Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
System(s): Wii U
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Big Red Button Entertainment, IllFonic
Supporting companies: Studiopolis (voice recording)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 2014-12-18 ¥6,980 (7,538)7,538i JP ▼ 2014-12-18 ¥6,980 (7,538)7,538i US 2014-11-11 $49.9949.99 WUP-P-BSSE US ▼ 2014-11-11 $49.9949.99 US ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREEfree EU ▼ 2014-11-21 €49.9949.99 EU ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREEfree DE 2014-11-21 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-GER DE ▼ 2014-11-21 €49.9949.99 DE ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREEfree ES 2014-11-21 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-EAP FR 2014-11-21 €44.9944.99 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-FRA IT 2014-11-21 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-ITA UK 2014-11-21 £54.9954.99 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-UKV UK ▼ 2014-11-21 £39.9939.99 UK ▼ (Demo) 2014 FREEfree AU 2014-11-29 WUP-P-BSSP WUP-BSSP-AUS CA 2014

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric	Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
Japanese	ソニックトゥーン 太古の秘宝	Sonic Toon: Taiko no Hihou
French	Sonic Boom: L'Ascension de Lyric	Sonic Boom: Lyric's Ascension
German	Sonic Boom: Lyrics Aufstieg	Sonic Boom: Lyric's Rise
Spanish	Sonic Boom: El Ascenso de Lyric	Sonic Boom: The Ascent of Lyric
Italian	Sonic Boom: L'Ascesa di Lyric	Sonic Boom: The Ascent of Lyric

Production credits

Big Red Button

• Founder & Creative Director: Bob Rafei
• Co-Founder & Technical Director: Jeff Lander
• Lead Writer: John Melchior

Programming

• Senior Programmers: Carl Henrik-Skarstedt, Jim Geldmacher, Marc dePeo, Mark Pope
• Programmers: Cosmo Fumo, Johnathan Nielsen, Kirk Martinez

Design

• Lead Designer: Brian McInerny
• Principal Designer: Christian Senn
• Senior Level Designers: Kirk Tome, Sean Wissler
• Senior Designer: Ed Moore
• Designers: Ben Strickland, Frank Hernandez III, Jake Miller, Jordan Smith, Kevin Hsu, Mark Vernon, Mike Padoongpatt, Valmore Riera
• Additional Story By: Christian Cantamessa

Animation

• Lead Animator: Justin Rasch
• Senior Animators: Daesup Chang, Haissam Badawi
• Animators: Arlington Cruz, David Nam, Shiva Adloori, Todd Ammons, Tuan Nguyen
• Additional Animation by: Devon Roderick, Jeffery Wallin

Cinematics

• Art Manager: Alexander Stein
• Cinematic Director: Dori Arazi
• Cinematic Layout: Robert Diaz, Steve Munoz, Keren Albala

Concept

• Concept Artists: Jason Norton, Travis Ruiz, Yuhki Demers
• Visual Development Artists: Armand Serrano, Travis Koller, Hugo Martin, Tyler West, Jake Wyatt, Nicolas Villarreal, Nicholas Weis, Edward Madrid, Sylvain Deboissy

Art

• Lead Technical Artist: Eric A. Iwasaki
• Senior Technical Artist: Yukari Kaneko
• Lead Character Artist: Daniel Ramirez
• Character Artist: Onur Cayli
• Lead Character Rigging: Dimitri Frazao
• Character Rigging: Mark McCall
• UI Artist: Andy "Housepurse" Pursehouse

Environment

• Lead Environment Artist: Adam Yeager
• Senior Environment Artists: John Pearson, Victor Murillo
• Environment Artists: Aaron Kim, Mick Jundt, Christian Davis, Niles Tucker, Dannie Carlone, Oscar Ponce, Greg Prior, Robert Diaz, Kanae Fukuda, Ryan VanMeter, Martin Ocejo, Shawnell Priester

Sound

• Audio Director & Lead Sound Designer: Shane Kneip
• Audio Implementer: Garner Knutson
• Music by: Audissi Studios
• Additional Percussion & Music Mixed: Mirko Vogel
• External Sound Design: Funky Rustic, LLC.

