Sonic Shuffle is a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed Party Game for the Sega Dreamcast that was released in November 2000.. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are asleep one night when they receive a mysterious summons from Lumina, a fairy. Sega contracted Hudson Soft, the developers of Mario Party, to assist with development. [11] The game was revealed in the June 2000 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) with the tentative title Sonic Square, shortly before the E3 trade fair that year. The game is set in a dream world called "Maginaryworld", where a fairy asks Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, Knuckles the Echidna, and Amy Rose to retrieve "Precioustones" to help her save Maginaryworld from Void, the game's villain. "[19] Eurogamer felt that Samba de Amigo (1999) was a better party game. Sonic Shuffle is a memory card compatible game [Visual Memory Unit (VMU) sold separately]. For the game's graphics, they used the same cel shading technique used in their earlier game, Jet Set Radio (2000). Sonic assumes that they are dreaming, and they are; as Lumina explains, she brought them here to save Maginaryworld. If the player is not carrying any other Forcejewels in their inventory, the Carbuncle will resort to eating itself. Carbuncle Level/area: Opening sequence. [2] Rings can be used to purchase power-ups in the form of "forcejewels" at special shop spaces. When one of these is collected by a player, another one is placed on the board. (And has a huge appetite). [9] Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) and its American counterpart both felt that the game was more fun with human players rather than computer-controlled opponents, and complained about the lack of online support. The goal of each game is to collect the most Precioustones. Eating other Forcejewels in the wielder's possession[1] Purpose ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sonic Shuffle (Dreamcast) North American instruction manual, p. 2 ↑ Sonic Team, Hudson Soft (November 14, 2000). Sonic Shuffle. This … At the start of the game, each player is dealt 7 cards with numbers that range from 1-6. Sonic Shuffle takes a little getting used to. Sonic Shuffle is a multiplayer party game, similar to the Mario Party style of games on Nintendo consoles, which was released on the Dreamcast. [18][19] GameSpot noted that it was possible to play through an entire game without ever playing a minigame, and felt that they were "a test of who can decipher the needlessly bewildering gameplay first". It was released for the Android and iOS on 15 June 2018 in International. The most common spaces increase or subtract the player's ring count. Sonic Shuffle is a party game for up to four players, playing like a board game in a similar fashion to the Mario Party series. [2], Finally there are minigame spaces. Some are free-for-all games, while others pit the players against each other in two-versus-two or one-versus-three situations. [3] The long load times when transitioning between the main game board, the minigames, and other scenes was another common complaint. Last edited on 25 November 2020, at 20:33, "Sega Speaks Out on Sonic Adventure Follow-up", "ＳＯＮＩＣ ＳＨＵＦＦＬＥ | ドリームキャスト | 家庭用ゲーム | SEGA", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonic_Shuffle&oldid=990665777, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 November 2020, at 20:33. Some spaces will launch minigames that pit the players against each other in short competitive events. Sonic Shuffle is a party game for up to four players, playing like a board game in a similar fashion to the Mario Party series. [20] Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) argued that the minigames interfered with the main board game. Finally, there is a card that will summon Doctor Eggman, who will steal the player's rings or swap their position on the board with another player. She has rubber wings...[ Violet the Darkling by HyperShadow92. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007), Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008), https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Carbuncle?oldid=2280384. You can choose which card to play, and once you have, a roulette that spins from 1 to the umber you just chose will spin.