The Rapid Tails Attack [1] (連続シッポ回転攻撃[2] , Renzoku shippo kaiten kōgeki ? , lit. "Continuous Tail Rotation Attack") , also known as the Rapid Spin Attack [3] (連続シッポ回転攻撃[4] , Renzoku shippo kaiten kōgeki ? , lit. "Continuous Tail Rotation Attack") , is a move that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is an upgraded version of the Tail Swipe used by Miles "Tails" Prower . When performing this move, Tails performs a continuous chain of Tail Swipes.
Description
The mechanics behind the Rapid Tails Attack are basically identical to the Tail Swipe , with Tails performing a 360° spin while lashing out with his twin tails to damage any nearby enemies. When performing the Rapid Tails Attack however, Tails executes a continuous chain of Tail Swipes that switch Tails' singular 360° spin out with a sustained twirling motion. While performing this move, Tails is shown pulling off several acrobatic feats akin to that of breakdancing, using both his feet and hands to pirouette around as he sweeps across the ground like a whirling foxy dervish.
Game appearances
Sonic Adventure
This move made its first appearance in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut , where it is known as the Rapid Tails Attack [1] (連続シッポ回転攻撃[2] , Renzoku shippo kaiten kōgeki ? , lit. "Continuous Tail Rotation Attack") . In this game, Tails must have obtained the Rhythm Badge to perform it. In comparison to the Tails Attack , this move is excellent for ploughing through whole rooms of Badniks and just generally going fast. In addition, it counters the vulnerability the Tails Attack creates.
To perform the Rapid Tails Attack in gameplay, the player must press and hold / / / . As long as the action button is held, Tails will continue using the Rapid Tails Attack.
Sonic Shuffle
In Sonic Shuffle , the Rapid Tails Attack is called the Rapid Spin Attack [3] (連続シッポ回転攻撃[4] , Renzoku shippo kaiten kōgeki ? , lit. "Continuous Tail Rotation Attack") and is Tails 's Special Attack Ability. In gameplay, this move allows Tails to use two cards in a battle. If he uses a special card, Tails can play another two cards. However, Tails cannot attack if he draws the Eggman card. If Tails draws a special card, this will be ignored and he will draw another card.
Trivia
Despite being a mandatory upgrade for Tails in Sonic Adventure , he is never required to use the Rapid Tails Attack to progress through the game, similar to Amy's Spin Hammer Attack .
References
Main article | Scripts (Sonic , Tails , Knuckles , Amy , Big , Gamma , Super Sonic ) | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (DX | 2010 )
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Amy | E-102 Gamma | Big | Metal Sonic *
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Beta (Mark II ) | Chao | Chaos (Chaos 1 , Chaos 2 , Chaos 4 , Chaos 6 , Perfect Chaos ) | Cream * | Delta | Epsilon | Froggy | Grandma | Mr. Know-It-All | NiGHTS | Pachacamac | Tikal | Unnamed Sonic robot * | ZERO | Zeta | Animals (Deer , Elephant , Gorilla , Kangaroo , Koala , Lion , Mole , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Rabbit , Robin , Seal , Sea Otter , Skunk )
Adventure Fields
Egg Carrier | Mystic Ruins | Station Square
Action Stages
Emerald Coast | Windy Valley | Casinopolis | IceCap | Twinkle Park | Speed Highway | Red Mountain | Sky Deck | Lost World | Hot Shelter | Final Egg
Sub Games
Sky Chase | Sand Hill | Hedgehog Hammer | Twinkle Circuit | Boss
Enemies
Beat | Bladed Spinner | Boa-Boa | Buyoon | Cart Kiki | Cop Speeder | Egg Keeper | Electro Spinner | Fighter Aircraft A | Fighter Aircraft B | Gola | Ice Ball | Icecap's unnamed aircraft | Kiki | Leon | mechanical fish | Pirate | Rhinotank | Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter | Spiky Spinner | Sweeper
Bosses
Chaos 0 | Chaos 2 | Chaos 4 | Chaos 6 | E-101 Beta | E-101 Mark II | E-102 Gamma | E-103 Delta | E-104 Epsilon | E-105 Zeta | Egg Carrier | Egg Hornet | Egg Viper | Egg Walker | Knuckles the Echidna | Perfect Chaos | Sonic the Hedgehog | ZERO
Moves/ Techniques
Playable characters
Bolt of lightning | Climb | Dig | Flight Mode | Glide | Hammer Attack | Hammer Jump | Hover | Homing Attack | Homing Missile Launch | Jump Attack | Laser Gun | Light Speed Attack | Light Speed Dash | Lure Attack | Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack | Pick | Propeller Flight | Punch Attack | Rapid Tails Attack | Spin Dash | Spin Hammer Attack | Spin Jump | Tails Attack
NPCs
Arm Punch | Bomb Attack | Bomb Gun Attack | Charge | Double Punch | Earthquake Attack | Electric Arm | Energy Ball Attack | Flame Thrower Attack | Guiding Missiles | Instantaneous Liquefaction | Laser Beam Attack | Homing Tail Slice | Inhale Attack | Marble Attack | Phantom Shadow Move | Punch | Quarter Attack | Scorpion Attack | Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6 ) | Sonic Boom | Spin Attack | Spinning Spike Attack | Spouting Attack | Squash Roll Attack | Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bumper | Bumper Car | Cannon | Capsule | Conveyor Belt | Crank | Dash Panel | Dash Ring | Drum Can | Explosion Trap | Fan | Flipper | Fountain | Goal Balloon | Hanging Bell | Helicopter | Hint Box | Hint Orb | Icicle | Iron ball | Jump Panel (plate) | Jump Panel (ramp) | Jump Ramp | Laser field | Lit Panel | Mirror | Monkey Detonation Switch | Orca | Point Marker | Power cube | Rocket | Satellite | Slot machine | Spring | Spring Catapult | Switch | Teleporter | Wide spring | Wind Path | Zip Line
