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is a platform video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. The third main game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, it was released for the Sega Genesis in North America, Europe, and Australia in February 1994, and in Japan three months later. Following the events of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'', Dr. Robotnik's spaceship, the Death Egg, crash-lands on a mysterious floating island. There, Sonic and Tails must once more retrieve the Chaos Emeralds to stop Death Egg from relaunching, while making rounds with the island's guardian, Knuckles the Echidna. Development of ''Sonic 3'' began shortly after the release of ''Sonic 2'' in November 1992. It was developed simultaneously with ''Sonic & Knuckles''; the games were originally developed as a single game until time constraints and cartridge costs forced the team to split it in two. The ''Sonic & Knuckles'' cartridge features "lock-on" technology that allows it to be physically attached to the ''Sonic 3'' cartridge, creating a combined game, ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''. As with its two predecessors, ''Sonic 3'' was a critical and commercial success, with critics seeing it as an improvement over previous installments. It sold 1.02 million copies in the United States; though this makes it one of the best-selling Genesis games, its predecessors, bundled with the Genesis in some regions, had sold a combined 21 million. The game has been re-released in compilations and download releases for various platforms, including ''Sonic Mega Collection'' for the GameCube and ''Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection'' for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. ==Plot== After Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower defeat Dr. Robotnik at the end of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'', his space station, the Death Egg, crash-lands on a mystical floating landmass called Angel Island. As Robotnik begins to repair the damaged station, he meets up with Knuckles the Echidna. Knuckles is the last surviving member of an ancient echidna civilization that once inhabited the island, as well as the guardian of the Chaos Emeralds, which grant the island its levitation powers.〔''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'' (Genesis) instruction manual, p. 4.〕 Knowing Sonic and Tails will try to track him down and realizing he can use the emeralds to power the ship, Robotnik dupes Knuckles into believing Sonic is trying to steal the emeralds. Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails approach Angel Island in their biplane the ''Tornado''. Sonic, possessing the emeralds from the events of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'', jumps off the plane and turns into Super Sonic, zooming towards the island. When they arrive, Knuckles ambushes Sonic from underground and knocks the Chaos Emeralds from him, returning him to normal; he then steals the emeralds from them and disappears inland.〔 As Sonic and Tails travel through the levels, they frequently encounter Knuckles, who hinders their progress with various traps. At the Launch Base Zone, Sonic uses a spare Egg-O-Matic to travel to the Death Egg, and ends up encountering Knuckles on a girder. As usual, Knuckles tries to stop Sonic, but is defeated when the Death Egg re-launches and the girder collapses, sending Knuckles plummeting into the water. Sonic continues to a deck on the Death Egg, where he fights and defeats Robotnik's Big Arm machine. The Death Egg is damaged and falls out of orbit, after which it explodes.〔This is retconned in ''Sonic & Knuckles'', where the Death Egg is shown to have collapsed on Angel Island rather than being outright destroyed.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonic the Hedgehog 3」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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