Overview and Gameplay
This Game Boy Advance double pack contains Sonic Pinball Party and Columns Crown. Sonic enters the Egg Cup Tournament to rescue animals captured by Dr. Eggman, playing across Sonic, NiGHTS, and Samba de Amigo pinball tables. Story Mode sets score, time, stage, and boss objectives, while Arcade Mode supports extended score attacks. Casinopolis includes roulette, slots, and bingo, and collected Rings can be spent in the Tiny Chao Garden.
Columns Crown follows Princess Dazzle’s search for 24 stolen Magic Gems. Vertical columns of three colored gems fall into the field, and matching lines clear horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Survival, CPU Versus, and 50 Flash Columns challenges unlock gems and special abilities.
Controls And Mechanics
Sonic Pinball Party uses separate flipper controls, table nudges, ball launching, multipliers, multiball, jackpots, extra balls, and ball savers. An attempt ends after all available balls drain. Linked Party Mode supports up to four players in competitive Hot Potato and Hockey matches or the cooperative Ladder Climb event.
Columns Crown allows gem reordering, column holding, and hard drops. Chain clears build score, while versus matches charge special attacks and defensive abilities. Two players can compete through the Game Link Cable, including single-cartridge play.
Version Notes
This European cartridge presents both original Game Boy Advance games through one menu. Sonic Pinball Party includes Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian text, while Columns Crown uses English.
Release And Credits
- Release year: 2006
- Developers: Sonic Team, Jupiter Corporation, and WOW Entertainment
- Publisher: Sega
- Original platform: Game Boy Advance
