Still Tails is more popular/liked(Isn't it like the same thing in the end?) then Knuckles in Japan.
I would gadly find the Europe polls that were holded 2 year back but I can't find them, but I recall Tails was 2nd on that poll right behind Sonic while Knuckles was 3rd sending Shadow in 4th place.
Well I can accept that, though like I said before it's an argument of semantics and those really go nowhere. IMO, Mega Man is popular than Sonic in the gaming world. Mega Man came out in 1987 and Sonic came out in 1991, so technically Mega Man should be a more well-known video game franchise (excluding external media likes cartoons, comics, Mickey D's happy meal promos, etc) than Sonic. Sonic however is more "liked" otherwise he wouldn't currently be confirmed playable while a lot of us are left hoping for Mega Man. Tails has been around 1.5 years longer than Knuckles.
So the more-well-known argument can easily apply to Tails, but the consistent inclusion of Knuckles in games following Sonic 3 has made the gap on Tails and Knuckles negligible in that department. And should Shadow be consistently included in Sonic games for another span of years, the gap will close for Shadow as well (if it hasn't alread...****ing fanboys). Still, it's obvious that in Japan, Tails is more liked than Knuckles probably because Tails is much closer to Sonic (relationship-wise) than any other character in the franchise will ever be.
What? Tails was freaking awesome in that movie, Sonic and Tails never worked as good together.
Tails was a skillful pilot, but that's about it. I only saw that movie like a year ago for the first time and never watched it again. It was good, but the only key things I remember were Sonic fighting Metal Sonic, Knuckles being heroic for that princess chick (who was
conveniently wearing hella-short shorts, Tails piloting the plane, Sonic flipping the bird, and Tails groping the princess in fear which pissed Knuckles off. I know a site where I can download it so I'll probably watch it again.
No way Tails had a much better important role in AoStH, he even saved Sonic a few times! Tails in SatAM was like useless baggage, I really hate that Tails seriously.
Dude, AoStH was lame that
I could've saved Sonic a few times and I was 4 at the time. Seriously, that show was total crap. Nothing is that show should ever have been taken seriously. Hell, even the old Zelda cartoon was more entertaining...and that show only ran for 13 episodes before being cancelled. SatAM Tails didn't do much (which is unfortunate considering he was 10 at the time), but that one episode where the freedom fighter were searching for the Deep Power Stones was definitely the better side of Tails. And he didn't even need any silly or goofy antics either.
Was talking about Tails personality wise since he act closer to his game counterpart in that show, but you never really watched the last season to see what Tails accomplished.
Watch Sonic X is the equivalent of shaving my nuts with a butcher's knife. To be honest, were humans not in the show, were Robotnik (not ****ing "Eggman") a villain that could be taken seriously EVERY episode instead of only in like a handful of them, and were Jaleel White behind the voice of Sonic I probably would've liked it.
SU better then Sonic X? Sorry but I really disagree there, if Knuckles wasn't in that show I would not have bothered with it.
I hate seeing Sonic singing gay corny songs, make me wanna pull my hair out.
The songs were tight. What are you talking about? [/sarcasm]
How so? If that ability(Tails Swipe) was first used in Sonic The Fighter(Arcade) which is also a classic game.
An example of Tails using it(Is this effective enough?):
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/HolyNightmare/03.jpg
He also use it in Sonic X, the Archie comics(As seen above) and all the recent games(Sonic Rivals 2 being the most recent use) including Sonic the Fighter and you say it's not true-to-Tails attacks?
Ok, you kinda got me. I haven't played any of the recent handheld games...not even the first Sonic Advance. I don't really do handhelds anymore. Secondly, I have the Sonic the Fighters ROM and still haven't bothered to play it...shame on me. And third, that comic issue was like only 5 months ago, but the Sonic comics were definitely at their prime in between issues 1 and 100 and I'm sure you'll agree. Once I read a recent Sonic issue, I never read it again...that's how dissappointed I am. They are starting to get a little interesting though with the Enerjak thing.
Anyways, I do wish the tail-swipe was actually introduced to Tails as a signature move when he made he debut. It just seems lie something they made up. Knuckles punch is technically legit seeing as he does it in his idle stance in S3&K. Either way, you're right...the tail-swipe is a legit move.
Game wise Tails is less buildable than Knuckles (look at the Adventure Series and Advanced Series, Knuckles is given more moves than Tails each time), naturally this means next to nothing, but its worth pointing out.
I disagree. A legit Tails moveset can easily be built without even requiring that thundershoot crap from dumba** Sonic Heroes...but this isn't the Tails thread and plus I'm too lazy to make one.
There's also that Tails keeps getting more and more nerfed and downgraded recently (Case and point: Sonic and Mario at the Olympics Tails is next to useless) Rivals 1 he was kidnapped, StH on 360 he wasn't Support, Sonic Rush he was support (not playable)... Tails is important, but his lead on Knuckles has long since dried up.
Speed Ranks:
9. Knuckles - 6
12. Tails - 3
Power Ranks:
3. Knuckles - 8
15. Tails - 2
Skill Ranks
2. Tails - 9
13. Knuckles - 2
Stamina Ranks
4. Tails - 8
5. Knuckles - 7
Excluding his amazing Skill count, he only outdoes Knuckles by 1 Stamina point and everywhere else Knuckles is fairly amazing. Track, Field, and Swimming are all events Tails will not be better than Knuckles in (and quite frankly, Tails won't do better than many people in them). Knuckles stats are fairly canon to his existance, Tails (save Skill and Power) was entirely wrong in his stats. Speed tied with Wario, what?
Also there are aspects of Tails that wouldn't translate as well as Sonic or Knuckles. Sonic translates really easy, Tails would have his jumps messed with, possibly a less than useful Up B if they make that his helicopter. Knuckles as the reverse can easily work with the Glide mechanic and wall climb could be worked into the game as a gimmic. Knuckles would be a fairly fluid translation to Brawl.
Sonic & Mario at the Olympics is a piece of crap. I knew it was going to suck before the game even hit the shelves. I'm not going to take anything from that game seriously in the least. The stats are crap and horribly constructed just to balance the characters out for the sake of creating an equal opportunity party game. It was already stated that it doesn't even accurately portray the characters so referring to it is pretty much pointless.
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