History YMMV / Sonic3DFlickiesIsland

** The Mega Drive/Genesis renditions may be very straightforward, but there's a welcome simplicity compared with the much harder, complex Special Stages in 2 and 3.

* GoddamnedBats: The snowman Badniks in Diamond Dust Zone, which due to the isometric nature of the game are far more annoying and difficult to avoid/kill than any of the badniks in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Metropolis Zone]]. And in this game, you ''have'' to kill them in order to complete the level.
* GoodBadBug: In addition to the ClassicCheatCode activated level select, there's a second way to trigger it. As part of a kind of safety feature, if the game's brains get sufficiently mixed up that it tries to execute out of range code, it'll automatically skip to "CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE FOUND THE SECRET LEVEL SELECT SCREEN!". The Genesis being fragile as it is, the easiest way to do this is to simply ''smack the console'' (especially during the prerendered 3D animation at the start of the game). It was either this, or simply crash.

* PolishedPort: The Saturn version of ''3D Blast'', which beefed up the graphics, completely redesigned Special Stages, has much less stiff controls, and a unique CD-quality soundtrack composed by Richard Jacques for both of them. The only caveat - the load times were atrocious (although the Japanese version was slightly improved). The PC version minimizes this issue, but severely downgrades the impressive Special Stages and special effects.

** The Speed-Up Shoes are basically worthless in this game--Sonic becomes even harder to control than ever, and it makes it very easy for him to accidentally plow into a nearby enemy or obstacle.
** The Saturn port, for all of its merits, introduces one unwelcome change from the Genesis version--you can only collect one Chaos Emerald per act as opposed to two (going to the Special Stage a second time in an act will just give you a 1-up) which [[FakeLongevity considerably drags out the pacing of the game]], which was already bloated by the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading very tedious loading times]].
* SoBadItsGood: The beta boss music, which got reprised in ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Sonic 4]]''.

** Volcano Valley is a very frustarting LethalLavaLand with a ton of treacherous jumps over lava, chances are you'll end up getting hit and losing your Flickies more often then any other level in the game. However, if you can snag a Fire Shield and hang onto it, the level is a piece of cake.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Particularly hardware-pushing for the Genesis. Let's count the ways:

** The stages are very coloful and highly detailed. Its DigitizedSprites are on par with greats such as ''VideoGame/{{Vectorman}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.

** Sonic still moves as fast as he does in the main 2D games, so the Genesis can render all of this very quickly.

* BrokenBase: Suffers the same arguments as ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' over which soundtrack is the better one, the Mega Drive or Saturn version.

** ThatOneBoss: Most of the late game bosses can be described as this, but Volcano Valley's is the worst. Having to cross thin pipes in an isometric perspective with a rather slippery control over your character with lava and a dragon following you makes this boss a life stealer. This can be dealt with by attacking him quickly, but usually you'll end up getting hit and/or dying.

** The Saturn port, for all of its merits, introduces one unwelcome change from the Genesis version--you can only collect one Chaos Emerald per act as opposed to two (going to the Special Stage a second time in an act will just give you a 1-up) which [[FakeLongetivity considerably drags out the pacing of the game]], which was already bloated by the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading very tedious loading times]].

* ScrappyMechanic: Collecting Flickies, mainly for slowing the pace of the game, as well as drawing importance to what is normally an afterthought in other ''Sonic'' games.

* ThatOneLevel: Diamond Dust Zone, the game's SlippySlideyIceWorld.
** Maybe that level was a little annoying but it's not really that hard, and the killer music made up for it. Volcano Valley on the other hand is a very frustarting LethalLavaLand with a ton of treacherous jumps over lava, chances are you'll end up getting hit and losing your Flickies more often then any other level in the game.
*** Although if you can snag a Fire Shield and hang onto it, the level is a piece of cake.

