Tails Adventure was released, in 1995, during the dying days of Game Gear-Sega’s unsuccessful attempt at a Game Boy killer. It’s been almost 30 years since Tails debuted in Sonic 2, and in that time, the beloved fox ( who is crushing it in our Video Game Character Bracket at the moment) has managed to star in only three games of his own: Tails Adventure, Tails’ Skypatrol, and Tails and the Music Maker. The Best Video Game Character Bracket: The Sweet 16 Tails proved to be the name with the most staying power, but it’s easy to appreciate the miles-per-hour wordplay of Miles Prower. There was some initial dispute about whether his name would be Miles Prower or Tails, but a compromise was eventually reached. An internal design competition yielded Miles “Tails” Prower, the two-tailed flying fox. Since Sega had created a character who could rival Super Mario, it figured, surely it could create a sidekick at least as cool as Luigi. Sega made a dent in Nintendo’s seemingly impenetrable market share and Sonic became the face of Sega, just as planned. To the surprise of many in the industry, he did just that. And although Sonic is known for collecting rings, his primary mission was to sell Genesis consoles.
Sega created Sonic as an answer to Nintendo’s Mario. It was a familiar, if not comfortable, dynamic for younger siblings everywhere. I celebrated our shared slot-machine luck in Casino Night Zone while shouldering none of the responsibility for inexcusably early demises in Emerald Hill Zone. Shockingly, in my potentially inaccurate recollection, I never whined, because I was able to hop into the game at any moment and play the role of sidekick. He was inserted into the game just to keep younger siblings like me from futilely whining that it was “my turn” to play. Whenever Sonic left Tails behind, you had to wait until the game flew Tails back into frame to continue controlling him. He existed solely to aid Sonic’s progress. As Player 1 sped Sonic through glorious 16-bit landscapes, Player 2 could jump around and grab rings as a plucky two-tailed fox. You played as Miles “Tails” Prower, Sonic’s brand-new sidekick. If you had an older sibling when the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 cartridge hit your Sega Genesis, you never played as Sonic. And along with delving into some of those iconic figures, we’ll also explore and celebrate the gaming industry as a whole. This week on The Ringer, we’re hosting the Best Video Game Character Bracket-an expansive competition between the greatest heroes, sidekicks, and villains of the gaming world.
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