Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | Sanzaru Games |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Bill Spence Tin Guerrero |
| Producer(s) | Jenny Huang |
| Designer(s) | Mat Kraemer John Hsia |
| Programmer(s) | Jon Gilardi Paul Murray |
| Artist(s) | Jeremy French JF Lepine |
| Writer(s) | Warren Graff Ken Pontac Tin Guerrero |
| Composer(s) | Richard Jacques |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, platform |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 47/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 2.5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 4/10 |
| GamesRadar |    |
| IGN | 4/10 |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo World Report | 5/10 |
| Slant Magazine | |
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is an action-adventure video game developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Sega for the Nintendo 3DS. Along with its Wii U sibling Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, Shattered Crystal is a spin-off of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and is a part of the Sonic Boom sub-franchise, which consists also of an animated television series, whose games serve as its prequels. 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, where it was retitled as Sonic Toon: Island Adventure. A sequel, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, was released for the 3DS on September 27, 2016.
The game's backstory is explained in a comic tie-in included in the game: millennia ago, the evil serpentine cyborg, Lyric the Last Ancient, attempted to conquer the world using a powerful crystal. However, his fellow Ancients destroyed the crystal and detained him in stasis. In the present day, Lyric escaped from his imprisonment and began searching for the lost fragments of the crystal to obtain ultimate power. While working, Lyric was confronted by Shadow, whom he captured using a mind-controlling device. Meanwhile, after rescuing Sticks from a rockslide, Amy entered a set of ancient ruins to collect research. She finds a secret ancient language and manuscript detailing the history and whereabouts of the crystal, but while trying to decipher it, she is ambushed by Lyric, leading to the game's opening scene. When Amy disengages to contact Sonic, Lyric, taking advantage of the distraction, incapacitates and captures her.
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