Sonic Rivals: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Sonic Rivals (2006) is a platform, racing video game developed by Backbone Entertainment, available on PSP. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 64/100 on IGDB.

What is Sonic Rivals about?

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. Eggman is in fact Eggman Nega and that the real Doctor Eggman is captured into a card prior to the story. After one final battle with Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow and Silver, Nega is defeated, everyone is re

Key details

Sonic Rivals was released in 2006 and supports single player, multiplayer. Platforms: PSP. Developer: Backbone Entertainment.

Should you play Sonic Rivals?

Reviews are mixed, but Sonic Rivals retains a dedicated player base among platform, racing fans.