History YMMV / SonicBattle

** Emerl's skill collection is randomized, which means you can beat the entire game several times over and ''still'' be missing certain attacks.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atVRAIKp8tk Battle Highway]] has an intense and fast-paced beat. Being Shadow's home stage, it really works well to encapsulate his in-game personality.

** The fandom has generally accepted that ''Battle'' takes place after ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' even though it came out in 2003. The game doesn't contradict this theory and helps fix the inconsistency of Shadow knowing who he is, despite ''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Heroes]]'' showing he has amnesia.

* InferredHolocaust: In order to supersede Sonic's claim over Emerl, due to the Gizoid's core systems defining that he ''will'' obey the strongest, Eggman [[spoiler:fires his flagship's blaster onto a star system, which ''erases'' them all]].
* IronWoobie: Emerl.
* MoralEventHorizon: Eggman [[spoiler:making Emerl go berserk]] at the end of the game, after Emerl was nice to him and thanked him for waking him up. Not mentioning [[EarthShatteringKaboom the way he did it]].

** Eggman has a similar one, except it comes out ''immediately'' when he's K.O.ed; the upside, however, is that it doesn't have a big radius around himself and he'll suffer from a bit of knockback that at least gives you some distance when it happens.

** The game, despite coming out in 2003, takes place after the events of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''. This is an accepted view by the fanbase since the game doesn't contradict this theory and helps fix the inconsistency of Shadow knowing who he is, despite ''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Heroes]]'' showing he has amnesia.

** The randomized skill collection system means you can beat the entire game several times over and ''still'' be missing certain attacks.

** The fight with Rouge where Emerl has to get 10 [=KOs=] without using any special moves. It can be somewhat mitigated with a good setup however. If you have the Character Combos from the final chapter, the game will not count these certain ones as special moves.

** Eggman can be one given his missile spam and tendency to explode when knocked out.

** The fight with Rouge where Emerl has to get 10 [=KOs=] without using any special moves. It can be somewhat mitigated with a good setup however. If you have the Character Combos from the final chapter, the game will not count these certain ones as special moves.

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Basically everything with Emerl after all of his growth and development across the entire game -- only to have to be killed before he blows up the planet due to Eggman. Even with his [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy revival as Gemerl]], it's still the equivalent of Sonic [[MercyKill having to put down]] [[AdultFear a child-like figure he helped raise]] [[ICannotSelfTerminate by their own request to make the pain stop]].]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game has good music. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc8gAcUjKhg&list=PL6akIKaXBeU1FC014O44g9ZXVLuE8HE-m&index=1 See for yourself.]]

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ZnmvGRkvU Emerald Beach]] is the first stage you fight on in Sonic Battle. It's got a nice mix of silly fun and a seriously good beat, which sets the stage for the rest of the game.

* BrokenBase: The story. Some consider it to be well-written mainly because of the character interactions and Emerl's story arc while some find it to be annoying due to the {{flanderization}} of some characters, the long dialogue in the cutscenes, and [[ExcusePlot the plot]] where characters fight each other to train Emerl.

-->1. Emerl at the end of the game[[note]]the character combos and instant kills are {{Game Breaker}}s, as is [[SNKBoss Ultimate]] [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Emerl]], who has all the Ultimate skills [[{{Cap}} when there is no way to get that many points as a regular player]][[/note]]\\

** The Club Rouge arena looks like a casino. Many fans have pegged it as a 'cabaret' club.
** The game, despite coming out in 2003, takes place after the events of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''. This is an accepted view by the fanbase since the game doesn't contradict this theory and helps fix the inconsistency of Shadow knowing who he is, despite ''Heroes'' showing he has amnesia.

* InferredHolocaust: In order to take over Sonic's claim over Emerl, due to the Gizoid's core systems defining that he ''will'' obey the strongest, Eggman fires his flagship's blaster onto a star system, which ''erases'' them all.

* MoralEventHorizon: Eggman [[spoiler: making Emerl go berserk]] at the end of the game, after Emerl was nice to him and thanked him for waking him up. Not mentioning [[EarthShatteringKaboom the way he did it]].

* NightmareFuel: Emerl's stated purpose when he finally obtains all the Emeralds.

* PlayerPunch: After spending a huge amount of time learning about Emerl and training him to be an amazing fighter, [[spoiler:[[TearJerker Sonic has to]] ''[[TearJerker destroy]]'' [[TearJerker him]].]]

** For many it's Gamma's [[TakingYouWithMe Recovery Mode]]. His voice clip does provide a fairly clear telegraph, however, and after just a little practice it should be easy enough to guard it, netting yourself a ''lot'' of meter in the process thanks to the high power of the explosion. Now, when a Guard Robo or a Phi with Gamma's moveset falls, avoiding it's a good bit trickier, because they don't [[CallingYourAttacks go announcing it]]. Of course, your AI teammates or any AI opposition against the said "Recovery Mode" user won't do anything about trying to run away, meaning they'll suffer damage all the same just trying to pointlessly attack the corpse before it explodes. E-102 Style is probably the best Fighting Pose skill in the game because of this.
** Eggman has a similar one, except it comes out ''immediately'' when he's K.O.ed; the upside is however is that it doesn't have a big radius around himself and he'll suffer from a bit of knockback that at least gives you some distance when it happens.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Emerl is capable of unlocking [[PaletteSwap alternate color palettes]] based on the other playable characters, but where the colors are assigned to can be a bit confusing. For example, the Amy palette makes him mostly red and yellow (with a similar color distribution to Iron Man), the Shadow palette uses white for the main body and black and red for the accents instead of vice versa, etc.
* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Basically everything with Emerl after all of his growth and development across the entire game - only to have to be killed before he blows up the planet due to Eggman. Even with his [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy revival as Gemerl]], it's still the equivalent of Sonic having to put down a child-like figure he helped raise [[MercyKill by their own request to make the pain stop.]]]]

** For many it's Gamma's [[TakingYouWithMe Recovery Mode]]. He does spell it out for you, however, and after minimal practice it should be easy to be able to guard it. The high power makes it give you a LOT of meter. Now, when a Guard Robo or Phi has this, you're in ''real'' trouble, because they don't [[CallingYourAttacks go announcing it]]. Of course, your AI teammates or any AI opposition against the said "Recovery Mode" user won't do anything about trying to run away, meaning they'll suffer damage all the same just trying to pointlessly attack the corpse before it explodes.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Emerl is capable of unlocking [[PaletteSwap alternate color palettes]] based on the other playable characters, but where the colors are assigned to can be a bit confusing. For example, the Amy palette makes him mostly red and yellow (looking more like Iron Man), the Shadow palette uses white for the main body and black and red for the accents instead of vice versa, etc.