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Developer: Sanzaru Games
Platform: 3DS

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice announced for 3DS

Sega has announced Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice for 3DS. The game is due out exclusively on the platform later this year.

Developed by Sanzaru Games, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a single player game with collaborative gameplay components that shares key characters, events, and lore of the Sonic Boom universe. Sonic and friends will embark on a new adventure to locations both familiar and new as they battle Dr. Eggman, as well as an a new super villain named D-Fekt.

The game will integrate fire and ice elements throughout gameplay, enabling new abilities to play out in special character moves and interactions with environments. It will also let players run through the game at top speed, or take their time with deeper exploration and puzzle play.

New to the game is the introduction of “Bot Racing,” a “supplemental” game tied to the single-player story with multiplayer gameplay. It is an extension of the main game described as “purely about racing and speed,” where users unlock character-themed Bots to challenge friends on fast courses or tracks.
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Details:

– 2.5D platformer
– Exploration toned down
– More speed compared to the last game on 3DS
– Cut back on the length and size of levels
– There is now a linear path
– Lots of collectibles
– These are tied up in the exploration aspect
– Collectibles unlock things like characters and bonuses
– 7 islands
– 6 are exploration-based and feature 4 levels plus 2 bonus stages
– Seventh island is Thunder Island
– Thunder Island is a 2-player local-play option that is based on a race between Eggman’s bots
– Challenge Rooms are designed for hardcore fans
– Don’t have to complete them to finish the game
– Need them for 100% completion
– In one room, Sonic is grinding down a rail, reminiscent of Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast
– A lot of the challenge comes from environmental puzzles throughout the game
– Most enemies aren’t aggressive
– Some enemies are different and will chase them
– 4 bosses
– Bosses use both of the 3DS’ screens
– “You’re always going to be Sonic in a boss fight, but for each fight you’re paired with another character so you can use their special abilities.”
– Boss fights see Defect using items from the environment to construct a giant monster
– One boss battle: Defect was driving a large creature made out of tar and dinosaur bones, which attempted to smash Sonic at the bottom of the screen; tar flowed out of the ground that Sonic had to avoid stepping into, and then Defect blew tar bubbles, which companion character Tails was able to dodge by floating over
– Once they were safely negotiated, the creature was momentarily vulnerable to attack
– Bonus levels take the form of the 3D tunnel run from Sonic 2 where you’re running down a tube collecting rings and dodging hazards
– 12 of these in the game
– 2 other types of bonus levels
– One bonus level features the Sea Fox submarine from Game Gear Tails Adventure, where you float around shooting at things with your sub while looking for collectibles
– There’s also a hovercraft game where you’re racing up the screen trying to avoid or blast icebergs. Again, there are collectibles to pick up
 
Sonic Boom Fire & Ice's Plot Sure Sounds Familiar

Sonic Boom Fire & Ice may not have been at E3, but it’s up on Amazon for pre-order, along with a brief plot synopsis which some may find they’ve heard before.

"Dr. Eggman has discovered the supercharged element ragnium on the mythical Island of Ragna Rock. He mines it as a fuel source, piping off the messy by-products of the operation to adjacent islands, creating fire and ice gameplay. Using this fuel to power his ultra-fast bot racers is his latest plan to discredit his eternal rival Sonic, but backed by ragnium, fire and ice, a robot army, and D-Fekt, an unflinchingly powerful henchman, this time Dr. Eggman just may succeed. Sonic and friends must re-claim each island by destroying enemies, vanquishing the Island Defender, winning rival races, and reversing the flow of the elemental tubes. It all culminates with an epic battle on the Island of Ragna Rock where Sonic may just have to save Dr. Eggman from his own creation."

Eggman finds a source of incredible power, builds a powerful robot army, his creation turns against him, Sonic has to save Eggman.

That sounds, very familiar to a lot of previous Sonic games, in fact it sounds very similar to the plot of Rise of Lyric in many ways.
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Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, New Plot & GamePlay Details Revealed

A listing for Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice over at Play-Asia has revealed some new details about the game both in terms of plot and gameplay.

First, the game will have only 4 bosses, there are also six exploration-based levels and bonus stages similar to those found in Sonic 2. There’s also a submarine type stage in which the player looks for collectibles and a hovercraft stage in which the player must dodge ice bergs.

The story details are as follows.

The super villain, Dr. Eggman, discovers a powerful Ragnium element in Ragna Rock island which can fuel his robots and make them faster than Sonic. He then commands his mining robots to search the mythical island. D-Fekt, as one of them malfunctions and is now able to magnetize everything except Ragnium. With this capability, D-Fekt gains more power and messes up the environment of other islands creating fire and ice! Dr. Eggman makes him one of Island Defenders and now ready to face Team Sonic!

Other details appear to indicate that stages take place on different islands which have been captured, the player must beat each island in order to free it.
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Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Launch Edition Announced

Sega have announced that Sonic Boom Fire & Ice will be getting a special ‘launch edition’ of the game. What’s in the box you ask? Well it comes with a DVD which contains some episodes of the show. Episodes in question are…

  • Chili Dog Day Afternoon
  • It Wasn’t Me, It Was the One-Armed Hedgehog
  • It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog
Yes those are the episodes which have cameos by Metal Sonic & Shadow.

In addition to this, it’s strongly implied that Boom will be playable at this years E3.
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