Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is an upcoming 2D side-scrolling action/adventure game, set for release exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS, produced and developed by Sanzaru Games and is scheduled to be released on November 11, 2014 in North America. The game plays as the handheld counterpart of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and is the second title of the Sonic Boom continuity. Both this and the Wii U game will serve as prequels to the animated television series.

Plot
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal centre around events and lore of the Sonic Boom continuity with exclusive environments and characters. Like its Wii U counterpart, the newly introduced villain Lyric plays as the main antagonist, who kidnaps Amy for her archaeological expertise and use her to find the crystal shards. This sets Sticks, who will play an integral role to rescue her, while working as a team with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles to prevent Lyric from powering his army of robots and carrying out his plan to destroy the world.

Gameplay
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is set to be a 2D side-scrolling adventure platformer. Unlike its Wii U counterpart, which is more focused on 3D platforming and beat-em-up, Shattered Crystal will place a bigger emphasis on platforming and puzzles, while each character has their own unique abilities to get them through the levels. Additionally, unique collectibles featured in this version will unlock special content for Rise of Lyric via Wi-Fi connectivity.

Playable Characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sticks
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower

Non-Playable Characters

 * Lyric
 * Amy Rose
 * Metal Sonic
 * Q-N-C

Development
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal was officially announced on 2 June 2014 by Sega as an article on the SEGA Blog and was showcased at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) 2014 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Trivia

 * This is the first handheld Sonic game to be handled by a development team other than Dimps since the Sega Game Gear games.

Videos
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