Sonic Battle (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Sonic Battle

Sonic and pals are gearing up for some brawling action! Fight as one of nine characters including Sonic, Tails and Shadow! Knock 'em dead with special attacks and team-based assaults. Create and train fighting…

75 4 December 2003

What Sonic Battle is

Sonic Battle is an adventure game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2003. It was published by Sega. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Many years ago, a sentient weapon was created by an ancient civilization. After being lost for millennia, the weapon, known as the Gizoid, was unearthed and researched by Professor Gerald Robotnik. It remained dormant for another half century before being discovered by, of all people, Gerald's grandson, Dr. Eggman. Frustrated at his inability to get the dormant Gizoid to work properly, Eggman dumped it at Emerald Beach where it was found once more, this time by Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic names the Gizoid "Emerl", who gets wrapped up in the affairs of Sonic's friends, both allies and rivals. Through his encounters with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Gamma, Rouge, and Shadow, Emerl turns…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Sonic Battle is the 115th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Heroes in 2003. Its critic score of 75 is 4 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.

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How it was received

Sonic Battle holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Sonic Battle launched on 4 December 2003, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Underground, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly and Manhunt. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Underground, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer