1. Sadly, that picture of a playable Shadow this morning was a game hack. There is no built in character selection in Generations. So unless you’re well versed in game hacking, or download the hack (err I don’t know how these things work, but you know what I mean??), then I’m afraid there’s no way to switch characters.

2. Haha, I knew I’d have to explain myself. Alright - Sonic Battle is the worst for me. He’s so annoying and constantly saying annoying things, ugh. I just remember that, whenever I would play Sonic Battle when I was younger, I’d just sit there slamming on the A button to get his lengthy explanations over with quickly. This translates a bit to Sonic Chronicles too, where, even if he’s not in your party, he’s still a talkative little…yep.

He’s annoying in Heroes too, but, then again, everyone is. And I’m REALLY not a fan of his in 2006 either - he points out the most obvious things.

But I absolutely adore him in the earliest Sonic’s, he’s so freakin’ cute. In Adventure too. Adventure 2 is fine as well, and I love him in Unleashed, Colours, and Generations, so for the most part I like Tails. It’s just that, sometimes, he acts as the explanations character, and I usually hate the explanations character, so I usually end up hating Tails in those particular games.