5 iconic and memorable sidekicks in video games

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As is the case with many a superhero, video game protagonists also sometimes benefit from having a sidekick or two. The addition of another character to accompany the player through the game, gives the protagonist someone else to play off of, instead of narrating to themselves or making fourth wall breaking jokes all the time.

These side characters can provide many different functions such as giving the player a second life, aiding in combat, helping solve puzzles, showing the way forward or simply being someone they can rely on to take on a wave of enemies all by themselves.

Over the years, many such sidekicks have cropped up over various video game franchises, with some becoming popular enough to appear in future installments or get their own game. Here are five such iconic and memorable sidekicks.

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Miles' Tails' Prowler is a character in the Sonic universe who debuted in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 for the Mega Drive. Tails, so named due to him having twin tails, was a second player option, which was otherwise left to the AI to handle.

Using his two tails, this fox could help Sonic out in a pinch by flying him and his blue buddy out of danger. Out of all of Sonic's many sidekicks, Tails has stuck by him the longest, appearing in a multitude of Sonic games and scheduled to make his PS5 and Xbox series X debut in Sonic Origins.

Tails has popularity has grown so far that he has now joined Sonic out of video games and on the silver screen, playing a sidekick role in the movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2, released in early 2022.

While the movie's critical success was merely above average, fans of the character and games generally enjoyed the depiction.

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