{"id":103954,"date":"2019-11-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/a_sonic_mania-style_drop_dash_almost_made_it_into_sonic_3"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T11:00:00","slug":"a-sonic-mania-style-drop-dash-almost-made-it-into-sonic-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/18\/a-sonic-mania-style-drop-dash-almost-made-it-into-sonic-3\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sonic Mania-Style ‘Drop Dash’ Almost Made It Into Sonic 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of Sonic Mania’s<\/a><\/strong> most unique gameplay features was the addition of a ‘drop dash’ move which allows characters to roll into a wrecking ball the moment they hit the ground \u2013 but it turns out we almost<\/em> had this move in Sonic 3<\/a><\/strong>, which was released decades earlier.<\/p>\n

A prototype version of the third Sonic game has appeared online and appears to come from a time just before the title was split in two to create Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Originally planned to be a much grander 3D title that used the same chip that powered the Mega Drive \/ Genesis port of Virtua Racing<\/strong>, Sonic 3 would endure a difficult development before eventually making it to market. Back in the day, very little was shown off of the game before release; it is believed this prototype was a preview copy sent out to the official Sega magazine in the UK.<\/p>\n