sonic cd's level design is focused more around exploration then it's predecessor(s). some very nice environments and music but the game design is boggling. your two choices for finishing the game and getting the good ending are fucking around in stages for 10 minutes trying to find all the generators to get a 'good future', the other is to go through like a typical classic sonic games collecting 50 rings to enter a special stage and collecting the time stones in what are probably the worst designed special stages in the entire series. one of these options is painfully slow, the other is painfully unfun.

This is truly peak Game Boy, far superior to Wario Land II, Wario Land 3 goes all out on Graphics, level design, and puzzles in a unique platformer. While not every level is a winner most are, and screen scrunch hardly gets in the way. Figuring out how to move and manipulate Wario to solving his way to the game's many chests is always a fun tricky time to figure out. The music also fits the game perfectly, extra shoutouts to the boss theme that fits the mood perfectly.

My only real gripe with the game is the significant loss of time when getting hit. I get it's to balance not having a health system, but it gets worse in bosses where you have to constantly renavigate to them until you have the boss figured out. Most bosses are good about it but some can be a little annoying.

But yes, Wario Land 3 is an essential Game Boy game to play and anyone looking into its library shouldn't overlook this classic.