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3	''Tails And The Music Maker'' is a 1994 video released for the [[Platform/OtherSegaSystems Sega Pico]], being a spinoff of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series. It is one of two ''Sonic'' games to be released for the Pico, the other being ''Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld'', which was released in 1996.
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5	The game is centered on Sonic's sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower. There is no plot to speak of, as the game plays as a pseudo platformer. The object of the game is to learn scales, tempo, rhythm and about instruments, and then match the music to the instruments to make Tails progress forward. The player may also create his or her own music.
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7	!Tropes:
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9	* ADayInTheLimelight: One of three spinoff titles (the other two being ''VideoGame/TailsAdventure'' and ''VideoGame/TailsSkypatrol'') that Tails got to himself.
10	* DemotedToExtra: Both Sonic and Dr. Robotnik/Eggman only get what amounts to brief cameo appearances in this game.
11	* EdutainmentGame
12	* GreenHillZone: The series most famous level makes a routine appearance as the setting of the game.
13	* LilyPadPlatform: One of the mini-games involves Tails and an army of frogs hopping across lily pads as music plays, and when the music stops, whoever is on the orange lily pad loses.
14	* LogoJoke: When you start up the game, Tails flies past the Pico logo, leaving a trail of musical notes behind him.
15	* LooseCanon: The game recycles elements from the Genesis Sonic games, but uses Tails' design from the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' cartoon.
16	* NoAntagonist: While Dr. Eggman does get a cameo appearance on page 3, he's just a background setpiece and never interacts with Tails. The game is otherwise just a basic music teaching tool with no real conflict.
17	* NoFourthWall: Tails and the game directly teach the player how to make music via a pseudo-platformer.
18	* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no conflict or story going on--its just an educational game where Tails teaches kids how to make music. Even Eggman's cameo role doesn't have him directly interact with Tails, but keeps him as a background setpiece. Not even the manual has a plot for the game.
19	* SpinOff: Of the main Sonic the Hedgehog series, although it uses Tails' brown-furred design from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.
20	* ShoutOut: One of the mini-games that can be played is a clone of ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''.

Context VideoGame / TailsAndTheMusicMaker