Sonic Dash

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Sonic Dash is a game title developed by Hardlight Studio and released by Sega on 7 March 2013. The title of the game was first mentioned on 26 February 2013, at company description in LinkedIn, which reveals the game being developed for iOS and Android, similarly to Hardlight's previous game, Sonic Jump.^[1] On 21 February Sega removed the title from the company's description.

Sonic Dash received positive to mixed reviews, praising the gameplay mechanics and beautiful graphics, but criticizing on the game's repetitiveness and frequent crashes. With over 400 million downloads worldwide, Sonic Dash has become the most downloaded Sonic game ever.^[2]

A sequel, entitled Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom, based on the Sonic Boom franchise, was released on Android on 1 July 2015.^[3]

Gameplay

Sonic Dash is an endless runner; it is very similar to the gameplay of the Temple Run series and Subway Surfers video games.^[4][5] The player directs their selected character through never-ending 3D landscapes, moving forward at all times. To avoid obstacles in the player's path, they can Jump, Roll, Dodge sideways (resembling the Quick Step), and Stomp into a roll. The player can extend the duration of a roll two times. In sections where the player has to travel across large gaps, they can use the Homing Attack on several enemies to traverse it. The goal is simply to run as far as possible and gain a high-score without hitting a wall, falling off the course, or taking a hit with no Rings in possession.

When Rings are collected, the Dash Meter at the bottom of the screen fills, and when it is full, the player can perform the Dash Boost, which is similar to the Sonic Boom or Boost. The player cannot jump during a boost, though Sonic automatically blasts through obstacles. The score multiplier doubles while using the Dash. Upgrades such as "Headstart", "Magnet" and "Dash Boost" can be used and upgraded in-game. Players are able to share and compete for accomplishments such as "fastest time" or "longest distance". At the end of the track, the player reaches a set of three springs where Rings will be banked automatically. Monitors above these springs indicate where they will take the player:

• Totem pole– green background: Takes the player to Seaside Hill Zone.
• Whale statue– light blue background (formerly deep blue background): Takes the player to Temple Zone.
• Anchor stuck in sand– turquoise background (formerly a sailboat– yellow background; then anchor stuck in sand– yellow background): Takes the player to Beach Zone.
• Two totem poles and a sunflower (formerly a checkered wall and flower; then a palm tree, totem pole, and sunflower)– blue background: Takes the player to Green Hill Zone.
• Spruce tree with snow– white background: Takes the player to Snow Mountain Zone.
• Gray pillars with moss– sky background: Takes the player to Sky Sanctuary Zone.
• Rounded orange mushroom on tree stump– lime green background (formerly tall mushrooms– violet background): Takes the player to Mushroom Hill Zone.
• Red twisted arrow– yellow background (formerly loop-de-loop– orange background): Takes the player to a section with a few loop-de-loops, corkscrews, or other automated sections.
• Zazz Symbol– magenta background: Takes the player to a boss battle to fight Zazz.
• Eggman Symbol– orange background (formerly red background): Takes the player to a boss battle to fight Dr. Eggman.
• Bash Symbol– cyan background: Takes the player to a boss battle to fight Bash; replaces Eggman and Zazz boss fights while running as PAC-MAN or Ms. PAC-MAN.
• Red question mark– yellow background (formerly question mark in yellow circle– solid red background): Random effect; can be any of the above.

When the player hits a spring, they have the opportunity to perform four tricks. The player must swipe their finger according to on-screen directions. Doing so successfully will give the player a ring boost from 10 to 100 rings. Failing in the middle of a trick sequence gives no reward. Possible trick combinations include:

• Left, up, right, down (← ↑ → ↓)
• Left, down, up, right (← ↓ ↑ →)
• Right, down, left, up (→ ↓ ← ↑)
• Right, left, up, down (→ ← ↑ ↓)
• Down, up, left, right (↓ ↑ ← →)
• Down, left, right, up (↓ ← → ↑)

Jigsaw Puzzle

Each day, the player has the opportunity to win prizes by collecting four puzzle pieces that make up a picture of Sonic. Doing this multiple days in a row will increase the value of the prize won. The player can do this up to five days in a row before the Daily Challenges reset back to Day 1. However, in earlier versions, the player could keep the Daily Challenge menu at Day 5+ as long as they completed the Daily Challenge daily.

