effect in the distance, signifying Tails' demise; once again. The worst part of all is probably the fact that he will often stand on collapsing bridges or elevators, so they are activated before you even reach them as Sonic and this can leave you in a dead-end. Great work Tails! 8. Slippy Toad -- Star Fox (1993) Slippy suffers more or less the same affliction that we have already heard about with Natalya; a general lack of self-preservation skills. Slippy Toad is the inventor and engineer for the Starwing crew, crucially building and repairing their ships and gadgets, which is all well and good, and is a useful asset to have around. Yet he also goes into battle with the rest of the team, which is a far less successful endeavour. Throughout the game, whenever Slippy Toad is involved in a mission he simply flies directly into enemy fire, and endangers himself recklessly. What makes it really irritating though is, as well as the lacklustre AI for Slippy, he never shuts up about the fact that he is in trouble. You will find that he is almost constantly screaming "Fox! Get this guy off me" in your general direction over and over until you either manage to save him somehow, or when somebody finally destroys his ship, thankfully silencing him. In some particular levels, to compound your agony, you are actually tasked with saving this useless amphibian. The developers really wanted to punish gamers didn't they? 7. Baby Mario --