Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26973802-20140828003900/@comment-477304-20140831204328

Actually, Sonic and Metal fought prior to Free Riders. Sure the series is canon, but it's a side series and not all that significant to the series as a whole and Wave is not that significant to Tails especially when you consider other characters Tails knows. Naming a vessel after an unimportant character such as Wave doesn't make much sense.