History VideoGame / SonicChronicles

* LooseCanon: Kevin Eva, who was the community manager of Sega Europe in the mid-2000s, [[https://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/19847-segas-secret-sonic-bible-that-well-probably-never-see-to-mars/?page=10#comment-964735 insisted]] that ''Sonic Chronicles'' is non-canon and should be considered "Alternate Universe"; the implication is that the Ken Penders lawsuit with Archie and Sega, which involved using substitutes of his own characters from the Archie Sonic comics, makes it very unlikely that elements from the spin-off will [[ExiledFromContinuity ever pop up again]]. However, he has also said in the same breath that the series' canon is in constant "[[DependingOnTheWriter flux]]" and can change at any given moment. Ian Flynn, chief writer of the Archie Sonic comics, [[http://www.tssznews.com/2014/02/17/flynn-updates-readers-on-new-sonic-comic-continuity/ suggested]] that ''Sonic Chronicles'' rather [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture occurs late in the chronology]] and thus is the reason why the comics never covered it, and Aaron Webber, who is a social media coordinator at Sega of America, [[https://youtu.be/axAvQSg1mM0?t=529 stated]] that "[[RetCanon everything is canon]]".

** [[UndergroundMonkey Laser Drones may look like those punny Sentry Drones]] from Chapter 1, but they can shoot [[WaveMotionGun a single powerful laser beam]] that cause instant KO. Pray that they'll miss.

* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: [[spoiler:Amy doesn't believe Eggman has actually reformed. Then she invoke this trope when Knuckles says he might actually be telling the truth.]]
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Your characters need to level up further before they can dash/fly/smash through obstacles despite having beaten Eggman and used those skills in previous games.

* OneHitKill: Spartoi, a special Chao, allows for a random chance to oneshot an opponent regardless of armor when the character he's with attacks.

* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:The Nocturnus clan is able to escape the Twilight Cage to obtain the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald by using their warp technology they create a "bubble" of Twilight Cage reality around themselves, which, in Shade's own words, essentially allows them to leave without ever really leaving at all. Of course, she also states that the bubbles degrade with time and they'll be forcibly drawn back when they do. The only way to truly leave would be to use the wormhole made by the Master Emerald]].

* PointOfNoReturn: The game repeatedly locks you out of earlier content as the game progresses, though usually with warning. Entering Metropolis in Chapter 5 locks out the first half of the game, Metropolis and Angel Island turn into Metropolis Ground Zero after Chapter 5, the Twilight Cage cannot be left after entering it at the end of Chapter 6, and TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon prevents your from returning to the rest of Twilight Cage.

--->'''Scylla:''' Stop and soak up the pain!

* SeriesContinuityError: The in-game codex, with such little gems like stating that Sonic and Shadow "teamed up together to fight Eggman" in ''Videogame/SonicAdventure2'', despite that never happening at all as everyone in that game had to work together to stop the ARK from plummeting into Earth.

*** [[spoiler:Shade and Knuckles]], with the way they look out for each other and there's this gem from Rouge. (Considering her own Ship Tease with [[spoiler: Knuckles]] this is kinda shocking.)
--->'''Rouge:''' You were always into older woman, huh, [[spoiler: Knuckles]]?

* SpoilerOpening: If one looks carefully enough there is a brief gameplay clip in the introduction movie featuring Shade unmasked, though oddly it's in [[DummiedOut an area that can't be accessed even after you unlock her]].

%% * EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Super Sonic, as always.]]
* ActionCommands: During special skills, and non-damage dealing ones fail completely if you miss even one; see UselessUsefulSpell, below.
%%* AloofAlly: Shadow when he joins the heroes.
%%-->'''Shadow:''' Just don't expect me to join in on your group hugs and picnics.
* AnimatedActors: The credits are delivered by having Sonic, Tails and Omega [[BreakingTheFourthWall Break the Fourth Wall]] to discuss the developers.
* ArsonMurderAndAdmiration: After working together with Eggman, Tails seems to think of him less as an enemy and more as a fellow scientist, often commenting things like "Wow, I bet Eggman would love to see this!". If you [[DialogueTree call him out on it,]] he'll stop.
* AnimationBump: Battles in the game run at 60FPS when it involves only two combatants. That gets cut in half (or worse) when more combatants are added into the fray. One-on-one battles that pop up during the game end up invoking this as nearly all the battles in the game involve at least four fighters per side and thus miss out on the framerate boost. It helps that one-on-one battles in the game usually tend to be [[DiscOneFinalBoss bosses.]]