The prizes and their corresponding days are listed below:

• Prize 1: 3 Spring Bonus Boosters
• Prize 2: 3 Headstarts
• Prize 3: 500 Rings
• Prize 4: 5 Red Star Rings
• Prize 5: The player wins 3 random prizes.

Missions

By completing missions, the player earns XP and Gems. A new mission is replenished every three hours or by watching an ad. A mission can be swapped out by watching an ad. The player can only swap a mission every twelve hours.

List of possible missions:

• Revive 5 times to keep running.
• Use Headstart 3 times.
• Achieve a score using a certain character.
• Achieve a score without losing Rings.
• Stay in the same lane for a certain distance.
• Collect 10 power-ups.
• Collect X Rings.
• Bank X Rings.
• Defeat 100 Badniks.
• Defeat 20 Crabmeats/Spikes in one run.
• Defeat 3 Choppers.
• Defeat Eggman or Zazz 3 times.
• Spring Bounce 3 times.
• Jump 3 times.
• Roll 3 times.

Score Multiplier

Upon gaining enough XP, the player's score multiplier can be increased, up to the maximum of x49. New zones can be unlocked after gaining a certain score multiplier.

Events become unlocked when the player achieves a score multiplier of x10.

Objects and obstacles

• Rings
• Item Boxes
  • Random Ring Bonus
  • Magnet
  • Shield
• Red Star Rings
• Dash Panels
• Springs
• Spikes
• Bombs
• Totem Poles

Characters

Playable characters

Characters are purely cosmetic, but each has different power-up stats and animal affinities. Having an animal affinity grants a 2x for that animal at the end of a run.

Upgrades

Each character has a unique upgrade profile, allowing the player to improve their performance during a run. There are 5 different upgrades per character, and each upgrade rewards XP for the player's score multiplier.

Character	Unlock Requirement	Affinity Bonus	Upgrade Profile
			Power-Up	Highest level
Sonic	Default character		Dash Boost	12
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	10
			Shield	7
			Headstart	11
Knuckles	Restore Seaside Hill Zone		Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	9
			Shield	11
			Headstart	9
Amy	Restore Beach Zone		Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	10
			Shield	8
			Headstart	10
Charmy	Restore Snow Mountain Zone		Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	11
			Shield	7
			Headstart	11
Tails	Restore Green Hill Zone		Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	11
			Shield	9
			Headstart	9
Vector	Restore Temple Zone		Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	11
			Shield	11
			Headstart	8
Shadow	Restore Sky Sanctuary Zone		Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	9
			Shield	9
			Headstart	8
Jet	Restore Mushroom Hill Zone	None	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	7
			Shield	9
			Headstart	10
Cream	40 Red Star Rings Prize Wheel Events		Dash Boost	8
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	8
			Shield	7
			Headstart	11
Blaze	60 Red Star Rings Prize Wheel Events		Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	9
			Shield	11
			Headstart	9
Silver	60 Red Star Rings Prize Wheel Events		Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	7
			Magnet	11
			Shield	10
			Headstart	11
Espio	$3.99 USD Events		Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	11
			Shield	8
			Headstart	12
Big	$3.99 USD Events		Dash Boost	8
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	11
			Shield	12
			Headstart	11
Classic Sonic	$3.99 USD Events		Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	12
			Magnet	9
			Shield	9
			Headstart	9
Rouge	60 Red Star Rings Events		Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	11
			Shield	7
			Headstart	8
Metal Sonic	$3.99 USD Events		Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	12
			Shield	11
			Headstart	9
Andronic	60 Red Star Rings (Google Play version only)	None	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	10
			Shield	8
			Headstart	8

