And not to mention, he is very likable, having a great design and endearing personality, despite some issues that his character still carries with him to this day. So yeah, he may not do that much in game, but over the years, Tails has become one of the quintessential Sonic characters, and it is hard to imagine any of the games other related Sonic media without him showing up in some form or fashion.
In terms of the game itself, Tales acts as the 2nd player, where someone else can join in on the fun and run around, collect rings, and defeat enemies alongside Sonic… or at least, you can TRY to do that, as most of the time, you’ll probably not be able to keep up with Player 1, and just keep respawning in only to see that the game is already over. The second new addition would be in the form of Sonic’s new sidekick, Miles Prower ( groan), or as most people know him as, Tails. But anyway, on this day, the world was then gifted the true follow-up to the original game, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. You know what, maybe the haters are right, Sonic was always bad. While the world was given a companion game and a spin-off or two (including one where Sonic became a cop, for some reason) to hold them over, the true next big Sonic installment would come just a year later, on a day officially dubbed as… Sonic 2sday. This lead to Sonic soon becoming Sega’s new official mascot, throwing Alex Kidd right into the trash for the foreseeable future (thank god), and to them creating plenty more titles for the blue hedgehog shortly afterwards.
Even if it doesn’t come quite near the quality of future titles in the series, the original Sonic the Hedgehog was still a pretty good game, and it was extremely successful, selling over 2 million copies by the end of 1991, selling over 23 million to this day, and giving Sega a leg to stand on to compete directly with Nintendo on who was the king of the console market.
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