Okay, so Sonic Battle is basically Sonic and friends throwing hands in a GBA fighter—way more fun than it sounds. You pick from Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and a few others, each with their own weirdly specific movesets (Shadow’s teleport spam still gives me nightmares). The arenas are small but chaotic, with just enough platforming to keep things interesting.

First few minutes? You’ll mash buttons, realize combos exist, then immediately get wrecked by the AI. The story mode’s this weird RPG-lite thing where you upgrade skills between fights—kinda janky, but it grows on you. Also, Emerl the robot is here for some reason? Look, just roll with it.

It’s not deep, but for a portable Sonic brawler, it’s got charm. And hey, at least it’s not another racing game.