Event Characters

Character	Event	Unlock Requirement	Upgrade Profile
			Power-Up	Highest level
Red	Angry Birds EPIC promotion	Collect 100 Angry Birds EPIC tokens (11 June 2015 - 17 June 2015)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	8
			Shield	10
			Headstart	9
Chuck	Angry Birds EPIC promotion	Collect 100 Angry Birds EPIC tokens (18 June 2015 - 24 June 2015)	Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	8
			Shield	8
			Headstart	10
Bomb	Angry Birds EPIC promotion	Collect 100 Angry Birds EPIC tokens (25 June 2015 - 1 July 2015)	Dash Boost	8
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	9
			Shield	10
			Headstart	9
My Melody[6]	Sanrio Event	Collect 300 flowers (1 December 2016 - 7 December 2016)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	8
			Shield	9
			Headstart	10
Chococat[6]	Sanrio Event	Collect 300 fish (8 December 2016 - 14 December 2016)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	8
			Shield	9
			Headstart	9
Badtz-Maru[6]	Sanrio Event	Collect 300 XO's (15 December 2016 - 21 December 2016)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	9
			Shield	8
			Headstart	10
Hello Kitty[6]	Sanrio Event	Collect 600 bows (22 December 2016 - 31 December 2016)	Dash Boost	8
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	10
			Shield	8
			Headstart	9
PAC-MAN	PAC-MAN Event	Collect 600 PAC-MAN items (20 February 2018 - 26 February 2018)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	10
			Shield	10
			Headstart	8
Ms. PAC-MAN	PAC-MAN Event	Collect 600 PAC-MAN items (26 February 2018 - 4 March 2018)	Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	10
			Shield	9
			Headstart	8
Witch Rouge	Witch Rouge Event	Collect 500 Witch Rouge tokens (18 October 2019 - 24 October 2019)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	11
			Shield	8
			Headstart	9
Vampire Shadow	Vampire Shadow Event	Collect 500 Vampire Shadow tokens (26 October 2019 - 31 October 2019)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	10
			Shield	11
			Headstart	7
Elf Classic Sonic	Elf Classic Sonic Event	Collect 500 Elf Classic Sonic tokens (13 December 2019 - 20 December 2019)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	10
			Shield	8
			Headstart	10
Santa Big	Santa Big Event	Collect 500 Santa Big tokens (20 December 2019 - 27 December 2019)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	11
			Shield	11
			Headstart	11
Teen Sonic	Teen Sonic Event	Collect 500 Teen Sonic tokens (31 January 2020 - 6 February 2020) (22 May 2020 - 28 May 2020)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	10
			Shield	9
			Headstart	11
Baby Sonic	Baby Sonic Event	Collect 500 Baby Sonic tokens (7 February 2020 - 13 February 2020) (29 May 2020 - 4 June 2020)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	11
			Shield	8
			Headstart	11
Slugger Sonic	Slugger Sonic Event	Collect 500 Slugger Sonic tokens (24 April 2020 - 30 April 2020)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	8
			Magnet	10
			Shield	10
			Headstart	11
All-Star Amy	All-Star Amy Event	Collect 500 All-Star Amy tokens (1 May 2020 - 7 May 2020)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	10
			Shield	11
			Headstart	10
Longclaw	Longclaw Event	Collect 500 Longclaw tokens (15 May 2020 - 21 May 2020)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	9
			Shield	11
			Headstart	10
Tangle	Tangle Event	Collect 500 Tangle tokens (3 July 2020 - 9 July 2020)	Dash Boost	10
			x2 Multiplier	9
			Magnet	10
			Shield	11
			Headstart	10
Whisper	Whisper Event	Collect 500 Whisper tokens (10 July 2020 - 17 July 2020)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	8
			Shield	11
			Headstart	11
Treasure Hunter Knuckles	Treasure Hunter Knuckles Event	Collect 500 Treasure Hunter Knuckles tokens (14 July 2020 - 21 July 2020)	Dash Boost	9
			x2 Multiplier	10
			Magnet	11
			Shield	11
			Headstart	9
Elite Agent Rouge	Elite Agent Rouge Event	Collect 500 Elite Agent Rouge tokens (21 July 2020 - 28 July 2020)	Dash Boost	11
			x2 Multiplier	11
			Magnet	11
			Shield	9
			Headstart	8