%%* BlatantLies:
%%-->''For I, the illustrious Doctor Robotnik... [[PsychoticSmirk have utterly and completely reformed!]]''
* BreakingTheFourthWall: After discovering [[spoiler:Eggman took over the world while they were gone]], Sonic and Tails point out that they'll have to wait until the next episode to see what happens next. Cue them and Omega reading the credits.
* ButThouMust: Subverted. If you complete the (optional) quest of reuniting Cheese with Cream, she'll ask to join you on your quest. If you refuse her enough, she'll give up.

%%* CoDragons: Scylla and Charyb.

* TheComicallySerious: Knuckles and Shadow border on this.
* ContinuityNod: Several. The game is even helpful enough to provide you with a mini-encyclopedia on the previous [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] games in one of the menus so you can get caught up on any of the relevant {{Backstory}} that you might not have played before or had forgotten about.
* ContinuityPorn: Overall, the game makes a ''huge'' point to tie itself in with most of the games of the series...
* ContinuitySnarl: ...[[ZigZaggingTrope which falls flat on its face because it gets a ton of details wrong]] (some of which can be excused during [[AlternateContinuity the brief time skip]], though some can't).
* CruelTwistEnding: Sonic and co. return to Earth after saving the universe... [[spoiler:only to discover [[TheBadGuyWins Eggman successfully took over the world]] while they were gone]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: The plot gets pretty grim at points, what with NoEndorHolocaust being strictly averted.

** Rouge.
** You can also have Sonic dabble in this, if you keep picking the "snarky" dialogue options. Not nearly as deadpan as Rouge, though.
* DemotedToExtra: Team Chaotix only get a brief {{cameo}} in one chapter (and Vector is the only one seen on-screen), being the only team from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' not to have all three members playable.

%%* DimensionLord: Imperator Ix.

** Also, General Raxos.
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Shade to varying degrees. You have the choice to be instant buddies with her or tell her she's an asshole at the start of her HeelFaceTurn, but either way you end up comrades.]]
* TheEmpire: Ix certainly runs the Twilight Cage like one. His title is "Imperator" for crying out loud.
* {{Expy}}: Shade is pretty clearly an expy of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Julie-Su]], and the Nocturnus are expies of the Dark Legion.
** There's even an expied ''area'' with the Twilight Cage. Bioware admittedly just took Archie's echidna history and adapted it to the games, which got EVERYONE involved with the game in trouble when Ken Penders filed for copyrights to prevent this scenario happening again and Archie didn't address it before the copyrights kicked in.
** It came full-circle later in Archie's run, when the "Twilight Zone" to which the Dark Legion was banished was [[RetCon retconned]] to be ''Chronicles''' Twilight Cage.
* EvilVersusEvil: The backstory gives us [[spoiler:the tyrannical, fascist dictator Imperator Ix vs the selfish, greedy and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking poor parent]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Pachacamac]].]]
* FastballSpecial:
** Rather common in Sonic's special attacks.
** Played completely straight with his combined special with Amy.
* FinalExamBoss: The last battle with Ix tests to see how good you are with the Action Commands. And the one right before it checks your skill at the fleeing/catch-the-fleeing-enemies minigame.
* {{Flanderization}}: This game sadly doesn't help with some of the more divisive characters. For example Big the Cat, usually just a mellow [[TheDitz Ditz]], is now a complete air head who speaks near solely in non sequiturs. You can also choose whether to do this or similarly invert it with Sonic's attitude. Played straight with E-123 Omega and Amy, however, as the former has been turned into the Bioware classic RoboticPsychopath party member and the latter straights up lies about having a boyfriend to make Sonic jealous.
* FragileSpeedster: Sonic, being most likely to act first, but not having very high defenses.
* GladIThoughtOfIt:
** Downplayed, but Eggman is particularly keen on mentioning how he'd already thought of details first mentioned by other people.
** He does gamely admit that [[TheRival Tails]] had an idea he hadn't thought of for solving the Marauders problem, though he is a little put out that it doesn't involve any pain.
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:Shade]].

