Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Controls

Genesis/Mega Drive Gamepad/Saturn Gamepad Gamecube Controller Dualshock 2/3/Sixaxis Xbox Duke Nintendo DS Joy-Con (2) Pair/Switch (2) Pro Controller Left Joy-Con (2) Right Joy-Con (2) Dualshock 4/Dualsense Xbox One/Series X/S Controller Sprite (Sonic) Sprite (Tails) Name Description
D-Pad Left/Right D-Pad/Control Stick Left/Right D-Pad/Left Control Stick Left/Right D-Pad Left/Right D-Pad/Left Control Stick Left/Right Left Control Stick Left/Right Right Control Stick Left/Right D-Pad/Left Control Stick Left/Right 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.
D-Pad Up D-Pad/Control Stick Up D-Pad/Left Control Stick Up D-Pad Up D-Pad/Left Control Stick Up Left Control Stick Up Right Control Stick Up D-Pad/Left Control Stick Up Look up Press up while standing still to look up. After a few seconds the camera will pan upwards.
D-Pad Down D-Pad/Control Stick Down D-Pad/Left Control Stick Down D-Pad Down D-Pad/Left Control Stick Down Left Control Stick Down Right Control Stick Down D-Pad/Left Control Stick Down Crouch Press down while standing still to crouch. After a few seconds the camera will pan downwards.
D-Pad Left/Right D-Pad/Control Stick Left/Right D-Pad/Left Control Stick Left/Right D-Pad Left/Right D-Pad/Left Control Stick Left/Right Left Control Stick Left/Right Right Control Stick Left/Right D-Pad/Left Control Stick Left/Right Push Some objects in the game can be moved by pushing them. Walk in to an object and keep walking to push the object.
A/B/C A/B/X Circle/Cross/Triangle B/A/Y A/B/X D-Pad Down/D-Pad Left/D-Pad Right B/Y/A Circle/Cross/Triangle B/A/Y Jump Press the jump button to curl into a ball and jump up.
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.
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | 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.
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | 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.
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