Tails

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Tails
Developer Yasushi Yamaguchi, Sega Technical Institute
Publisher Sega
Platforms
Released 1991-present
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Tails is the nickname of Miles Prower, a fox with two tails. He is a character that is part of a Japanese multimedia series consisting of comics, television shows, films, music, and video games.

He is a character who was created on October 16, 1992 by Yasushi Yamaguchi and the Sega Technical Institute.

Tails was included in some games in the Sega All-Stars series.

Fictional character biography

Tails is a fast two-tailed brown fox that can hover with his tails.

He is the best friend of Sonic the Hedgehog and often builds planes for him.

Video games with Tails as a playable character

Title Developer Release System Notes
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Aspect 1992 Game Gear, Master System
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sega Technical Institute 1992 Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sega Technical Institute 1992 Arcade Mega Play and Mega-Tech hardware.
Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Team 1994 Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Team 1994 Genesis
Sonic 3 & Knuckles Sonic Team 1994 Genesis A combined game when Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is inserted into a Sonic & Knuckles cartridge.
Sonic Drift Sonic Team 1995 Game Gear
Sonic the Fighters Sega AM2 1996 Arcade Model 2B-CRX hardware.
Sonic Adventure Sonic Team 1998 Dreamcast
Sonic Pocket Adventure SNK 1999 NGPC
Sonic Shuffle Hudson Soft
Sonic Team
2000 Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Team 2001 Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sonic Team 2001 GameCube, PS3, Xbox 360, Windows Enhanced port.
Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut Sonic Team 2003 GameCube, Windows Enhanced port.
Sonic CD (remake) Sonic Team
Christian Whitehead
2011 Android, Apple TV, iOS, Ouya, PS3, Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox 360 Enhanced remake.
Sonic the Hedgehog (remake) Sonic Team
Christian Whitehead
Headcannon
2013 Android, iOS Enhanced remake.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (remake) Sega Technical Institute
Christian Whitehead
Headcannon
2013 Android, iOS Enhanced remake with a restored and expanded level that was cut from the 1992 release.
Sonic Lost World Sonic Team 2013 Wii U
Sonic Forces Sonic Team 2017 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One
Sonic Mania Christian Whitehead
HeadCannon
PagodaWest Games
2017 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One
Sonic Mania Plus Christian Whitehead
HeadCannon
PagodaWest Games
2018 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One DLC for Sonic Mania.
Team Sonic Racing Sumo Digital 2019 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One
Sonic Origins Sonic Team
Headcannon
2022 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One Compilation with ports of the 2011 enhanced remake of Sonic CD, the 2013 enhanced remake of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and an enhanced remake of Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Sonic Origins remake) Sonic Team
Headcannon
2022 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One Enhanced remake of the combined Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles game.
Sonic & Knuckles (Sonic Origins remake) Sonic Team 2022 Windows The enhanced remake of the game can be separated from Sonic 3 & Knuckles in Sonic Origins with a fan patch.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sonic Origins remake) Sonic Team 2022 Windows The enhanced remake of the game can be separated from Sonic 3 & Knuckles in Sonic Origins with a fan patch.
Sonic Origins Plus Sonic Team
Headcannon
2023 PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One DLC for Sonic Origins adds the following Game Gear games with Tails: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Tails Adventure, and Tails' Sky Patrol.

Video games with Tails as a non-playable character

Title Developer Release System Notes
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Social Team 2023 Windows

Films featuring Tails

Title Production company Distributor Release Notes
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Pierrot Taki Corporation 1996 Original video animation
Sonic the Hedgehog Original Film Paramount Pictures 2020 Live-action / computer animated film
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Original Film Paramount Pictures 2022 Live-action / computer animated film
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Original Film Paramount Pictures 2024 Live-action / computer animated film