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{{ScreenThumb|Cocoa Island.PNG|width=192|Cocoa Island in ''Tails Adventures''.}}
  
'''Cocoa Island''' (known as '''Tails Island''' in the U.S. instruction manual, or '''Kokko Island''' in [[Sonic Gems Collection]]) is the setting for the 1995 [[Game Gear]] game ''[[Tails Adventure]]''. The entirety of the game takes place there; but Cocoa Island has neither been seen nor mentioned in any subsequent game.
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'''Cocoa Island''' (ココアアイランド{{fileref|TA JP Manual.pdf|page=10}}), also known as '''Tails Island'''{{fileref|TailsAdventures GG EU manual.pdf|page=8}} or '''Koko Island'''{{intref|Sonic Gems Collection|italics=yes}}, is the primary setting for the 1995 [[Game Gear]] game ''[[Tails Adventures]]''. Located within [[Lake Rocky]], Cocoa Island is an archipelago composed of Cocoa Island, [[Cavern Island]], and [[Green Island]]. Cocoa Island is mountainous and woodsy with a river running down the middle, but underneath lies volcanic tunnels and lakebeds.
  
In the opening sequence of the ''Tails Adventure'', the [[Battle Kukku]] Army invades the island in full military force, intent on seizing the [[Chaos Emeralds]] (which have presumably manifested there due to some inscrutible quirk of Chaos Physics). At the opening of their blitzkrieg attack, the Battle Kukkus burn [[Poloy Forest]] to the ground - just as young [[Miles "Tails" Prower]] is taking a nap there, thus commencing the fox's solo adventure.
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Not located on any map, Cocoa Island is also said to be the resting place since "time immemorial" of the [[Chaos Emeralds]].{{fileref|TA JP Manual.pdf|page=04}}
  
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
The island is presumably located ''somewhere'' not too far removed from [[West Side Island]] and [[South Island]] - if only because Tails would have difficulty meeting up with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] for their subsequent adventures were Cocoa Island on the other side of the world.
 
 
Unlike many of the ubiquitous isles of the [[:Category:Games|''Sonic'' series]], Cocoa Island seems to have a fairly normal and homogeneous climate, rather than cramming both [[Sandopolis Zone|scorching deserts]] and [[IceCap Zone|frozen wastes]] within a [[Angel Island|single landmass]]. So Cocoa Island's surface is mostly ''forests'', with a mountain or two thrown in. However, Tails doesn't ''stay'' on the surface - ''[[Tails Adventure]]'' explores underground, underwater, and offshore too.
 
 
===Tails' House===
 
[[Image:Tails_House.PNG|frame|right|Tails' workshop...]]
 
[[Image:Tails_Dock.PNG|frame|right|...and submarine lab!]]
 
 
Years before Tails got his gloved hands on property in [[Mystic Ruins]], [[Emerald Town]], or [[Central City (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Central City]], the fox's first [[Tails' Workshop|workshop]] took the form of a modest little abode on the south shore of Cocoa Island. This cosy wood-panneled house has a rather more high-tech attachment in the form of the [[Sea Fox]]'s submarine lab. Tails stores the equipment he can't carry with him here, and returns to the house over and over again during the course of the adventure to refit. Exactly why the [[Battle Kukku Army]] doesn't just bomb the place into the ground is anyone's guess; presumably Tails' House is sufficiently inconspicuous as to avoid attracting the eyes (and guns) of the avian imperialists.
 
  
 
===Main island===
 
===Main island===
Playable stages on Cocoa Island proper (represented by the black entrances on the map) are, clockwise from Tails' House:
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{{ScreenThumb|Tails_House.PNG|width=192|Tails' workshop.}}
*[[Poloy Forest]], set alight by the Kukkus at the outset.
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*[[Tails' Workshop]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]]' home base.
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*[[Poloy Forest]], set alight by the Kukkus.
 
*[[Caron Forest]], untorched woodland with caves and waterfalls.
 
*[[Caron Forest]], untorched woodland with caves and waterfalls.
 
*[[Polly Mt. 2|Polly Mountain 2]], pitch-black caves and high bluffs.
 
