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Interesting point. Thanks for the info from ''Sonic Jam. It diproves the theory that Tails was originally declared 8 in Sonic Heroes''.

The first 3D Sonic games I played were SA and SA2, which were released before Heroes. In those games, Tails had different voice actors that sounded older than 8 (same in the new ones), and he acted differently. I've played all of the 3D games from the GameCube game up to now, and I must say that Sonic Heroes has been the only one of them in which Tails legitimately acted and sounded close to an 8 year old.

Seeing this image, I have another thought to add to the Generations birthday celebration argument: In that game, classic Sonic and Tails were not only presented as looking like their classic versions, but they were also characterized as acting much younger than their modern versions. This is also shown with the title "Generations", and in the cutscenes when the characters talk about "time" and the "past and future" versions of themselves, rather then "alternate present" versions of themselves which they did not mention.

In addition to other obvious features in the game, this indicates the game acknowledges that the classic versions are from a younger time in the story, which means that they would in fact be younger than the modern versions of the characters.