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Sonic Rumble Party: 32-player Sonic battle royale
By Mei-Lin Chua
Contributing editor, apps and storefronts
- Battle royale rounds for up to 32 players in real time
- Squad Battles with teams of up to four players
- Run, Survival and Ring Battle, each with a different goal
- Party Rumble: one-round mini-game matches for eight players
- 75+ toy-world stages, including Green Hill and Chemical Plant Zone
- 25+ Sonic characters with skins, animations and unique skills
What the game is and who it suits
Sonic Rumble Party is a multiplayer party game from SEGA, set in Dr. Eggman's toy world, where players control small figures of Sonic and his friends. The developer presents it as the first multiplayer party game in the Sonic series. Matches are short, and the main appeal is playing against other people rather than alone.
The listing points to casual groups as the main audience: it describes controls simple enough for newcomers, and it mentions inviting friends and family to a private room. Matches are built around speed, obstacle courses and last-player-standing rules, so it suits people who want fast rounds with a group.
Online battle royale and squad matches
The main mode is a battle royale where up to 32 players compete in real time. You can join a match alone, create a custom room, or invite friends into one. Matchmaking pairs you with players from around the world.
Squad Battles let you team up with up to four players. The listing says squads work together to get past powerful bosses and difficult obstacles, and that teammates can block rivals or cover one another.
Run, Survival, Ring Battle and Party Rumble
Run is a race to the goal through an obstacle course. Survival asks you to outlast rivals, and Ring Battle has players collect rings as the scoring goal. Each has a different win condition, so a round can be a sprint, an elimination contest or a scramble.
Party Rumble is a shorter option with one round and a set of mini-games, built for eight players. The listing also describes a Ring Survival option that it says runs through three mini-games, and it presents the modes as a choice based on how much time a person has.
Characters, customization and stages
The roster includes Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Dr. Eggman and Surge, the character from the IDW comics. Each character has a unique skill that players can use during multiplayer matches. You can change a character's skins, animations and effects to set a personal look.
The listing says customization is mostly cosmetic. A player quote on the listing says purchases are mainly cosmetic skins and that the outcome depends on skill, teamwork and timing. Stages include Green Hill Zone and Chemical Plant Zone, reworked as toy-world courses with hazards and surprises, and the listing counts more than 75 of them.
Controls and soundtrack
The controls are built for a touchscreen, and the listing describes them as simple enough to pick up quickly. Stage mechanics can change the course of a match, which the listing presents as part of the speed and chaos.
The soundtrack uses high-speed tracks and popular music from the Sonic series, playing across every stage.
What's new
• New 1st Anniversary character
• New game mode
• New 1st Anniversary collectathon event
• New stages and stage challenges
• New skin fragments
• Increased Red Star Ring rewards
• Adjusted Toy Capsule rewards
• Rebalanced some rewards
• Expanded friend limit
• Improved UI and gameplay
About this APK
The build we hold is Sonic Rumble Party 1.6.4 (APKS split bundle) for Android 8.0 and up.
- Version
- 1.6.4
- 1642
- Requires Android
- 8.0+
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.sega.sonicrumble
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 17 declared
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- e336b17e5e2e967c8a3a41d85cd7ff0c1aa144d883db11412a447b52176a2134
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