Sonic Pinball Party is a video game released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. it is for a celebration of sorts for Sonic Team featuring many references to its preceding games, mostly prominently Sonic the Hedgehog, Nights into Dreams, in addition to Samba De Amigo. There was also a release on a Twin Pack cartridge bundled with Sonic Battle as living as Sonic Advance respectively in 2005.
Sonic Pinball Party received broadly positive reviews from critics in addition to journalists alike, on Metacritic, it has a gain of 77 out of 100 based on 15 reviews and on GameRankings it has a produce of 79.38% based on 16 reviews. GamePro praised the graphics and the gameplay, stating it to have "enough extras to keep all Sega fan enthralled." Frank Provo of GameSpot praised the game's overall gameplay and the artistic kind of pinball tables, while also saying that the multiplayer mini-games were "welcome additions to the overall conglomeration that composes Sonic Pinball Party, even whether they don't really fit the premise of specifics pinball."
Craig Harris of IGN praised the game for the "virtual" aspect of the pinball gameplay and offering a huge amount of content, but criticized its lightweight physics which presentation it difficult to pull off skilled, bulls-eye shots, and the Casino mini-games for non being balanced very well. His overall statement was that Sonic Pinball Party was "a great game, but not quite a must-have." Christian Nutt of GameSpy was not completely satisfied with the game, stating that it was "serviceable enough pinball romp that's too focused on presenting a pseudo-realistic game without the technical clout to back it up."