peel-Out (
+ jump) as he does in Sonic Chaos. Tails has the ability of flight, which is still done by pressing and jump from a standing position. There are also two new power-ups introduced, these are character exclusive so they cannot be used by both characters.
The game contains 6 Chaos Emeralds total, 5 of which are collected in Special Stages. To access a Special Stage, find the Warp Gate Item monitor: there's a single Gate hidden in the first two Acts of each Zone. If there at least 50 rings in the inventory when the Warp Gat Item monitor is broken a circle of stars appears which is the entry way to the Special Stage. There are three sidescrolling special stages and two 3rd person stages in which Sonic pilots the Tornado collecting rings. The last Emerald is obtained automatically after defeating Robotnik in the final level.
Items
The Pogo Spring and Rocket shoes from Sonic Chaos return. Warp Gates new to the game and grant the player the ability to warp to the Special stage if 50 rings are collected before breaking it. There are two vehicles, the Screw Shoes in Tidal Plant, and Snowboard in Robotnik Winter which can only be used by Sonic. The Rocket Shoes are also a Sonic only item. Tails has an exclusive item called the High Speed Helitail which acts the same as Sonics Rocket Shoes. There are also Time Item boxes which can be found in the side scrolling Bonus Stages and will revert the time back to 1:30.
End Level Panel
At the end of Acts 1 and 2 of each level, a panel is spun, with a reward given based on what it lands on:
- Flicky: No prize.
- Ring: 10 rings added to final ring tally.
- Sonic: Sonic gets a 1-up, Tails gets 10,000 points.
- Tails: Tails gets a 1-up, Sonic gets 10,000 points.
- Knuckles: A continue is rewarded.
- Chaos Emerald: Start the next act with 50 rings.
- Back of Panel: The panel must be spun again.
Manuals
Also Released On
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut for the Gamecube (2003)
- Sonic Gems Collection for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony Playstation 2 (2005)
- Coleco Sonic for Coleco plug and play (2006)
- Playpal Plug and Play for the Coleco Plug and play console (2006)
Production Credits
Producer: M. Hoko
Director: K. Hase
Staff: M. Sima, N. Honda, Saori K., T. Ihoroi, S. Higashi, O. Kodera, Toshiaki, K. Oikawa, H. Sai, K. Mixa, Sukioka, M. Tatsu, Tomoko, Fumi, Yoshiki
Composer: Yayoi F.
Thanks: H. Kojima, Y. Furuta, Hayato T., N. Taidai, K. Unoki, Ray F., J. Spahn, N. Katoh, R. Somaki, J. Misima, Y. Okitsu, T. Tanaka, Manabu M. and You
Physical Scans
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Europe
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Japan
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| Sonic Triple Trouble |
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| Main Article | Enemies | Bosses | Game Secrets | Bugs | SCHG | Cheat Codes |
| Levels in Sonic Triple Trouble |
| Great Turquoise Zone | Sunset Park Zone | Meta Junglira Zone | Robotnik Winter Zone | Tidal Plant Zone | Atomic Destroyer Zone | Special Stage |
| Sonic games for the Sega Game Gear and Master System |
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| Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) | Sonic Chaos (1993) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) | Sonic Drift (1994) | Sonic Spinball (1994) | Sonic Triple Trouble (1994) | Sonic Drift 2 (1995) | Tails' Skypatrol (1995) | Tails Adventures (1995) | Sonic Labyrinth (1995) | Sonic 2 in 1 (1995) | Sonic Blast (1996) |
| Pre-release Sonic games for the Sega Game Gear and Master System |
| Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear prototype) | Sonic Drift (demo) | Sonic Spinball (8-bit) Prereleases | Sonic Triple Trouble Prereleases | Sonic Blast Prereleases |
| Scrapped Sonic games for the Sega Game Gear and Master System |
| Sonic's Edusoft (1991) |
