Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Controls
Appearance
Sprite (Sonic) | Sprite (Tails) | Name | Description |
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Walk | Press left or right to make your character walk in that direction. | ||
Run | Keep walking in a direction and your character will start to run. | ||
Look up | Press up while standing still to look up. After a few seconds the camera will pan upwards. | ||
Crouch | Press down while standing still to crouch. After a few seconds the camera will pan downwards. | ||
Push | Some objects in the game can be moved by pushing them. Walk in to an object and keep walking to push the object. | ||
Spin Dash | While crouching press the jump button repeatedly to do the spin dash. | ||
N/A | Insta-Shield | Jump and when in the air jump again, and sonic will gain a shield for a split second. | |
N/A | Bounce | With the water shield, jump and when in the air jump again, and Sonic will bounce. | |
N/A | Double jump | With the lightning shield, jump and when in the air jump again, and Sonic will do a double jump. | |
N/A | Fireball Spin Dash | With the flame shield, jump and when in the air jump again, and Sonic will do a fireball spin dash. | |
N/A | Fly | Only Tails can fly. To do so, jump and when in the air jump again. Keep pressing the jump button to go up and stop pressing it to go down. Tails can only fly for a short time before getting tired and falling back to the ground. | |
N/A | Swim | Again, only Tails can swim, similarly to flight. This is done the same way as flying, except you need to be underwater. While underwater jump and when off the ground jump again. Tails can only swim for a short time before getting tired and falling back to the ground. |