Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition
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| Fast Facts on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition |
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Publisher: Sega |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition, referred to as Sonic 3 + in notes for Sonic Mars, was going to be a compilation of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles for the Sega Genesis. This would be similar to what happens when locking the two games together with Sonic & Knuckles Lock-On Technology. It would essentially be Sonic 3 & Knuckles but it would have been contained in a single cartridge and thus probably would have had a cheaper price. It is unknown whether it would have had a port allowing for Lock-On Technology so compatibility with other cartridges is also unknown. If that port were not included then playing as Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 or playing the extending Sonic 3 special stage called Blue Sphere would not have been possible. Ultimately the game was cancelled.
Two foreign magazines, SEGA Magazin and Famitsu, refer to the game. Sega Magazin mentions that the game would be released in addition to the standard Sonic 3 game. Famitusu mentions that the game would be 24 Mbit. The game was also mentioned in an issue of Mean Machines Sega.
Two possible prototypes of this game were released by drx on February 23, 2008. The earliest can be found here and the later build can be found here.
 Sonic 3+ mentioned in Sonic Mars script. |
| Scrapped Sonic the Hedgehog Games |
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| Sonic's Edusoft (Master System) | Sonic-16 (Mega Drive) | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition (Mega Drive) | Sonic Jr. (Pico) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD (Sega CD) | Sonic Saturn (Saturn) | Sonic DS (Nintendo DS) Sonic X-treme incarnations: Mega Drive Version (Mega Drive) Sonic Mars (32X), Sonic X-treme (Saturn) |
| Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and add-ons |
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| Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) | Sonic Eraser (1991) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) | Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) | Sonic Spinball (16-bit) (1993) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) | Sonic & Knuckles (1994) | Knuckles' Chaotix (1995) | Sonic Classics (1995) | Mega 6 Volume 3 (1995) | 6-Pak (1996) | Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (1996) |
| Pre-release Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and add-ons |
| Sonic 2 (16-bit) Prereleases | Sonic the Hedgehog CD Prereleases | Sonic Spinball (16-bit prototype) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (prototype) | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Prereleases | Sonic & Knuckles Prereleases | Knuckles in Sonic 2 Prereleases | Knuckles' Chaotix Prereleases | Sonic 3D (16-bit) Prereleases |
| Scrapped Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and add-ons |
| Sonic-16 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD |
