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* DispenseWithThePleasantries: Silver does this to Sonic very [[{{Jerkass}} nastily]] before Act 1 of Sunset Forest:
-->'''Silver''': Move aside, Sonic!\\
'''Sonic''': Hey, Silver. Long time no see. Guess you're looking for Eggman too, huh?\\
'''Silver''': I ''said'' move aside!!
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The main objective in these games is to race through each stage and beat your "rival" to the finish line. Stages are broken up by boss fights, where both characters fight against one of Dr. Eggman's[[hottip:*:actually Eggman Nega from 200 years in the future disguised as Eggman]] robots, with the winner determined by who can land more hits.

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The main objective in these games is to race through each stage and beat your "rival" to the finish line. Stages are broken up by boss fights, where both characters fight against one of Dr. Eggman's[[hottip:*:actually Eggman's[[note]]:actually Eggman Nega from 200 years in the future disguised as Eggman]] Eggman[[/note]] robots, with the winner determined by who can land more hits.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Eggman Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Eggman Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's its defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension.]]
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* TheRival: This is the entire point of the games. It's all about playable characters racing and battling each other in order to reach to Eggman [[spoiler:or Eggman Nega]].

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* TheRival: This is what the entire point of series is all about, [[TitleDrop hence the games. It's all about playable name]]. Playable characters are racing and battling each other in order to reach to Eggman [[spoiler:or Eggman Nega]].
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* ContinuityNod: In Shadow's ending, he says that he won't lose to someone who blames his own failures on the past. This hearkens back to the resolution of his StoryArc that in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Adventure 2]]'', ''[[SonicHeroes Heroes]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Shadow]]''.

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* ContinuityNod: In Shadow's ending, he says that he won't lose to someone who blames his own failures on the past. This hearkens back to the resolution of his StoryArc that in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Adventure 2]]'', ''[[SonicHeroes ''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Heroes]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Shadow]]''.
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* NoExportForYou: These games were developed in the United States, and were never released in Japan.

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* NoExportForYou: These games were developed in the United States, Canada, and were never released in Japan.
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* RecycledPremise: Silver's story involves [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 going back in time to save the future from a lizard-like fire demon who was unleashed into the world like the main villain]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: These games are certainly much edgier than the 8-bit, Advance, and Rush games. Darker maybe.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Knuckles and Rouge in the second game.
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* TheRival: This is the entire point of the games. It's all about playable characters racing and battling each other in order to reach to Eggman [[spoiler:or Eggman Nega]].


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* TookALevelInJerkass: Silver from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' was a noble hero from the future who can be misguided with his intentions of building a better future. Then the events of that game was erased, and Silver in the rivals series is shown to be terribly rude to everyone he meets during his pursuit of Eggman Nega, even going as far as to [[KickTheDog call Tails a "half-pint" while stealing his rings]].
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* PowerUpMagnet: The Magnet Powerup, which works almost identically to the electric shield from previous games in that it attracts rings to you.
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* VirtualPaperDoll: You have the ability to mix and match parts of each alternate outfit in order to customize a character's appearance.

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* VirtualPaperDoll: You have the ability to mix and match parts of each alternate outfit in order to customize a character's appearance.appearance.
* VoiceGrunting: Only in the first game.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Metal Sonic tears out his processor to save Shadow, trapping Eggman Nega]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Of its own accord, Metal Sonic tears out his processor the Chaos Emerald powering it to save Shadow, trapping Eggman Nega]]Shadow from being trapped in the Ifrit's dimension.]]



* MonsterOfTheWeek: Ifrit in ''Rivals 2''.
* MirrorBoss: Once a level, actually, only with the special ability being the difference. It's quite jarring with Knuckles, who ''isn't'' supposed to be MirrorBoss and has been established to have his own skillset in every other game in the franchise.

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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Ifrit in ''Rivals 2''.
* MirrorBoss: Once a level, actually, with only with the special ability abilities being the difference. It's quite jarring with Knuckles, characters like Knuckles and Silver, who ''isn't'' aren't supposed to be MirrorBoss [[MirrorBoss Mirror Bosses]] and has have been established to have his own skillset slower foot speeds and different skill sets in every other game in the franchise.
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* ContinuityNod: In Shadow's ending, he says that he won't lose to someone who blames his own failures on the past. This hearkens back to the resolution of his StoryArc that in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Adventure 2]]'', ''[[SonicHeroes Heroes]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Shadow]]''.

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* MonsterOfTheWeek: Ifrit

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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Eggman Nega's motivation, which is only revealed in Shadow's playthrough, is to erase the "[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failures]]" of Dr. Eggman, because Nega apparently didn't have anyone recognize his genius because of Eggman's failures.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: IfritIfrit in ''Rivals 2''.



* SetWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Eggman Nega's motivation, which is only revealed in Shadow's playthrough, is to erase the "[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failures]]" of Dr. Eggman, because Nega apparently didn't have anyone recognize his genius because of Eggman's failures.

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* SealedGoodInACan:

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* SealedGoodInACan: Every good guy who gets turned into a card is technically this, but breaking the can seems to be very easy given that any card retrieved gets immediately turned back into the character.
* SetWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Eggman Nega's motivation, which is only revealed in Shadow's playthrough, is to erase the "[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failures]]" of Dr. Eggman, because Nega apparently didn't have anyone recognize his genius because of Eggman's failures.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues[=/=]AWinnerIsYou: Each playthrough of the original ''Rivals'' ends with the main character searching for more cards, and immediately cutting to the credits.

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* MirrorBoss: Once a level, actually.

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* MirrorBoss: Once a level, actually.actually, only with the special ability being the difference. It's quite jarring with Knuckles, who ''isn't'' supposed to be MirrorBoss and has been established to have his own skillset in every other game in the franchise.



* RobotMe: Metal Sonic 3.0.

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* RobotMe: Metal Sonic 3.0.0, a RobotMe for ''another'' RobotMe.
* SealedGoodInACan:
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* ArtificialStupidity: The AI characters in the boss fights.


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* HardLevelsEasyBosses: While TheComputerIsACheatingBastard in the levels, the AI suffers from ArtificialStupidity in boss fights, and the bosses take very little effort to defeat anyway.
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* TwoPointFiveDTwoPointFiveD
* VirtualPaperDoll: You have the ability to mix and match parts of each alternate outfit in order to customize a character's appearance.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The entire game is this to the Metal Sonic race from SonicCD.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: It's got RubberBandAI and the ability to spam special abilities just to catch up to you.

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* TwoPointFiveDBigNo: Used by Shadow, Rouge, and Silver in the sequel when they respawn.



* SoundtrackDissonance: Similar to the US version of SonicCD, hard rock plays on every level, even the bright and cheery ones.

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* SoundtrackDissonance: Similar to the US version of SonicCD, hard rock plays on every level, even the bright and cheery ones.ones.
* TwoPointFiveD
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* CanonImmigrant: Metal Sonic 3.0's design was used as the new body of Shard, AKA the original Metal Sonic, in the Archie Sonic comic.
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* CanonImmigrant: Metal Sonic 3.0's design was used as the new body of Shard, AKA the original Metal Sonic, in the Archie Sonic comic.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension. Since, he's never seen again outside of crossovers, he might be gone for good.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman [[spoiler:Eggman Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension. Since, he's never seen again outside of crossovers, he might be gone for good.dimension.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension. Since, he's never seen again outside of crossovers, he might be gone for good.]]
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* ComebackMechanic: Anyone not in the lead gets his or her top speed increased.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman Nega]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman Nega]]Nega unleashes the Ifrit, and upon it's defeat is sealed in the Ifrit's dimension.]]

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* GreenHillZone: Blue Coast



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* MonsterOfTheWeekMonsterOfTheWeek: Ifrit
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''Sonic Rivals'' is a 2006 action {{platform game}} for the PSP, published by Sega and developed by Backbone Entertainment in 2006 (with a sequel, ''Sonic Rivals 2'', released in 2007).

The main objective in these games is to race through each stage and beat your "rival" to the finish line. Stages are broken up by boss fights, where both characters fight against one of Dr. Eggman's[[hottip:*:actually Eggman Nega from 200 years in the future disguised as Eggman]] robots, with the winner determined by who can land more hits.

Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver and Metal Sonic are playable in the first game, while Tails, Rouge and Espio are added to the playable roster in the second game.
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!!Tropes used in the ''Sonic Rivals'' series:
* TwoPointFiveD
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Metal Sonic tears out his processor to save Shadow, trapping Eggman Nega]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eggman Nega]]
* MonsterOfTheWeek
* MirrorBoss: Once a level, actually.
* NoExportForYou: These games were developed in the United States, and were never released in Japan.
* NoNameGiven: Two of the Bosses in ''Rivals 2''.
* OmnicidalManiac: Eggman Nega
* PaletteSwap: With the exception of super moves, all the characters play exactly alike.
* PlayingWithFire: Ifrit
* RobotMe: Metal Sonic 3.0.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Similar to the US version of SonicCD, hard rock plays on every level, even the bright and cheery ones.

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