Tails Adventure
Tails Adventure (well-known in Japan as Tails Adventures) is a videogame developed by Aspect and distributed by Sega at the end of 1995 for the videogame console Sega Game Gear. It is the first game of the Sonic saga who mixes elements of roll and platform. It was the second and last game in which Tails is without Sonic, although it is the first that was not only released in Japan. It is a game that does not follow the line plot of other games of the same saga, and this one is different according to if the Japanese or Western version of the game is controlled, being a prequel to the series starred by Tails in the Japanese version. Basically, Tails must save an island from a threat, getting objects and Chaos Emeralds that he obtains during his passage.
Publisher: Sega
Features
Contrary to the classic speedy gameplay in the Sonic series, Tails Adventures is a puzzle-based platformer with a strong emphasis on item collecting and backtracking, like a side-scrolling action RPG.
Tails can walk, jump, duck, look up, fly, hang on ledges, and throw all manner of bombs. His health is measured numerically by a Ring Item Box at the top left corner of the screen. HP is replenished by collecting Rings, which can be found by blowing up rocks or defeating enemies. He starts with 10 HP, but that number maxes out at 99 when all six Chaos Emeralds have been collected. His air time is limited by the flight gauge, which starts at about 3 seconds and maxes out at about 15.
In total there are 12 stages to complete. There are 26 items to collect over the course of the game. Each one serves a different purpose, but Tails can only bring 4 items with him into any stage. Knowing which ones to bring along is a matter of tactic.
Essential to complete the game in most parts however is the Remote Robot. (AKA Mecha Tails in Japan) The Remote Robot is a tiny, all-terrain robot modelled on Tails who can squeeze into a lot of places Tails himself can't. When using Remote Robot, Tails stands in place while player control is switched to the vehicle. The robo fox can walk, jump, fly, and squeeze into tiny places, but if he takes damage from an enemy or a blue laser, he'll automatically return to Tails. Nearly all of the game's puzzles involve maneuvering the robot to open the path for Tails himself.
Under water, the Remote Robot changes into the Sea Fox, the small submarine (from Sonic Triple Trouble) that moves in much the same way that the Remote Robot does. (And Unlike most of the other Sonic games, worring about oxygen becomes a thing of the past, because when Tails is in the Sea Tail, he can breathe underwater.)
Tails can walk, jump, duck, look up, fly, hang on ledges, and throw all manner of bombs. His health is measured numerically by a Ring Item Box at the top left corner of the screen. HP is replenished by collecting Rings, which can be found by blowing up rocks or defeating enemies. He starts with 10 HP, but that number maxes out at 99 when all six Chaos Emeralds have been collected. His air time is limited by the flight gauge, which starts at about 3 seconds and maxes out at about 15.
In total there are 12 stages to complete. There are 26 items to collect over the course of the game. Each one serves a different purpose, but Tails can only bring 4 items with him into any stage. Knowing which ones to bring along is a matter of tactic.
Essential to complete the game in most parts however is the Remote Robot. (AKA Mecha Tails in Japan) The Remote Robot is a tiny, all-terrain robot modelled on Tails who can squeeze into a lot of places Tails himself can't. When using Remote Robot, Tails stands in place while player control is switched to the vehicle. The robo fox can walk, jump, fly, and squeeze into tiny places, but if he takes damage from an enemy or a blue laser, he'll automatically return to Tails. Nearly all of the game's puzzles involve maneuvering the robot to open the path for Tails himself.
Under water, the Remote Robot changes into the Sea Fox, the small submarine (from Sonic Triple Trouble) that moves in much the same way that the Remote Robot does. (And Unlike most of the other Sonic games, worring about oxygen becomes a thing of the past, because when Tails is in the Sea Tail, he can breathe underwater.)
