Great story, unique design with beautiful presentation and fun gameplay make Sonic Battle one of my favorite modern handheld Sonic games, its only real flaws being balancing issues and a lack of variety in the structure of combat sequences throughout the story mode. For those who wouldn't consider these flaws a dealbreaker though and are fine with the game feeling somewhat repetitive, what you have is what I'd consider a more than worthwhile Sonic game, especially when played after SA2 and/or before Advance 3 so it feels even more impactful. I cannot recommend it enough, it's worth it for the story and character interactions alone because it provides such a great balance of fun and heartfelt moments that any Sonic fan would appreciate.