Production

• Executive Producer: John Melchior
• Senior Producer: Lisa Kapitsas

Operations

• IT: Jeff "GreyTech" Kuhn
• VP of Operations: Debbie Rafei
• Administrator: Kathy Frank

Quality Assurance

• QA Manager: AJ Hernandez
• Sr. QA Testers: Amanda Rose, Jerry Cortes

Special Thanks

Aaron Walker, Achim Lang, Andrew Marquis, Andrey Khonich, Andy Teal, Angelica Morse, Aviv Arad, Boris Batkin, Britt's BBQ, Charles Russom, Craig Harris, DAM Recruiting, Dan Arey, Danetracks, Inc., David Stelzer, Dean Rymer, Derek Douglas, Devon Roderick, Eric Williams, Gavin Dodd, Gerald Vera, Glen Kramer, James Coons, Jason Skiles, Jeff Harkavey, Jeffrey Wallin, Jordan Delgado, Judd Simantov, Justin Britch, Justin Leader, Justin Stearns, Keith Heerdt, Machine Head, Mack Sztaba, Marc Jackson, Mathieu Pinard, Matt Whiting, Michael Horwitz, Mike Bear, Mike Stout, Nathan Smith, Pencil Test Studio, Richard C Harris, Robert Flaska, Sanzaru Games, Sascha Hoba, Sher Gelb, Sleep Deprivation, Stephen Riesenberger, Steve Goldstein, The Chatham Group, Todd Weber, Travis Koller, Tyler Breon, VonChurch

Production Babies

Dean Ponce, Ford Joseph Pearson, Hudson Thomas Pearson, Jackson "The Bubs" Riera, Jameson Smith, Josephine "Josie" Yeager, Kaylie Jean Norton, Mila Ponce, Nolan dePeo

...and a VERY special thanks to our families and loved ones for their continued support.

Illfonic

• President: Charles Brungardt
• Creative Director: Kedhrin Gonzalez
• Producer: David Langeliers
• Associate Producer: Cindy Garcia
• Programming: Daniel Garcia, Nick Faletra
• Design: Dennis Dryden, Samuel Wey, Nathan Ferguson, Dave Walsh, Anthony Ramos, James Garcia
• Art: Shane Stoneman, Kyle Bromley, Ian Runnels, Cliff Schonewill, Josh Jones
• VFX: Matt Hubel
• Animation: Dojun Lee, Chris Palen, Greg Yoder
• QA: Russel Peterson

SEGA of America

Production

• Producer: Stephen Frost
• Senior Development Director: Todd Hartwig
• Design Director: Chris Porter
• Assistant Producer: Matt Ellison
• Nintendo 3DS Producer: Omar Woodley

Corporate Management

• CFO, President, COO: John Cheng
• EVP, Publishing & Strategic Planning: Yusuke Suai
• Director of Corporate Planning: Kenya Numata
• Business Planning Analyst: Chihiro Tanaka

Sonic Pillar

• Chief Content Officer: Hiroyuki Miyazaki
• Dev Director, International: Patrick Riley
• Director, Biz Dev & Content: Yumiko Nishi

Marketing

• Senior Director of Marketing: Marcella Churchill
• Group Marketing Manager: Judy Gilbertson
• Senior Marketing Manager: Derrek Peel
• Associate Marketing Manager: Aaron Webber
• Senior Public Relations Manager: Thu Nguyen

Creative Services

• Director of Marketing Services: Jen Groeling
• Senior Media and Events Manager: Teri Higgins
• 1st Party Coordinator: Andrew Wong
• Senior Graphic Designer: Marco Garcia
• Senior Video Production Manager: Carl Smolka
• Video Editor: Arthur Swidzinski
• Web Manager: Michael Dobbins

Sales

• VP of Sales: Keith Gerhardt
• Regional Sales Directors: Jeremiah Wehler, Frank Chiechi, Michael Kacz
• Sales Ops Account Manager: Linda Lei

Development Services

• Development Operations Manager: Stephen Akana
• Mastering Supervisor: Rey Buzon

Localization

• Senior Producer: Ken Ogasawara

Licensing

• Director of Licensing: Rene Flores
• Retail Licensing Manager: Stacy Arnold-Strider
• Licensed Product Development Manager: Tyler Ham
• Licensing Coordinator: Anthony Gaccione

Customer Support

• Customer Support Supervisor: Jeff Hawkins
• Customer Service Reps: Evan Dombrowski, Nicolas Brenni

Community

• Senior Community Manager: Kellie Parker
• Community Manager: Julian Mehlfeld

Legal

• Director of Legal: Jerusha Herman
• Associate Legal Counsels: Ziv Shmargad, Autumn Laughton
• Contracts Administrator: Edison Haywood

Human Resources

• HR Director: Michelle Whitmore
• Manager of HR: Jenny Aftreth

IT

• IT Director: Jake Salgado
• Network Manager: George Bueno
• IT Helpdesk Manager: Rica Balagot

Finance

• Senior Director, Accounting: Steven Choy
• Payroll Manager: Fedora Armbrust
• Senior Finance Manager: Jasen Chin
• G/L Accountant: Emily Chow
• Tax Director: Michael W. Dong
• A/P A/R Manager: Rukshana Suazo
• Sr. Credit Collections/Deductions Specialist: Cynthia Nombrado

Operations

• Executive Assistant: Maki Goda
• Administrative Assistant: Naoe Takahashi
• Inventory and Materials Coordinator: Andy Navarro

Facilities

• Senior Facilities Coordinator: Joe Luna
• Facilities Support & Mailroom Master: Shane Peterson

Development Partners

• Nintendo 3DS development by SANZARU Games
• IllFonic and the IllFonic logo are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of IllFonic, LLC throughout the world.
• This software product includes Autodesk® Scaleform® software, 🄫 2014 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
• Uses Bink Video. Copyright (C) 1997-2014 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.
• Portions of this software are included under license 🄫 2004-2014 Crytek GmbH. All rights reserved.
• Development tools and related technology provided under license from CRI Middleware, Inc. 🄫 2014 CRI Middleware, Inc. All rights reserved.
• "Font software prodivded by Monotype®"

Translation & Voice Acting

• Japanese translations provided by: Inbound
• Additional Material and Dialogue: Evan Bailey, Bill Freiberger, Alan Denton, Greg Hahn
• VO Direction: Jack Fletcher
• English Character Voices: Roger Craig Smith, Travis Willingham, Mike Pollock, Erin Fitzgerald, Patrick Seitz, Colleen Villard, Cindy Robinson, Nika Futterman, Kirk Thornton, Ben Diskin
• English Voice Production: Studiopolis Inc.
• Casting Directors: Jack Fletcher, Joe Moeller, Jamie Simone
• Recording Engineers: Eric Lewis CAS, Dave Walsh, Ryan Johnson
• Dialogue Editors: Terry Reiff, Elliot Anders, David W. Barr, Ernie Sheesley, Arnie Geher, Suzy Goldish
• Production Assistants: Philo Leung, Ashlee Murray, Chris Eaton
• Production Accountant: Laura Lopez
• Line Producers: L. Daniel LaBrune III, Joe Moeller

SEGA Europe Limited

• COO of Sega Europe: Jurgen Post
• CFO of Sega Europe: John Ward
• Senior Vice President, Business Planning: Tatsuya Shikata
• Director, Development Services Sega West: Jim Woods
• Head of Studio Localization and ESD: Charlie Harris

Production & Marketing

• Producer: Corinne Callois
• Sonic Marketing Manager: Helen Churchill
• Assistant Brand Manager: Colm Bannon
• European Marketing Director: Amanda Farr
• Senior International Product Manager: Anna Downing
• Senior PR Executive: Sarah Head
• Legal Counsel: Daniel Finegold
• Head of Creative Services & Traffic: Jeff Webber
• Creative Team Manager: Noud Tempelaere
• Digital Traffic and 1st Party Submissions Coordinator: Kamaljyot Panaich
• Senior Creative Designer: Ranj Vekaria
• Creative Art worker: Steve Smith
• Head of Program Office: Mark Le Breton
• Submissions Manager: Dave Pither
• Process and TCM Manager: Ben Howell
• Head of QA & Localization QA: Ghulam Khan
• Production Managers: Teressa Wright, Simon Lawrence
• Resource Manager: Ben Jackson

Localization

• Localization Manager: Marta Lois González
• Localization Project Supervisor: Antonella Marras
• Lead Translator: Nicole Thomer
• Translators: Chiara Canu, Gabriel Casas, Sebastián Salguero, Giuseppe Rosa, Anaïs Maniaval, Luis J. Paredes, Martin Schmalz, Giulia Checchi, Gwladys Gaye, Jesús Alvarez, Nura Völk

Mastering and Equipment

• Mastering and Equipment Manager: Phil Adams
• Senior Mastering Technician: Michael Veness
• Assistant Mastering Technician: Andrew Doran, Danny Florey, Shaun Young
• Training and Recruitment Supervisor: Julie Metior

