History YMMV / SonicRivals

* NeverLiveItDown: Silver assaulting and stealing Tails' rings in ''Rivals 2'', mostly because it paints the usually nice Silver as insanely violent for essentially bullying an 8-year old.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Both games can be considered this to the Metal Sonic race from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'', as it revolves around beating your rival in a high-paced linear race to the finish.

* ArcFatigue: In the second game, Tails', Rouge's, Metal Sonic's and Espio's stories are almost exactly the same as Sonic's, Knuckle's, Shadow's and Silver's respectively. As all the characters in the game play the same except for specials, this means that half of the game is exactly the same as the other half and makes it get repetitive quickly ([[JustHereForGodzilla Unless you just like playing those characters]]).

* ThatOneAttack: Silver's [=ESP=] Special on the leu that it can randomize your controls every time he uses it. In a fast-paced platformer (and a ''racer''), that's a guaranteed death sentence.

* IdiotPlot: The second game. Most of the major characters find themselves stuck on an unknown island and have no idea what's going on. You'd think this would be the time to put aside their differences and work together to figure things out. Instead, they insist on wasting time racing and otherwise competing against each other, and consequently barely make it to [[spoiler: Eggman Nega and Ifrit]] before it's too late.
** The first game isn’t much better. While it makes sense for Silver to antagonise the other characters as he doesn’t know them, there’s no reason for Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles not to work together.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Both games can be considered this to the Metal Sonic race from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'', as it revolves around beating your rival to the end in a high-paced linear race to the finish.

* DesignatedHero: Silver is fighting to save the future, but the way he treats his friends is rather [[{{Jerkass}} rude]]. [[GoodIsNotNice He acts extremely hostile towards them when they are in his way]] and shows little to no respect for them. Fans consider him at his worse in this series.

* DesignatedHero: Silver, he's fighting to save the future, but the way he treats his friends is rather [[{{Jerkass}} rude]], [[GoodIsNotNice and acts extremely hostile towards them when they are in his way]] and shows little to no respect for them. Fans consider him at his worse in this series.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Metal Sonic 3.0, From the second game. Being another version of the already popular Metal Sonic but with a nice looking recolor, It's no surprise he'd caught on with fans.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Metal Sonic 3.0, From the second game. Being another version of the already popular Metal Sonic but with a nice looking recolor, It's no surprise He'd caught on with fans.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Despite the premise of the series, fans have this reaction towards the characters who are portrayed as {{Jerkass}}es who are willing to insult and fight each other instead of assisting each other to stop Eggman.

** He's also liked among fans of the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics]] due to his resemblance to [[EnsembleDarkhorse Well-liked Shard.]] (Another version of Metal Sonic.)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: From the second game, Metal Sonic 3.0. Being another version of the already popular Metal Sonic but with a nice looking recolor, It was practically inevitable He'd caught on with fans. He's also liked among fans of the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics]] due to his resemblance to [[EnsembleDarkhorse Shard.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: From the second game, Metal Sonic 3.0. Being another version of the already popular Metal Sonic but with a nice looking recolor, It was practically inevitable He'd caught on with fans. He's also liked among fans of the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics]] due to his resemblance to [[EnsembleDarkhorse Shard]]
(Another model of Metal Sonic).

* EarWorm: Almost all the songs, actually.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Silver, just like he was in 2006. Some fans consider his characterization to be a step up from before, while others dislike how he TookALevelInJerkass.

%%* WTHCostumingDepartment: Sonic's Cheetah costume in Sonic Rivals 2?

* TheScrappy: Though not as much as his reception in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', Silver gets this due to him [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming rude and hostile towards others for no reason.]]

** Mystic Haunt Act 3: This level features several annoying gimmicks, but the worst are the lever-gates that require the player to wait until the correct symbol is shown before jumping off. They break the flow of the level and offer the
rival a chance to take easy potshots.
* WTFCostumeDepartment: Sonic's Cheetah costume in Sonic Rivals 2?