History Videogame / SonicBattle

* TheTease: Rouge.

* 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.''

** Also, Knuckles has become a bit sulky and more hot-tempered, and the fact that characters like Sonic and Rouge make fun of him doesn't help either.

* WhiteMage: Cream. Although all characters can heal themselves, Cream's healing power is without a doubt the best in the game. Her health bar regeneration is second only to Gamma, and her Ichikoro regeneration is joint top with Knuckles'.

* WhiteMage: Cream. Although all characters can heal themselves, Cream's healing power is without a doubt the best in the game. Her health bar regeneration is second only to Gamma, and her Ichikoro regeneration is joint top with Knuckles.

* JackOfAllStats: Amy and Tails.

* WaveMotionGun: The Death Egg's Final Egg Blaster, armed with enough power to ''destroy stars''.

* ChekovsGun: The [[spoiler:Final Egg Blaster]], which is hinted at in such a throwaway manner that even the cast forgets about it.

->''Sonic and his friends find a robot on the beach. Upon establishing a "link" with it, they discover the robot--called a "Gizoid"--can mimic their fighting abilities, learn communication skills, and is powered by Chaos Emeralds. Sonic decides to name him Emerl. The more Emeralds he gets, the more he can grow and learn about the world. Emerl grows and learns from Sonic and his friends, but there are hints that he's more than he appears to be. And Dr. Eggman has plans for him...''

''Sonic Battle'' is a 2003 FightingGame spinoff of the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series for the GameboyAdvance. It's connected to the ''{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}'' trilogy and ''SonicChronicles'', through the story of a certain robot and its makers. Unlike most ''Sonic'' spinoff games, the focus was more on the story.

* AbusivePrecursors: The empire that made Emerl. Why? It's spelled out in ''SonicChronicles''.
* AIBreaker: Loads. Easy to confuse with GameBreaker, but the misconceptions can be dispelled with multiplayer.

** Sonic and Knuckles can set their Air Special to Set. Then, jump above an enemy and throw it down. Then do it again before they land. And again, and again, and again... Tails can do it too, but it's a little harder. The CPU will have Set on Guard so you can't do this on respawn, but there are ways around that.
*** Amy can do something similar with her Air Shot.
** Sonic's Ground Power special. He throws a ring, and then if you use it again he'll spin dash towards the ring, even in mid-air. Pretty standard move, right? Well If you throw it over an opponent and then instantly use it, you recover from the attack faster than the opponent, and can use the time to throw a ring back the other way, and hit them again when they're in position. This makes the FinalBoss a joke, especially since spamming his Air Set/Shot also breaks the A.I., meaning they can't just guard against one special.
** Rouge's Ground Power. When used on an opponent that won't absorb it, and near a wall, you can just use it once, and then use it again when they bounce off the wall and before the hit again. Repeate until they're dead. They won't even be bothered to catch the wall and try to counter you.
** The computer will almost never guard, so you can use the most predictable strategies possible. Probably the only way to get through Emerl's early battles without a lot of grinding, as even a blank Emerl can use these, such as knocking opponent's down with a dash and then healing, and then repeat until you have the kill meter up.
** The computer will also not bother to dodge E-102's [[TakingYouWithMe "Recovery Mode"]]. Killing one around two other opponents effectively turns him into a bomb that you can easily run away from or guard.

* AllYourPowersCombined: This is why Emerl is so special.

** It also makes reference to the formation of Team Dark from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', but it was released before that game too (except in Europe).
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''SonicX'' did one to promote the game which was coming out at the time.

* ArcVillain: Chaos Gamma's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Emerl comes to a head in Cream's episode.

* ArtificialBrilliance: On the one hand, the AI will often change its moveset to effectively counter the one you're using, and is fairly good at blocking...
** ArtificialStupidity: ... yet, on the other hand, the AI rarely ever heals itself and, if tag team and friendly fire are on, will often attack its teammates when trying to attack you.
* AssKicksYou: Amy of all people. And Emerl [[VictorGainsLosersPowers as usual]].
* AttackAttackAttack: Spammable, powerful moves fall into this category, until the AI wises up and blocks them.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Knuckles' Ground Shot, the Rockfree Fall, is one of the most powerful shots in the game. However, it is hard to aim and very slow. (The best way to catch someone with it is at close range, as the opponent ''can'' be damaged by Knuckles unearthing the boulder before he throws it and knocks them away.)
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: With the character combos, ultimate skills and ??? skills, Emerl learns how to be better than the other fighters at being themselves.
* BeamSpam: For the characters that have exceptionally effective Shot supers.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Eggman's plans have been derailed yet again, but Emerl was sacrificed in the process. As Sonic notes, however, Emerl's ''body'' may be gone, but his ''spirit'' still lives on within the Chaos Emeralds. Emerl/G-mel/Gemerl [[EarnYourHappyEnding finally gets a happy ending]] in ''Sonic Advance 3''.]]
* BonusBoss: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Chaos]] appears. He's completely optional, but worth it to fight if you want some new [[PowerCopying powers to copy.]]
* CameBackWrong: E-102 Gamma returns in this game. However, not only does he sport a new name (Chaos Gamma), he also has no recollection of his past, and is completely subservient to Eggman. [[spoiler:This is because he is a different robot entirely, cobbled together with spare E-series parts.]]

