Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
System(s): Wii U
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Big Red Button Entertainment, IllFonic
Distributor: Nintendo (EU/AU)
ROM size: 8594.23 MB (EU)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code Rating US 2014-11-11 $49.99 WUP-P-BSSE UK 2014-11-21 £54.99 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-UKV EU 2014-11-21 €? ? FR 2014-11-21 €44.99 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-FRA DE 2014-11-21 €? WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-GER ES 2014-11-21 €? WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-EAP IT 2014-11-21 €? WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-ITA JP 2014-12-18 ¥6,980 (7,538) ? AU 2014-11-29 $? WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-AUS CA 2014 $? ? US ▼ 2014-11-11 $49.99 ? US ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREE ? UK ▼ 2014-11-21 £39.99 ? UK ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREE ? EU ▼ 2014-11-21 €49.99 ? EU ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREE ? DE ▼ 2014-11-21 €49.99 ? DE ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREE ? JP ▼ 2014-12-18 ¥6,980 (7,538) ?

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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, known as Sonic Toon: Taiko no Hihou (ソニックトゥーン 太古の秘宝) in Japan, is a Sonic the Hedgehog game tied into the Sonic Boom franchise, which also includes the Sonic Boom TV show and the Nintendo 3DS game, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal. It was developed externally by Big Red Button Entertainment and IllFonic for Sega, exclusively for the Wii U.

Significant programming and design problems have led to Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric being classed as one of the worst Sonic games released on record.

Story

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Gameplay

Rise of Lyric is an action game which largely consists of four characters, Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna and Amy Rose, traversing levels together crossing platforms, fighting enemies (beat-'em-up style), solving puzzles and occasionally turning into on-the-rails segments similar to that of Sonic Dash. In some stages, Sonic and Tails spilt up with Knuckles and Amy so you can have the differences of not playing as all four characters. A core mechanic of the game is the Enerbeam, which is used to solve puzzles, travel on rails, and battle enemies.

Shadow the Hedgehog and Metal Sonic also appear in the game as bosses.

Items

Arsenal

	Battle Trumpet
	Cyclone Blaster
	Explosion Switch
	Feather Blade
	Hand Gun
	Water Balloon

Collectables

	Rings
	Robot Scraps
	Crowns
	Shines
	Power Glyphs
	Chaos Crystals

History

Sales data

NOTE: The following data comprises of the simultaneous sales of both Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal.

Number of copies sold	Sega IR Reference	Platforms	Regions	Cumulative sales total	Notes
490,000	FY2015 3rd Quarter Results	WiiU/3DS	US/EU/JP	490,000
130,000		"	"	620,000	According to Sega and the press, these numbers make both Sonic titles the worst-selling Sonic games in the history of the franchise.

Nintendo eShop chart performance

Platform	Nintendo eShop reference	Monthly Nintendo eShop chart appearances	Weekly eShop chart appearances and rankings	Weeks on the eShop (original run / cumulative total)
Wii U		November 2014	11/26 (#17)	1 / 1

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric	Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
Japanese	ソニックトゥーン 太古の秘宝	Sonic Toon: Ancient Treasure
French	Sonic Boom: L'Ascension de Lyric	Sonic Boom: Lyric's Ascension
German	Sonic Boom: Lyrics Aufstieg	Sonic Boom: Lyric's Rise
Spanish	Sonic Boom: El Ascenso de Lyric	Sonic Boom: The Ascent of Lyric
Italian	Sonic Boom: L'Ascesa di Lyric	Sonic Boom: The Ascent of Lyric

Production credits

Main article: Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric/Production credits

Artwork

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Physical scans

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Wii U, US
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		2014-07-18	CAT-R disc				Page

External links

• Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, UK, AU

References

Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems
	2012  Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed     2013  Sonic Lost World | Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games     2014  Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric     2016  Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games      Prototypes  Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (prototype; 2014-07-18)