Hi! This is my first post on Sonic Retro, Nice to meet you all! I remember I had a copy of the Genesis collection on PS2, and found out Super Sonic was first in Sonic 2 (I knew of Super Sonic only from Sonic X and the Adventure games). I got all the Chaos Emeralds as Sonic, and then thought Tails had a super form, only to be majorly disappointed. A couple of years later, I got a copy of Sonic Mega Collection, and was stunned that there was a super form for Tails in Sonic 3 and Knuckles. As much as I like Super Sonic, I do think he takes away almost any difficulty the game might have. I still like Tails and occasionally play as him in Sonic 2. But that's just my take on it
I forgot to actually answer the question before. I don't think I ever have, but then again, I don't like Tails all that much. And since Sonic and Tails play identically in Sonic 2, I'm not sure I ever played the entire game as Tails alone.
I was actually one of the unlucky ones to learn that Tails had no super form with the (non super) emeralds first-hand. Granted, this was Sonic 3, but I did go back and make sure this was true in Sonic 2. I later got all the super emeralds as Tails and was amazed to see his super transformation, the awe of seeing Tails with kamikaze birds, as a kid. Also a true story, the first super form I unlocked was Super Knuckles in Sonic 2, since he had lower ring requirements. Though I have a save file with Super Sonic on Sonic 3, thanks to a friend who was badass as the special stages. Man what I've give to wipe my memory and experience these things fresh again.
Oddly enough, Sonic 2 took me 9 years to beat without cheating, and the first time I beat it I was playing as Tails. I don't remember if I got all the Chaos Emeralds or not though...
I'm not at home right now so I can't double check, but I am pretty sure he has 12 hits as Sonic and 10(?) as Tails.
12 hits independent of character: [68k]loc_3D5EA: subq.b #1,anim_frame_duration(a0) beq.s + moveq #SndID_Rumbling,d0 jsrto (PlaySound).l, JmpTo12_PlaySound jsrto (ObjectMove).l, JmpTo26_ObjectMove lea (ObjC7_ChildDeltas).l,a1 bra.w ObjC7_PositionChildren ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + addq.b #2,routine_secondary(a0) clr.w y_vel(a0) move.b #$1F,anim_frame_duration(a0) move.b #$16,collision_flags(a0) move.b #$C,collision_property(a0) ; <=== This line bsr.w ObjC7_InitCollision movea.w objoff_38(a0),a1 ; a1=object move.b #6,routine_secondary(a1) rts[/68k]
