Sonic Battle: An Overlooked Classic | Billiam

[@JudgeTyBurns]

“I’m tired of running, let’s punch something” is a BIG mood.

[@ViktorErikFade]

I know right lol Same

[@Next-xm2dh]

I hope Sonic Gets In a Punching mood Again Soon

[@otaking3582]

Evangelion in a nutshell

[@RealBroccoliHour]

Next Sonic forces kinda?

[@eyadal-shora6917]

this is what Sonic Team thought we had in mind when they made Sonic Unleashed

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

I too played this game a ton. Was basically a Sonic RPG...before Sonic Chronicles. Which is interesting since Chronicles references this game.

[@blaambliim7523]

This is one sonic game with a fairly better story.

[@KingSega]

Did it??? How so? I never played Chronicles but, I played the heck out of battle.

[@kensontelira7122]

@@KingSega they mentioned Emeral, his origins and other gizoid models

[@artistanthony1007]

All games are connected, Last Story of Shadow 2005 leads in 06 and Shadow is a G.U.N. Agent for what he did for the world after defeating his Biological Father as everyone saw him send the Black Comet into space to be destroyed for good by the Eclipse Cannon including G.U.N., the President and the Commander.

[@GuyThatLikesYohane]

so this is where all those sonic flash animations got there sprites came from

[@chibidragon4047]

Right!!!!!

[@glitchyboi2106]

unfortunately

[@Santoryu90]

glitchy boi How is that unfortunate?

[@lounowell4171]

Hahah glad I wasn't the only one to have this revelation

[@nonstopspark2342]

Its ether that or Mega man style sprites

[@Juniverse0]

I'm still pissed that Sonic's Smash-Bros-Version, hasn't taken any inspiration from this game. His moveset could have been so much more interesting.

[@dantemitsoyu977]

Tbh

[@qwakva9136]

Yeah I’m pissed too

[@rodrigomorales563]

I mean, there is the down air. But I do believe that sonic's moveset should be a combination of fighters and battle. Since fighters covers the more cartoony aspect of sonic, while battle covers the more fresh and cool aspect of sonic.

[@Mufnman64]

Project M Sonic has some moves from Battle. Check it out if you got a copy of Brawl laying around.

[@ekubo954]

@@Mufnman64 Project Plus now actually. It even comes with Knuckles

[@griffinoconnor1523]

“And like every kid tossed aside by their parents, he turns to Sonic the Hedgehog.” That’s the truest thing I’ve ever heard

[@kirkbupkis]

Chris Chan comes to mind.

[@KlyneDMC]

DeviantArt comes to mind

[@electric_creeper]

DeviantArt is no good.

[@MatthewCobalt]

If there's three words burned into my skull after playing this game, it would be: I N I T I A T I N G R E C O V E R Y M O D E

[@qmchale5130]

This game's three most deadliest words. 😱

[@edgelord8337]

Sonic battle is underrated. This game is actually a prequel to sonic advance 3. Gmerl is a new version of emerl after he dies in battle. The pixel art in this game was unique and it is sadly underrated. Emerls story was actually really good in this game. Also shadow and cream were extremely op and knuckles and gamma were kinda bad.

[@WindyREDPanda]

Knuckles was good be he needs timing and Patience... Gamma is... Yeah it's Shit...

[@TheMadTurtle]

If only earning his ultra moves wasn't literally HELL ON EARTH.

[@lounowell4171]

Just a shame about the GAMEPLAY in this VIDEO GAME. Glad to hear the story about child-friendly anthropomorphic cartoon animals is good though.

[@patrickdees5256]

Wait this thing was a prequel?? Kinda sad I didnt try it out.

[@user-fy1nq3nf1q]

So the sprites look nice and emerl's story is also neat. What else? Also >this video is literally half ranting

[@TheHumblePotato]

E102: "Initiating Recovery Mode." *Player Dies* No wonder we all forgot about this.

[@TheShuuman]

You can actually block the explosion if you set your defense against power, I accidently figured it out when fucking around makes the early battles against Gamma and the Gamma copies sooo much faster.

[@goofballjim6167]

TheShuuman you can actually block it by pressing the shield button at the right time

[@kidjames6875]

Early game, killed me, I need a therapist.

[@MissAshley42]

*KZbin:* Animal Crossing. *Billiam:* But Sonic, tho.

[@rushalias8511]

My mood

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

I would love to see him cover Animal Crossing, Story of Seasons (formerly known as Harvest Moon), and Rune Factory. Basically any type of game revolving around day to day life. Literal day to day life. Heck, throw Persona 5 and Stardew Valley in it. Story of Seasons has inspired so many games both directly and indirectly that I'm surprised it isn't more popular.

[@Never_heart]

Cheese being broken in a handheld Sonic game? I have definitely never heard of that before, especially not in the Sonic Advanced series

[@One4theUnderdog]

Or even in Heroes, i managed to get Cream by herself during character battles and she just "force pushes" characters to their death

[@ComicDrake]

Oh wow, a Sonic video on Billiam's channel. How very experimental.

[@billiam]

This isn’t the experimental video!! Lol

[@ComicDrake]

@@billiam, Haha! Alright. :P

[@halojustin1]

Manscaped has drakes favorite the ball deodorant lol I always remember drake mentioning that in his videos

[@ComicDrake]

@@halojustin1, It's warm in Texas.

[@the.SteamingVegan]

For some reason I just keep watching them and don't mind

[@Abigdummy4life]

YEEEES. Sonic Battle's movesets need a true carryover into other games. Edit: Cream is more OP than you think. Cream Heal is REALLY GOOD for a thrift heal skill and plus, midair Cream Cracker is ACTUALLY BUSTED. Also, Amy has the fastest first attack in the game. Girl/Maiden Jab can frame lock shit into itself with ease.

[@vandyckaldo]

like smash.

[@luisalonsoecheverria]

If you wanted to be really OP, you would find the passwords the download the rare combo cards from the Sonic Team building. Literal one-hit KOs. Chaos' rare combo card was the most broken.

[@JazzyWaffles]

During this era, Cream and Cheese was always easy mode OP. Buuut then Sonic Team forgot they existed. RIP

[@Abigdummy4life]

@@luisalonsoecheverria the ones that ended in a non-special move finisher were pure AI breakers that couldn't be auto-blocked. Good times....good times....

[@patrickdees5256]

@@JazzyWaffles the internet will never forget them.... especially rule34. Budump-tsh.

[@CSNazo]

I was genuinely disappointed when I realized this wasn't getting a sequel on the DS or 3DS.

[@Gnidel]

Sonic Chronicles continues plot line of gizoids.

[@tjlnintendo]

Gnidel But that game is also dead

[@kidjames6875]

The gizoid died... *(cries)*

[@KellyJoule]

In this house, we praise and respect Dimps, the developers of most 2D handheld Sonic games in this era. That being said, Sonic Team did actually do Sonic Battle.

[@TheMGMfan]

If you respect them so much, then why did you call them Gimps when they're called Dimps, huh?

[@KellyJoule]

@@TheMGMfan OOf, typo on my end! Didn't even notice. Ill edit it thanks!

[@apagan0075]

Dimps level design is not the best tbh

[@StinkTerios]

To witness someone unironically praise DIMPS gave me creeped out, disgusted chills

[@apagan0075]

@@StinkTerios The other games that Dimps worked has that cheap level design

[@TeamAPS]

Oh my GOD I LOVE THIS GAME! Thanks Billiam! 🤩 I've been saying we need a Sonic Battle remake for years! There's literally enough characters to have their own Smash Bros-esque thing!

[@johnvida3426]

Me Too! :)

[@michaeldiaz7620]

The music for Sonic Battle is amazing and memorable for sure too.

[@serPomiz]

where most games where just murdered by the GBA soundfont, this one embraced it and made it work

[@lugbzurg8987]

@@serPomiz You're absolutely right. No "real" instrument was capable of producing a sound like this. Yet, at the same time, I've never heard anything that sounded so much like a bunch of electric guitars just screaming at the top of their lungs.

[@SweaterSwagg]

Club Rouge is a goddamn slapper 🔥🔥🔥

[@TailsGuy72]

@@lugbzurg8987 And it's so awesome. Same with the Advance series. Everything other than Sonic and Megaman sounded dank on the GBA

[@LAZY-RUBY]

I'll never understand why they didn't pull moves from this game for Sonic's Smash moveset. He's had the same, lame, generic moves since Brawl! Give him his breakdance moves or something!

[@Clara_Page]

"bland grey Eggman robots".... I think you mean "bland grey Eggman's robots" If you're doubting me ask Tails

[@Gnidel]

Some are not Eggman's anymore because he sold them to be security guards.

[@lugbzurg8987]

SHUT UP, TAILS!!!

[@CassietheReal]

For all intents and purposes, Battle is in between Advance 2 & 3.

