The Many Mechas of Miles "Tails" Prower

I imagine Eggman created Metal Tails in response to Tails' question about the Tails Doll, and the creative juices got away from him.

i think metal amys design is meant to be focused on acrobatics, given how she looks light weight and has jet bosters on all sides, likely to be able to move around quickly, similar to amy having a double jump

13:02 Honestly I always thought of that. Tails making his own evil robot duplicate because the that Eggman made sucks but Tails did TOO good of a job making it, and now it wants to rule the world.

Nick, you can't just say "he gets cub-napped" and not expect people to point out how amazing the line is.

I feel like the Amy and Tails bots in Superstars, same with the Sonic and Knuckles ones in that game, are ones made to test things on, not meant to surpass their living counterparts. By the time we fight the bots, Eggman probably thought it would be a good idea to test out the base abilities they all have against them

There are a surprising number of tails robots, and i like the idea that eggman never canonically made metal tails since he never saw tails as a threat in the classic era, same for amy. Sonic and knuckles canonically have several robot counterparts since they're much more dangerous to eggman. Moving on from the classic era, and on the same vein as robo tails in sonic lost world, there's beebot tails in sonic boom, which as the name implies, is tails fused with one of eggman's beebots who then goes on to take control of all of eggman's beebots. That was always my favorite episode of the show

Don't think i'll find a day were i can mention this but god do i wish a mega man fangame with the Sonic Robotmasters was made

With Metal Amy’s 4 way jets on her skirt, I took it as being built for manoeuvre-ability and operating at high speed in closed areas

Tails actually did build a Metal Tails in an old sprite comic. He was offended of the fact that of the parallel Metals his one was the Tails doll. So he upgraded it into Metal Tails and proved so competent and dangerous that everyone had to team up to turn him back into Tails doll. And even then its suggested that he still wants revenge but is trapped inside his Tails doll body.

Maybe the tails robot in superstars is like an idea for tails if he ever becomes a problem. I mean, Tails did help out sonic and knuckles in sonic 2 and 3, so Eggman could see that, think of making a robot to stop him, but deciding against it, but keeping that robot in the back of his mind if he ever does become a true threat

My personal head cannon for Metal Tails and Amy is that simply put. Eggman was experimenting with possible prototypes in the form of data and simulations. After they get wrecked, he uses the data of not just Metal Tails and Amy, but Knuckles too! Resulting in Classic Metal Sonic being set aside as he uses the data to upgrade him. Seeing as there's a clear difference between Classic and Modern Metal Sonic with not just desing but abilities as well. From flying longer, taking more hits, being able to fight more, to more abilities and the power to hook up and use support equipment. If we consider Sonic 4 episode two.

I think Eggman's newfound respect for Tails after the adventure games would actually guaranty that he'd never try to build a true 'Metal Tails'. If the metal series robots are supposed to surpass the originals in every way, Eggman would have to build a robot that not only flies better than Tails, but one that is also smarter than Tails. Since he now sees Tails as the closest in the world to his intellectual equal, his ego would never let him build a Metal Tails because it'd mean he'd have built a robot as smart as himself, if not smarter.

Well I guess this video answers by question of: "Why does Tails not have a robot double?" I do like the detail put into Metal Tails in Sonic: SuperStars! Very cute, yet very fierce B)

Honestly figured maybe metal tails and Amy were being made during the events of Superstars. But since they’re a rush job, they all have the same basic capabilities of metal sonic here. Perhaps he wanted to mind-game them with their robo duplicates?

There's a lot of potential for how the Superstars Robots could work, but I also imagine that potential getting squandered It's glad to see I'm not the only one who hyperfocuses on canon in relation to character roles

13:32 I like his attitude. We have the innocent wholesome Miles prowler of the main universe, and here the rude, snarky, grouchy Nine of New Yolk

I feel like Eggman made Metal Tails just because Tails complained about it in the 30th anniversary comic. "So, you want a Metal counterpart, Fox Boy? OHOHO, I'll GIVE you a Metal counterpart..."

4:14 Unless you mention it later, fun fact: T-Pup does return inside the Minecraft Sonic texture pack. Implying Sega might have the right to that specific idea and design.

Interesting enough, would've been cool to see the T-pup more often. Made me wonder if T-pup could almost play out like Goddard or another robot dog

The Metal Tails' gem in Superstars is more of a camera on a Mobile Suit if you are familiar with Gundam, and since this is fully automated that gem would be used to assist in air combat, scanning for heat signatures to track it's opponent.