Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric


 * For other subjects with the same name, see Sonic Boom (disambiguation).

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is an upcoming video game published by Sega and developed by BigRedButton Entertainment that is scheduled to release on November 2014. It is one of the two video game prequels for the Sonic Boom television series, the other being Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, and will be released on the Wii U as the third and final video game in the Nintendo-Sega deal, the other two being Sonic Lost World and Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Gameplay
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric features traditional Sonic elements such as speed alongside exploration, combat, and new mechanics such as the "Enerbeam", a tethering device used by all four characters. The Wii U version appears to be designed around four-player cooperative play. The game is typically housed around two player co-op mode, but if a player is playing Sonic Boom alone, he/she is allowed to switch to any character at any time (similar to the various Lego video games). Producer Mike Frost explained that the Nintendo 3DS version is not a direct port of the Wii U iteration and that the game is similar in structure to Sonic Adventure. Sonic Boom does not support online multiplayer but instead features local multiplayer "for those with friends around the couch".

Playable

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna

Other

 * Sticks
 * Lyric

Development
Development for Sonic Boom began in 2011, when Sega went the newly formed BigRedButton Entertainment, made up of former Naughty Dog (the creators the Jak and Daxter and Crash Bandicoot series), High Impact Games and Heavy Iron Studios employees. The game was in development before the Nintendo-Sega partnership, but Sonic Boom was added to the Nintendo exclusive contract.

Development for Sonic's redesign went through a long process before the developers decided to stick with the "Scarf Sonic" design. In an interview with James Games with Steven Frost, he revealed that both of the versions will have a separate story and hopes that some characters may come to the game though none has been announced as of now.

Trivia

 * Chris Senn, lead level implementer for BigRedButton Entertainment, was co-lead designer and art director for the cancelled Sonic X-treme.
 * This is the first 3D Sonic platform game since Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) to feature Amy as a full-playable character.
 * Coincidentally, it is also the first 3D Sonic platform game since Sonic Adventure not to feature Amy as a side character and with her own unique gameplay style.
 * The background music in the debut trailer is the song Bangarang, performed by Skrillex.
 * The game has similarities of Sonic Heroes with the character teams and emphasis on combat.
 * This is the first handheld Sonic game to be handled by a development team other than Dimps since the Sega Game Gear games.
 * This the second Sonic game to feature a beat 'em up style gameplay in conjunction with speed and exploration rather than just the momentum-based platforming gameplay the Sonic series is known for. The first being Sonic the Werehog's gameplay from Sonic Unleashed.
 * This is one of the few Sonic the Hedgehog video games to not feature the Chaos Emeralds.
 * In an interview with Bob Rafei, he stated that the Enerbeam tether idea came from Knuckles' Chaotix.

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