History Videogame / SonicBattle

* MamaBear: Amy is very protective of Emerl.

* PaletteSwap: Guard Robos and Phis are gray knockoffs of Chaos Gamma and Emerl, respectively.

* PowerOfTheVoid: Shadow's Chaos-based abilities are described like this in this game. Specifically, he's attacking opponents with ''distorted space'' using Chaos Control.
--> '''C. Nightmare''': ''Shadow's heavy attack. Using Chaos Control, he grinds his fists to distort space, to attack and knock opponents away.''

** On the other hand, Emerl's also right to point out that [[SuicidalPacifism refusing to fight when a situation deems it necessary can be just as dangerous]]. While being against violence is fine, you have to at least be able to fight if a situation because not everyone's going to be there to protect you and not being able to fend for yourself is a death wish

** On one hand, Cream is right to say that it's a bad idea to constantly go looking for fights. Also worthnoting, Cream’s reluctance to fight might be in part because her constant boxercising with Amy. Amy was pushing herself to the limit, doing boxercising everyday, as well as pushing others around her. As shown in Amy's chapter, she forced Cream and Emerl to spar with her round after round, wearing enormous weights on her ankles and refusing to let Cream rest. And due to her constant working out, she's constantly wearing herself out to the point (where in the same chapter by the way) she was trembling and Cream pointed out You can't work out like that! Look, you can't even walk straight! . So it's understandable for Cream to have the thought process was kind of like, “''Amy hurts herself while fighting, therefore fighting hurts people''”.

** On one hand, Cream is right to say that it's a bad idea to constantly go looking for fights. Also worthnoting, Cream’s reluctance to fight might be in part because her constant boxercising with Amy. Amy was pushing herself to the limit, as well as pushing others around her, forcing Cream and Emerl to spar with her round after round and wearing enormous weights on her ankles and refusing to let Cream rest. And due to her constant working out, she's constantly wearing herself out. So it's understandable for Cream to have the thought process was kind of like, “''Amy hurts herself while fighting, therefore fighting hurts people''”.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: A good chunk of Cream's chapter centers around her views on violence clashing heavily with Emerl's. On one hand, Cream is right to say that it's a bad idea to constantly go looking for fights. On the other hand, Emerl's also right to point out that [[SuicidalPacifism refusing to fight when a situation deems it necessary]] can be just as dangerous.

* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:After spending the entire game learning, forming strong friendships, and growing more powerful, with the player essentially watching Emerl grow from babyhood to a mature young robot, Eggman overloads him with power and makes him go crazy. You play as Sonic to kill him]].

* 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.

* AnachronicOrder: This game seems to take place after ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' due to Shadow's personality, but was released before it.
** It also takes place after ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' (Rouge references Omega, Shadow has a flashback to the formation of Team Dark, and no one seems to care that Shadow’s there despite their surprise in Heroes), but was released anywhere from two days to a whole month before Heroes depending on the country.

* ContinuitySnarl: ''Sonic Battle'' was released in December 2003, the same month as ''Videogame/SonicHeroes''. Despite this, the characterization of Shadow as a character is not consistent.
** In ''Heroes'', Shadow is amnesiac after the events of ''Adventure 2'', with the game even teasing that he could be an artificial creation by Doctor Eggman. In ''Battle'', Shadow knows of his backstory in the Ark, knowing who Professor Gerald and Maria are. Due to the messy chronology of the Sonic series, [[HandWave it is easy]] to imagine ''Battle'' takes place after ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', when he knows what his past is.
** There's also a minor CallBack to Team Dark's formation in Shadow's flashback. However, Rouge says "Looks like we've formed a new team!" while Shadow utters her name. In ''Heroes'', she says "oh yeah, baby, this make us a team!" and Shadow doesn't utter a word.

* SliceOfLife: Despite being a fighting game, the story has this type of vibe with each character in their individual stories develop a bond with Emerl. [[spoiler:Subverted in Emerl's story, especially in the final boss fight with Emerl.]]

* SpritePolygonMix: Being on the GBA, however, the polygons are limited to stage itself and a few walls.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Emerl has the ability to copy attacks from whoever he fights. By the end of the last chapter, he has abilities from every other playable character in the game.

** In the final battle, [[spoiler: Emerl uses all of his Ultimate skills, the combined cost of which is way more than the skill point cap of 500. From another perspective, this is also Gameplay and Story ''Integration'' as Emerl with all of his Ultimate skills is in the midst of ExplosiveOverclocking, which he won't do as a Player Character because he is more than simply a weapon]].

** Knuckles has become noticeably sulky and a lot more hot-tempered than his past portrayals, and the fact that characters like Sonic and Rouge tease him constantly doesn't help matters.

** Despite her flying capabilities, Rouge is pitifully easy to disrupt. Hit her just once in mid-air, and she will proceed to do ''nothing'' until she lands. Keep her in the air, and she's yours for the KO. This is true of almost all AI opponents, but Rouge doing this stands out as particularly broken because she's ostensibly built around mid-air combat.

JustForFun/TheOneWith a customizeable robot and fighting game mechanics.

** In ''Heroes'', Shadow is amnesiac after the events of ''Adventure 2'', with the game even teasing that he could be an artificial creation by Doctor Eggman. In ''Battle'', Shadow knows of his backstory in The Arc, knowing who Professor Gerald and Maria are. Due to the messy chronology of the Sonic series, [[HandWave it is easy]] to imagine ''Battle'' takes place after ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', when he knows what his past is.

* ContinuityPorn: A lot of past events are referenced through the story, as well as obscure items like Amy's tarot cards, which she only used in the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' instruction manual.

** In the final battle, [[spoiler: Emerl uses all of his Ultimate skills, which due to the skill point system is not possible when playing as him. From another perspective, this is also Gameplay and Story ''Integration'' as Emerl with all of his Ultimate skills is in the midst of Explosive Overclocking, which he won't do as a Player Character because he is more than simply a weapon]].
** When Chaos finally appears in the story, his attack and defense are much higher than the game would otherwise allow for, and none of these benefits are available to the player when he is unlocked. Despite some of his attacks being the weakest in the game, his basic combo can kill easily. Certain moves of his are guaranteed to count as kills, as can be seen when they "kill" the player at least once, even with an infinite health cheat enabled. The game has Combo Cards, which are combos guaranteed to end in death if most hits connect, but they only do significant damage to Chaos, and must be followed with other attacks.
** You can also do this yourself for an extra challenge if you so wish. Thanks to the skills you've equipped, Emerl should already be the strongest character in the game by the time you get to the 4th episode or so- and the dialogue reflects that. So, go ahead and set his abilities back to their starting point and struggle to win even as the characters comment on how strong you've gotten.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Imperator Ix, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', is Emerl's creator.

TheOneWith a customizeable robot and fighting game mechanics.

* WarIsHell: ''Sonic Battle'' hits us with message about how war dehumanizes people in a very personal way. The player and characters spend the game bonding to a new character, a robot named Emerl. Emerl was created to be a weapon of war, but for the most part, Sonic and friends put it out of their minds. He's more than a weapon; he's their friend, and like Shadow, he has heart and couldn't willingly kill anyone. When it is acknowledged, Rouge finds codewords that will supposedly free Emerl's mind, disengaging the destructive programming. Then Dr. Eggman unleashes a weapon to overload Emerl with power, making him go crazy and attempt to destroy the Earth. Sonic is able to stop him, but it's too late for Emerl... his final programming was set so if the weapon ever went out of control, it would terminate itself. Tails hammers the point home:
-->''"Someday... If this world finally knows true peace... If this world no longer needs weapons or wars... If we can make this world a truly peaceful place when we're older... If we can make a world where there's only laughter... Do you think we'll be able to play with Emerl again?"''

* WarIsHell: ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' hits us with message about how war dehumanizes people in a very personal way. The player and characters spend the game bonding to a new character, a robot named Emerl. Emerl was created to be a weapon of war, but for the most part, Sonic and friends put it out of their minds. He's more than a weapon; he's their friend, and like Shadow, he has heart and couldn't willingly kill anyone. When it is acknowledged, Rouge finds codewords that will supposedly free Emerl's mind, disengaging the destructive programming. Then Dr. Eggman unleashes a weapon to overload Emerl with power, making him go crazy and attempt to destroy the Earth. Sonic is able to stop him, but it's too late for Emerl... his final programming was set so if the weapon ever went out of control, it would terminate itself. Tails hammers the point home:

* ContinuitySnarl: ''Sonic Battle'' was released in December 2003, the same month as ''Videogame/SonicHeroes''. Despite this, the characterization of Shadow as a character is not consistent. In ''Heroes'', Shadow is amnesiac after the events of ''Adventure 2'', with the game even teasing that he could be an artificial creation by Doctor Eggman. In ''Battle'', Shadow knows of his backstory in The Arc, knowing who Professor Gerald and Maria are. Due to the messy chronology of the Sonic series, [[HandWave it is easy]] to imagine ''Battle'' takes place after ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', when he knows what his past is.

** It also takes place after ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' (Rouge references Omega, and nobody seems to care that Shadow’s there despite their surprise in Sonic Heroes), but was released anywhere from two days to a whole month before Heroes depending on the country.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Almost the entire game is actually lighter than the usual Sonic fare thanks to being more SliceOfLife, with goofy antics around Emerl's growth and Eggman being up to his usual bad guy acts on the side. [[spoiler:Then comes the final chapter, Eggman being a NotSoHarmlessVillain, and the most tragic ending in the main franchise that took [[VideoGame/SonicAdvance3 another game]] to resolve.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Shadow acknowledges that both he and Emerl are weapons, and spends much of the story trying to destroy the Gizoid. However, Sonic rebuffs this by saying he and Emerl are alike in a different way--both Emerl and Shadow have hearts, and couldn't willingly kill anyone.

** The final boss, [[spoiler:Emerl awakened as the Gizoid, who has access to ''all'' of the Ultimate Skills; something impossible in normal gameplay.]]

** 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.