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Thrash design origins:
https://web.archive.org/web/20151102123335/http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2220&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75
"Sonic Universe 3: Knuckles Returns" graphic novel
"Sonic Universe" Issue #11:
https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Sonic-Universe/Issue-11?id=21631#1
"Sonic the Hedgehog" Issue #244 (Part Two of the "Endangered Species" arc):
https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Sonic-The-Hedgehog/Issue-244?id=20223#1
Ian Flynn statement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aju-OccReIw#t=993
https://web.archive.org/web/20151102123335/http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2220&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75
"Sonic Universe 3: Knuckles Returns" graphic novel
"Sonic Universe" Issue #11:
https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Sonic-Universe/Issue-11?id=21631#1
"Sonic the Hedgehog" Issue #244 (Part Two of the "Endangered Species" arc):
https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Sonic-The-Hedgehog/Issue-244?id=20223#1
Ian Flynn statement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aju-OccReIw#t=993
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Connecting Sonic & Knuckles to the first Sonic the Hedgehog will not allow you to play as Knuckles in the latter game. This was not due to hardware limitations as is commonly believed, but rather because the game's development team felt that, while Sonic 2 was designed with Super Sonic's flight in mind and thus had verticality to its levels fit for Knuckles' climbing, Sonic 1 was not, and therefore simply was not fun to play as Knuckles in.
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In the Flying Battery Zone Act 1, there's an object known as "The Flying Battery" which can only be seen by taking a certain path. It's simply an obstacle that can be pushed and only appears once in the game.
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Game Informer article:
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/10/10/how-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-became-two-games-sonic-and-knuckles-lock-on-technology.aspx
McDonald's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Happy Meal sweepstakes commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4z6S6SErYA
Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3#Development
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/10/10/how-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-became-two-games-sonic-and-knuckles-lock-on-technology.aspx
McDonald's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Happy Meal sweepstakes commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4z6S6SErYA
Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3#Development
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