Mostly like yes, but with a little Influence of Robotnik Technology. You see, Every zone is being under control by Robotnik. Your mission is to free the Zones(kinda like Sonic CD) and obtain the Chaos Emeralds(Possibly Super Emeralds as well). Some of the Emeralds contains new Skills needed to proceed to the next level. Like Super Peelout, Spindash, stomp, and maybe some more. Each Emerald represents a zone though it's elemental power.(Lightning, Water, Fire, Stone, Wind, etc) So wind is like super peelout and instashield is like electric power.