Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
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| Developer(s) | Big Red Button |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Bob Rafei |
| Producer(s) | Lisa Kapitsas Stephen Frost |
| Designer(s) | Brian McInerny Christian Senn |
| Programmer(s) | Jeff Lander |
| Artist(s) | Adam Yeager |
| Writer(s) | John Melchior Christina Cantamessa |
| Composer(s) | Richard Jacques |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Engine | CryEngine |
| Platform(s) | Wii U |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| GameRankings | 33% |
| Metacritic | 32/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 2/10 |
| Game Informer | 4/10 |
| GameSpot | 2/10 |
| IGN | 4.3/10 |
| Hardcore Gamer |    |
| The Independent | |
| Metro (UK) | 1/10 |
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is an action-adventure video game developed by Big Red Button and published by Sega for the Wii U console. Along with Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for the Nintendo 3DS, the game is a spin-off of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series and is a part of the Sonic Boom franchise, which also consists of an animated television series (whose games serve as prequel), a comic series by Archie Comics, and a toyline by Tomy.
The two games together formed the third and final part in Sega's exclusivity agreement with Nintendo, following Sonic Lost World and Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games in 2013. Both games were released in North America, Europe, and Australia in November 2014, and in Japan the following month. The game was retitled as Sonic Toon: Ancient Treasure for its Japanese release.
Rise of Lyric was met with very negative reception from critics, where it was heavily criticized for its numerous glitches, camera system, controls, combat, story, dialogue, and character development. The game did not perform well commercially, with the combined sales of Rise of Lyric and Shattered Crystal totaling 620,000 copies by May 2015.
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy pursue Eggman until they encounter an ancient tomb with carvings of Sonic and Tails on the entrance. Sonic is stopped twice by Amy from opening the door, but when Metal Sonic ambushes the group, Sonic opens the door and the group escape. Inside, they encounter an imprisoned, but powerful snake villain named Lyric the Last Ancient. Lyric recognises Sonic from events transpiring one thousand years ago and captures the group, but Tails deactivates the shackles and turns them into beams named Enerbeams for the group to use.
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