The concept for Tails was founded during the development of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. After some discussion about making a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), portions of Sonic Team went to work with Sega of America's Sega Technical Institute. A new element they wanted to introduce was a new character that would both serve as a sidekick to Sonic the Hedgehog and draw attention and new players to the franchise.
An internal contest was held at STI which Yasushi Yamaguchi, originally the main artist and zone designer for Sega's Sonic Team, won. Yamaguchi originally created straal, ray the eekhoorn (who would...
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