Does this make Tails the spoony bard?
Sonic Shuffle. But it’s taken more than a decade for the hedgehog to step into the unlikely genre of the turn-based JRPG, where the comparison between Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars – which surprised its jump-happy audience in 1996 on the Super Nintendo with its colorful, whimsical, isometric interpretation of the Mario world – cannot be made more obvious. Both try to reassemble the platforming antics of their titular heroes into an HP-MP, leveling-up, item-collecting romp, and with the unexpected developer BioWare of Star Wars: KOTOR and Mass Effect fame, the blue hedgehog nearly stands toe to toe with the red plumber. Joining forces with Tails, Knuckles, and Amy, Sonic succeeds in bringing down yet another genius plan by the mad scientist Dr. Eggman and soon heads off into the sunset to enjoy a brief respite. Upon his return to the familiar Green Hill Zone, however, he finds his homeland overrun by unnaturally aggressive animals
