Gamespot Interview Confirms 2D Sonic; Trailer Inside
This just breaking within the hour via Gamespot: The Next Sonic has been announced, and it is 2D–and it will be in HD.
It is the news veteran Sonic fans have been anxiously waiting for. The trailer below teases Project Needlemouse as being “built from the ground up.” Gamespot’s interview with Sega’s Ken Balough confirms the game will include HD graphics, but it’s unclear whether a watered down edition will be available for the Wii–or whether this will simply be a release on PSN or XBOX Live Arcade.
According to Balough in the interview, this will be all new:
Old-school Sonic fans have long asked to see Sonic return to a more 2D style of gameplay. Many liked the daytime stages in Unleashed, but wanted to see a game that plays purely similar to the early games of the Genesis. Project Needlemouse is that critical first step that brings Sonic back to his 2D roots.
This is a developing story, and we will certainly have more to come on it in the next several weeks and months. In the meantime, here is the short, sweet trailer below that so many have hoped for.
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…is it just me, or does the text they used for the teaser look EXACTLY like the text in the trailers for “Sonic Chronicle: The Dark Brotherhood”?
The trailer & epic music make it look like a movie trailer…
yes new sonic game but please i hope sega dose not put sliver or chip in project needle mouse.
YESSSSSSSSS
A NEW SONIC GAME
YES YES YES
This might just be Sonic & Knuckles remade.Theres been talk about an Xbox Live sonic & knuckles game.Scratch that theres actually a result when i search sonic & knuckles with xbox live.They already have a collection of the genesis games.So there would be no reason to isolate it.I would probably not buy it.I would only buy it if it had a new storyline.If this is a remake im just gonna abandon sonic.A remake mens theyre low on ideas.it always does.
Not sure about this. It’s SPOCIOUS, but disappointing.
If SEGA’s going to make Sonic games play completely like this, then I’m disappoint’d.
Sonic has made an awesome 3D character, anything after Sonic Heroes simply doesn’t couint, because with SA1, SA2, and Sonic Heroes, that goes to show that SEGA can make a SPOCIOUS Sonic game.
I don’t know what to call this.
This better not do anything to the franchise.
Because many of the demands in the community were pretty epic phail.
Looks neat now I REALLY want a next gen system.
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Unleashed looked cool, but I prefer SA1 and SA2(on DC I don’t really like the way SA1 Feels on Gamecube and SA2b Is okay IMO)
I don’t like Feeling rushed, but I like going fast
Which Is why I liked the Genesis and Dreamcast Games.
I hope this turns out good BUT I do hope that they continue to make 3d games, even though it wouldn’t bother me(2d Platforming is my favorite Genre)
I know it would really anger all of the newer fans and all of the fans that like 3d more
and I’d still like to see what Sonic Team will do with another 3d game.
I always wished they have like 3 different Series for Sonic, ones like the Mega Drive/Genesis game, ones like The Dreamcast Games, and Ones like Unleashed and such. Unluckily that would be too much.
Hopefully, its not all crappy voice overs like in Sonic Unleashed!! Tails voice sucks and its sad to see Sonic go down hill, I have been a Massive fan of sonic since I was very young, loving ever game almost up to Sonic Adventure in Japanese it was awsome, then they made the english version and stuffed it and started going down hill. Sonic Rush adventure wasan awsome return but got lost sometimes and music at times wasnt that great but there was one level that was very close to being my fav sonic level: Sky Babylon, even the music rocked. Other good Sonic games were Sonic advanced1,2,3, just played sonic rivals and number 2 was good, even better voice actors and story wasnt too bad Knuckles saying he was fooled again lol (apart from tails) and the story was ok too. Sonic and the dark knight was ok but why where the movies like a comic but it was very corny dumbness in the story line after the opening movie and the camra was very hard to see past sonics head!!!! NO MORE Dumb stuff like “ahh thats why robotnic did that or this!!! And its Robotnic not Eggman, Eggman was sonics nickname for him like egg head egg muffin but eggman!!!!!! COME ON!!!!! Loved the PS3 demo of sonic unleashed no camra issues, very fast (the advantage Sonic has over Mario is fast gameplay) the dark knights and sonic next gen on 360 and ps3 was very crap camra work didnt improve from the errors in Adventure and adventure 2)!!!!!!!! I like sonic but I can not handle the crap music and camra man being drunk and the voice acting and story at times!!!!!!! Bring back the Real Sonic (from Satam or the Adventures of sonic the hedghog, kid shows but they were great), Bring back good music like from Sonic 2 or Sky Babylon (Take lessons from Megaman X 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 from Capcom). Bring back the real Dr.Robotnic he was great in some of the Archie comics being killed and restored to another body (that was there cover up from Robotics change of looks from SatAM style to Sonic Adventure Style). Bring back the SUPER Emeralds for Hyper sonic, Hyper Knuckles, and turbo tails…. where have they all gone :S NO MORE CRAPY new people, where has Cream gone? All these new people that just go away if there no success, the robot Erl, he was awsome, and E-102 Bring back the Real Sonic, he is a legend if they only do it right. Mario has done it, so far he is still going great (my other childhood hero) and the Mario and Sonic games are ok but an adventure game would be great too (maybe Winter Olympics has improved), Mario and Robotnic have the mustache in common lol linked universe, split dimentions Humans like Mario, Robotnic create a world (Sonics world that is warped into a different timezone or mixed worlds, similar to Sonic X). On the topic of Sonic X…… Darm the first 5 episode were good well the best being the first episode then gone down hill ending at episode 6
such a shame!!! What ever happened to that hedghog from the trailer, some said it was Hyper Sonic others said it was a pre-design of Silver and other even made a show about him, nicknamed Nazo (Nazo Unleashed). Im hoping to see the return of Sonic and the Real sonic (levels that are fast not slow like the night wearhog), speed dashs like in Sonic Rush, Awsome levels like the Day time Sonic Unleashed PS3 Demo, Great Stories that are not dumb and need intelligents to follow, Robotic is Smart not Dumb, hes a scientist with a great mind able to create the worlds most powerfullest machines to take down sonic thats what makes sonic better than Robotic not dumb stuff!!!! Sonic is a Legend just need the legend creator to bring him back!!!!!! High hopes that this new Sonic will forfill the dreams of myself and many many more heartbroken die hard Sonic fans!!!!!!!! We need Way past cool speed levels that are easy to see and fun!!! Shoes that can be customized, devices that can be made for sonic using Tails great mind!! And please, Sonic does not need hover boards or cars, hes the fastest thing alive, who knows, did Robotic create him in the other dimension……. lol High Hopes for this new sonic to returne!!