this game is genuinely one of the most patronizing video games i've ever played. it's just baffling to me that sega made this, and said to people who waited for years for a true sonic 4 and were dissapointed by ep1 and gave this. it has so little good ideas of its own, and most of the game can be played by pressing one button and that's it. my last straw was when the last special stage was genuinely giving me motion sickness and the sky fortress boss would just not fucking function, it's a terrible game and i'm so glad mania was made just to spite whatever atrocity this game is.