You know, I've actually never said Miles Prower out loud before. In my universe, he will always just be Tails.
I was going to make some joke about them not being able to work Revolutions Per Minute into a name, but somehow it just doesn't seem as funny onscreen as it was in my head. Oh well.
A French bishop character: the Rev. Pierre Minute?
Sorry, I know... 
They
are equally fast while Sonic has special moves (insta shield, shield
boosts) that facilitate faster battle and platforming vs. the slower
fly and climb. Which is more evidence of S3&K's design strength.
They
aren't equally fast, Vec...Sonic leaves Tails behind when he ramps up
to full speed on the long Chemical Plant hills. Sonic's 'jogging pace'
is the same as everyone else's running flat out, but Sonic has a top
gear that he can flick into on long runs which the other characters can't match.
but how would you know if he's the fastest?
Well, let's cut up the competition.
Tails isn't actually as fast as Sonic, as he uses his Tails to propel himself to top speeds. Knuckles just simply isn't as fast. As for Shadow, I always felt due to the 'skates' he wore (which imo gives him the majority of his speed), he wasn't actually as fast as Sonic, either.
Boom. Common sense.
well i think skates do double a person's running speed.. i guess sonic team didnt want to make a character as fast as sonic without that character (shadow) cheating.
but as for tails he can keep up with sonic and he's much younger than sonic. that's something to admire the fox for. maybe tails was originally designed to be as fast as sonic using his tails, that'd explain the name.
Huh, I always read it as "Prowler", too, when I was a kid. I guess I was paying close enough attention during Sonic 2's opening to notice there was never an "L" there.
EDIT: Sorry, I replied to the last post of the first page, by accident, forgetting there were more than one pages... I hate when that happens.
I'm surprised no one has pointed out that it's silly that Eggman doesn't have a speed-related name because he's even faster than Sonic.
Zing.
I'm surprised no one has pointed out that it's silly that Eggman doesn't have a speed-related name because he's even faster than Sonic.
Zing.
Perhaps they didn't want to give away the fact that Eggman can outrun Sonic.
Since when did Sonic have racing stripes...?
That's Darkspine Sonic, his 'form' from the game Sonic and the Secret Rings. I thought it was fitting for the picture.
Worst. Alternate form. Ever.
Seriously, it looks like he fell in a vat of purple paint and then got run over my a road marking vehicle.
I'm surprised no one has pointed out that it's silly that Eggman doesn't have a speed-related name because he's even faster than Sonic.
Zing.
Only in low gravity. 
Only in low gravity.
Hi-yoooo!
Never played as him, personally i have no real feelings towards ol' Darkspiney. I just used the picture.
