Sonic Rivals
The game begins with Doctor Eggman turning Tails, Amy Rose, Rouge, and the Master Emerald into cards with his new device. Sonic and Knuckles arrive on the scene, and find out what has happened. Knuckles, bent…
Sonic Rivals is a platform developed by Backbone Entertainment, released 24 November 2006 on PlayStation Portable.
What Sonic Rivals is
Sonic Rivals is a platform game developed by Backbone Entertainment and released in 2006. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game begins with Doctor Eggman turning Tails, Amy Rose, Rouge, and the Master Emerald into cards with his new device. Sonic and Knuckles arrive on the scene, and find out what has happened. Knuckles, bent on saving the Master Emerald, tells Sonic that teamwork is out of the question and that he needs to get to Eggman first. Sonic snickers and says that he likes a good challenge. Meanwhile, Shadow the Hedgehog receives a distress signal from Eggman. Suddenly, a mysterious hedgehog named Silver appears from the future. Silver is then pursued by Shadow. When they encounter each other, Silver tells Shadow he needs to get to Eggman, first. After numerous conflicts, it is revealed that Dr…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic Rivals is the 175th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic's Napoleon in 2006. Its critic score of 68 is 3 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic Rivals holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Sonic Rivals launched on 24 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Rivals yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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