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Last time this matchup happened here was in 2020. A LOT has changed since then. Not to mention some arguments in the original thread were kind of flawed in my opinion.
Anyway, standard battle assumptions
Modern versions used
Battle takes place in Station Square
Amy Rose:
Rouge The Bat:
Incon:
The funniest argument to deconstruct is the one that Rouge's emphatic manipulation would make Amy fall in love with her. This is a stretch to say the least. Neither Rouge or Amy have any evidence of bisexuality, which I honestly do think makes Rouge even less likely to use it in-character, even if only to win a fight (she only ever used it once in a side mission anyway), and Amy isn't garanteed to be affected by it, since her obession for Sonic is unlikely to be overcome by charm that's only ever been shown to work on male-coded robots. Also, I just realized Rouge is 18 while Amy is 12, so even if Rouge beats Amy this way, she won't be beating Chris Hansen afterwards.
The second argument is that Rouge scales to Knuckles' skill, has better mobillity via flight, and easily defeated Amy and Emerl in Sonic Battle. This is still valid, but less so now that Amy has aquired more experience and skills. Her poison parry, cyloop and mobillity options granted to her in Frontiers help her make up for this disadvantage.
The second argument is that Rouge scales to Knuckles' skill, has better mobillity via flight, and easily defeated Amy and Emerl in Sonic Battle. This is still valid, but less so now that Amy has aquired more experience and skills. Her poison parry, cyloop and mobillity options granted to her in Frontiers help her make up for this disadvantage.
Anyway, standard battle assumptions
Modern versions used
Battle takes place in Station Square
Amy Rose:
Rouge The Bat:
Incon: