Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble

About This Game

Gameplay

Triple Trouble is a side-scrollingplatformer similar to that of previous Sonic games. The story follows Sonic the Hedgehog "Sonic the Hedgehog (character)") and Tails in their efforts to stop the powerful Chaos Emeralds from being acquired by Doctor Robotnik, who has tricked Knuckles the Echidna into aiding him. Treasure hunter Fang the Sniper (Nack the Weasel in international releases) is also in search of the Emeralds. Players can choose to control either Sonic or Tails through six differently themed areas referred to as zones. Each zone consists of three levels "Level (video game)"), with the third containing a boss fight. Both characters play similarly and can execute a spin dash to accelerate forward in a rolling formation. Sonic can also perform a peel-out move, previously introduced in Sonic CD, whereas Tails can fly for a short amount of time. Various power-ups can be obtained throughout the game. However, many are exclusive to one character, such as Sonic's jet board and Tails' sea fox items. The differences between Sonic and Tails' power-ups may result in the player's traversal of levels to slightly diverge between the two.

History

Triple Trouble was developed by Aspect and is the sequel to Sonic Chaos (1993). The game introduced a new character in the Sonic series, Fang the Sniper, who was originally called Jet during development; he was renamed Nack the Weasel in international releases. Fang was shown with a gun in early promotional screenshots, but this was removed in the final game. The game was originally titled Sonic Chaos 2 in the West, with releases planned on both of Sega's 8-bit systems, the Game Gear handheld console and Master System home console. The game was ultimately only released for the Game Gear, making it the first Sonic platformer released exclusively for the system.