Story
The story involves Sonic and company getting caught up in a mess in a world land called Maginary World, which they inadvertently stumble upon one day. A villain named Void has shattered the Master Precioustone into many pieces, resulting in chaos in every part of the world. Lumina Flowlight and the rest of Maginary World are counting on Sonic to restore it and bring Illumina back, who mysteriously disappeared
after the disappearance of the Precioustone. At the end of the game it is revealed that Lumina and Void both are Illumina,
and that Illumina doubted herself. Sonic and friends leave Maginaryworld knowing that it is safe.
Overview
In Sonic Shuffle, the player can select one of the main characters of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The game supports 1 player in Story Mode and up to 4 players simultaneously in Versus Mode and the Sonic Room. Further to
the simultaneous play, the game allows for players to play in teams and play against one another on a giant game board, going
around and playing mini games to collect Emblems. Whoever has the most emblems at the end of each board wins. The overall
goal of each board is to collect the most precioustones, out of a total of 7. There are 5 boards in total: Emerald Coast,
Fire Bird, Nature Zone, Riot Train, and Fourth Dimension Space.
The game also featured 8 playable characters, each with their own unique abilities, and 4 of which needed to be unlocked.
The available characters were: Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Super Sonic, Big the Cat, Gamma, and Chao.
The game featured around 50 mini games and around 30 mini events. Mini games ranged in variety and challenge and they were
divided by Teams of 2, Teams of 3 versus a Single Player and a Free-For-All. The mini events generally involved a little story,
or event, and usually a choice given at the end to determine your prize or punishment. As well as having a single-player Story
Mode and a two- to four-player Versus Mode, the game had a “Sonic Room” where you could play your favorite mini-games,
after unlocking them, with your friends without starting a full game in a place called the "Toy Box", as well as a stereo
to play your favorte soundtracks. Both of these must be unlocked by buying Photos from the Photo Album.
Gameplay
The game play involves playing randomly given cards. The deck of cards has four of every card numbering 1-6 and four wild
cards. Three of the wild cards have an “S” and the remaining card is the “EGGMAN” card. Playing the
cards would dictate the distance your player would move on the board. The S cards could be played as a 7 if you had decent
timing as the card changed from 1 to S. The "EGGMAN" card was bad fortune for one or all of the characters and would generally
cause trouble for the players in myriad ways. A full game could take anywhere from 20 minutes to two and a half hours, depending
on how many precioustones you decided to be available to you at the beginning.
Playable Characters
Unlockable Characters
Each character had their own unique ability. With the exception of Chao, who only had one ability, each character has an
ability for the Board and an ability for Battles.
Other Characters
Lumina Flowlight
Lumina Flowlight is the guardian of the Precioustone in Maginary World, along with the world's goddess, Illumina. She is a pink, fairy-like being that Cosmo bears some resemblance to. In the beginning of the game, she brings Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and (unknowingly) Eggman
to Maginary World in order to get their help to repair the Precioustone, which was shattered by Void. Later, she and Void cancel each other out, following her revelation that Void is the nothingness in the imagination that
allows people to dream. She and Void are actually the two halves of Illumina that make her a complete entity. Lumina and Illumina
are voiced by Elara Distler in the game.
[Void
Void is the imp-like villain of the game. At the start of the game, Void shatters the mysterious Precioustone, which controls his world,
Maginaryworld. Sonic and friends then set out on a quest to defeat him and repair the stone. Throughout the game, Void shows
signs of depression and loneliness which touches the hearts of Sonic and his friends who, in turn, want to help him amidst
the evilness within him. At the end of the game, it turns out that Void is needed for the balance in Maginaryworld, as he is the nothingness that gives people the ability to dream. He is in fact one half of Maginaryworld's
ruler Illumina. Lumina is the other half. As such, Sonic and his friends do not destroy him, and leave Maginaryworld knowing
that Lumina and Void cancel each other out. Cosmo from Sonic X bears a resemblance to both Void and Lumina. He was voiced by Lani Minella in the English version and Urara Takano in the Japanese version.
Mini Games
There was a wide variety of mini-games found within Sonic Shuffle. In some mini games, the players all play against each
other, while in other mini games the players are split into 2 teams of two and 1 vs. 3.