* CharacterCustomization: Exclusive for Emerl.

* ChekovsGun: The [[spoiler:Final Egg Blaster]], which is hinted at in such a throwaway manner (in one of the more humorous scenes of the game) that even the cast forgets about it. [[spoiler:They end up regretting this in spades in the final chapter.]]
* ContinuityPorn: So much stuff is referenced, it isn't funny. They even mentioned Amy's ''tarot cards'', an ability she only had in the ''SonicCD'' instruction manual.

* DecoyProtagonist
* {{Determinator}}: Even when weakened, Shadow still tries to destroy Emerl.
** Amy is also this when it comes to [[MamaBear Emerl]] and her boxercise training. Rouge even lampshades her persistence in her (Rouge's) story.
** Chaos Gamma becomes increasingly desperate and vengeful every time Emerl defeats him, to the point of [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard turning up the damage he inflicts in the 2nd round of each encounter]].

* DoAndroidsDream: Emerl most certainly does.

* {{Flanderization}}: Amy gets hit with this ''hard'', though she does have moments of her positive ''{{Sonic Adventure|Series}}'' traits.
* {{Foreshadowing}} / ArcWords: Emerl's quote. ''"Show [[spoiler:me your]] power. Or I sh[[spoiler: ]]all [[spoiler:not]] ob[[spoiler: ]]ey.[[spoiler: I represent all things, and]] sha[[spoiler: ]]ll [[spoiler:become Gizoid, the ]]conqu[[spoiler:ere]]r [[spoiler:of ]]all..."''
* FragileSpeedster: Sonic. Shadow combines it with GlassCannon.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Emerl suffers this at the end, forcing Sonic to ShootTheDog]].
* GlassCannon: As noted above, Shadow is both this and FragileSpeedster.

* LauncherMove: the Upper moves, Heavy moves when the opponent is wall bounced, most Set moves, and some other moves send the opponent into the air for a potential combo.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: This is how Emerl learns his moves.

* MagneticHero: Emerl is a charmer; almost everyone takes a shining to him, leading to a few EnemyMine fights.
** Which really makes sense, considering Emerl's programed to assimilate personality traits. And naturally, people would want to be around someone more like them.
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: Threatening Emerl in front of Amy is ''not'' the smartest of moves. The other characters can be this in regards to him, especially when Eggman's robots show up. Sonic, in particular, straddles between [[BigBrotherInstinct an overprotective older brother complex]] and a PapaWolf.
* MechaMooks: The E-121 Phi Robots and the Guard Robots.

** The latter two overlap with DifficultButAwesome. Gamma's various attacks have noticeable lag time between when they are thrown and when they connect, but he hits like a truck. His quicker moves, on the other hand, are a bit tricky to aim and use effectively. [[spoiler:Chaos doesn't suffer from this weakness for the most part and hits even harder than Gamma, in exchange for being abysmally slow with almost no way to make up for it.]]
* [[MixAndMatchMan Mix And Match Android]]: Emerl's skills and personality are made up of the people he's around. When the first two people he meets are [[MascotWithAttitude Sonic]] and Tails, it's commented, "Hmph, I can't tell if he is being polite or rude."
* MoodWhiplash: The last chapter.

