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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Big Red Button and published by Sega for the Wii U. Along with Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice for the Nintendo 3DS, it is a spin-off of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series and part of the Sonic Boom franchise, which consists of an animated television series, a comic series by Archie Comics and a toyline by Tomy. The story follows Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy, who must stop Lyric, the last Ancient, from acquiring the Chaos Crystals, while battling Doctor Eggman, Metal Sonic, and Shadow.
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric began development in 2011 under the title Sonic Origins and later Sonic Synergy. Originally intended to be a Jak and Daxter-style game focused on four-player gameplay for release on PC and other consoles, development moved to the Wii U as part of a three-game exclusivity deal Sega signed with Nintendo. Since CryEngine was not designed to run on the Wii U, many gameplay concepts were removed or simplified, while the story was rewritten due to Sega gaining control over the television series. Richard Jacques, the lead composer for Sonic 3D Blast (1996) and Sonic R (1997), composed the soundtrack.
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was released in North America, Europe and Australia in November 2014, and the following month in Japan as Sonic Toon. It received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics for its controls, camera system, combat, story, gameplay, dialogue, and bugs and technical problems. Some described it as one of the worst games of 2014 and one of the worst Sonic games. It was a commercial failure, with the combined sales of Rise of Lyric and Shattered Crystal totaling 620,000 copies by March 31, 2015, making them among the worst-selling games in the franchise. Following the failure, Big Red Button considered shutting down.
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