YMMV / Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

• Awesome Music: Ryu's theme from his reveal trailer, an amazing rock remix of both Ryu's traditional theme and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme song.
• Broken Base: The roster is a big one.
  • The size: The game launched with only nine fighters, with another three available as part of a free update. Though the DLC adds up to, as of this writing, 27 fighters, many lament that you have to buy multiple DLC packs in order to get the roster to a decent amount (or buy the Super Collection, which includes DLC 1-3). While many say that the roster size is more than big enough, others counter that, since the game is a 3-on-3 fighter (like Dragon Ball Fighter Z or Marvel vs. Capcom 3) as opposed to a traditional 1-on-1 fighter (like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat), the roster needs far more playable characters in order for fights to remain fresh, something which plagues Story Mode badly. Others are completely fine with the size, pointing out that more fighters keep being added and that the development team isn't large enough to add dozens of fighters at once.
  • Series representation: As always, there are complaints about representation of non-MMPR series compared to the original. Only two series (Time Force and SPD) have multiple Rangers from a non-MMPR season, and it isn't until Season 4 that we get any villains from after MMPR Season 2. Some argue that the selection is fine, since many of the Rangers chosen are Ensemble Dark Horse from their respective seasons and it's better to have one representative per season than have the entire roster be from the first three. Others argue that since there's literally hundreds of Rangers at this point, more should be done to get as many Rangers as possible in the game. Not to mention not every series has gotten a representative yet. As of right now, the (television) series before the Hasbro-era^note Because of when this game came out, fans don't expect a Beast Morphers or Dino Fury rep that haven't received proper representation yet are Turbo, In Space, Lightspeed Rescue, Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, Operation Overdrive, RPM, and Ninja Steel.
  • MMPR representation: This is its own can of worms. While there are a lot of fighters here from Seasons 1-3, naturally, about half of that section of the roster is taken from the Boom Studios comics rather than the TV show. Those who love the comics are naturally fine with this, and hope that future comics Rangers (such as Heckle's Solar Ranger or the Omega Rangers) find their way into the game at some point. Those who dislike or don't care about the comics are annoyed that the only "proper" MMPR Rangers in the game are Jason and Tommy. Ranger Slayer gets a skin that turns her into MMPR Pink, but only if you buy the Digital Collector's/Super edition, and there is no way, as of this writing, to play as the classic versions of the Yellow, Blue, or Black Rangers. Adam being available in DLC 4 mitigates this for some, but others are slightly annoyed that he's using his Ninjetti outfit rather than finally introducing the regular Black Ranger outfit.
  • The Zords: The franchise has always placed the Zords and Megazords as just as important as the Rangers themselves, and many of them are just as iconic. However, the game is exclusively focused on the Rangers themselves. The Megazords are used as one-time Assist Characters, and even then, all you see are their weapons rather than the mechs themselves. Some feel that the Megazords are underutilized and wish they could be involved in other ways (such as Ultimates or stage finishers), while others don't care and are fine with how they're used currently. Not helping matters is the lack of variety in assists. The game launched with only three (original Megazord, Dragonzord, Goldar) and has added the SPD Megazord and the Samurai Megazord in patches. That means you'll be seeing the same assists again and again, which can get old. Some people lament that there wasn't a completely separate Megazord mode, similar to the Genesis game, consisting of the villains and various Megazords.
  • Ryu and Chun-Li. Some love that these awesome crossover characters are in the game and are excited to play as them, while others think they were extraneous and wished they had used the development time to bring over other Rangers instead.
• Complete Monster: Lord Drakkon is a faithful adaptation of his dreadful comics counterpart, without the later redeeming qualities. Choosing to side with Rita Repulsa after being freed from her spell, this alternate Tommy Oliver, christened Lord Drakkon, destroys the Rangers and eventually murders and usurps Rita, conquering his world. Unsatisfied with this, Drakkon turned his attention to the entire multiverse. Drakkon steals the powers of numerous Ranger teams to strengthen himself and enslaves any Rangers that impress him, in particular the Kimberly Hart of his world, whom he dubs his Ranger Slayer. When Finster 5 saves his life and begs him not to risk it again by empowering himself further, Drakkon brutally kills him. Murdering other versions of himself to prove he is "superior" to his "weaker" selves, he secretly knows he's the weak one, and even when the Prime Tommy Oliver tries to save his life, Drakkon chooses death over accepting help from a good version of himself and giving up his power. A tyrant unable to accept his failings, he tries to force his will on everyone and everything rather than bettering himself.
• Fan Nickname: Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, is usually called "Vergil Ranger" as a reference to his voice actor. The fact that Eric's voice lines and moveset provide plenty of Actor Allusions only fans the flames further.
• Fridge Brilliance: Some of the trailers that feature a certain ranger have opponents or allies that are correlated to them.
  • One part of the Quantum Ranger trailer has Eric fighting against the Magna Defender. Magna Defender's Sentai counterpart BullBlack called his morphed form "Black Knight". In the Devil May Cry series there's also another character that evokes the Black Knight aesthetic, Nelo Angelo.
  • During Chun-Li's trailer, she is backed up by the S.P.D. Megazord. Quite fitting considering her job as a Interpol agent and fellow enforcer of the law.