[@sebastianswan7975]

I think sonic battle is after advance 2, it came out before advance 3

[@charleschamp9826]

"If you're still upset about that you're just jealous." Unironically a galaxy brain take.

[@DigiRangerScott]

In this game, Sonic went by the name “Battle Rabbit” and his sidekick was named “Joe Mammal”

[@glitchyboi2106]

wot.

[@DigiRangerScott]

glitchy boi It’s true

[@glitchyboi2106]

@@DigiRangerScott oh. havent played sonic battle for a long time now

[@CooperwithaCamera]

I read that as “Joe Mamma” at first and felt personally attacked for a sec

[@DigiRangerScott]

CooperwithaCamera That’s exactly how he got his name

[@xEXABYTEx]

i have had this game's poster on my wall since the day it came out.

[@hamzahargrave2410]

Damn, there's posters?! Can I see a photo or something? Sonic Battle released in 2004, so I know it's gotta be old.

[@hamzahargrave2410]

@VGF64 Now I really want one. That'd spice up my room nicely.

[@xEXABYTEx]

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[@The_NJG]

Never got to play this game, but it’s art-style was cool as hell.

[@gc6096]

Same and ikr?

[@omarlucero8964]

Same

[@exzisd]

Also pretty impressive 3D fast paced action for the time.

[@ultimelol5907]

You can play on your phone

[@GazmG]

Not gonna say where, but you can emulate it and get a rom :)

[@Anon_wulf]

"I'm tired of running. Let's punch something"

[@brainstormsurge154]

Well now that you've played Sonic Battle it's time to play Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood as it does take place after Sonic Battle and explains where Emerl came from. Unfortunately it ends on a cliffhanger and they never made a sequel. But it was fun and the story was interesting. It explains what happened to the Echidna and why Knuckles is alone.

[@mr.sleepyhead8401]

I just want to point out, I thought Sonic Adventure said Chaos destroyed his ancestors and that's why Knuckles is alone.

[@elpopman2055]

@@mr.sleepyhead8401 it was tribe.. however considering his young age there was Clearly survivors for him to be in the picture in first place

[@Loner098]

Damn it. I hate when games like Golden Sun and the Chrono series just end on cliffhangers like this. It feels insulting how a possibly good conclusion would be right there, but then they just stop.

[@soggymemes2057]

Overlooked? This is one of the most underrated sonic games bruh

[@assaultapple6561]

Soggy Memes I get why people don’t like this game but to me it’s got a certain charm to it for being the only arena sonic fighting game and that’s why I like it a lot

[@jordandropout]

Fun fact, Etika got his name from this game. There was a cheat code called Ekita, he switched the K and T and the rest is history.

[@vicentegeonix]

...who?

[@assaultapple6561]

TotalX48 Search him up

[@Karak12357]

Something is off with the mic your using when you're on the couch. It sounds tinny and kinda muffled.

[@billiam]

Yeah, I realized it too late. Might have to replace It

[@exzisd]

I can't remember exactly but I think I threw my gameboy advance at the pillow multiple times while playing this game. Could have been what happened to the mic as well. Probably easier to play on the original format GBA aside the lighting vs the SP or playing on one of the DS iterations like at the beginning of the video.

[@fluwelogging8352]

Finally someone who appreciates my Sonic Battle skills after 16 years... it's been so long...

[@Umbrah8]

"And like every kid tossed aside by their parents they turn to sonic" Wait wait what!

[@mharits2522]

the characters art style reminds me of The World Ends with You, somehow...

[@ReikuYin]

Huh... You know going back and comparing. Yeah. Same kinda hard edge, thick line style.

[@joakkar]

It's the graffiti aesthetic. Thick sketchy outlines and vibrant colors with minimal shading. Not many games use it but it really stands out.

[@EqualityEarth]

Also that top down map view. All they needed were buildings curving in from the top of the screen during battles.

[@TheSpudThing]

"Like any child tossed aside by their parents, he turned to Sonic the Hedgehog" is now the greatest quote of all time. Fite me

[@ridleebloo4303]

4:21 "HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, OBAMA?!"

[@The_GhostWind]

I PISS ON THE MOON YOU IDIOOOOOT!

[@sinister2509]

Look mom, I quoted the SnapCube dub again.

[@notsocursed7573]

"I pissed on the moon, you idiot"

[@GeekCritique]

8:30 Um, excuse me, sir. The term is, "Eggman's Robots." Possessive. Whether it makes grammatical sense or not. Respect the canon.

