History YMMV / SonicRiders

* VindicatedByHistory: The ''Sonic Riders'' games were divisive at the time, coming out during an AudienceAlienatingEra, and the third game ''Sonic Free Riders'' ended up killing the sub-series with its mandatory Kinect controls. However, as time went on, the first two games has been getting a lot more love and praise for its unique concept of a racing game that didn't copy ''VideoGame/MarioKart,'' with many fans now considering ''Sonic Riders'' and its sequel ''Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity'' among the best Sonic games from the mid-2000s AudienceAlienatingEra, with several fans wanting a a fourth installment, or at least an updated port of the first two games.

* EvilIsSexy: Wave, for certain values of both "[[{{Jerkass}} evil]]" and "[[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak sexy]]".

* VindicatedByHistory: The ''Sonic Riders'' games were divisive at the time as they came out during the 2nd AudienceAlienatingEra of the series. And the 3rd game ''Sonic Free Riders'' ended up killing the sub-series with its mandatory Kinect controls. As time went on the first two games has been getting a lot more love and praise for its unique concept of a racing game that didn't copy ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. A lot of fans now consider ''Sonic Riders'' and its sequel ''Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity'' among the best Sonic games during the 2nd AudienceAlienatingEra, with several fans wanting an HD port of the first two games with online or a 4th entry that combines all of the positive aspects of all three games.

* FanNickname: The Babylon Guardian is known as "Angelus the Gatekeeper" by fans, due to an UrbanLegend that it was its official name [[WordOfDante in the Japanese version]] ([[GodNeverSaidThat which was not the case]]). This became an AscendedMeme, however, in ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', where the Babylon Guardian calls itself as Angelus when it first appears.

* FanNickname: The Babylon Guardian is dubbed "Angelus the Gatekeeper" by fans, [[WordOfDante citing the Japanese version]] [[DubNameChange being the source of this name]].

** "Even without wings, I can still fly!"

** The air gauge was a massive point of contention among critics, almost single-handedly leading to its middling critical reception. Outlets like Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly and IGN praised the sensation of speed and graphics, but bemoaned the constant need to keep the air gauge filled as a nuisance that often interrupted the flow of gameplay and bringing the game to a halt.

* ScrappyMechanic: Many fans of the first game can attest to the outrageous abuse their analog sticks and thumbs took from all the analog stick spinning they had to do in numerous tracks.

** GodNeverSaidThat: In Japanese, the character is only known as the Guardian.
** AscendedFanon: Angelus was later used for the character's Archie counterpart.

* AntiClimax: ''Riders'' ended with a battle against the guardian of the ancient Babylonian treasure, involving the player hitting his lamp to damage him. ''Zero Gravity'' takes it even further with the final boss being a fusion of SCR-HD with the Arks of the Cosmos, threatening to destroy the whole planet. Its battle involved taking advantage of its gravity dives and hitting it at the right time. What does ''Free Riders'' do for its final boss? Just a generic one-on-one race with Metal Sonic. It doesn't help that the race takes place on the same track that the player just raced on two races in a row before.

* EvilIsSexy: Wave, for certain values of both "evil" and "sexy".