* GoodFeelsGood: Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Eggman discovers running and jumping and do-gooding is fun. Or does he?]]
** [[spoiler: Shade makes it clear she feels better within Sonic's benevolent team than doing Ix's dirty work.]]

** [[spoiler:Shade the Echidna.]]

* HiveMind: The Voxai.

* JackOfAllStats: Amy.

** Though Shade believes she is doing good and merely helping her kind reach home, she is willing to follow through with Ix's rather brutal strategies of doing so without question. She does not flicker an eyelid at his squad invading innocent civilians or brutally ambushing Sonic and Knuckles [[spoiler:[[NotWhatISignedOnFor until Ix blurts out his true goals of world domination, that is]].]]
** A HannibalLecture by Ix later in the game suggests him to be a KnightTemplar himself, claiming he intends to make the world a better place [[spoiler: by conquering it of course.]]
** Near the end of the game, Knuckles confesses that he's worried ''Sonic'' might be this towards the Nocturnus Clan, leading Knuckles to give Ix a LastSecondChance before Sonic can get there.

* LightningBruiser: Shadow.
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:How the Nocturnus clan is able to escape the Twilight Cage to obtain the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald. By using their warp technology they create a "bubble" of Twilight-Cage reality around themselves, which, in Shade's own words, essentially allows them to leave without ever really leaving at all. Of course, she also states that the bubbles degrade with time and they'll be forcibly drawn back when they do. The only way to ''truly'' leave would be to use the wormhole made by the Master Emerald]].
* LooseCanon: Kevin Eva, who was the community manager of Sega Europe in the mid-2000s, [[https://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/19847-segas-secret-sonic-bible-that-well-probably-never-see-to-mars/?page=10#comment-964735 insisted]] that ''Sonic Chronicles'' is [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] and should be considered "Alternate Universe"; the implication is that the Ken Penders lawsuit with Archie and Sega, which involved using substitutes of his own characters from the Archie Sonic comics, makes it very unlikely that elements from the spin-off will [[ExiledFromContinuity ever pop up again]]. However, he has also said in the same breath that the series' canon is in constant "[[DependingOnTheWriter flux]]" and can change at any given moment. Ian Flynn, chief writer of the Archie Sonic comics, [[http://www.tssznews.com/2014/02/17/flynn-updates-readers-on-new-sonic-comic-continuity/ suggested]] that ''Sonic Chronicles'' rather [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture occurs late in the chronology]] and thus is the reason why the comics wouldn't be covering it anytime soon, and Aaron Webber, who is a social media coordinator at Sega of America, [[https://youtu.be/axAvQSg1mM0?t=529 stated]] that "[[RetCanon everything is canon]]".
* MassTeleportation: Any civilization that ended up in the Twilight Cage.

* MightyGlacier: Omega and Knuckles. They have higher defenses but aren't as powerful.
* MissingMainCharacter: Some parts force you to use a party that doesn't have Sonic in it.

* MythologyGag: The game refers to a ''lot'' of plot threads that [[AbortedArc Sega discarded or forgot about]], especially from ''Sonic Battle'', and there are plenty of actual franchise references.

** The game even does this on ''accident''. One quest has the team deliver a young boy back to his home in Central City, but he refers to it as "Emerald Town", which was where Tails lived in ''Sonic Battle''.

%%* NeverSayDie: In the first few chapters, we get quotes like "we'll waste whatever time Knuckles has left" and "they wanted to get rid of me, but Shade ordered them to lock me up and keep me alive".
* NewGamePlus: Characters join your party at the same level they were at the end of the game. You're given the freedom to reassign all of their points used to boost their special abilities (except Sonic, since he technically never joins the party), allowing you to play around with new strategies. For some odd reason, although Chao Eggs regenerate, allowing you to collect any rare ones that you may have missed last time, rings don't, which means you have to depend on selling items back to the shops in order to make any more money.
%%* NobleDemon: Shade [[spoiler:pre-HeelFaceTurn]].

