--- By Atari Guy --- Including Tails --- Was Tails originally supposed to be more than just some kid who follows Sonic around? Here are my theories: 1. Tails was supposed to be the guardian for the chaos emeralds. He needed to stop Dr. Robotnic from taking them, so he joined up with Sonic. I believe that Hidden Palace Zone is a Tails only stage you get to play if you beet the game with all the chaos emeralds. I also believe that you were supposed to be able to make Tails fly, like in Sonic 3. That would explain the Tails extra life and the impassable gaps, etc. 2. This is probably the most bizarre theory of all, but is Tails the reincarnation of Sonic? With time travel they could exist at the same. That would explain Tail's speed. This also works with the theory that Hidden Palace zone is a Tails only zone. --- Taken from 'Secrets of Sonic the Hedgehog - The Original' http://secretsonic.cjb.net ---