▲
1
▼
According to former SEGA employee Steven Frost, the reason why the game was panned by critics was because of "over-ambition" from the development team at SEGA:
"The biggest mistake in Boom was trying to cram too much into the game... Not only were we trying to make just a really good Sonic game, we were trying to add more to it. We overextended our grasp in some ways. We're trying to add in a bungee mechanic, and we're adding combat, and we're adding puzzles, vehicles, hopefully a more compelling story and a bunch of different environments. And it's just a lot, you know? If there's any lesson for me, it's that being too ambitious can be bad."
▲
1
▼
▲
1
▼
There is an early version of a cutscene still present on the disk, showing Sonic using a crystal shard.
▲
1
▼
Within the game's data are two unused voice clips of Amy saying "You go girl!" and "Way to go Perci". This may suggest that Perci was intended to be playable at one point during development.
▲
1
▼
At release a glitch could be exploited to give Knuckles infinite jumps in midair, allowing the game to be finished in less than an hour. This glitch was fixed in the January 2015 update.
▲
1
▼
According to an interview with Bob Rafei, CEO of Big Red Button Entertainment, the idea for the Enerbeam Tether came from Knuckles' Chaotix.
Related Games
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Sonic Forces
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic XS
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Sonic Rivals 2
Sonic Rush Adventure
Sonic Mega Collection
Sonic Mars
Sonic X
Sonic Rivals
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Sonic the Hedgehog
Amy & Rouge Tennis
Sonic Riders
Sonic X-treme
Sonic Blast
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic Drift 2
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Sonic Dash
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Sonic Skateboard
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sega Genesis Classics
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Classic Collection
Knuckles Baseball
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Sonic R
Sonic the Fighters
Sonic at the Olympic Games
Sonic Advance
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic DS
Sonic Origins
Sonic Riders
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Sonic Mania
Sonic Jam
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Team Sonic Racing
Knuckles' Chaotix