%%* NoobCave: Green Hill Zone.
%%-->'''Tails:''' ''Sonic! Look out! That armadillo looks angry!''
%%** [[spoiler: Although, if you do a sidequest to free the animals from mind control, they will be replaced with repurposed Swatbots and other robots.]]
* ObviousBeta: SEGA's contract with Bioware had just expired and they shifted their efforts to ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. As such, the game was released in a late beta stage, resulting in a bare-bones RPG with essentially no real sidequests. One of the most noticeable problems is the music and sound effects; most areas use placeholder Midi-format music of ''very'' low quality, and pretty much all sound effects in battle are placeholder noises.
%%* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:During Eggman's stint as a member of your party, he and Tails strike up a friendship.]]

* OneHitPointWonder: Built on the "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Shedinja]]" model. [[spoiler: Super Sonic and Super Imperator Ix both do massive damage with each blow, but if they don't take out their opponent in one turn (by not executing the Action Commands perfectly for Sonic, or by the player screwing up enough Action Commands for Ix), their health regenerates and they have to start over]].

* PantyShot: Amy when running in the overworld.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Due to the multiple [[PointOfNoReturn Points Of No Return]], almost everything. Most notably, both {{Optional Party Member}}s and a lot of rings. Though there's always a second chance to obtain them with NewGamePlus.
* PointOfNoReturn: Multiple. Whatever you do, make absolutely sure you follow [[spoiler:Eggman]]'s advice and don't go into Metropolis unless you're sure you've got everything you need. Also, make sure to get everything ''in'' Metropolis before trying to recapture the Master Emerald. And after that, get everything in Metropolis Ground Zero before finishing the chapter, and ''then'' make sure you have everything from the Twilight Cage before starting chapter 10.
* PoorCommunicationKills: When the heroes attempt to track down Eggman using a device, they end up finding Shadow in Mystic Ruins. But rather than tell them why he was there (Finding Omega), he instead picks a fight with Sonic when he feels they're accusing him of something. And when they meet him again, he tries to run away from them and has to be beaten by Sonic again to get him to talk with them.
* {{Precursors}}: ''Someone'' lived in the Twilight Cage before anyone else did, and Nestor calls them this.
* QuirkyBard:
** While Rouge is certainly one of the most entertaining characters, she's not very good aside from her ''very'' valuable steal ability and the team moves.
** If you can get [[OptionalPartyMember Cream and Omega]] to join the party, Tails and Knuckles turn into these due to being outclassed in their niches.
* RandomlyDrops: Chao are obtained at random each time you get an egg. You could get all the best ones right off the bat or end up with crappy ones throughout the course of the game. Somewhat helped by the ability to trade chao with friends.
** However, the randomness of the chao can be exploited by saving before checking the egg. Different chao are hatched every time you load the same save and check the egg.
* RequiredPartyMember: Often, especially when the team splits up.

* RespawningEnemies: Monsters will keep on respawning when you have your back turned for only a nano.

* SeriesContinuityError: The in-game codex, with such little gems like stating that Sonic and Shadow "teamed up together to fight Eggman" in ''Videogame/SonicAdventure2''... despite that never happening at all as everyone in that game had to work together to stop the ARK from plummeting into Earth.
* ShipTease: [[spoiler: Can be seen by treating Amy nicely -- before the attack on Nocturne, she'll ask to speak with Sonic privately.]]

** At times, it looks like Sonic and [[spoiler: Shade]] are flirting with each other.
*** [[spoiler: Shade and Knuckles]], with the way they look out for each other and there's this gem from Rouge. (Considering her own Ship Tease with [[spoiler: Knuckles]] this is kinda shocking.)

** The resident RoboticPsychopath calls a character "[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic meatbag...]]"
%%** And speaking of ''Franchise/StarWars'':
%%--->'''Eggman:''' Inter-dimensional travel isn't like dusting crops, boy!

** Imperator Ix's name is a reference to [[Franchise/{{Dune}} planet Ix]], which a major developer of high technology.
%%** The final battle between Super Sonic and Ix is reminiscent of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
%%* SnakeTalk: The N'rrgal Colony.
* SpacePirate: In a sidequest, with TalkLikeAPirate epically mocked by Rouge.
-->'''Rouge:''' Seriously, [[LampshadeHanging why would a pirate from another dimension even talk like that?]]
** "Aye. A speech impediment it be."
* SpoilerOpening: If one looks carefully enough there is a brief gameplay clip in the introduction movie featuring Shade unmasked, and curiously enough, [[DummiedOut an area that can't be accessed even after you unlock her.]]
%%* SquishyWizard: Tails and Cream, to an extent.
%%* StockSubtitle: "Chronicles".
%%* StoneWall: Big.

