Super Tails
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Game appearances	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) (2013 re-release)
Transformation overview
Base character	Miles "Tails" Prower
Cause of  transformation	Seven Super Emeralds. Seven Chaos Emeralds. (2013 re-release)
Real-world designer(s)
Creator (real-world)	Sonic Team
Physical description
Fur	Yellow, white
Eyes	Black
Attire	Red and white sneakers White gloves and socks
Skills, powers and abilities
Enhanced powers and skills	Twin-tailed propelled flight Auto-homing energy Flickies Enhanced acrobatic skills and reflexes Enhanced super strength Enhanced super speed Invincibility High jumping abilities
Moves and techniques	Flying Spin Attack Spin Dash Spin Jump

Super Tails is the Super State of Miles "Tails" Prower, obtained by using the power of the seven Super Emeralds. This originally occurred in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles and has not appeared since then until the 2013 re-release of original Sonic the Hedgehog as a hidden feature. This is so far the only known super transformation Tails has displayed in the game series.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Powers and abilities 3 Game Appearances 3.1 Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) 3.2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 4 Unofficial Ways to Transform 4.1 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4.2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 6.1 Screenshots 6.2 Sprites

AppearanceEdit

Unlike most other super transformations, Tails himself does not display any physical changes. Instead his fur pulses in a golden yellow color and he becomes surrounded by four golden pulsing Flickies.

Powers and abilitiesEdit

Following the traditional super transformation, Super Tails is invincible, and as shown so far, to any attack, since he hasn't encountered any foe that can actually damage him. He has increased strength and can therefore break through obstacles by simply walking into them, and also has increased speed. The four Flickies that surrounds him can instantly and automatically attack any nearby mechanical enemy that comes in the near vicinity of Super Tails, be they normal Badniks or even bosses, and can even destroy ghosts that cannot be destroyed any other way. This mechanic is similar to Cream and Cheese's Chao Attack, except it happens automatically.

Like most other super transformations, Super Tails requires rings to maintain this transformation and will change back to his normal form once he runs out of rings.

Game AppearancesEdit

Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)Edit

In the Christian Whitehead-developed 2013 iOS re-release of original Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails is not only an unlockable game mode, but all seven Chaos Emeralds (and a new final Special Stage) can be enabled as a bonus with the enhanced level select code. In this appearance, Tails can indeed transform into Super Tails with only the Chaos Emeralds, and it almost identical to the actual Super Emerald-powered Super Tails except for the lack of Flickies. However, this is considered completely non-canon since according to the full storyline of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic had only just met Tails before the events of the game, and the seventh Chaos Emerald had only recently been discovered on Westside Island.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & KnucklesEdit

Originally first seen in locked-on version of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, the original Super Tails transformation is able to get by collecting both Chaos Emeralds and Super Emeralds from all 14 Special Stages. The player is then able normally activate the Super-transformation by normally collecting 50 rings and press jump button twice. After this, Tails transforms to glowing fox, while four golden Flickies appear to fly around Super Tails. During the transformation, Tails' furr gloves on light golden all the time while he's in the action. Like other transformations, it keeps taking off one ring per second from the player while the transformation is being used and after ring count is zero, the transformation runs out, Tails turns back to regular form and Flickies fly away.

Unofficial Ways to TransformEdit

Even before Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, the players have found of ways to do transformation in previous game appearances, which are never meant to do in games. These transformations are able to do by using cheat codes or the game's Debug Mode. Following ways are never been stated to be official and like in original Sonic the Hedgehog, these transformations don't feature Flickies on Super Tails' side at all.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2Edit

A simplistic form of Super Tails can be achieved in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with use of the debug mode. Whilst Sonic is in Super State, placing a monitor and breaking it will cause Tails to be surrounded by Invincibility stars (yellow while Sonic is Super, blue otherwise), have increased speed (on par, if not faster, than Sonic) and invincibility. This happens due to the fact that the default monitor in Sonic 2 -- the 2-player Vs. Mode "Switch" monitor -- not only switches players' positions, but players' statuses as well. (Shield, Speed-Up, Invincible, etc.) Another peculiarity with "Super" Tails is that even if Sonic loses all his rings or Tails has to catch up to Sonic for some reason, Tails continues to be invincible and super fast.