* NostalgiaLevel: GreenHillZone is unlocked upon finishing the game. The ''Death Egg'' [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Ma]][[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles rk]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheFighters Three]] is the site of the final boss.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Dr. Eggman. He spends much of the game planning something but not really accomplishing anything, until [[spoiler:the last chapter, where he drives Emerl insane with power]].
* PowerCopying: Emerl does this, usually by winning fights but [[GameplayAndStorySegregation in the beginning all Sonic has to do is use the same move multiple times.]]
* OneHitKill: Any Super Attack fully charged through the Ichikoro gauge. Also, the character combos that are exclusive to Emerl can do this.
* OnlySaneMan: Tails picks this up for once, if only to constantly use his "sad" sprite.
* ThePowerOfFriendship[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: When Shadow realizes that he needs to relinquish his Chaos Emerald to Emerl in order to complete his evolution, willingly handing over his conduit for his Chaos-based arsenal, Shadow is perfectly fine with such an action. His reply to Rouge?
-->'''Shadow''': "It's okay. I have Maria [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in my heart]]."
* PunnyName: Emerl is named after the Chaos Emeralds that power him.
* PreMortemOneLiner: '''[[AC:[[OhCrap INITIATING]] [[TakingYouWithMe RECOVERY]] [[DefeatEqualsExplosion MODE]]!]]'''
* RandomlyDrops: Except for the first few battles, new moves are learned randomly. Thus, OneHundredPercentCompletion gets all the more frustrating, especially when some moves are at impossibly low rarity.
* RunningGag[=/=]OverlyLongGag: Chaos Gamma's appearances. To the point of being once or twice per episode except for [[spoiler:Emerl's]]. And even then, you can challenge him whenever you want.
** Also people telling Amy "I don't think that's the case" regarding her delusions about Sonic. By the end of her chapter, even Emerl pitches in, but it's possible he just copied the phrase from everyone else.

* ShipTease: God, there's so much of it for Rouge/Tails it ain't even funny. For example, if you throw the match between Tails and Rouge on the former's storyline [[spoiler:Rouge actually kisses him.]] Tails isn't exactly happy about any of it.

* SNKBoss: The final boss, [[spoiler:Emerl awakened as the Gizoid, who has access to ''all'' of the Ultimate Skills.]]
** ...Until you use an AIBreaker, which many people do ''by accident''. A straighter example would be the boss before it: Eggman. He fights in his eggmobile, and [[MacrossMissileMassacre constantly shoots missiles and projectiles at you]], even when you're [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard dead and picking a place to respawn.]] It's very, very hard to get close to him, and even harder to combo him without getting hit with a stray projectile. He can easily guard Shot moves if you use too much of them too, forcing you to get close, and when you KO him, he does a souped up version of Gamma's [[TakingYouWithMe Recovery Mode]] that comes out instantly as soon as your attack connects, meaning you probably will get hit, and if you're too close (which you probably are), you'll take the full brunt of the blast and die. The only "safe" way to beat him is to make sure you always have the same amount of lives, and you kill him first, dropping him squarely into PerfectPlayAI territory.
** TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: [[spoiler:Emerl literally is (as Tails explains) exerting power beyond what he is designed to handle. The in-game skill points cap is 500, and you'd require much more than that to equip all of the ultimate skills at once.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: Chaos Gamma's stance has a built-in move called, quite ironically, ''INITIATING RECOVERY MODE''. When he is killed, he explodes and takes significant damage off of the health bars of nearby characters.
** ...unless you are quick to block the explosion, which fills a good chunk of the Ichikoro gauge and can potentially turn this ability into a weakness.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Or at least is far out of your league by design at the very beginning and end of the game.
** 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.''

* VideogameCaringPotential: In full force with Emerl. [[spoiler:Which makes the ending even ''worse'']].

* WarriorTherapist: Emerl's emergent personality is primarily the result of the rest of the cast teaching him different ways to respond to adversity. He later returns the favor to Cream.
* WaveMotionGun: The Final Egg Blaster appeared to be this, with enough power to ''destroy stars''. (Allegedly.) [[spoiler:Whether or not the blaster did that, it fulfilled its actual purpose: trigger Emerl's innate programming.]]

** ...Until you use an AIBreaker, which many people do ''by accident''. A straighter example would be the boss before it: Eggman. He fights in his eggmobile, and [[MacrossMissileMassacre constantly shoots missiles and projectiles at you]], even when you're [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard dead and picking a place to respawn.]] It's very, very hard to get close to him, and even harder to combo him without getting hit with a stray projectile. He can easily guard Shot moves if you use too much of them too, forcing you to get close, and when you KO him, he does a souped up version of Gamma's [[TakingYouWithMe Recovery Mode]] that comes out instantly as soon as your attack connects, meaning you probably will get hit, and if you're too close (which you probably are), you'll take the full brunt of the blast and will die. The only "safe" way to beat him is to make sure you always have the same amount of lives, and you kill him first, dropping him squarely into PerfectPlayAI territory.
** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:Emerl literally is (as Tails explains) exerting power beyond what he is designed to handle. The in-game skill points cap is 500, and you'd require much more than that to equip all of the ultimate skills at once.]]

* WaveMotionGun: The Final Egg Blaster appeared to be this, with enough power to ''destroy stars''.

* CameBackWrong: E-102 Gamma returns in this game. However, not only does he sport a new name (Chaos Gamma), he also has no recollection of his past, and is completely subservient to Eggman.

