I played an hour of the game and I am pretty disappointed. I grew up with the Mario games, and expected this in the same mould. I knew it was going to be 3d, but still expected it to retain the style of the classic platformer.
I don't know how they thought spraying water for long periods was fun. I guess that is one of the reasons I am skeptical of Sonic 3D. I hope it retains the same fast paced action of the original platformer. I hope they can do it right.