This can also be done without the debug mode. First, the player must collect all of the Chaos Emeralds in 1-Player Mode. After doing this, the player will have to find someway to lose their lives, and enter the 'Options' menu. After that, if the player highlights 'VS Mode items' and presses the START button, then they will enter the 2-P level select with all of the collected Emeralds. If Sonic collects fifty rings and jumps, he will transform into Super Sonic, but with his sprite jumbled (the game's attempt to match regular Sonic's sprite size since he can't transform in 2-P normally). If Super Sonic smashes a teleport box whilst in transformation, Tails will turn into Super Tails. Sonic still appears Super (but isn't), and, due to the game's engine, he won't be able to get invincibility or gain his Super State abilities again until he loses all of his rings (and, to get Super, collects 50 rings again). The reason Super Sonic is attainable in the VS mode is because Chaos Emerald data (as well as the amount of Continues) is carried when accessed through the Options menu.

It should be noted that while Sonic will appear to still be in his Super State and will still lose rings, he won't have speed or invincibility and therefore will lose rings when damaged. Oddly enough, he does retain his high-jumping ability.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3Edit

Tails can also enter the transformation in Sonic 3 (without Knuckles) via the debug code. If Tails smashes the "Super" monitor, he gains invincibility, the ability to crush non-Knuckles Spin Dash-only breakaway objects by walking through them (like Super Sonic). As well as a sparkle affect when hitting beyond his normal top speed, but gains no glow, no palette changes, no enhanced jumping ability and no super speed.

At a guess, Tails' Super State wasn't finished (or possibly even started) by the time Sonic 3 was released. His sprite will also be jumbled in the game's attempt to match Super Sonic's sprite size (since Tails can't get Super normally) unless you press the Debug Mode button after hitting the S-Monitor, but before he transforms. If Tails clears Launch Base Zone after hitting an S-Monitor at any time during the game, his ending sprite gains Sonic's palette, giving him a golden glow. (See left.) His Ring counter never drains and clearing an Act won't make him lose his invincibility or stop the Super Sonic music from playing, but going into a Special Zone or Bonus Stage will. Entering a new zone also removes the invincibility and restores the music if a musical silence is called, but he still has the ability to destroy breakaway objects by walking into them.

In Sonic 3 and Knuckles, if the player enters The Doomsday Zone with Tails or Knuckles (with debug), their sprites will be jumbled the same way and also can be fixed the same way.

TriviaEdit

• In Sonic 2's VS Mode, if "Super" Tails clears an Act and Sonic happens to be using his Super palette, the normally blue background of the signpost will be affected by the palette and will glow yellow. This also applies to Sonic 3 since, whilst Tails remains unaffected by the palette change, items that normally are will be.
• The legitimately obtained Super Tails in Sonic 3 & Knuckles cannot destroy non-Knuckles barriers automatically, not even in the Sonic 3 - Limited Edition prototypes where this form would be considered his "Hyper" form.
• A representative from Sega has reportedly said that Tails was unable to transform with the Chaos Emeralds and needed the greater power of the Super Emeralds due to his younger age.
• In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Tails originally was planned to transform into Super Tails with just the Chaos Emeralds. In some prototypes of the game such as the 0517 prototype, Tails could do this, and with the lock-on of Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Tails could even transform into Hyper Tails with the Super Emeralds. The only difference between the early Super Tails and Hyper Tails is that Flickies did not follow the original Super Tails. Before the game was finally released, it was decided to drop Super Tails since Tails could not use the Emeralds in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and rename Hyper Tails to Super Tails.

GalleryEdit

ScreenshotsEdit

SpritesEdit