*[[Polly Mt. 2|Polly Mountain 2]], pitch-black caves and high bluffs.
*[[Polly Mt. 1|Polly Mountain 1]], another (slightly less dark) entrance to the mountain chain.
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*[[Polly Mt. 1|Polly Mountain 1]], an entrance to the mountain chain.
*[[Volcanic Tunnel]], magma tubes below the surface.
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*[[Volcanic Tunnel]], magma tunnels below the surface.
*And also [[Lake Crystal]], a [[Sea Fox]] level that sees Tails navigate the island's central river.
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*[[Lake Crystal]], a [[Sea Fox]] level where Tails navigates the island's central river.
  
 
===Offshore===
 
===Offshore===
*[[Lake Rocky]] (or ''"Rocky's Sea"''), accessed from the little pier south of Tails' House.
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*[[Lake Rocky]], also known as "Rocky's Sea," accessed from the pier south of Tails' House.
*[[Green Island]], the northwest wooded islet; full of bees.
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*[[Green Island]], the northwest wooded islet.
 
*[[Cavern Island]] in the northeast; a labyrinth of submarine riptides.
 
*[[Cavern Island]] in the northeast; a labyrinth of submarine riptides.
 
*[[Coco Island]] in the southeast; the [[Battle Kukku]]'s massive command center, which later morphs into the [[Battle Fortress]].
 
*[[Coco Island]] in the southeast; the [[Battle Kukku]]'s massive command center, which later morphs into the [[Battle Fortress]].
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==In other media==
 
==In other media==
 
===[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (Archie comics)]]===
 
===[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (Archie comics)]]===
[[File:SU17 Cocoa.PNG|right|thumb|Cocoa Island in ''[[Sonic Universe 17]]''.]]
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[[File:SU17 Cocoa.PNG|right|thumb|Cocoa Island as depicted in ''[[Sonic Universe 17]]''.]]
  
Cocoa Island and the [[Battle Kukku]]s went unmentioned in other ''Sonic'' media for many years after the release of ''Tails Adventures'', besides a few cryptic references to the "Battle Bird Armada" in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics)|Archie]] comics. A seemingly canceled storyline would have introduced the Battle Kukku Army as villains in an issue following [[Sonic the Hedgehog 134 (Archie)|#134]] [http://sonichq.mobiusforum.net/newsite/comics/kbsonicoverview.php <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]. However, ''Tails Adventure'' finally saw a comic book adaptation starting in ''[[Sonic Universe 17]]'' - fully 15 years after the game's release. Tails, [[Antoine D' Coolette]], and [[Bunnie Rabbot]] travel to the island in the Sea Fox for a vacation. The first hint of trouble is that there are now ''three'' smaller islands in the archipelago; Tails remarks that the last time he visited, there were only two ([[Cavern Island]] and [[Green Island]]). In the disguised [[Coco Island]], Kukku officers and [[Speedy]] observe the approaching trio.
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Cocoa Island is the main location in the ''[[Sonic Universe]]'' arc "The Tails Adventure." An island discovered by Miles "Tails" Prower during the First Robotnik War, he brings newlyweds [[Bunnie Rabbot]] and [[Antoine D'Coolette]] to his private island for their honeymoon. Unbeknownst to the trio, the Battle Bird Armada had begun using the area as a training facility, which forces a conflict between the two sides.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:36, 23 September 2022

Cocoa Island.PNG
Cocoa Island in Tails Adventures.

Cocoa Island (ココアアイランドMedia:TA JP Manual.pdf[1]), also known as Tails IslandMedia:TailsAdventures GG EU manual.pdf[2] or Koko Island[3], is the primary setting for the 1995 Game Gear game Tails Adventures. Located within Lake Rocky, Cocoa Island is an archipelago composed of Cocoa Island, Cavern Island, and Green Island. Cocoa Island is mountainous and woodsy with a river running down the middle, but underneath lies volcanic tunnels and lakebeds.

Not located on any map, Cocoa Island is also said to be the resting place since "time immemorial" of the Chaos Emeralds.Media:TA JP Manual.pdf[4]

Locations

Main island

Tails House.PNG
Tails' workshop.

Offshore

In other media

Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics)

Cocoa Island as depicted in Sonic Universe 17.

Cocoa Island is the main location in the Sonic Universe arc "The Tails Adventure." An island discovered by Miles "Tails" Prower during the First Robotnik War, he brings newlyweds Bunnie Rabbot and Antoine D'Coolette to his private island for their honeymoon. Unbeknownst to the trio, the Battle Bird Armada had begun using the area as a training facility, which forces a conflict between the two sides.

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