Items
General
Air Bubble | Cart pass | Chao Egg | Chaos Emerald | Doll | Emblem | Emerald Shard | Employee ID Card | Item Box (5 Rings , 10 Rings , Extra Life , High-Speed Shoes , Invincibility , Magnetic Shield , Random Rings , Shield , Smart Bomb ) | Key Stone (Gold Statue , Ice Stone , Silver Statue , Wind Stone ) | Ring | Sandboard | Snowboard | Sonic Token
Level Up Items
Ancient Light | Crystal Ring | Fighting Gloves | Jet Anklet | Jet Booster | Laser Blaster | Life Belt | Light Speed Shoes | Long Hammer | Lure | Power Rod | Rhythm Badge | Shovel Claw | Warrior Feather
English voice actors
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) | Corey Bringas (Tails ) | Michael McGaharn (Knuckles ) | Deem Bristow (Eggman ) | Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) | Jon St. John (Big ) | Elara Distler (Tikal , Station Square Train Voice, Default Menu Voice) | Steve Broadie (Gamma , Pachacamac , Mystic Ruins Train Voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Shun Yashiro (Big ) | Kaori Asoh (Tikal ) | Jōji Nakata (Gamma ) | Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac ) | Kaho Kōda (Station Square Train Voice) | Nobutoshi Canna (Mystic Ruins Train Voice) | Elara Distler (Default Menu Voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
Believe In Myself | It Doesn't Matter | Lazy Days | My Sweet Passion | Open Your Heart | Unknown from M.E.
Albums
Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) | Sonic Adventure Remix | Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album | Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition | Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other
777 Slots Pinball | Angel Island | Auto Running | Black Market | Card & Pinball | Chao Adventure ^ | Chao Garden (Station Square Garden , Mystic Ruins Garden , Egg Carrier Island ) | Chao Race | Chao Stadium | Chao in Space | Chao Machine | Chao Search * | Corkscrew loop | Debug Mode | E-100 Series | Egg Carrier | Egg Carrier 2 | Emerald Radar | Freeze | Life gauge | Mission Mode | Mystic Ruins | Shrine of Knuckles's race | Shuttle loop | Sonic Adventure (LCD) | Station Square | Station Square Police Department | Tails' Lab | Tornado | Tornado 2 | Transporter Machine
*Exclusive to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure
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Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Amy | Gamma | Big | Chao
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Lumina Flowlight | Illumina | Void | NiGHTS
Boards
Emerald Coast | Fire Bird | Fourth Dimension Space | Nature Zone | Riot Train
Mini-Games
Vs 4
Egg & the Chicken | Egg in Space | Frosty Rumble | Fun Fun Sonic | Great Escape | Jump the Snake | Over the Bridge | Number Jump | Over the Rainbow | Psychic Sonic | Shadow Tag | Sonic Gun Slinger | Sonic Live | Sonic Tag | Sonic Tank | Sonicola | Stop and Go | Thor's Hammer | Tractor Beam Tag | Twister | Zero G Snap Shot
2 vs 2
Bomb Relay | Bucket-O-Rings | Shoddy Work | Sonic the Thief
1 vs 3
Bungee Jump | Eggbot's Attack! | Gargantua | Manic Maze | Sonic DJ | Sonicooking | Wrong Way Climb
Accidents
Croc-Attack | Final Frontier | Ring Lasso | Ring of Fire | Rapid Climb | Ring Tide | Sky Bridge | Sonic Parasol | Thru the Tunnel
Stage Clear
Earth Quake | Sky Diving | Sonic Surfing | Stop the Train | Void Battle
Play Order
Sonic Darts | Sonic Hi Lo | Sonic Slot
Techniques/Moves
Climbing | Froggy | Gun | Hammer Jump | Light-speed Spin Dash | Light Speed Spin Attack | Lullaby | Maximum Heat Attack | Power Throw | Propeller Flight | Rapid Spin Attack | Roller Mode | Revolving Hammer Attack | Sonic Rumble | Spin Dash
Items
General
Air Bubble | Card | Emblem | Magical Card | Ring
Forcejewel
1 Force March | 6 Force March | Barrier Amber | Battle Ruby | Blockite | Carbuncle | Chamelionite | Curse Opal | Deletite | Duplichaos | Fivealive | Foolmoon | Geasdain | Hi-Speederald | Hypnotite | Lose Quartz | Low Moonstone | Magnifire | Maharajite | Max-Speederald | Medium | Packlite | Preciousite | Reducite | Ringidium | Shield Quartz | Shuffire | Sonic-Speederald | Speederald | Stopnite | Swap Jewel | Teleport Ruby | Thief's Eye | Transfire | Turbo-Speederald | Warp Crystal | Warponite | Wastone
Other
Banking | Maginaryworld | Maginaryworld Monsters | Mini-Event | Precioustone | Spaces (Arrow Space , Battle Space , Eggman Battle Space , Event Space , Jewel Shop Space , Jump Space , Minus Ring Space , No Entry Space , Plus Ring Space , Precioustone Space , Quest Space , Revolving Space , Void Preciousstone Space ) | Sonic Room | Spring | Temple of Light