QA

• Project Lead: Adrian Daly
• Functionality QA Team Lead: James McNerney
• Functionality QA Senior Testers: Katy Clemenets, Laurence Hart, Ricky Lovage
• Functionality QA Testers: Ahmed Kawser, Allen Chambers, Ariel Flores Silva, Arthur Mel, Ashar Dubois, Clarice Rabello Dall 'Orta, Daniel Sung, David Brooks, Gary Deans, Iain Hamilton, Joe Wilson, Josh Lawler, Kerry Barrett, Louis Morgan, Mark Walker, Matthew Gibson, Murat Demir, Omar Flores Silva, Peter Lamoreux, Renato Insalaco, Robert Kinbrum, Shan Blackwood, Simone Decardi-Nelson, Thalia Evans, Troy Germain, Vlad Tanasescu, Zamir Bandali
• Localization QA Supervisor: Alessandro Irranca
• Localization QA Team Lead: Pedro L. Ortega
• Localization QA Senior Tester: Melanie Schicker, Serenella Grimaldi
• Localization QA Testers: Aday Fleitas, Carina Pamminger, Erica Berghi, Héctor Meléndez Díez, Hugues Boundox, Martina Cora, Peter Mattinson, Pierpaolo Vittone, Sebastian Kernst, Silvia Haniger, Stessy Lothaire
• Compliance QA Supervisor: Darran Wall
• Compliance QA Coordinator: Mohammed Ajaib
• Compliance QA Senior Technician: Aaron Wright
• Administration and Finance Coordinator: Chris Bien
• QA Administrators: James McNerney
• Equipment & Shift Coordinators: Tony Langan, Christian Bailey

Japanese VO

• Japanese VO Actors: Jun-ichi Kanemaru, Ryo Hirohashi, Nobutoshi Canna, Taeko Kawata, Aoi Yuki, Koji Yusa, Jurota Kosugi, Fumihiko Tachiki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Mayumi Yanagisawa, Yu Kobayashi, Riki Kitazawa, Kousuke Takaguchi, Sayuri Sadaoka, Yoji Ueda, Kensuke Tamura, Naomi Kusumi, Yohei Tadano, Takashi Oohara, Chikao Ohtsuka
• Recording Producer: Takuya Ohno
• Recording Assistant Producer: Kouhei Yamamoto (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Recording Director: Eriko Kimura, Keiichiro Miyoshi, Akane Maeda (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Recording Studio: OMBIBUS JAPAN Inc.

SEGA Corporation

• Producer: Takashi Iizuka
• Director: Harumasa Nakajima
• Localize Assistant: Yuya Katayama
• Sales, Marketing, Localize support: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Shintaro Tanioka, Emi Yamane, Takuya Kishimoto
• Marketing: Takayoshi Ohuchi, Yusuke Asano, Yuko Yasuda
• PR: Mamoru Kodama, Teruyuki Kaida, Natsuki Sato
• Sales: Akira Nomoto, Teruyuki Awaji, Yasunobu Masahiro, Shinya Oosaki, Tetsuo Sasaki, Koichi Hanatate, Masaya Santo, Tomiaki Fujita, Takuro Mishina, Yoshihito Endo, Nobuaki Sone, Yuta Hirai, Toru Yasuda, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Masahiro Tanaka, Tomohiko Hayashi, Tomoaki Ishidao, Nagayuki Nou, Taku Takeuchi, FIELD CREW SERVICE Co.,Ltd.
• Sales Promotion: Mitsuru Takahashi, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Haruo Imatsu, Yuichiro Shimada
• Sales Support: Takashi Kabasawa, Yumi Kojima, Yoko Oda, Tomoki Kaji
• Promotion: Takafumi Ueoro, Jun Takemura, Ikuo Ishizaka
• Package & Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Yoichi Takahashi, Masaru Kobayashi, Hiroki Osawa, Takuya Hamamoto, Makoto Nishino
• Product Test: Takashi Shoji, Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Sato, Yuki Takahashi, Yuta Motegi, Azusa Ikeda
• QA: Seiji Hasegawa, Yuji Nakamura, Kouzou Takasugi
• Project Support: Eigo Kasahara, Shun Nakamura, Tetsu Katano, Sachiko Kawamura
• Character Supervisors: Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Yuji Uekawa
• Chief Producers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Osamu Ohashi
• Executive Supervisor: Yukio Sugino
• Executive Producer: Hideki Okamura

• Presented by SEGA

🄫SEGA

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System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		2014-07-18	CAT-R disc				Page