Sega's "Project Needlemouse" is an all-new 2D Sonic game, with teaser video

Posted Sep 9, 2009 at 11:47AM EST by Mabie A.

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Could it be? Sega has finally listened to the clamor of their loyal Sonic fans? The hedgehog-loving publisher has now announced that they will be rolling out an all-new Sonic title for 2010 -- in 2D.

Under the name of "Project Needlemouse" (its working title), the new game will reportedly be an "all new 2D adventure built from the ground up." Accompanying the announcement is the release of a teaser trailer, which features a blue blur zipping through, scooping up golden rings.

Like this, but blurred.

Another clue that points to Sonic would be the sound effects and visual cues used, which are all obviously from the very first Sonic game, launched in 1991.

No word yet as to which platform "Project Needlemouse" will be coming to, but we do have the teaser trailer right here.

Thanks to tipster Jsanity663!

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Via GameSpot

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# ummm — JSanity663 2009-09-09 13:14

QJ please change my name to my User name please...........

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# nice lol — JSanity663 2009-09-09 14:19

THANK YOU

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# Well... — 0m3GA ARS3NAL 2009-09-09 15:11

I saw this a few days ago, gotta say, I am excited, and lol @ the title, NeedleMouse... Hedgehogs look like mice covered in needles... (With a longer nose / short tail...)

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# im praying — CloudX 2009-09-09 15:12

this doesn't let down please god.

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# Yes! Please! — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-09-09 15:20

YES!!! YEEEESSSSSSS!!! !!!

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# wow — rollypoly 2009-09-09 15:42

what a nice surprise for the 10th birthday of sega's last console.



i haven't been excited about a sonic game since adventure 2...



here's hoping i have a reason to love that spiky lil blue bastard once again.

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# Please — ratch3ty 2009-09-09 16:23

SEGA, don't not screw this up! I've waited like 15 years for a Sonic "4".

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# 2 Things in One — mastershane 2009-09-09 17:15

Pretty nervous and excited at the same time!

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# Ooh... — Acteon 2009-09-09 20:14

Now that's a very well executed trailer. If it's 2D then with luck it'll work well on every console, which has to be good news...

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# Hm.... — Kuroya 2009-09-09 21:50

I'm still hoping for a Sonic Adventure 3...



Let's see how this turns out.

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# It's from the Japanese name for Hedgehog. — Nineball 2009-09-10 05:13

Which is "harinezumi". "Hari" means needle and "nezumi" means mouse.

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# ... — NathanDrake 2009-09-10 08:38

To hell with Sonic (never could stand those games), bring back Streets of Rage damn you Sega. The second game in that series was the main reason I owned a Mega Drive (another being Gunstar Heroes so I was pleased to see that appear on PSN)

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# Nice — Digitus 2009-09-10 11:00

I'm excited. Sega needs to improve Sonic's image as a whole so they can make more, better games. Sonics always been my favorite video game mascot and it sucked going through the slump of the 3D screw ups (Sonic Heroes, Sonic Unleashed's werewolf mode, Sonic the Hedgehog)

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# Brilliant! — Devil Outlaw 2009-09-10 11:45

This better be a good one!

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# Sonic was originally called Needle Mouse — J2Jack 2009-09-10 12:17

Look it up...



but yeah, it's from the Japanese hedgehog

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# It was the original project's codename. — Nineball 2009-09-10 19:55

But it wasn't the name of the character.

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