Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6982 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2004-02-27
• Platform: Game Boy Advance

Manufacturer's Description
Sonic Battle brings furious combat action to the Game Boy Advance, as Sonic and his friends set out to determine which one of them is really the best fighter. Choose from eight characters such as Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Choose the arena, set the rules, customise your special attacks, and then engage in non-stop battles. With three types of special attacks, as well as Ground, Aerial and Defence fighting techniques, you can customise your character to suit your fighting style. You'll also need to strategically plan and execute your attacks to take full advantage of each character's unique abilities. Up to four friends can link their systems together using the Game Boy Advance Game Link cable for team battles, and then combine special attacks into devastating combos. If you prefer to battle solo, work through the Story Mode to develop your own AI fighting partner. Either way, Sonic Battle is the ultimate showdown between Sonic and his friends.

Customer Reviews

Sonic Battle
Sonic Battle...totaly cool game, its kindof an rpg and a beatemup game. i say its rpg cuz you have this thing called skill points every time you do realy good in a battle you get 1 or 2 skill points and you also collect data of charecters and there moves and you also can copy the charecters moves which is handy especially when fighting gemma the basic platform is like an adventure field like in sonic adventure 1...exept you cant go in the buildings. the fighting is good but its kindof ocwerd at first cuz its something really new and the graphics are really good on the charecters but the serounding in the battle screen is...ok (i supose). you get story mode, battle mode (only 2 to 4 player link up), chalenge mode, traning and the mini games(also 2 to 4 players link up)when you first start the story mode you can only play as sonic, i maneged to unlock gemma after beating him but thats all the charecters that i kno for certain (odviously sooner or later youll unlock tails, knucles, rouge, shadow, amy and the new robot called "eamrl"). the story is original and im not telling cuz thats just spoiling all the surprise. if you can wait and want to play it the email me at maxramo@hotmail.com.

Sonic Battle
This is possibly the greatest Sonic release on GBA! You can choose from eight characters, and one mystery fighter to unlock. You can choose to battle with your friends, or against the other fighters in the Challenge, or play in Story Mode to stop the plans of the evil Eggman in his newest quest to rule the world! This game is recommended to anyone, especially because of the 3D fighting Arenas, never before seen on GBA!

Sonic Battle - A Great game, but has some drawbacks
I'm a massive Sonic fan, and this game was no dissapointment. The plot is interesting, the chacters are varied and fun to play, and the graphics are excellent.
But it did have some bad points - for one, it's all battling or moving (by moving a cursor around te screen) to different areas so you can get to a battle. It gets boring easily, and often you'll have battles straight after another.
The opponent A.I. level is constantly changing, making some battles difficult.
Emerl, with her changable attacks, is an interesting character. She fun to customize, but this can lead to frustration when you battle the one character 20 times and don't et the card you need. I ended up using a gameshark out of frustration, which really spoiled the game.
Another interesting character was Cream - in most of the battles where she's your partner, she doesn't fight. It's interesting, having a pacifist for a battle partner.

SPOILER!!!

Another thing that bugs me is the ending. Basically, when you're finished, you're treated to some great scenes which I won't spoil, then Tails appears then says fighting is bad. At the end of a battle game. Not only does it sound lame, but it goes against the whole game!

END SPOILER!!

Basically, this was a great game, and despite some niggling problems, it enjoyed it. Even after the main game is completed, there special battles and mini games (the best ones are multiplaer, unfortunatly). It's well worth getting!