  • The Season 4 Trailer shows Adam Park in his Ninjetti garb, backed up by the Samurai Megazord. Adam's first Megazord was the Thunder Megazord, which resembled a samurai, and even wielded a katana-like sword, much like the Samurai Megazord. The Ninja Megazord they used after receiving their Ninjetti powers is best match by the Samurai Megazord as well since historic ninja were usually disguised samurai. Additionally, Adam is shown using his Super to beat down Eric Myers, another Devil May Cry Casting Gag.
• Friendly Fandoms: Fans of Power Rangers get along well with Devil May Cry fans since Daniel Southworth (who voiced Vergil) is Eric Myers/Quantum Red Ranger and drops numerous Vergil references in his battle quotes. This eventually extended to Capcom fans in general with the Street Fighter crossover. The Devil May Cry jokes came back in full when Johnny Yong Bosch reprised his role as Adam.
• Genius Bonus: Scorpina's super move, Serket Breaker, is named after Serket, an Egyptian goddess commonly associated with scorpions.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Once it was announced that Eric Meyers/Quantum Ranger was returning with Daniel Southworth's reprisal bringing in an Actor Allusion to his other famous role as Vergil, numerous fans began purchasing the game for him.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Daniel Southworth not only reprises his role as Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, but also adds in a few Vergil references to his dialogue (Southworth having voiced the character since Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening). These made quite a lot of Power Rangers and Devil May Cry fans go wild, quoting them, making all kinds of crossover jokes and syncing Eric's first transformation to the Quantum Ranger with either "Devil Trigger" or "Bury the Light".
    "Foolishness, Lord Zedd"
    "I need more quantum power!"
    "Now I'm motivated!"
  • The trailer for Season 4 furthered this showing Adam Park as the Black Ninja Ranger beating up on Eric. His actor, Johnny Yong Bosch, also plays Nero in Devil May Cry. Really takes on a whole new meaning knowing the big twist of Devil May Cry 5.
• No Problem with Licensed Games: While many had trepidations going in with the game due to its somewhat unpolished graphics, beginner-friendly design, and lack of early content screaming "cheap, nostalgia-based cash grab", players found that at its core, it's a solid fighting game with excellent fundamentals and a limited, but diverse roster that's only growing more and more over time. Positive word of mouth, as well as its surprisingly excellent netcode for online play allowed it to blossom as a Sleeper Hit in the Fighting Game Community, receiving regular tournament play throughout 2020-onwards.
• Questionable Casting: Kyle Hebert voicing the Magna Defender, whilst Kerrigan Mahan, the actor who played the original Magna Defender in the show, reprises his role as Goldar. While it is supposed to be Mike Corbett in the suit, his dialogue is more similar to the first Magna Defender.
• The Scrappy: Mastadon Sentry. Not only is he rather generic and plain as a fighter, but many feel is a poor substitute for an actual MMPR Black Ranger, since his gameplay focuses on the Power Ax's Gun mode which doesn't see much use in the show itself. Not helping matters is that you fight a LOT of these guys again and again in Story Mode, since they're the only henchmen in the game.
• Tainted by the Preview:
  • The initial trailer raised some concern from fans, ranging from the streamlined controls, the graphics (often seen as unimpressive for a current-gen game), confusion over whether it was a port of Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, and worries that microtransactions would creep into the game (though the latter two calmed down after developer comments indicated that it was a traditional fighting game that would not use pay-to-win mechanics). The fact that it was announced the same day that details about Mortal Kombat 11 were revealed didn't help much.
  • On a different note, Jason David Frank's cameo in the announcement trailer caused some stir about whether he's been over-represented in anniversary specials and the like. Notably, Matt Austin-Sadowski (who played Bridge, the Green Ranger, in SPD) tweeted about the missed opportunity to include more cast members.
• Unexpected Character:
  • When it comes to a Power Rangers S.P.D. rep, the most common expectation would be someone like Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger/SPD Shadow Ranger...so absolutely no one was prepared for Dr. Kat Manx (who took on the mantle of SPD Kat Ranger for exactly one fight) to be announced first. What's more, she got into the launch roster before Doggie, while he wouldn't get in until the Season Two Pass.
  • While fans were expecting the game to have a playable Black Ranger from MMPR, no one was expecting the Mastodon Sentry, who was a standard foot soldier in the comic, rather than Zack or Adam.
  • Trini, one of the first DLC characters added into the game, dons the Black Dragon Armor rather than her usual appearance. This also not only technically makes her the first Battlizer character, over usual suspects like any of the Red Rangers, but also makes the Black Dragon posthumously playable as well.
  • It was expected that there would be at least one representative from the 2017 film be playable, as shown with the film's Blue Ranger. What wasn't expected was that, rather than the film's version of Billy, said representative is actually one of the four nameless members of Zordon's original team.
  • One of the characters for the Season One DLC is the Zeo Gold Ranger. However, Jason Lee Scott is already in the game's roster as the Mighty Morphin' Red Ranger, so instead the Gold Ranger suit is donned by Trey of Triforia, the original wearer of the suit who transferred his powers to Jason.
  • Players were completely caught off-guard when they announced Ryu and Chun-Li, making the hop over from Legacy Wars, now morphed into the Crimson Hawk and Blue Phoenix Rangers respectively.
  • Even with her and Sledge being some of the more popular villains in recent years, no one was expecting Poisandra from Power Rangers Dino Charge to join the roster, as most fans expected Sledge himself to be the playable of the two.