Jeff Fowler's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has a major post-credit scene that honors 1993's Sonic CD as one of the best Sonic games.

Sonic Heroes first released on GameCube, PlayStation 2, and the original Xbox back in 2003. A 3D Sonic game, Sonic Heroes features a cast of 12 playable characters spanning the Sega franchise.

For more tactically minded fans of the series, Sonic Tag-Team Heroes is a more traditional tabletop game with crunchy, Dungeons & Dragons-inspired grid-based combat to play through heroic boss ...

While playing as classic Sonic, levels are strictly a 2D affair, similar to the retro Sonic games — and playing the same level as modern Sonic turns them into a mix of both 2D and 3D gameplay.