Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

This page is about the combined game using Lock-On Technology. For the individual games when not locked-on, see Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles is a 1994 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA for the Sega Genesis. The third major game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, it is actually a combination of two separate games that were developed at the same time using lock-on technology - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles. The combined Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles has been played twice by The D-Pad - once in 2011, as the 4th game of Sonic Week and again in 2016 as the 18th game in The Super Sonic Let's Play.

Episodes

Sonic Week

« preceded by Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | followed by Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I »

Video	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentators	Original release date	YouTube rerelease date
22	1	"Echidnas Are Fucked Up"	9:31	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	16 September 2011
John takes over once more to kick off Sonic 3 & Knuckles, collecting two Chaos Emeralds on his way through the first act of Angel Island Zone. At the same time, the group discuss the better Sonic games of the 2000s.
23	2	"I Take Your Silence as Agreement"	9:37	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	19 September 2011
Rick brings up the development of Sonic 3 & Knuckles while John clears the second act of Angel Island Zone and picks up a further two Chaos Emeralds.
24	3	"Strong Colon"	6:31	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	20 September 2011
John grabs a fifth Chaos Emerald and completes Hydrocity Zone Act 1.
25	4	"Oh Buoy"	10:38	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	21 September 2011
John has a close call in a special stage, but narrowly succeeds and gets the sixth Chaos Emerald. He goes on to beat Hydrocity Zone Act 2, as Rick and C/J get into a heated debate over the pronunciation of the word "buoy".
26	5	"My Dick Hasn't Been Sucked in Quite Some Time Today"	7:26	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	22 September 2011
John works his way through Marble Garden Zone Act 1, but has some trouble with the seventh special stage, failing two separate attempts throughout the level.
27	6	"Clumsily"	9:53	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	23 September 2011
John continues to struggle through Marble Garden Zone, having difficulty with the second act and continuing to fail at the seventh special stage.
28	7	"Selig the Ceiling, Also Selig the Floor"	9:31	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	26 September 2011
After almost getting lost in the first act of Carnival Night Zone, John finally obtains the seventh Chaos Emerald. However, he is immediately crushed as Super Sonic while fighting the level's midboss, requiring a second attempt to move on to Act 2.
29	8	"Billy Is a Malicious Little Prick"	13:38	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	28 September 2011
John gets confused by the beginning of Carnival Night Zone Act 2, but eventually uses Super Sonic to rush through the rest of the level and the first act of Icecap Zone. Rick and C/J talk about Michael Jackson's involvement in the music of Sonic 3.
30	9	"Just Trying to Get Tails to Kill Himself"	15:30	John	Rick, C/J	23 June 2011 (2011-06-23)	28 September 2011
Despite being briefly held up by Tails, John makes quick work of the rest of Icecap Zone and then the entirety of Launch Base Zone, wrapping up the first half of the game.
31	10	"DROWNED"	9:59	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	30 September 2011
C/J takes over to begin the Sonic & Knuckles half of the game, dropping off the Chaos Emeralds at the Hidden Palace and collecting the first two Super Emeralds during Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1. Rick and John return to the topic of Ben Drowned, as well as Majora's Mask in general.
32	11	"Why Can't Sonic Just Fucking Run?"	12:20	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	3 October 2011
The group talk about the past, present and future of the Sonic franchise as C/J picks up a further two Super Emeralds in the second act of Mushroom Hill Zone and fails an attempt at a fifth.
33	12	"You Failed the Trial of Turns"	7:17	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	4 October 2011
C/J plays Flying Battery Zone Act 1, finding a well-hidden special stage along the way, but is still unable to get the fifth Super Emerald.
34	13	"Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Wall"	14:38	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	5 October 2011
After finally getting the fifth Super Emerald and clearing Flying Battery Zone, C/J heads into Sandopolis Zone, which the entire group consider to be the worst level in the game. He gets through the first act, but is unable to find a single giant ring along the way.
35	14	"There Go One Third of Our Threes"	9:50	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	6 October 2011
C/J plays through the ghost-filled second act of Sandopolis Zone, and finds a giant ring that allows him to obtain the sixth Super Emerald.
36	15	"Clever, and Awful"	14:39	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	7 October 2011
C/J enters Lava Reef Zone, where he finally obtains the seventh Super Emerald. Using Hyper Sonic, he proceeds to rush through both acts of the level.
37	16	"That's It, We're Fucking Him Up"	7:38	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	11 October 2011
C/J heads into the final stretch of the game, quickly taking care of Hidden Palace Zone and then clearing Sky Sanctuary Zone using Hyper Sonic.
38	17	"The Ballad of HoFos Girl"	10:02	John, C/J	Rick	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	11 October 2011
John takes over "for ten whole seconds" of Death Egg Zone before the control returns to C/J, who gets through the first act with no problems. The group discuss their plans for the end of Sonic Week and recall a time when John accidentally cockblocked Rick as C/J reaches the end of Act 2 and prepares to face the boss.
39	18	"No Island Should Ever Blink"	13:36	C/J	Rick, John	24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)	12 October 2011
C/J fights the bosses of Death Egg Zone - one involving gravity-switching, the other a giant Robotnik mech. After defeating both of them he enters Doomsday Zone, the final stage of the game. On his first attempt he runs out of rings while fighting the mid-boss, but on his second he is successful in completing the game.

The Super Sonic Let's Play

« preceded by Sonic & Knuckles | followed by Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 »

Video	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentators	Release date
121	1	"Fly Me, Bro"	14:43	TBA	TBA	15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)
122	2	"Suck Cylinders"	17:41	TBA	TBA	15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)
123	3	"A Manual Kant"	11:41	TBA	TBA	16 November 2016 (2016-11-16)
124	4	"Cosmological Imperative"	14:28	TBA	TBA	18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)
125	5	"Push It Real Good"	18:06	TBA	TBA	18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)
126	6	"Secret Sucking"	10:29	TBA	TBA	19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)
127	7	"Cloaca Face"	13:53	TBA	TBA	20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)
128	8	"The Incredible Sulk"	17:24	TBA	TBA	21 November 2016 (2016-11-21)
129	9	"Oral: For Ladies"	16:43	TBA	TBA	22 November 2016 (2016-11-22)
130	10	"Just Sounds with Our Faces"	14:34	TBA	TBA	23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
131	11	"Crazy Chaos Emerald Powers"	13:05	TBA	TBA	24 November 2016 (2016-11-24)
132	12	"Just Put Eggs Everywhere"	19:23	TBA	TBA	25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
133	13	"A Confusing Choice of Sprite"	20:01	TBA	TBA	28 November 2016 (2016-11-28)
Competition Mode
134	*	"The Grandest Pricks on the Internet"	18:14	TBA	TBA	30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)