Animals

Icon	Name	Unlock Requirement	Character Affinity
	Flicky	Default
	Rocky	Unlock Beach Zone
	Pecky	Unlock Snow Mountain Zone
	Ricky	Unlock Green Hill Zone
	Pocky	Unlock Temple Zone
	Cucky	Unlock Sky Sanctuary Zone
	Picky	Unlock Mushroom Hill Zone

Enemies

• Crabmeat: Can be defeated by jumping or rolling into them.
• Spikes: Must be defeated using a Spin Dash as landing on them will hurt the player.
• Chopper: Jumps between large gaps. The player must tap the screen to perform consecutive Homing Attacks to continue. It is possible to destroy them with a Spin Jump during a Dash Boost.
• Ghosts: As part of the PAC-MAN Event, Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde all appear as enemies in the place of each Badnik when using PAC-MAN or Ms. PAC-MAN as the selected character. They do not share the properties of the Spikes.
• Badnik (Paramount): As part of the promotion for the Sonic the Hedgehog film in both the Teen Sonic and Baby Sonic Events, the Badniks from the film were available as enemies. They did not share the properties of the Spikes and did not replace the Chopper.

Bosses

Bosses can be encountered by using their respective springs or from the Random spring.

Bosses have three phases. When it first appears, he will attack the player from behind for three rounds, getting closer each time. The boss will then move ahead of the player and lay traps until retreating to the final phase. After reaching the set of springs at the end of the road, the player can attack the boss up to three times for a score bonus for each hit. Failing once will result in the boss running away.

• Zazz - The first boss to be added. Introduced for the Sonic Lost World promotion and was later made permanent. Zazz rides on his Moon Mech and attacks by shooting stars. While airborne from the springs, two green reticles appear, each one sweeping horizontally from right to left and vice versa. The player must tap the screen when they correspond.
• Eggman - Eggman rides in his Egg Mobile and attacks by shooting missiles and dropping bombs. Attacking Eggman is the same method as attacking Zazz.
• Bash - Boss for the PAC-MAN Events and replaces Zazz and Eggman when PAC-MAN or Ms. PAC-MAN is the selected character. Bash attacks by spitting out invulnerable ghosts that appear similar to Blue Mode ghosts. The player attacks Bash by swiping in the indicated direction.
• Dr. Robotnik - As part of the promotion for the Sonic the Hedgehog film in both the Teen Sonic and Baby Sonic Events, Dr. Robotnik temporarily replaced the Dr. Eggman boss battles for all characters and attacked players in his Eggpod. For missiles, he shoots out his Badniks.

Zones

While Sonic Dash had two different Zones when first released, subsequent updates increased the number to currently seven different Zones. Each Zone will appear in a ruined state when first unlocked, and can be restored by collecting Animals and using Gems. Rebuilding a Zone will reward the player at set milestones, including the Zone's respective character. The final upgrades has three options, the last being more expensive and usually more unique.

The player will begin a run in the selected Zone.