* TimmyInAWell: Parodied in a side quest. Timothy technically ''is'' in a well, but is a grown man and doesn't need saving; maintaining the well is his ''job''.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: A late-game DualBoss tries to scare Sonic by using mind control on the rest of the party. If Big is present, however, he just comments that his head hurts.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Sonic. Especially when the more snarky dialogue choices are taken.
** The one piece of dialogue you can not select manually from Sonic is during Knuckles' confrontation with Ix, which rather bluntly demonstrates he trusts Knuckles about as much as vice versa:

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The opening cinematic trailer WITHIN the game shows [[spoiler: Shade playable in the Mystic Ruins Zone]] which is impossible to achieve in game.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Done twice, in Chapters in 5 and 10.

* UselessUsefulSpell:
** Several special skills are ''completely useless'' if you don't input every single [[ActionCommands action command]] perfectly. If you didn't, congratulations, you just lost a turn and a bunch of PP.
** There is a Chao that will automatically grant you perfect results... too bad the chances of finding one is at pure random.
* VerbalTic: Like Yoda, the Kron speak.
* VillainBall: [[spoiler:Way to announce your plans for world conquest right in front of your lieutenant who believed you wanted to simply return to Earth, Ix.]]
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Your characters need to level up further before they can dash/fly/smash through obstacles despite having beaten Eggman and used those skills in a previous game.

* WorldOfSnark: You know it's this when even Big the Cat gets in on it.

* YearOutsideHourInside: The Twilight Cage. [[spoiler: This come back to bite our heroes by the time they get back.]]

A sequel was announced, [[VaporWare but nothing's been heard since]]. The game took heavy inspiration from the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics canon]], [[ScrewedByTheLawyers causing a legal situation]] with writer Ken Penders[[note]]who claimed to hold ownership over vast swaths of the Sonic multiverse, leading to Archie and Sega forcing a SoftReboot on the comic in 2013, before Sega finally cancelled the Archie run in favor of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW a wholly new continuity]] a few years later[[/note]] to ensue and essentially cause any future for the series to be abandoned.

* OffModel: Shade has much smaller eyes during the final cutscene that make her look noticeably off.

* OptionalPartyMember: Cream and Omega, both of which are [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost]] until [[NewGamePlus you complete the game.]]

A sequel was announced, [[VaporWare but nothing's been heard since]]. The game took heavy inspiration from the [[ComicBook/ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics canon]], [[ScrewedByTheLawyers causing a legal situation]] with writer Ken Penders[[note]]who claimed to hold ownership over vast swaths of the Sonic multiverse, leading to Archie and Sega forcing a SoftReboot on the comic in 2013, before Sega finally cancelled the Archie run in favor of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW a wholly new continuity]] a few years later[[/note]] to ensue and essentially cause any future for the series to be abandoned.

* TheBadGuyWins: On account of being a dead franchise that was screwed over by legal trouble, [[spoiler:the game (and by extension this mini-series) ends with Eggman having successfully taken over the world]].

A sequel was announced, [[VaporWare but nothing's been heard since]]. The game took heavy inspiration from the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Comics canon]], [[ScrewedByTheLawyers causing a legal situation]] with writer Ken Penders[[note]]who claimed to hold ownership over vast swaths of the Sonic multiverse, leading to Archie and Sega forcing a SoftReboot on the comic in 2013, before Sega finally cancelled the Archie run in favor of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW a wholly new continuity]] a few years later[[/note]] to ensue and essentially cause any future for the series to be abandoned.

* {{Expy}}: Shade is pretty clearly an expy of [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Julie-Su]], and the Nocturnus are expies of the Dark Legion.

** The one piece of dialogue you can not select manually from Sonic is during Knuckles' confrontation with Ix:

* ATasteOfPower: [[spoiler:Dr. Eggman has a lot of HP, a lot of PP and a ridiculously powerful and easy-to-execute special attack in Bombardment, as well as an instant kill attack against robots when used in conjunction with Tails. It's not a typical Taste of Power in that you don't start out with him, but he does leave the party about halfway through the game.]]

