User blog comment:The Pop Cult Gamer/All Sonic characters are being removed from the games?/@comment-5707987-20130802223431/@comment-1986314-20130803000451

...Yet, she looks, sounds, and acts like the same 12-year old she's always been. While the characters did have a former aging process in the 90s, it's never been used as part of the plot even since.