Stage	Unlock Requirement	Ruined State	Restored State	Music	Zone Character	Necessary Resources
						Number	Animal	Gems
Seaside Hill Zone	Default Zone			Seaside Hill (Sonic Dash)		1		5
						5		0
						10		5
						20		5
						30		10
						40		10
						50		0
						60		15
						70		15/20
						80		20/25
Beach Zone	Reach Score Multiplier x3			Seaside Hill (Sonic Dash)		20		5
						40		0
						60		5
						80		0
						100		10
						120		0
						140		15/20
						160		25
						180		40/55
						95		5
						110		5
						125		10
						140		15
						155		15
						170		25/35
Snow Mountain Zone	Reach Score Multiplier x7			Diamond Dust Zone (Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games)		30		15
						60		15
						90		15
						120		15
						150		25
						180		0
						210		40/55
						240		70
						270		115/150
						215		0
						250		0
						285		40
						320		70/95
						240		25
						310		40/50
Green Hill Zone	Reach Score Multiplier x11			Green Hill Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog)		50		40
						100		40
						150		40
						200		40
						250		60
						300		100/135
						350		100
						400		300/400
						320		0
						370		0
						420		0
						470		180/240
						420		60
						520		100/135
						510		180/240
Temple Zone	Reach Score Multiplier x16			Seaside Hill (Sonic Dash)		80		75
						160		75
						240		75
						320		75
						400		115
						480		190
						560		190
						640		340/450
						480		75
						560		115
						640		115
						720		565/750
						630		115
						790		340/450
						840		190/250
Sky Sanctuary Zone	Reach Score Multiplier x22			Modern Sky Sanctuary (Sonic Generations)		125		150
						250		150
						375		150
						500		150
						625		225/300
						750		375
						875		375
						1000		1125
						765		150
						890		225
						1015		225
						1140		375/500
						970		225
						1220		675
						1290		675/900
Mushroom Hill Zone	Reach Score Multiplier x28			Modern Mushroom Hill Zone (Sonic Generations (3DS)		100		150
						200		150/200
						300		150
						400		150
						500		225
						600		375
						700		375/500
						800		1125/1500
						1240		150
						1340		225
						1440		225
						1540		675/900
						1340		225
						?		675/900
						?		375
Golden Bay Zone	Default Zone (31 January 2020 - 13 February 2020; 15 May 2020 - 21 May 2020)	N/A	N/A	Escape from the City (Instrumental) (Sonic Adventure 2)	None	None

Boosters

There are 5 different types of boosters in the game. The player can have up to 3 boosters active during each run.

Booster	Description
Spring Bonus	Hitting a spring gives a score bonus that increases with every successive spring reached.
Enemy Combo	Each enemy combo is worth bonus points.
Ring Streak	Ring streaks give an additional score bonus.
Final Score Bonus	Your score gets an added bonus at the end of a run.(roughly 13.043%)
Golden Badnik	Defeat Golden Badniks for a x6 score bonus!

Development

In November 2012, an interview with the UK toy trade magazine Toys 'n' Playthings, Sega of Europe employee Sissel Henno confirmed that Sega would have "several new digital titles" in 2013.^[7] On 28 February 2013, the title Sonic Dash was spotted on a listing from a Linked In profile.^[8] On 1 March 2013, Sega confirmed the game,^[9] with an official press release going out on 4 March.^[10] The game was announced to be on iOS, while as for the Android version, there were rumors that it would be ported but Hardlight Studio's Chris Southall said there might be, because it would be very diffucult to port the flexible iOS Unity 3D engine into Android, similarly to the experienced problem of porting Temple Run and its sequel. It was expected to take time before the Android version would be announced. In addition, Android development also took a long time because of newer devices requiring testing and development before getting it released.^[11]

On 19 September 2013, Sonic The Hedgehog's official Facebook page announced that Sonic Dash may come out on the Android "soon", possibly by the fall of 2013 [2], although Hardlight's Facebook warned players that there was a fake version that was not developed by themselves.[3]

Release

Sonic Dash was first released on 7 March 2013 for iOS phones with costing $1.99 in the U.S. and £1.49 in the UK. Since 29 March 2013, it can be downloaded for free and 26 November 2013 for the Android on Google Play (though it was later released on the Amazon App Store on March 11, 2014). At its release, the Android version was caught up with the current iOS version, having all of the features the iOS version currently has except for Game Center, whereas the Android version uses Google Play Games Services instead of Game Center.

On 3 December 2014, Sonic Dash was released for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.1. It has every feature of the Android and iOS versions except for recording gameplays and Google Play Games/Game Center.

