New Needlemouse Info Pending in OXM?
Tristan Oliver | December 12, 2009
Holiday Issue Teases
It looks like after months of silence, Sega may be set to dish some new details on Project Needlemouse in the new year.
One magazine may be hinting at an exclusive; that’s the Official XBox Magazine, who according to a blurb embedded in their recent preview of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (and transcribed by Blue Emerald of the Sonic Retro forums) inferred that a media blitz may begin in the pages of OXM’s next edition:
The Rightful King Shall Return?: Sega has been teasing a game codenamed Project Needlemouse, which may or may not be a new 2D Sonic. Tune in next issue.
The idea has been faintly supported by some evidence that the folder for Needlemouse on Sega’s USA FTP site may not have exactly shown perfect attendance of late, with some accounts of the folder disappearing from time to time.
When information on a title like this is so dry, anything will serve to salivate Sonic fans’ tastes. So, while information like this may seem insignificant, it may signal that the floodgates could open beginning in January on information–not just on OXM, but everywhere. We will certainly keep tabs.
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You guys rely way to much on Sonic Retro. There are much better sites out there.
Name 3.
I really wanna see some screenshots and a peview of the storyline! that’d be awesome!
Sonic?
I thought it was already confirmed that the game was about Pikachu in a sombrero?
Ohmigodohmigodohmigod!!! -buzzes about in a fanboy frenzy-
This can either be the real awesomeness or the biggest kick in the arse the Sonic fanbase hasn’t felt since 2005.
Rightful King? OMG…
Umm… okay.
A 2D Sonic game that would be good? New and original!
I think that the Xbox gazette, or whatever, is just going to tell us things we allready know. That’s what Magazienes tend to do these days..
Awesome, glad to see were finally getting something on this 3 months after the announcement
yheeeeeee Project Needlemouse will be the best game ever created you’ll see I can fell it
, Sonic3&K was the best, Sonic Unleashed was AWSOME now with Project Needlemouse SONIC TEAM will combine the best-of-best with the AWSOMENESS of Unleashed 
SEEEEEEEGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAA…………………SONIC….TEAM…
the game is called sonic legend coming out 2010 2 d adventure made from ground up
Wow, Fanboy rager much?
Sonic Unleashed was BELOW PAR, but above average of most of the crap coming out of Sega lately.
Please don’t even compare games like S3&K and Sonic Unleashed.
If this new 2D sonic game is going to be anything like Sonic Unleashed, it’ll be a failure.
Sonic Unleashed had its moments though I don’t say its the best Sonic game to date. Sonic 3 and Knuckles is in its own league and I dought it can ever be recreated with this upcoming 2D game.
Though I would love to see a 2D game that has a similer feel to S3&K but feel Brand new and Awesome graphics
■Zivko and ■Ashes Darkmare@: you mario or someting slese fans stop destroying the best community in the world ( The SONIC COMMUNITY) go home and play your crap games like dragon ball or that zelda or smackdown s***, let Sonic grow like WE FANS want…
Soni Unleashed was a really great game, ofcourse it wasn’t like the old ones, but stiil pretty good, 100% better than mario or crash bandicoot! In my country Sonic Games are consider the best plataformer/adventure/action games ever created so stop being greedy you fools…
– Merry Sonic Xmas Sonic Fans!
1. The Twelve Days Of Sonic Xmas!
On the first day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me a chao eating a pea.
On the second day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me two freaky Tails dolls, and a chao
eating a pea.
On the third day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me three Chaos Emeralds, two freaky Tails
dolls, and a chao eating a pea.
On the fourth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me four dancing chao, three Chaos
Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls and a chao eating a pea.
On the fifth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me five golden rings, four dancing chao,
three Chaos Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls, and a chao eating a pea.
On the sixth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me six chao eggs, five golden rings, four
dancing chao, three Chaos Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls, and a chao eating a pea.
On the seventh day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me seven sleds and snow boards, six
chao eggs, five golden rings, four dancing chao, three Chaos Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls,
and a chao eating a pea.
On the eighth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me eight slices of pizza, seven sleds and
snow boards, six chao eggs, five golden rings, four dancing chao, three Chaos Emeralds, two
freaky Tails dolls, and a chao eating a pea.
On the ninth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me nine chao fruits, eight slices of pizza,
seven sleds and snow boards, six chao eggs, five golden rings, four dancing chao, three Chaos
Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls, and a chao eating a pea.
On the tenth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me ten shiney chao, nine chao fruits, eight
slices of pizza, seven sleds and snow boards, six chao eggs, five golden rings, four dancing
chao, three Chaos Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls, and a chao eating a pea.
On the eleventh day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me eleven cups of egg nog, ten shiney
chao, nine chao fruits, eight slices of pizza, seven sleds and snow boards, six chao eggs, five
golden rings, four dancing chao, three Chaos Emeralds, two freaky Tails dolls, and a chao
eating a pea.