[@BisaPlus]

this is an interesting run-in if nothing else. Edit: Having gotten to that point in the video; "Eggman's Robots" doesn't apply here, since they're entirely different models as Heroes' Eggman's Robots.

[@hamzahargrave2410]

You definitely live up to your name

[@stellarknight04]

"Um, excuse me, sir. The term is, "Eggman's Robots." " 🤓

[@DeitySkullKid]

I will say, it's 1 point on a lose life, 3 on winning after being damaged, and 5 for no damage wins, 10 for each chaos emerald, but even if you get a ton of 3s and 5s grinding stories for quick chaos emeralds for 10 point boosts is still way too necessary

[@dapperfan44]

It's 2, not 3, but the rest is right!

[@thessk_1]

Wow. I was so sad that no one talked about this underrated masterpiece, and yet magically here is this recent video. Thank you so much.

[@charleshardesty1828]

That's a cool coincidence, as I randomly had this game as well

[@corngo9468]

I remember I had this game when I was really young and never realized you could edit Emerl's attacks, so I had to grind and go through the whole game with his defaults

[@pauladudleycreatfeat]

That's pretty impressive.

[@StylusShade]

This is easily one of my favorite stories in the series. It's begging for a remake on less-limiting hardware.

[@judahosborne8868]

Someone besides me and my brothers cares about the Sonic gba games??

[@mythosinfinite6736]

The game just takes place after Shadow's true ending, basically.

[@markcharles5947]

I laughed when billiam said “sonic canon” we all know that’s not real

[@newguy371]

There was until '06. Except for the moon, which magically restored itself after Adventure 2.

[@StarDragonNova]

@@newguy371 Ironically 06 makes sense in canon( it's a sequel to Shadow The Hedgehog, which is a sequel to Heroes, which is a sequel to sa2) , the game that messes it all up is sonic rivals. nothing makes sense at all anyways tho so who cares

[@paperluigi6132]

@@newguy371 actually, every game after SA2, whenever we see the moon, we're only looking at the good side. The other side is still destroyed

[@danfriz1270]

@@StarDragonNova What about Sonic Riders?

[@StarDragonNova]

@@danfriz1270 what do you mean?

[@stevespud2707]

This game needs a sequel with more characters, moves, stages, and a better story mode.

[@kidjames6875]

i need it

[@galpi001]

I loved this game in middle school! I want to play it again...

[@BalmungHH0]

This game came out at the height of my Sonic love during my youth. I'm glad to see it get some appreciation. :)

[@misterzygarde6431]

How would you feel if we got a Sonic Battle remake that ended up shoehorning in Persona characters?

[@friskycalibri2293]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[@XavierZara]

Sonic/ _P_ Area Ultimax

[@Next-xm2dh]

I would't Mind Other Sega Characters To Be In, as Long as They Don't Take the Sonic Series Focus Of the Game

[@Homodemon]

"... And like every kid tossed aside by their parents, he turns to Sonic the Hedgehog." Cheers.

[@Kathrynerius]

I felt that statement.

[@DycuswasHere]

As the days go by, the more I think Billiam looks like a young hairy Jim Carrey

[@geniuskhan1337]

"I'm tired of running. Let's punch something." Billiam, 2020

[@cliffturbo2146]

11:52 Something tells me that you'll predict the future.

[@thebigidea9659]

I remember beating this!One of my favorites despite its flaws.

[@liviekumori]

The story of this game is really good, and It's a very unique game, i wish there was a Sonic battle 2

[@Trivial716]

God I loved Sonic Battle. Had it on the GBA, then even emulated it on my laptop later. Good times.

[@Liriance]

“You mostly get 1” Okay lemme break this down, if you complete the fight hitless, then you get 5 points per enemy, if you get hit but don’t die, you get 2, if you die even once, you get 1. Also, fighting gamma is easy, if you are on a ledge above him he will try to arial attack you but it will cancel his jump before he can reach you, and he will do it over and over as long as you’re not too far away, you can then either spam the first attack to juggle him, or charge your green meter to use the first part of the default ground shot to one shot him and run before he explodes. This strategy works on all opponents, but you can’t heal charge for sonic, tails, rouge, cream, shadow, or knuckles, you have to juggle them. I don’t know if it works on chaos, because his fight is so easy I’ve never had to try using it. And don’t bother with special attacks early, the only things you need are a good run, jump, heavy attack, and aim attack, to just hit them back and forth knocking them into the ground.

[@ToumalRakesh]

Is it just me or is the first segment having audio issues (clipping)?