Sonic Dash Extreme

Main article: Sonic Dash Extreme

Sonic Dash Extreme is the arcade cabinet version of the mobile phone game developed by Sega Amusements,^[12] that is first shown to be available in select places in United Kingdom in May 2015.^[13] The arcade version plays the same as the original albeit with only slight different gameplay elements, featuring different control schemes and having a randomized character select.

Sonic Dash S

Main article: Sonic Dash S

On the 5 February 2014, a Japanese mobile game titled Sonic Dash S was released for iOS and Android. It is quite similar to the original game but with several differences, such as unique special abilities for each character, Chao who are able to boost skills and characters allowed to be unlocked by simply being bought with Rings. Sonic Dash S even had a small storyline.^[14]

Reception

Sonic Dash has received mixed to positive reception, receiving an aggregated score of 69/100 from Metacritic based on 26 reviews.^[15] Much of the game has been praised for its graphics and other controls. But its in-app purchases, according to Destructoid,^[16] ranges from "not needed" to "pretty damn annoying."

IGN gave it a 6 out of 10, praising its gameplay and controls but criticizing its "Pay-To-Win elements" and the amount of "unavoidable deaths."^[17]

According to Eurogamer, "The randomly-generated zones are filled with classic obstacles and enemies zooming towards you at an ever faster rate, and are showed off by some fantastic camerawork as Sonic zooms through long, twisting paths and loops. Rings are everywhere, which protect Sonic from a single enemy hit but not a collision, and can be 'banked' between zones to gradually level up the hog," although it finds "the entire game is framed and ultimately spoiled by in-app purchases," referring to the aggressive use of in-app purchases in the game.^[18]

Sonic Dash has reached over 100 million downloads since August 2015,^[19] making the Sonic franchise continue to break records for the SEGA Networks division. Altogether, the Sonic franchise alone has reached over 143.5 million total downloads on mobile devices.^[20]

Update history

• Version 4.0.0 (2019) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • Animals have been introduced to be saved from Badniks.
  • Sky Sanctuary Zone and Snow Mountain Zone have been added to the game.
  • Vector and Charmy now appear as playable characters in the game.
  • Zones can be restored to unlock new characters, Zones, and bonuses.
• Version 4.0.1 (2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.0.2 (2019) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • Mushroom Hill Zone has been added to the game.
  • Mushroom Hill Zone can be unlocked and restored.
  • Jet has been added to the game as a playable character.
  • Picky has been added to the game as a rescuable Animal.
• Version 4.1.0 (2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.2.0 (2019) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • New artwork for Seaside Hill Zone and Beach Zone.
  • Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.2.1 (2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.3.0 (2019) - Metal Sonic has been added to the game as a playable character.
• Version 4.3.1 (2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.4.0 (September 2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.5.0 (October 2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.5.1 (November 2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.6.0 (November 2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.6.1 (November 2019) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.7.0 (December 2019) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • Elf Classic Sonic and Santa Big have been added to the game as limited time playable characters.
  • Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.8.0 (February 2020) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • Teen Sonic and Baby Sonic have been added to the game as limited time playable characters.
  • Golden Bay Zone has been added to the game as a limited time Zone.
  • Dr. Robotnik has been added to the game as a limited time boss fight.
• Version 4.8.1 (February 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.8.2 (March 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.9.0 (May 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.10.0 (May 2020) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • Longclaw has been added to the game as a limited time playable character.
  • Golden Bay Zone has been added to the game as a limited time Zone.
  • Dr. Robotnik has been added to the game as a limited time boss fight.
• Version 4.10.1 (June 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.10.2 (June 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.10.3 (June 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.10.4 (July 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.11.0 (July 2020) - Implemented bug fixes and refinements.
• Version 4.12.0 (10 August 2020) - The update has brought the following changes:
  • Updated missions list.
  • Improved rewards.
  • Mission cards.
  • New models and sprites, especially for Badniks.

