It didn't help that the Wii U was not as powerful as expected. Which is the reason why the story is as a mess as it is. So very late in development, the script, the story, and the voice work all had to be redone to connect to the show. For starters, Sega released a cartoon known as Sonic Boom on Cartoon Network and decided that this new game would tie into the show. Unfortunately, ideas were scrapped VERY LATE in development. Instead, they brought in a developing company, BigRedButton, a team largely composed of Ex NaughtyDog employees who worked on games like Uncharted, Jak and Daxter and Crash Bandicoot to handle the game while they oversee it. It would have been 4 players (Which ended up being only 2 players).

Early concept art and other sources showed that this game was gonna be a lot more story-driven, with a dark tone. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was originally gonna be some sort of origin story for the character. Arguably stranger than the development of Sonic '06. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric had one of the strangest developments I've ever seen. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is one of the most lifeless games I've ever played.

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