Tails the Fox
Name: Miles Prower A.K.A. Tails
Species: Fox
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Likes: Mint candy, mechanics and machine maintenance
Dislikes: Thunder
Skills:
A skilled pilot and driver (even though he's under age). Tails often flies
Sonic's plane, the Tornado.
He can build many mechanical contraptions, and his overall skill in this area
actually rivals Dr. Eggman's.
Weaknesses: Tails is very dependent on Sonic, though recently he's become a lot more individual...
Description:
A mutant fox with two tails, Miles Prower was constantly made fun of by the
other animals of Westside Island, who nicknamed him 'Tails'. However, this
soon came to an end when Sonic the Hedgehog turned up on the island and quickly
befriended the fox, who had idolised Sonic ever since he was a cub. The nickname
stuck, and Tails has been Sonic's trademark sidekick ever since. His two tails
are more than an unfortunate mistake; Tails is able to use his two bushy appendages
to fly! By coiling them together, then releasing them like a propeller, Tails
can hover above the ground for short periods of time. By using a similar process,
Tails can skim across the ground at high speeds to keep up with his supersonic
pal.
Although he is incredibly intelligent, Tails can be quite shy, and though
he's been more independent recently, Tails can find it hard to move out of
Sonic's shadow. Tails is a vital help to Sonic; his knowledge of mechanics
has led him to greatly modify Sonic's plane, the Tornado, along with building
several more versions. The Tornado 2 was a faster, sleeker version, and had
a nifty mode change. However, a few 'technicalities' the Tornado 2 was totally
ruined. But, Tails was soon working on his next upgrade, the Tornado 3, which
could change into a huge mechanical walker with many hi-tech weapons.
Theme song: Believe in Myself
Special
Moves:
'Spin dash' - Tails builds up speed rolling in place, then
releases himself in a high-speed spin across the ground.
'Tail attack'
- Tails spins around on the spot and whacks enemies with his two tails.
With certain upgrades this move can become a 'rapid tail attack', where Tails
does several spins in one go.
(In Sonic 3/and Knuckles the tail attack is where enemies are hit by the rotor
of Tails' tails mid-flight.)
'Propeller Flight' - By coiling his tails and then releasing them,
Tails can launch into the sky for limited periods. His two tails are probably
joined at the base, seeing as how he can spin them round each other for such
a long time.
Profession: Sonic's sidekick.
First appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Master System)
Solo career: Tails featured in two of his own spin-off games, Tails' Skypatrol (only released in Japan) and Tails' Adventure, both on the Game Gear. He also had an educational game on the Sega Pico called 'Tails and the Music Maker'
Cameos: The Shenmue series, Chaotix, Phantasy Star Online
Useless information: Tails is based on a legendary Japanese creature called a kitsune. Kitsunes are fox-like creatures with multiple tails, however Tails himself is not a kitsune, due to the fact he has no magical powers. It is also rumoured that he was originally going to be the guardian of the Master Emerald instead of Knuckles. This comes from early production versions of Sonic 2 on the Mega Drive/Genesis, where the Hidden Palace zone, complete with a Master Emerald-like structure, was included.
Development:
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