first i just want to get this out of the way, the box art is seriously one of the coolest box arts of all time!, but anyway this game always confused me as a kid, it looked just like sonic 3 but it didn't have save states and you could play as knuckes in this one, keep in mind i grew up with the mega collection versions of these games so it took me awhile to unlock sonic 3 and knuckles, so i was rightfully confused. a great sonic game with the same praises as 3 but lack of save states kinda keeps me from replaying it as often.