Staff

• Hardlight Staff: Nick Adams, Matt Allan, Neil Armstrong, Tom Anderson, Joel Atkinson, Luke Boscott, James Booth, Daniel Darnbrough, Dmitry Deryabin, Kostas Eleftheriadis, Dawid Esterhuizen, Simon Foster, David Foster, Tom Gaulton, Alastair Graham, Scott Griffiths, Yordan Gyurchev, Sebastian Livall, Neall Jones, Anthony Lewis, Lara Mazzolari, Andrew McKenzie, Louis McLaughlin, Mark Milton, Ash Morgan, Scott Orchard, Andrew Paul, Stephen Quinney, Daryl Reeves, David Rodriguez, Oleg Salyakhov, Harinder Sangha, Ryan Simpson, Richard Smith, Chris Southall, Joseph Stone, India Swift, Gordon Theobald, Neil Topham, Paul Twynholm, Ruby Urlings, Scott West, Sam Whitfield, Craig Yates
• Pixel Toys Staff: Francisco Llios, Rob Dutton, Tom Gleadall, Pete Hancox, Phil Irving, Holli Packwood, Hannah Payne, Alex Price, Dave Reed, Andy Wafer, Quentin Warnant, Alex Zoro, Andrian Baciuc
• Special Thanks: To all at SEGA, all our contractors and loyal fans.

