Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27168366-20160109214941/@comment-679780-20160328194204

Peradectes wrote: That's the Western version, which hath been abandoned since the release of Sonic Adventure in the West, so if thou want to stick with the canon lore, one shalt stick with the Japanese version. Now we dig into the messy topic of the Game Gear games canon status. If the 8-bit version of Sonic 2 is canon, it must either be a midqual, or take sometime after the events of the Death Egg Saga, but the Game Gear games are of questionable canonicity, anyways, and I won't be delving into that. I have a small theory which explains why Sonic hasn't seen Tails in awhile.

My guess Classic Sonic and Classic Tails part ways after their adventures. Despite being 4-6 at the time, Tails unusually high IQ was recognised in Spagonia and was permitted to attend the university there where he learned more on technology, engineering and history. He graduated, or very least left Spagonia when he was 8 and took up residence in the Mystic Ruins where he eventually found one of the Chaos Emeralds and reunited with Sonic in Emerald Coast, Station Square.

At least thats how I imagine it went down. Why Sonic claims he has not seen Tails in a long time and why Tails was on good terms with Professor Pickle in Sonic Unleashed.

And yeah, I agree the japanese story of Tails is more canon than the western story, but personally I believe 8-bit Sonic 2 is actually how Sonic and Tails truely first met and that the manuals for the game botched it up, probably due to translations or maybe the original story writters misunderstood the games story. The manuals say Tails was on South Island and sent a letter to Sonic saying he was kidnapped, in yet at the very start of the game we see a cutscene of Dr. Eggman already taking Tails away with Sonic in pursuit. Another gripe is that Green Hills Zone looks more like Emerald Hill Zone to me, so it could be another error in naming also.

I know I am mostly speculating, but way I see it it explains things.