My Sonic Lost World opinions- Overload of references and new mechanics?

[TomaTito]

AZWification said:

 They were awesome, but I feel like that's not something Sega would bring back. I liked them. Specially in Sonic 3.

Seems like they are in the 3DS version, not sure about the WiiU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8oSN8hbKCs#t=341s