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Miles "Tails" Prower is a two-tailed fox with the ability to fly by using his tails like helicopter propellers. He also uses them when running to keep up with Sonic the Hedghehog. Tails made his debut in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. He was created by Yasushi Yamaguchi, was intended to be his sidekick and has remained a staple of the Sonic franchise.
Tails' real name, Miles Prower, is actually a reference to the concept of speed &, just like Sonic's name. Miles Prower secretly is a pun of the phrase 'miles per hour.'
Also like the rest of the charators in the franchise tails handdrawn design changed with the release of Sonic Adventure (image right) from the design of tails before the game in question (image above left).
Tails is Sonic the Hedgehog's two-tailed sidekick who was first introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Overview
Tails Design 1992 -1998
Talis Design 1998 - Preset
Tails' real name, Miles Prower, is actually a reference to the concept of speed &, just like Sonic's name. Miles Prower secretly is a pun of the phrase 'miles per hour.'
Also like the rest of the charators in the franchise tails handdrawn design changed with the release of Sonic Adventure (image right) from the design of tails before the game in question (image above left).
Creation
An internal competition was held at Sega to come up with a new sidekick character for Sonic 2. The most popular entry was Yasushi Yamaguchi's sketch of a young two-tailed fox. Yamaguchi really wanted his character to be called Miles, but he was overruled and Sonic's new buddy ended up as "Tails". Having been upset at the name change, Yamaguchi snuck the name "Miles" into the game's menu screen, and even all over the signage in the Casino Night Zone. In the end he won a compromise: Sonic's new sidekick was officially named Miles "Tails" Prower ("Tails" making the cut as the character's nickname).Trivia
Tails' is partly inspired by Japanese mythology, which portrays foxes as magical beings that are able to assume human form. The older a fox is, the more powerful it becomes, and the more tails it has. They are said to gain a new tail every hundred years until they've reached a maximum of nine tails.Tails games
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Tails Adventure |
GG | Aspect Co. Ltd. |
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Sonic X-treme |
SAT | Sega Technical Institute |
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Sonic Crackers |
GEN | Sega |
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Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing |
PC, DS, PS3, X360, WII | Sumo Digital Ltd. |
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Sonic Drift 2 |
GG | Sega |
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games released on Oct. 13, 2009 |
DS, WII | Sega |
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Sonic & the Black Knight released on March 10, 2009 |
WII | Sega, Sonic Team |
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Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection released on Feb. 10, 2009 |
X360, PS3 | Backbone Entertainment |
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Sonic Unleashed released on Nov. 18, 2008 |
PS2, X360, WII, PS3 | Sonic Team, Dimps Corporation |
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Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood released on Sept. 30, 2008 |
DS | BioWare |
| Character Name: | Tails |
| Real Name: | Miles Prower |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Oct. 16, 1992 |
| Appears in: | 58 games |
| First appearance: | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
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