[@Jarack25]

not just you

[@starsINSPACE]

"I'm tired/I'm stressed...I'll see you next week." lol this is such a good sign off you could say it whenever for no reason in particular and I'd still like it 👌😂

[@billiam]

I just might

[@scout6854]

I would love to get a new Sonic Riders. I would pay full price for that

[@WindyREDPanda]

How about Sonic Zero Gravity 2?

[@BlueStar72]

I remember grinding Emera into an unstoppable monster with the best skills in the game. You really needed to grind for certain skills and a high enough Skill Point limit to get anywhere early on... Sonic or Shadow's Speed and Cream's healing, if I recall. I think that there were also Emera specific super-skills that surpassed everything in the game for their given slot, though they might have been postgame unlockables. There were some basically-cheating password skills that turned your special into an unblockable instant-kill flurry of attacks themed around any given character, too. Not all the missions in the game were particularly great. There was lot of monotony in mindlessly beating up the same characters over and over in the same near-identical arenas, especially the gray Gamma clones. I remember one where you just had to run away from Rouge and not get hit by her for 2 or 3 minutes or something, so you just did laps around the edges of the square arena. Gaammeeeplaaaaaay.

[@madengineerkyouma]

Short answer: Yes Long answer: Kinda... maybe... but probably yes.

[@FriedGamer]

I love this game, but that first chapter where you fight Knuckles 3 times in a row is a complete chore

[@ReikuYin]

I own a copy of this game. I'm so glad I gave it a chance. It was hella fun, and the story was quaint, and a bit gut wrenching at times. Also learning abilities always was a great feeling more so when you got one of the super rare ones like the triple sonic wave shot or such. I don't know abouthte difficulty peronly, I did not have any issues with it, but then I did grind simple missions for better cards. Tho I will Agree Gama is a terrible brick wall at times. "Activating Recovery mode." Is a phrase burned into my mind that gives me shudders anytime I hear it.... Tho fun when YOU have it. XD

[@armanhammer]

Yeah, this game can be tough. I spent a lot of time grinding to get the stuff I wanted like Chaos' side splash attack and healing. But, it was cool to have a character that was so customizable. Narratively, it was great to watch Emerl go from barely able to communicate to being able to match wit with Rouge and charisma with Sonic.

[@Kiezly]

I played this game when I didn’t know English when I was like 8 and I skipped all the dialog so I didn’t know that I could upgrade my fighting moves so I used the default slow moves for like half the entire story until I accidentally tapped the button to bring up the upgrade menu 😅😅 good times.

[@AP-ex6qz]

Oh man, I really loved this game as a kid. I remember having Tail's and Cream's Punching abilities combined with Shadows Teleportation for my character, where I can escape to a silent corner and Cream Heal. I loved it.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Sonic Battle was an okay Sonic the Hedgehog-related fighting game, but the virtual training was a pain the butt and the only way you can use all of Emerl's ultimate skill cards is by using Game Shark and that sucks. And by the way, Emerl's name is pronounced "ML".

[@Charziken]

The game actually had a method for determining how many skill points you received after each battle. If you fainted/lost a stock at any point in the battle, you received one skill point. If you completed the battle without fainting/losing a stock, you received two. If you completed a battle against one opponent without getting hit at all, you received 5 and I THINK if you completed a battle against 2 or more opponents without getting hit, you received 6. Chaos Emeralds gave 10. One of the easiest ways for farming skill points was just to continuously beat sonic's episode, as it was fairly quick.

[@d3-penguin954]

The gba sonic games are really underrated

[@slandergames9494]

Oh yah for sure. This was honestly one of my favorite sonic games. When I was younger I didn't know you could customize Emerald so I ended up beating the game without ever changing emeralds default moves. It was a nightmare. Lol

[@doctorwhy8685]

I beat this game without editing emerl's abilities because I was a dumb idiot and somehow missed every dialog that said press R.

[@22Pandamonium22]

This man is digging up all of my childhood and I'm happy in not alone

[@doclouis4236]

With the amount of games Sonic Team cranked out early on in the old days, I'm surprised they were even able to have games in any finished state. Like, I don't even think Nintendo kept rushing out games like that. Quality over quantity, it's how Nintendo makes games compared to Sega's pump and dump philosophy.

