![]() Retrospectively, Tails' Skypatrol reception has been similar. In reviewing the game's inclusion in Sonic Gems Collection, Louis Bedigian stated that Tails' Skypatrol is "the most interesting of these, as it’s entirely airborne with Tails collecting rings and solving simple puzzles." 1Up.com's Jeremy Parish called the game and Tails Adventure "garbage that I wouldn't even want to play on Game Gear, let alone on GameCube." ![]() However, they commented that its drastically-different gameplay made it a unique and interesting game on its own. Upon release, a reviewer for Sega Saturn Magazine found it to be among the weakest entries in the Sonic series, particularly for its poor controls and harsh difficulty. Tails' Skypatrol received largely unfavorable reviews. The 2005 compilation Sonic Gems Collection includes Tails' Skypatrol and several other Sonic and Sega games. It is included as an unlockable extra in Sonic Adventure DX (2003), alongside eleven other Sonic Game Gear games. Tails' Skypatrol was released in Japan on April 28, 1995. Along with Tails Adventure, it is one of two Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Game Gear to star Tails. Upon completion, it was presented to Sega, which requested that the main character be replaced with Tails. When the system was cancelled, the company chose to remake the game for the Game Gear, a handheld that posed similar hardware specifications and the same screen resolution. The game was originally intended as a launch title for an unreleased handheld console, which used original characters and had a more educational focus. JSH initially developed the game not as part of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Tails' Skypatrol was developed by Japan System House (JSH), a company known for its work on 8-bit conversions of Sega games throughout the early 1990s, with assistance from part-owned Sega subsidiary SIMS. Tails' Skypatrol was originally in production for an unreleased handheld before it was moved to the Game Gear (pictured above). The player has unlimited continues and will begin at the start of that particular stage after losing all of their lives. Levels conclude with a boss fight against one of Witchcart's henchmen. There are five scrolling levels to traverse, which vary in difficulty and take place in locations such as forests and castles. Tails' uses a gold ring as a weapon that can be thrown to defeat enemies, bypass traps, and retrieve items. Touching a level's environment will cost the player a life. If Tails is hit by an enemy, he falls toward the ground and the player must recover. Collecting mint candies replenishes Tails' constantly-depleting flight meter. Tails flies by spinning his two tails, is always flying, and can be maneuvered up and down to avoid obstacles and left and right to slow down or speed up. Its plot involves Sonic's sidekick, Miles "Tails" Prower, traveling to a tropical island to stop the villainous Witchcart, who has turned its inhabitants into crystals. Tails' Skypatrol is a horizontal-scrolling shooter set within the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. ![]() Tails flying past a rotating spike obstacle It has been re-released through Sonic Adventure DX (2004) and Sonic Gems Collection (2005). Skypatrol received mixed reviews, with critics focusing specifically on its high difficulty and poor controls. It did not feature the Sonic branding until it was presented to Sega, which requested the main character be replaced with Tails. It was in development as an educational game for a cancelled handheld system, before being moved to the Game Gear. Skypatrol was developed by Japan System House with assistance from SIMS, a part-owned subsidiary of Sega at the time. Gameplay involves shooting enemies, collecting power-ups, and defeating bosses. The player controls the titular character in his quest to stop the evil witch Witchcart before she conquers an island and turns its inhabitants into crystals. It is a spin-off of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and one of two Game Gear games to star Sonic's sidekick Tails. Tails' Skypatrol is a 1995 horizontal-scrolling shooter video game published in Japan by Sega for the Game Gear.
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