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Hmmmm, interesting news today.
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Hmmmm . . . . I figured everyone but Sonic would be left, but now I'm not so sure it's just going to be a rehash of Sonic 1 . . . . thoughts?
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Happy Friday everyone!
The big day is finally here. After a week of blog comments, facebook posts, forum threads, and twitter updates, we have arrived at the end of the Needlemouse Character Countdown – and we think many of you are going to be pleased with the results.
First off, some well deserved kudos to all of you out there in the Sonic community. Together, you broke the records for most/fastest comments on any SEGA Blog entry, ever. On Tuesday, you did the same for Facebook statuses. On Wednesday, you guys set a new record for the most amount of users ever logged into our forums. And yesterday, on Twitter, all of us – with some help from Segata Sanshiro – created the biggest push to get SEGA on the trending topics list in history.
What you all have accomplished in these last five days is something you should be proud of. It speaks to the passion that drives many of us who still have so much hope for Sonic, and for the games he stars in.
Today, we are about to break the trend that has continued on for many years. To the thousands of you out there asking for a game where Sonic is the only playable character – rejoice. As of today, your wish has been granted.
In Project Needlemouse, there will be no new characters – playable or otherwise. The focus will remain solely on one blue hedgehog. If you’re now the most overjoyed person in the world, or even if you’re still curious about more, let us know in the comments below!
In addition, we’re pleased to also present the first piece of Project Needlemouse Concept Art as a bonus – a special thank you to everyone who took the goals we’d set and then raised the bar even higher!
This art reveals an enemy from the game – but at the same time, it also reveals much more about the spirit, and direction, that Project Needlemouse is taking. For all of you older fans who were stoked by the news above, this should be the icing on the cake. Take a look, and click to see the full-sized image.
There’s much more in store for Project Needlemouse – including lots more info on the game that is soon to come.
And so, after five days of awesome interaction and thousands upon thousands of correct trivia responses, you all can now take a well deserved break – even if your anticipation levels for this game may have just increased tenfold. We hope you guys are as excited for this game as we are.
From all of us here at SEGA – well done!
Hmmmm . . . . I figured everyone but Sonic would be left, but now I'm not so sure it's just going to be a rehash of Sonic 1 . . . . thoughts?
After the buggy, creepy, generic anime princess x Sonic furryfuel of Sonic 2006, half-good-game-half-absolute shit of Unleashed, the total WHAT THE CHRIST factor of that medieval one that I can't even remember the name of, ANYTHING that Big the Cat's been in... yeah, I'll take a glorified Sonic 1 remake.
- sega announces a new game
- game is hyped as a breakthrough that will return a tired franchise to legitimacy
- game comes out, to mixed reviews
- game fails to live up to hype
- sega's reputation returns to its baseline, somewhere in the negatives
- sega announces a new game
- [...]
it's sad when a company's last hope is to scrap every advancement they've made and return to the beginning
it's also sort of skeezy, when you think about it. they're really just exploiting the current mad interest in retro gaming
- game is hyped as a breakthrough that will return a tired franchise to legitimacy
- game comes out, to mixed reviews
- game fails to live up to hype
- sega's reputation returns to its baseline, somewhere in the negatives
- sega announces a new game
- [...]
it's sad when a company's last hope is to scrap every advancement they've made and return to the beginning
it's also sort of skeezy, when you think about it. they're really just exploiting the current mad interest in retro gaming
I would play it with my cousins on 2-player, with my little cousin as Tails. And every time Tails would get sucked off screen or killed my other little cousin would start to cry and I'd have to tell her he was "going out for ice cream".
I played that fucker all the way through atleast 17 times. I got so good at it I would time myself and I'd never lose a single life o.O
I played that fucker all the way through atleast 17 times. I got so good at it I would time myself and I'd never lose a single life o.O
Also my favorite of all time? Sonic 3 locked onto Sonic & Knuckles. Jesus Christ that was amazing.
I do love 2's nostalgia tho. I actually preferred playing as Tails just because he was different than Sonic. Whenever my cousin and I would play 2 player mode, however, I would be Sonic.
I really hope this is not just another stupid game that Sega overhypes and fucks up.
I do love 2's nostalgia tho. I actually preferred playing as Tails just because he was different than Sonic. Whenever my cousin and I would play 2 player mode, however, I would be Sonic.
I really hope this is not just another stupid game that Sega overhypes and fucks up.
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I love Sonic 2 and 3 as well - I've beaten 3 (with Sonic and Knuckles) as my favorite character. The earliest game I ever remember playing was Sonic 2. 
Tails is my favorite - I'm always him when I had the chance. When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of the game and owned a Tails stuffed animal (which I have now). I tried playing Sonic 1 recently, and I didn't do too good. The Labyrinth gets me. :D
I would be happy if this was a re-make. I recognized the crab monster right away. They step side-to-side, stop, then shoot out fireballs. ^_^
Tails is my favorite - I'm always him when I had the chance. When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of the game and owned a Tails stuffed animal (which I have now). I tried playing Sonic 1 recently, and I didn't do too good. The Labyrinth gets me. :DI would be happy if this was a re-make. I recognized the crab monster right away. They step side-to-side, stop, then shoot out fireballs. ^_^