** Eggman makes a cute little allusion to ''VideoGame/DrRobotniksMeanBeanMachine Mean Bean Machine]]'' by talking about himself when he was "young and full of beans".

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Super Sonic, as always.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Rouge.

* DialogueTree: As Tails explains it, you usually can choose between getting through the conversation as fast as possible, being nice, being neutral, and being snarky and rude.
** The "fast as possible" option is, of course, marked with Sonic's grin.

* DuelBoss: [[spoiler:The final battle between [[EleventhHourSuperpower Super Sonic]] and Imperator Ix.]]

* FastballSpecial: Rather common in Sonic's special attacks.

* GladIThoughtOfIt: Downplayed, but Eggman is particularly keen on mentioning how he'd already thought of details first mentioned by other people.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Shade the Echidna.]]

* KnightTemplar: Though Shade believes she is doing good and merely helping her kind reach home, she is willing to follow through with Ix's rather brutal strategies of doing so without question. She does not flicker an eyelid at his squad invading innocent civilians or brutally ambushing Sonic and Knuckles [[spoiler:[[NotWhatISignedOnFor until Ix blurts out his true goals of world domination, that is]].]]

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''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' (2008) is a RPG SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, developed by none other than Creator/BioWare.

A while after Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik's latest defeat, the doctor is still missing in action, and is presumed dead. The peace doesn't last very long, though, as Sonic receives a call from Tails explaining that Knuckles has been kidnapped by a mysterious new group named the Marauders, who have also stolen all the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic then teams up with Tails, Amy, and Rouge in order to rescue Knuckles. Things quickly spiral out of control, with a renewed Eggman (who seems to be on the side of good), the Marauder Army, and having to go to another dimension to retrieve the stolen Chaos Emeralds, where they will have to ally with other races they meet (and rescue), defeat the DimensionLord Ix, and set things right once and for all.

A sequel was announced, [[VaporWare but nothing's been heard since]]. The game took heavy inspiration from the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Comics canon]], [[ScrewedByTheLawyers causing a legal situation]] with writer Ken Penders[[note]]who claimed to hold ownership over vast swaths of the Sonic multiverse, leading to Archie and Sega attempting a SoftReboot on the comic in 2013, before Sega finally cancelled the Archie run in favor of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW a wholly new continuity]], a few years later to avoid further legal trouble[[/note]] to ensue and essentially cause any future for the series to be abandoned.

* AnimatedActors: The credits are delivered by having Sonic, Tails and Omega [[BreakingTheFourthWall Break The Fourth Wall]] to discuss the developers.

* ButThouMust: Averted. If you complete the (optional) quest of reuniting Cheese with Cream, she'll ask to join you on your quest. If you refuse her enough, she'll give up.

* DimensionLord: Imperator Ix.

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''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' (2008) is a RPG SpinOff of the [[Franchise/FinalFantasy mind-eruptingly popular]] ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise for the Nintendo DS, developed by none other than Creator/{{BioWare}}.

* AloofAlly: Shadow when he joins the heroes.
-->'''Shadow:''' Just don't expect me to join in on your group hugs and picnics.

* CanonImmigrant: The [=SWATbots=] ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' appear as common enemies; there is even a small event where you can find an old [=SWATbot=] and depending on what you tell it, it'll either peacefully deactivate itself or fight the party.

** A few to the [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM SatAM]] cartoon (Swatbots), and the resident RoboticPsychopath calls a character "[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic meatbag...]]"
** And speaking of ''Franchise/StarWars'':
--->'''Eggman:''' Inter-dimensional travel isn't like dusting crops, boy!

** Imperator Ix is one to ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', where the planet Ix was a major developer of high technology.
** The final battle between Super Sonic and Ix is reminiscent of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* SnakeTalk: The N'rrgal Colony.

* SpoilerOpening: If one looks carefully enough there is a brief gameplay clip in the introduction movie featuring Shade unmasked, and [[DummiedOut curiously in an area that CAN'T be accessed after you unlock her.]]
* SquishyWizard: Tails and Cream, to an extent.
* StockSubtitle: "Chronicles".
* StoneWall: Big.
* ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler: There's an entire clan of echidnas that were exiled to the Twilight Cage long ago.]]

