User blog comment:Admiral Leviathan/S3&K Tie-In 8/@comment-1645715-20100519201236

I know. I played the game. Its just that Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were originally going to be one game but was split into two games due to time constraints. So Sonic 3 & Knuckles is actually, the REAL "Sonic the Hedgehog 3".