** ThatOneBoss: Most of the late game bosses can be described as this, but Volcano Valley's is the worst. Having to cross thin pipes in an isometric perspective with a rather slippery control over your character with lava and a dragon following you makes this boss a life stealer. This can be dealt with by attacking him quickly, but usually youll end up getting hit and/or dying.

* BestLevelEver: The Special Stages from the SegaSaturn version are a fan favorite, being a vastly improved version of the Special Stages from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Sonic 2]]''. These stages are rendered in true 3D and have more elaborate features like springs, gaps, and upper/lower paths. On top of that, they are arguably less headache inducing than the ''Sonic 2'' Special Stages.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The TrueFinalBoss is, strangely, far easier than the Panic Puppet boss.

** The Megadrive/Genesis renditions may be very straightforward, but there's a welcome simplicity compared with the much harder, complex special stages in 2 and 3.
* BrokenBase: Suffers the same arguments as ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' over which soundtrack is the better one, the Genesis or Saturn version.

* EarWorm: Despite not being one of the most popular ''Sonic'' games, it has one of the best soundtracks. Gene Gadget Zone in particular has music that's right up there with Ice Cap and Lava Reef as some of the best Sonic music ever. Two of the Genesis tracks (Green Grove Zone and Panic Puppet Zone) were so well-liked that they were later [[SelfPlagiarism directly reused]] for levels in ''SonicAdventure''.
* GoddamnedBats: The snowman badniks in Diamond Dust Zone, which due to the isometric nature of the game are far more annoying and difficult to avoid/kill than any of the badniks in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Metropolis Zone]]. And in this game, you ''have'' to kill them in order to complete the level.

** You can also trigger it in emulators by opening a savestate of any other game while you have ''3D Blast''/''Flickies Island'' open.
* MemeticMutation: An unfortunate rendering of Sonic's face in a beta of this game ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcEJCSKbKBg shown in this video]]) gave rise to a RunningGag on the Sonic Retro forums known as [[FanNickname Down Syndrome Sonic]], or [[FanNickname Lazy-Eyed Sonic]] if you prefer. Some forum regulars even include DSS in their ROM hacks.
* PolishedPort: The Saturn and PC versions of ''3D Blast'', which beefed up the graphics, completely redesigned special stages, has much less stiff controls, and a unique CD-quality soundtrack composed by Richard Jacques for both of them.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[AwesomeMusic/SonicTheHedgehog Both soundtracks,]] enough that several tracks were reused in VideoGame/SonicAdventure.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[AwesomeMusic/SonicTheHedgehog Both soundtracks.]]

** Some elements, such as the upper/lower paths and the animation sequences were retained in ''SonicTheHedgehog4'' ''Episode II'' 's Special Stages.

* PolishedPort: The Saturn and PC versions of ''3D Blast'', which beefed up the graphics, added all new special stages, and had all new, CD-quality soundtracks composed by Richard Jacques for both of them.

* EarWorm: Despite not being one of the most popular ''Sonic'' games, it has one of the best soundtracks. Gene Gadget Zone in particular has music that's right up there with Ice Cap and Lava Reef as some of the best Sonic music ever.

Here are the various subjective (and audience reaction) tropes that are present throughout, and in response to, ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland''.
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* EarWorm: Despite not being one of the most popular ''Sonic'' games, it has one of the best soundtracks. Gene Gadget Zone in particular has music that's right up there with Ice Cap and Lava Reef as some of the best Sonic music ever.
* GoddamnedBats: The snowman badniks in Diamond Dust Zone, which due to the isometric nature of the game are far more annoying and difficult to avoid/kill than any of the badniks in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Metropolis Zone]]. And in this game, you ''have'' to kill them in order to complete the level.

** Gene Gadget Zone Act 2 is also a pain because of one section where you have to climb up a large incline by jumping between moving platforms and dodgin enemies.

* EarWorm: Despite not being one of the most popular ''Sonic'' games, it has one of the best soundtracks. Gene Gadget Zone in particular has music that's right up there with Ice Cap and Lava Reef as some of the best Sonic music ever.
* GoddamnedBats: The snowman badniks in Diamond Dust Zone, which due to the isometric nature of the game are far more annoying than any of the badniks in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Metropolis Zone]].

