Each character in this game has a special ability. They follow you around and by pressing R you can use their special ability.
The game starts by having you play as either Sonic or Tails. Sega had been trying to force teams of Sonic characters on us since Chaotix! I feel that with Sonic Advance 3 they got it right. Sega really did a great job here and the game looks so good that you know there is no way that this game could have existed on the 16-bit hardware of the Mega Drive! This feels like a next-generation 2D Sonic game before that was a thing. It is not just the levels, but the characters as well which look fantastic.
There is just so much color and so many little details that it is sometimes a shame you are moving so fast as it is easy to miss the little details.
The presentation of Sonic Advance 3 is amazing! I think this is the best looking of the trilogy.