* BlatantLies:
-->''For I, the illustrious Doctor Robotnik... [[PsychoticSmirk have utterly and completely reformed!]]''

* ChekhovsBoomerang: Emerl was picked up from ''Sonic Battle'', dusted off, and woven into the Nocturnus' history.
* CanonImmigrant: The Swatbots from the [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM SatAM]] cartoon.
** The entire game was a CanonImmigrant, specifically of Knuckles' [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Comics]] miniseries, hence all of the uncanny parallels between Shade, Imperator Ix, and the Nocturnus to the comics' Julie-Su, Finitevus, and the Dark Legion. Ironically, this is probably the closest game you'll ever get based on the comics.

* CoDragons: Scylla and Charyb.

** Amy uses Tarot cards, as per her original bio all the way back to ''Sonic CD''.
** You encounter [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM Swatbots]] and roboticized animals.
** Eggman makes a cute little allusion to ''Mean Bean Machine'' by talking about himself when he was "young and full of beans".

** The whole concept [[spoiler: of a still-living echidna race, exiled to the Twilight Cage]], is an attempt to integrate what the Archie Comics did with their echidna race first.
* NeverSayDie: In the first few chapters, we get quotes like "we'll waste whatever time Knuckles has left" and "they wanted to get rid of me, but Shade ordered them to lock me up and keep me alive".

* NobleDemon: Shade [[spoiler:pre-HeelFaceTurn]].
* NoEnding: Combined with SequelHook. The game ends with [[spoiler:Sonic and friends learning that Eggman has taken over the world. And then they thank Bioware for being awesome.]]
* NoobCave: Green Hill Zone.
-->'''Tails:''' ''Sonic! Look out! That armadillo looks angry!''
** [[spoiler: Although, if you do a sidequest to free the animals from mind control, they will be replaced with repurposed Swatbots and other robots.]]
* ObviousBeta: SEGA's contract with Bioware had just expired and they shifted their efforts to ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. As such, the game was released in a late beta stage, resulting in a bare-bones RPG with essentially no real sidequests. One of the most noticeable problems is the music and sound effects: most areas use placeholder Midi-format music of VERY low quality and pretty much all sound effects in battle are placeholder noises.
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:During Eggman's stint as a member of your party, he and Tails strike up a friendship.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: This game sadly doesn't help with some of the more divisive characters. For example Big the Cat, usually just a mellow [[TheDitz Ditz]], is now a complete air head who speaks near solely in non sequiturs. You can also choose whether to do this or similarly invert it with Sonic's attitude. Played straight with E-123 Omega and Amy, however, as the former has been turned into the Bioware classic RoboticPsychopath party member andthe latter straights up lies about having a boyfriend to make Sonic jealous.

''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' (2008) is a RPG SpinOff from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise for the Nintendo DS, developed by none other than Creator/{{BioWare}}.

** The entire game was a CanonImmigrant, specifically of Knuckles' [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Comics]] miniseries, hence all of the uncanny parallels between Shade, Imperatore Ix, and the Nocturnus to the comics' Julie-Su, Finitevus, and the Dark Legion. Ironically, this is probably the closest game you'll ever get based on the comics.

* EvilAlbino[=/=]EvilOverlord: [[spoiler:Imperator Ix.]]

''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' (2008) is a RPG SpinOff from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise for the Nintendo DS, developed by none other than Creator/{{BioWare}}.

** The entire game was a CanonImmigrant, specifically of Knuckles' [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog Archie Comics]] miniseries, hence all of the uncanny parallels between Shade, Imperatore Ix, and the Nocturnus to the comics' Julie-Su, Finitevus, and the Dark Legion. Ironically, this is probably the closest game you'll ever get based on the comics.

* ContinuityNod: Several. The game is even helpful enough to provide you with a mini-encyclopedia on the previous [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] games in one of the menus so you can get caught up on any of the relevant {{Backstory}} that you might not have played before or had forgotten about.

* {{Expy}}: Shade is pretty clearly an expy of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog Julie-Su]], and the Nocturnus are expies of the Dark Legion.