History VideoGame / SonicBattle

* AnAesop: An important factor for Cream's story: There may be other solutions besides fighting, but it is okay to fight if it's to protect yourself and the ones you care about.

* SliceOfLife: Several chapters focus not on any overarching plot but on Emerl spending time with the other characters in their personal lives, like Rouge stealing gems or Amy doing boxercise or Cream avoiding violence, and developing a life philosophy from what he learns from them. [[spoiler:Subverted in Emerl's story, especially in the final boss fight with Emerl.]]

* SliceOfLife: Several chapters focus not on any overarching plot but on Emerl spending time with the other characters in their personal lives, like Rouge stealing gems or Amy doing boxercise, and developing a life philosophy from what he learns from them. [[spoiler:Subverted in Emerl's story, especially in the final boss fight with Emerl.]]

''Sonic Battle'' is a 2003 FightingGame spinoff of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. It's connected to the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}'' trilogy, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', and ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', through the story of a certain robot and its makers. Unlike most ''Sonic'' spinoff games, the focus is more on the story than gameplay.

* TechnicalPacifist: Cream uses her Chao, Cheese, for melee and super attacks.

* FakeLongevity: Shadow's challenge at the end of his chapter, forcing Emerl to track down ''every other'' allied fighter at that point and defeat them again before facing Shadow in a rematch.

** {{Zigzagged}} by the FinalBoss. [[spoiler:On the one hand, Emerl is using all of his ultimate skills, the combined cost of which exceeds the maximum {{Cap}} of 500 skill points that the player can unlock. On the other, this is subtly {{justified}} by the story, where Eggman forced Emerl into a DeadlyUpgrade--in other words, it's not that TheComputerIsACheatingBastard but that The Computer was hacked and forced to start ExplosiveOverclocking]].

* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler: While Shadow is a main antagonist of the first half of the game, his motivations are not revealed until near the end. In short, he was right about Emeril being a threat to LOTS of innocent people and wanted to nip the problem in the bud early]].

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Chaos Zero]] appears in the last story and in the endurance mode.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Amy's constant boxercisng sessions on a daily basis and pushing herself to her limits results in her collapsing after one of their sessions. Though it becomes [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she gets back up and remains just fine for the rest of her chapter

* EarlyGameHell: Emerl is supposed to [[MagikarpPower be getting stronger over time as he obtains new skills]], but that also means he starts off with nothing in the way of usable attacks. As the character you play as rotates frequently, you are often required play as him unassisted (e.g. the Knuckles fight in Sonic's chapter), which can lead to some incredibly lopsided fights until you get a decent amount of skills.

* EternalEngine: Gimme Shelter, Metal Depot and [[spoiler:the Death Egg]].

** Amy's ClingyJealousGirl tendencies are exaggerated significantly, to the point where the second-to-final fight in Rouge's chapter is her and a hallucination of Sonic she conjured up.

* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Emerl suffers this after witnessing the Final Egg Blaster destroy a system of stars]].

** One of the locations is named [[Music/TheRollingStones Gimme Shelter]].

* TheAllSeeingAI: The AI opponents know where you are even when they shouldn't, like when you're using Knuckles' Air Power or Shadow's Ground Power to hide and move around. They can also see where's your picking to respawn.

* AntiAntiChrist: Emerl is a Gizoid, a robot designed to mimic any combat technique he sees, and is able to do so with terrifying efficiency. Upon obtaining all seven Chaos Emeralds [[spoiler:he's supposed to pretty much annihilate civilization.]] He's also [[UpbringingMakesTheHero raised by the good guys]] and slowly mimics bits of each of their personalities as well -- the result is a lovable NiceGuy who calls Amy "Mom", helps out around Tails's lab, ribs Knuckles for being dense, and is fiercely protective of his friends, most notably Cream.

* InMediasRes: Sonic's story is the first, but both Shadow's and Rouge's stories detail events that happen before Sonic finds Emerl.

* LostSuperweapon: Emerl is an ancient robot designed as a PowerCopying superweapon.

* PaletteSwap: Guard Robos and Phis are gray knockoffs of Chaos Gamma and Emerl, respectively. It's explained that the coloration is due to being mass-produced models.

* TheEchoer: Emerl starts out completely silent. After absorbing a chaos emerald, he becomes capable of saying things he has heard, becoming better with each emerald he absorbs. Once he absorbs enough emeralds, he is no longer this trope as he becomes capable of speaking freely.

* NewGamePlus: On replay, you receive the chance to earn new skills, and gain more information into the backstory.

* PointBuildSystem: Emerl's moveset customization is tied to a point budget. Each Skill Card has a point value based in their intended power level, with stronger ones costing more than weaker ones, and you can only equip so many within the allotted budget.

* EarlyGameHell: You're forced to play as Emerl at certain points, which can lead to very difficult fights early on since his entire gimmick revolves around MagikarpPower.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: A present feature with the AI opponents. They know where you are even when they shouldn't, like when you're using Knuckles' Air Power or Shadow's Ground Power to hide and move around, or when you're ''picking a place to respawn.'' They even are able to always recover very often from Heavy Attack knockbacks quite often while you yourself are forced to often guess (the wall right near me, or elsewhere?). See also GameplayAndStorySegregation.
** Taken UpToEleven in the AI Training simulations, which are intended to be NintendoHard, but have the AI capable of frame-perfectly blocking pretty much anything except special moves. Combos, Dash attacks and air attacks are completely useless past the first couple of rounds.

* TheComicallySerious: Knuckles, and to a lesser extent, Shadow.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The FinalBoss fight against [[spoiler:the fully awakened Emerl]] has access to every [[spoiler:Gizoid attack]], even though the customization system lets you only equip a couple due to their high point cost.

* CharacterCustomization: Emerl's moves and appearance can be customized.