While Knuckles is upside-down in Act 1, he can’t glide or climb walls. He also can’t climb the walls shown during both bosses. For Act 1’s case , since he can’t even jump as high as the other characters, he’ll always have a harder time with that boss. Make every jump count, there!
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Remember that Plus gave Flying Battery a new outro. Your character now flies to Press Garden using the same hang gliders from the 8-bit version of Sonic 2. I once again edited the video to emphasize this further.