[@thedeergodant5289]

You will never know the feeling of getting all you friends as a kid together and playing this on the game cube with the game boy attachment with four controllers on Christmas 2004

[@BugsyFoga]

I really dig the games stylistic look 😁👌

[@jebuspapenga8787]

“Sonic didn’t have a real story” Fnaf fans are having a mood

[@ManuYoCom]

I totally agree. Leveling up Emerl is such a drag. And not even mention farming to get all the skills and Ultimate skills. But it's so satisfactory to land a combo with the final hit dunking the other one to the ground

[@dotmatrixmoe]

People think Sonic is now a sellout, or “dead”. But in reality... *Sonic is just under appreciated.*

[@faei1897]

This video was VERY helpful. You are the only Content Creator I've found who's properly upscaled the source gameplay footage. I've needed some footage for a game prototype I've been working on as part of my university course. Thank you for doing this!

[@smgofdvld]

favorite game 😁 gald your talking about it

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Watching this video almost a year afterwards, to bring back the positive memories of a game I never forgot about. Or in other words... *INITIATING RECOVERY MODE*

[@projp9057]

NOT WEIRD?

[@billiam]

Chevere Hugprack if I’ve done more then one video on the topic I won’t call it “was weird” :p

[@ricastro53]

11:00 Me who's actually good at sonic battle: "FINNALY someone recognizes my genius"

[@brownwallet942]

definitely an overlook classic. I remember unlocking all the best movesets in this game and all my friends who has this game is shocked and impressed how i got such strong movesets

[@seanbiava346]

I had to have played through this game in its entirety more than 10 times in my childhood

[@brycevo]

Did not think I'd be lectured about balls when I came to this Sonic video

[@Tylinos]

Just sitting here, going back through old Billiam videos I missed from a few months ago, when suddenly my multiplayer footage shows up. Oh hey. Neat.

[@Roid33]

Sonic battle was my childhood jam,nice to see it getting appreciated

[@lazybones1746]

Great content home slice. My nostalgia glands are always working hard watching these videos

[@rpsyco]

I remember buying this when I was a kid and just becoming so frustrated with one of the fights that I never picked it up again. Good times.

[@Eldrisaur]

“And like every kid tossed aside by their parents, he turns to Sonic the Hedgehog” I called out

[@UgandanPrinc3]

For those curious about "timeline stuff", Battle takes places sometime after advance 2, but directly before advance 3

[@DiabolikSilhouette]

I've never played Sonic Battle, but now I want to own it! Thanks Billiam.

[@jameswhitt7505]

"i'm tired of running, let's punch something" boy do I have a Sonic game for YOU!

[@charleshardesty1828]

Don't worry Billiam, we'll give the videos a chance

[@CrispusGames]

I appreciate this video so much! Sonic Battle is one of my favorite games. When I first got the game as a kid I didn't know how to equip new skills to Emerl and I was stuck in the story as I couldn't beat Amy with my basic skills. After I got that figured, the game became extremely enjoyable. I would come back from school, sit on the sofa and play in the Battle Mode as Knuckles and / or Chaos against 2x Gamma until the meal was ready. I've spent countless hours in Tails' special training sessions to farm all the rare skills and even got a couple of ??? skills. Though I could never collect them all. In my opinion the mini-games were not that special, except Shadow's Speed Demon with its AWESOME background sprites! I definitely suggest checking it out! Last, but not least, through Sonic Battle I've discovered the legendary Sonic sprite animations on Newgrounds and was motivated to get into sprites myself. I owe this game so much. :D

[@hoyitsmiguel]

I gotta be honest, using the fast broken ground character combos which are on par with the ultimate moves was super fun

[@CJSai64]

That's now how the camera works! Yes you can freely move the camera during healing but *that's* temporary. It's just to help you see peek around while you're behind the corner, waiting for the opponent. To fully change it 180 degrees, you double tap *L.* You can double tap it again to return it to normal.

[@mechajay3358]

Sonic Battles deserved more of an undivided attention. This is one of the rare games that actually focused more on fighting.

[@GruviaWhiteMage]

im actually really glad to see a video on this game, I really loved this game growing up and i actually found that grinding the grey robots at the beginning of the first story without taking damage (i believe you get more depending on if you didnt lose a life and if you didnt take any damage) was helpful. if i remember correctly you get like 5 or 10 points when you do it this way. either way, Thanks for bringing up a blast from the past.

[@kaug5570]

That totally sarcastic not sarcastic remark went on for a little too long to not be sarcastic. A highlight. Can't wait for the experimental stuff. Thank you for all your work!

[@floatsyourgoats6200]

Shadow wanted to get his own memories back because they were specific to him, but I'm sure Rouge would have filled him in on his own back story at some point. It's been like a decade since I played Battle I don't recall him having any "memories" that couldn't be explained that way.