* EarWorm: Despite not being one of the most popular ''Sonic'' games, it has one of the best soundtracks.

Here are the various subjective (and audience reaction) tropes that are present throughout, and in response to, ''Sonic3DFlickiesIsland''.

* BrokenBase: Suffers the same arguments as ''[[SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' over which soundtrack is the better one, the Genesis or Saturn version.

* SoBadItsGood: The beta boss music, which got reprised in ''[[SonicTheHedgehog4 Sonic 4]]''.

* EarWorm: Despite not being one of the most popular Sonic games, it has one of the best soundtracks.

* SoBadItsGood: The beta boss music, which got reprised in ''[[SonicTheHedgehog4 Sonic 4]].

* BestLevelEver: The Special Stages from the Saturn version are a fan favorite, being a vastly improved version of the Special Stages from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Sonic 2]]''. These stages are rendered in true 3D and have more elaborate features like springs, gaps, and upper/lower paths. On top of that, they are arguably less headache inducing than the Sonic 2 Special Stages.
* BrokenBase: Suffers the same arguments as ''SonicTheHedgehogCD'' over which soundtrack is the better one, the Genesis or Saturn.

* GoodBadBug: In addition to the ClassicCheatCode activated level select, there's a second way to trigger it. As part of a kind of safety feature, if the game's brains get sufficiently mixed up that it tries to execute out of range code, it'll automatically skip to 'CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE FOUND THE SECRET LEVEL SELECT SCREEN!'. The Genesis being fragile as it is, the easiest way to do this is to simply ''smack the console'' (especially during the prerendered 3D animation at the start of the game). It was either this, or simply crash.
** You can also trigger it in emulators by opening a savestate of any other game while you have 3D Blast/Flickies Island open.
* MemeticMutation: An unfortunate rendering of Sonic's face in a beta of this game ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcEJCSKbKBg shown in this video]]) gave rise to a RunningGag on the ''Sonic Retro'' forums known as [[FanNickname Down Syndrome Sonic]], or [[FanNickname Lazy-Eyed Sonic]] if you prefer. Some forum regulars even include DSS in their ROM hacks!
* PolishedPort: The SegaSaturn and PC versions of 3D Blast, which beefed up the graphics, added all new special stages, and had all new, cd-quality soundtracks composed by Richard Jacques for both of them!
* ScrappyMechanic: Collecting flickies, mainly for slowing the pace of the game, as well as drawing importance to what is normally an afterthought in other Sonic games.
* SoBadItsGood: The beta boss music, which got reprised in Sonic 4.

** Maybe that level was a little annoying but it's not really that hard, and the killer music made up for it. Volcano Valley on the other hand is a very frustarting LethalLavaLand with a ton of treacherous jumps over lava, chances are you'll end up getting hit and losing your flickies more often then any other level in the game.
** Gene Gadget Zone act 2 is also a pain because of one section where you have to climb up a large incline by jumping between moving platforms and dodgin enemies.

* BestLevelEver: The Special Stages from the Saturn version are a fan favorite, being a vastly improved version of the Special Stages from ''[[SonicTheHedgehog2 Sonic 2]]''. These stages are rendered in true 3D and have more elaborate features like springs, gaps, and upper/lower paths. On top of that, they are arguably less headache inducing than the Sonic 2 Special Stages.

* GoddamnedBats: The snowman badniks in Diamond Dust Zone, which due to the isometric nature of the game are far more annoying than any of the badniks in [[SonicTheHedgehog2 Metropolis Zone]].

* GoddamnedBats: The snowman badniks in Diamond Dust Zone, which due to the isometric nature of the game are far more annoying than any of the badniks in [[Sonic2 Metropolis Zone]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[CrowningMusic/SonicTheHedgehog Both soundtracks.]]