Sonic Shuffle - Gameplay

Gameplay

Sonic Shuffle is a party game for up to four players, with computer AI making up the rest. The player can select one of the main characters of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The game's main mode, Story Mode, is a one-player game where the player must collect the most Precioustones. The Versus Mode and Sonic Room can accommodate 4 players simultaneously. 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 feature 8 playable characters, each with their own unique abilities, including Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Super Sonic, Big the Cat, Gamma, and Chao.

The game feature around 50 mini games and around 30 mini events. Mini games range in variety and challenge and they are divided by Teams of 2, Teams of 3 versus a Single Player and a Free-For-All. The mini events generally involve a little story, or event, and usually a choice given at the end to determine the prize or punishment.

Beyond the Story Mode and Multiplayer Mode, the game also had options to play any unlocked mini-game, songs, or look at any unlocked artwork.

The game play involves picking 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 the player would move on the board. The "Eggman" card was bad fortune for one or all of the characters and would generally cause trouble for the players in myriad ways.

Four player mini games the players are split into 2 teams of 2 and 1 vs. 3. 4-player, 2-vs.-2, 1-vs.-3, Duel