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Trivia

• When the game was first released, there were only four characters available; Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy.
• In earlier versions of the game, every playable character had the same trick set as Sonic and Tails currently have.
  • Additionally, every character shared the same upgrades.
• In one major update, a day-night cycle was added, progressing through noon, sunset, night, and dawn. The time of day would progress a phase each time a spring was hit to go to the next area.
  • This feature was removed in a later update. Following this update, every location was locked to noon, except Mushroom Hill Zone, which was always at sunset. Temple Zone was formerly locked to night but in version 4.9.0, it was turned to noontime.
• When Zazz was first introduced, the player could attack him during the attack phase without waiting for reticles to match, as that mechanic was added in a later update.
• Five global challenges with new game characters as star prizes were later added.
  • Shadow was added on 18 July 2013 as the star prize of the first global challenge, which ended at 3 August 2013.
  • Blaze was added on 26 September 2013 as the star prize of the second global challenge, which ended at 6 October 2013.
  • Silver was added on 24 December 2013 as the star prize of the Christmas Festive challenge, which ended at 6 January 2014.
  • Rouge was added on 20 February 2014 as the star prize of the fifth global challenge, which ended at 3 March 2014.
  • Cream was added on April 24, 2014 as the star prize of the Easter Festive challenge, which ended at 5 May 2014.
    • The third global challenge is the only global challenge to not have a new character as the star prize. Instead, the star prize was five wallpapers based off of the game Sonic Lost World.
      • The Global Challenge menu was removed in v2.0.
• One of the block obstacles uses a tile that appears to be from Labyrinth Zone.
• When going over to the shop, a Sonic Riders model of the Blue Star, a Red Star Ring, a promotional Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Tails poster, and Sonic's gloves and shoes can be seen.
  • The shop area was removed in v2.0.
• The character rolls when using a Dash Panel, similar to Sonic Unleashed (Wii/PlayStation 2) and Sonic Generations.
• For iOS, the minimum device required to play this game at an acceptable speed is one with an Apple A5 CPU or newer (The A5 CPU is used on the iPad 2, the iPhone 4S, the fifth Generation iPod Touch and the iPad Mini). On older devices, the game is unplayable due to very low frame rate, and certain graphics are disabled, such as the coral reef seen in the water.
  • On Android, Google Play automatically checks on the device for compatibility in order for the phone/tablet to play Sonic Dash. If any of the phones' requirements aren't succeeded, it won't be able to download Sonic Dash from Google Play. That doesn't mean that said device cannot run Sonic Dash.^[21]
• At the game's release in March 2013, Red Star Rings were extremely rare and could not be found during gameplay. Instead, they were given three at a time to the player after completing a set of three missions and in special circumstances. Prior to the game's newer updates, the only other way to obtain them is through in-app purchases, a requirement met with much controversy.
  • However, the Daily Challenges rewards players the chance to win five Red Star Rings on the second day, ten Red Star Rings on the fourth day, and twenty Red Star Rings on the fifth day if the player can select its prize during the quick raffle. As of recent updates, the Daily Challenges rewards players 5 Red Star Rings on the fourth day and ten Red Star Rings during the fifth day if the player gains it during the quick raffle.
• The Dash Panel has a design that is different from the usual red and white design.
• Sonic, Knuckles, Blaze, Silver, and Espio share the same running style.
  • However, Silver's Dash is different from the other four, being more similar to Shadow's Dash.
• Tails, Rouge, Charmy, and Metal Sonic are the only characters who fly instead of run.
• Red, Chuck, and Bomb are the only characters who hop instead of run.
  • To celebrate one million downloads, Sonic Dash had a crossover event with Angry Birds EPIC.
• The bosses and the Angry Birds are the only characters in the game with voice clips.
• The boss music for Zazz is the Deadly Six boss music from Sonic Lost World, while Eggman's and Bash's music is the theme used for Egg Hornet in Sonic Adventure.
• This is Espio's first time as a playable character since Sonic Rivals 2.
• The music that plays during the main menu/title screen is a remix of Blue Sky Zone from Sonic Jump. Additionally, this makes Sonic Dash the second game to exclusively feature remixed tracks; the first being Sonic Generations if one doesn't count the cutscene score.
• The character select artwork for Amy and Rouge was changed in v2.0.
• During the period when the Sanrio characters were available, the Sonic the Hedgehog series held a cross-promotion in which the Sanrio characters were sold as plushes in Sonic styled costumes; My Melody as Amy, Badtz-Maru as Knuckles, Chococat as Tails, and Hello Kitty as both Sonic and Super Sonic.
• The amount of cartridges that was needed to unlock Classic Sonic (623) is the release date of the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
• PAC-MAN and Ms. PAC-MAN were introduced as playable characters for the celebration of the fifth anniversary for Sonic Dash. Bash was made exclusively for the game to represent the series.
  • During the period PAC-MAN and Ms. PAC-MAN were available characters, the Sonic series received a level pack in the mobile version of PAC-MAN as part of a cross-promotion.
  • When using PAC-MAN or Ms. PAC-MAN, the sound effects of the game change to ones from the original Pac-Man and Ms. PAC-MAN games.
    • Upon PAC-MAN's starting run, the music when beginning a game of the original PAC-MAN game plays. For Ms. PAC-MAN, the beginning jingle from her debut game will play instead.
    • When defeating Ghosts (with or without the Dash), the sound effect when they eat the ghosts in Blue Mode in the original games is played.
    • Collecting a PAC-MAN bonus item mimics the same sound when PAC-MAN and Ms. PAC-MAN collect them in their original games.
    • When using the Dash, the effects when PAC-MAN and Ms. PAC-MAN use a Power Pellet in their original games is heard.
      • All the Ghosts enter into their Blue Mode states.
    • When the character loses a run, the failure theme from the original PAC-MAN game plays.
• Jet is the only character that rides his Extreme Gear instead of running.
• With the addition of Tangle and Whisper, this is the first time in which characters from a comic adaptation have been playable in a Sonic game.
  • According to Ian Flynn, this is because Sega owns the characters from the IDW comic series, thus making it possible to use them in games.^[22]
  • Though some characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics made cameo appearances in Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball in 1993, they were first conceptualized for the Sonic the Hedgehog televison series by DiC Entertainment before later being seen in the comics.
  • Interestingly enough, Amy and Charmy actually made their first appearances in the Sonic the Hedgehog manga series published by Shogakukan. However, Amy was originally conceptualized for the video games before her manga debut.^[23]
• Treasure Hunter Knuckles' hat is based on the one his counterpart wears in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie.
• With the addition of Elite Agent Rouge, and not counting the Classic and film versions of Sonic, this makes Rouge the only character to have three versions of themself in the game.

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