History Trivia / Sonic3DFlickiesIsland

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The afermentioned mod was made by the original game's director Jon Burton address several critiques of the original Genesis version, and to add features he planned for the original release:

** In 1999, Jack in the Box released a set of four toys based on Sega PC games. Besides ''Sonic 3D Blast'', which recieved a pull-back figure of Sonic, there were also toys based on ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles Collection]]'' (Knuckles), ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' (Ecco) and ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}'' (Bug).

* ChristmasRushed: The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port was scrambled together in four months to make up for the delay and cancellation of ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme''. All things considered, it ended up being a [[PolishedPort surprisingly good port]], despite showing signs of being rushed.[[note]]Such as [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading the unreasonable load times]], the lack of a save feature (in spite of the Saturn having internal and external storage capability), Tails and Knuckles having the same set of Special Stages and thus the Chaos Emeralds being locked to one per act, occasional sound issues, some equivalent music missing like the alternating boss themes, and the Invincibility track playing for the incorrect length of time.[[/note]]
* CrossGenerationVideoGame: Released simultaneously on both the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the original UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version has been emulated many times, neither the Saturn nor PC ports have been re-released. The version on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} is simply an emulation of the Genesis version.

* LateExportForYou: The game didn't come to Japan until the Saturn version was released a little under a year after the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast was released in Japan, on the same day ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure International'' was released. The Genesis version would later be released in Japan as part of ''Sonic Mega Collection''.

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** In 1999, Jack in the Box released a set of four toys based on Sega PC games. Besides ''Sonic 3D Blast'', which recieved a pull-back figure of Sonic, there were also toys based on ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles Collection]]'' (Knuckles), ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' (Ecco) and ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' (Bug).

* ChristmasRushed: The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port was scrambled together in four months to make up for the delay and cancellation of ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme''. All things considered, it ended up being a [[PolishedPort surprisingly good port]], despite showing signs of being rushed.[[note]]Such as [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading the unreasonable load times]], the lack of a save feature (in spite of the Saturn having internal and external memories), Tails and Knuckles having the same set of Special Stages and thus the Chaos Emeralds being locked to one per act, occasional sound issues, some equivalent music missing like the alternating boss themes, and the Invincibility track playing for the incorrect length of time.[[/note]]

* MarketBasedTitle: Known as ''Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island'' in the developers' home territory of Europe, and ''Sonic 3D Blast'' in the Americas. The Japanese releases use ''both'' titles -- the Saturn version is ''Flickies' Island'' and the Genesis version is ''3D Blast''.

* KidsMealToy: In 1999, Jack in the Box released a set of four toys based on Sega PC games. Besides ''Sonic 3D Blast'', which recieved a pull-back figure of Sonic, there were also toys based on ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles Collection]]'' (Knuckles), ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' (Ecco) and ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' (Bug).

* ChristmasRushed: The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port was scrambled together in four months to make up for the delay and cancellation of ''VideoGame/SonicXtreme''. All things considered, it ended up being a [[PolishedPort surprisingly good port]], despite showing signs of being rushed[[note]]such as [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading the unreasonable load times]], the lack of a save feature (in spite of the Saturn having internal and external memories), Tails and Knuckles having the same set of Special Stages and thus the Chaos Emeralds being locked to one per act, occasional sound issues, some equivalent music missing like the alternating boss themes, and the Invincibility track playing for the incorrect length of time[[/note]].

* WorkingTitle: ''Sonic Spindrift'' and ''Sonic Blast''.

* WorkingTitle: ''Sonic Spindrift''.

* LateExportForYou: The game didn't come to Japan until the Saturn version was released a little under a year after the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast was released in Japan, on the same day ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure International'' was released.

* ChristmasRushed: The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port was scrambled together in four months to make up for the delay and cancellation of ''VideoGame/SonicXtreme''. All things considered, it ended up being a [[PolishedPort surprisingly good port]], despite showing signs of being rushed[[note]]such as [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading the unreasonable times]], the lack of a save feature (in spite of the Saturn having internal and external memories), Tails and Knuckles having the same set of Special Stages and thus the Chaos Emeralds being locked to one per act, occasional sound issues, some equivalent music missing like the alternating boss themes, and the Invincibility track playing for the incorrect length of time[[/note]].

* FanRemake: ''[[https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/sonic-3d-in-2d.593/ Sonic 3D in 2D]]'' reimagines the game to be more like ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' and a bridge between the classic and Dreamcast eras.

* ApprovalOfGod: The ''Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia'' [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/558774461403365377/931834536487170088/20220115_035738.jpg openly acknowledges]] the unofficial mod ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO-N2WHbnqU Sonic 3D Blast Director's Cut]]''.
* ChristmasRushed: The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port was scrambled together in four months to make up for the delay and cancellation of ''VideoGame/SonicXtreme''. All things considered, it ended up being a [[PolishedPort surprisingly good port]], despite showing a few signs of being rushed[[note]]such as [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading the long load times]], the lack of a save feature (in spite of the Saturn having internal and external memories), and Invincibility using the wrong music track (the Continue screen music)[[/note]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the original UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version has been emulated many times, neither the Saturn nor PC ports have been re-released. The version on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} is simply an emulation of the the Genesis version.

* FanRemake: ''[[https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/sonic-3d-in-2d.593/ Sonic 3D in 2D]]'' reimagines the game to be more like 'VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' and a bridge between the classic and Dreamcast eras.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the original UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version has been emulated many times, neither the Saturn nor PC ports have been re-released.

* WorkingTitle: ''Sonic Spindrift''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the original UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version has been emulated many times, neither the Saturn nor PC ports have been re-released (until the PC port came to Steam, anyways).

* ChristmasRushed: The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port was scrambled together in four months to make up for the delay and cancellation of ''VideoGame/SonicXtreme''. All things considered, it ended up being a [[PolishedPort surprisingly good port]] — that is, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading if you can get past the load times]].

* MarketBasedTitle: The standard NTSC version is known as ''Sonic 3D Blast'' and the PAL version is known as ''Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island'', but Japan used ''both'', the latter for the physical Saturn release, and the former for the Mega Drive edition via ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Mega Collection]]'' and the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. As Creator/TravellersTales founder Jon Burton pointed out in a video, the game's regional title is coded to detect if it is playing on an NTSC or PAL Mega Drive. As such, North American and Japanese machines will always display the title as ''Sonic 3D Blast'', while PAL machines will display ''Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island''. The same holds true for the Saturn release, only with Japan flipping to ''Flickies' Island'' rather than ''Blast''. The PC version, however, is tied to whatever market it was sold in at the time of release, with North America having ''Blast'', and Europe and Taiwan having ''Flickies' Island''. There were plans for the PC version to detect region coding, as the title screens can be found on the disc displaying both titles [[note]]although how this would really work would be quite questionable as [=PCs=] by themselves do not have real regional locking capabilities at a hardware level and internet access is at this point a luxury available to few people. The only options PC regional coding can be implemented at the time is if the game detects the version of Windows installed, which is by no means accurate as the North American English version of Windows 95 is one of the most widely installed version of Windows worldwide, or it detects the selected keyboard layout, which means a large chunk of the world would've been reported as North American due to the ubiquity of the layout.[[/note]]
** Incidentally, the installer and window title for the PC version refers to it as [[TakeAThirdOption "Sonic 3D Blast: Flickies' Island."]]