>>530695097
Tails wants to BE like Sonic, not SURPASS him. Tails has the potential to match Sonic, but he's not there yet. He holds a deep admiration to Sonic and idolizes him.

>Gameplay matters more than 'Japanese manuals'.
Yeah the manuals that actually tell the backstory and present to us the characters as envisioned by the team are irrelevant lmao. Shut the fuck up you don't know what you're talking about. Tails racing Sonic in SA1 is part of his character arc in that game of becoming a hero in his own right without Sonic, which was not present in the classic games. The multiplayer mode is a fucking side thing idiot