* DittoFighter: The Phi series of robots.
* DoAndroidsDream: Emerl most certainly ''does''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Emerl's quote ''"Show [[spoiler:me your]] power. Or I sh[[spoiler: ]]all [[spoiler:not]] ob[[spoiler: ]]ey.[[spoiler: I represent all things, and]] sha[[spoiler: ]]ll [[spoiler:become Gizoid, the ]]conqu[[spoiler:ere]]r [[spoiler:of ]]all..."''

* MightyGlacier: Knuckles, Chaos 0, and Chaos Gamma (outside of drive mode).

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters''.

* SNKBoss: [[spoiler:Emerl awakened as the Gizoid, who has access to ''all'' of the Ultimate Skills.]]
** ...Until you use an AIBreaker, which many people do ''by accident''. A straighter example would be the boss before it: Eggman. He fights in his Egg-O-Matic, and constantly shoots missiles and projectiles at you, even when you're [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard dead and picking a place to respawn.]] It's very, very hard to get close to him, and even harder to combo him without getting hit with a stray projectile. He can easily guard Shot moves if you use too much of them too, forcing you to get close, and when you KO him, he does a souped up version of Gamma's [[TakingYouWithMe Recovery Mode]] that comes out instantly as soon as your attack connects, meaning you WILL get hit, and if you're too close (which you probably are), you'll take the full brunt of the blast and WILL die. The only way to beat him is to make sure you always have the same amount of lives, and you kill him first, dropping him squarely into PerfectPlayAI territory.

* TakingYouWithMe: Chaos Gamma's stance has a built-in move called ''INITIATING RECOVERY MODE''. When he is killed, he explodes with this move, and takes significant damage off of the health bars of nearby characters.

-->'''Shadow''': "It's okay. I have [[DeadLittleSister Maria]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in my heart]]."

* CoversAlwaysLie: A mild example, but an example nonetheless. You see those moves Sonic and Shadow are performing in the box art above (which are also shown in the game's brief intro)? They don't exist in-game. (You could maybe argue that Shadow is using his Chaos Upper, but the move isn't performed quite like that and his hand [[PowerGlows glows]] a purplish color, not green.)
** Sonic's could possibly be his Aim Attack and there's similar official artwork of Shadow using his Chaos Heavy with the same color scheme.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: In the last chapter, as Emerl remembers everyone and the good times he shared with them [[spoiler:as he dies]], he neglects to mention Rouge.
* NewGamePlus: On replay, you receive the chance to earn new skills, and gain more info into the backstory.

* [[MixAndMatchMan Mix And Match Android]]: Emerl's skills and personality are made up of the people he's around. When the first two people he meets are [[MascotWithAttitude Sonic]] and [[CuteShotaroBoy Tails]], it's commented, "Hmph, I can't tell if he is being polite or rude."

* NostalgiaLevel: GreenHillZone is unlocked upon finishing the game. The ''Death Egg'' [[SonicTheHedgehog2 Ma]][[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles rk]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheFighters Three]] is the site of the final boss.

** In his defense, she did take him from his 'mommy'(Amy), and tried to use him for grand theft.

** Sonic and Knuckles can set their Air Special to Set. Then, jump above an enemy and throw it down. Then do it again before they land. And again, and again, and again... Tails can do it too, but it's a little harder. The CPU will have Set on Guard so you can't do this on respawn, but there are [[GameBreaker ways around that.]]

* NotSoHarmless: Of all people, Dr. Eggman. He spends much of the game planning something but not really accomplishing anything, until [[spoiler:the last chapter, where he drives Emerl insane with power]].

-->'''Shadow''': "It's okay. I have [[DeadLittleSister Maria]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in my heart]]."

* ThePowerOfLove: When Shadow realizes that he needs to relinquish his Chaos Emerald to Emerl in order to complete his evolution, willingly handing over his conduit for his Chaos-based arsenal, Shadow is perfectly fine with such an action. His reply to Rouge?

** Yes, we said any attack. Including [[JokeItem basic]] [[CherryTapping ground]] [[FingerPokeOfDoom trap]]

* InMediasRes: Sonic's story is the first, but ''Rouge's'' actually comes first chronologically.

* WaveMotionGun: The Final Egg Blaster appeared to be this, with enough power to ''destroy stars''.
* TheWorfEffect: Shadow's casual dialogue with Rouge distracted him long enough for a Guard Robo to cheap shot him. Shadow, being a {{Determinator}}, continues to disobey Rouge's orders to rest and repeatedly picks fights with Emerl & co. while still weakened. It takes until the ''penultimate'' chapter for him to fully recover.