On the twelfth day of Sonic X mas MetalSonic gave to me twelve new Game Boy Advance SPs,
eleven cups of egg nog, ten shiney chao, nine chao fruits, eight slices of pizza, seven sleds and
snow boards, six chao eggs, five golden rings, four dancing chao, three Chaos Emeralds, two
freaky Tails dolls, and a chao-ao-ao eating a PEA!! XD Merry Christmas =D
–
. Deck The Halls With Sonic Pictures!
Deck the halls with Sonic pictures!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chao!
Tis the season to be chaoly!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chao!
So-o-o-onic,Knu-u-u-ux a-a-a-a-a-a-a-and Taaaaaaaaaaaaails!
I-i-in the chao-ao garden, fee-e-e-eeeeeeeeeeding the-e chao!
I-I-I-I-I-NNNNN THE CHAO GARDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.We Wish You A Sonic X mas!
We wish you a Sonic X mas,
We wish you a Sonic X mas,
We wish you a Sonic X mas,
And a happy Chao Year!
The chao fruit we bring to chao and Tikal
We wish you a Sonic X mas,
And a happy Chao Year!
We wish you a Sonic X mas,
We wish you a Sonic X mas,
WE WISH YOU A SONIC X MAAAAAAS!!!!
And a happy Chao year! =D
ho ho ho Sonic Clause
Good lord SU, they’re not Mario fanboys. In fact it’s hard to believe people still seperate it as Mario fans vs Sonic fans. :/
Sure SU was pretty good, but it still doesn’t come nearly as close to the classics as you may think. Hate to break it to ya, but Unleashed was sorta crap compared to Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD (and I would include SA1, but that’s debatable). Yeah it was fun, but the lolboost, trial-and-error, QTEs, the lack of rolling or Spindashing, and the Werehog were just some if the problems with the game. A good game in itself, but not a good Sonic game.
It’s just that you have to notice that not all the Sonics are really that good, though, understand that. Just because someone thinks different about Unleashed that doesn’t mean you could just go and bash them to death.
Anyways, on topic: This better not be info we already know. I want new info, dang it! And really, I hope that this isn’t a rehash of 2.5D Unleashed stages, but I trust that it won’t since it said it was being worked from the ground up. Sega, do this right. Make good level designs, pinball physics, checkered hills and clasic Sonic or I’ll burn all my Sonic merchandise– *smacked*
■Cody Collins (Azukara)@: cody, I’m not saying bad things about anybody, it just that when the crappy mario games come out their fans play them I be silent about he crap they are, but still they enjoyt, but sonic fans don’t, all y’all are always saying shit!, “oh no to mutch speed, I will never play sonic anymore it sucks” or “oh no new character, this sucks even most, die sonic ” people are always complaning !!! THATS MY POINT!!! man
We should stay shup f*** up and enjoy the most way pass cool game character of the universe, like the damn mario fans boys and crash bandicot are!!!
Peace people, I’m not here to trash talk no one, just to enjoy SONIC
and do some friends 
@SU
I agree, I really like sonic uleashed but not as much as sonic 06 and the black knight. Id say the sonic games coming ut recently are as good as the marios games.
new super mario bros- ok
mario kart-ok
mario galaxy-pretty cool
sega super tennis-cool
sonic rush adventure-amazing
black knight-awsome
Hey Cody, don’t forget about the slippery controls.
I bet it was Eggman who lathered the sidewalks with grease.
■Stephen@: you’r seem to be the only TRUE FAN around this comment section homie… Everybody in the sonic community are always complaining, why the mario ones aren’t?? can anybody explain that, the mario games coming out aren’t as good as Sonic ones, well except maybe for the new super mario brothers, but hell every single Sonic game is better than the mario ones…
All of you wil see that in the upcoming greatnness of Project Needlemouse!, even though you are always seeing that in games like Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Heroes, Black Nights etc etc etc etc…the list is huge!
SONIC TEAM
Whoa… This page took a month to load in my browser! So many ‘anti-fanboy plugins’ had to be updated!
Anyway, I hope that magazine wasn’t telling porkies to hype people to buy their next issue…
Awesome! I have got to keep my eyes peeled!!
Oh my god…. I like Sonic Unleashed, but I agree with the ‘Mario fanboys’.
Am I a nonbeliever in the religious practices of the Sonic fandom? Jesus, guys, calm down.
@SU and his friends: About the Mario and the Sonic games. Mario has some bad games, and Sonic has some bad too. Mario has for example lots of crappy party games. These ones have just so low quality. But games like Mario galaxy and New super mario bros is some of the best games you can find on the Wii and DS. Sonic is the same. He has some bad games with really low quality like Sonic 06… and some just mediocre games like riders. But just like Mario he has some awesome games like Sonic Unleashed and…. yeah, it’s pretty much just Sonic Unleashed right now.
This isn’t actually my opinion. This is how it is. Some games has just more or less quality than others. Okay, werehog maybe ruined Sonic Unleashed, but the game is still really well done and is a very good game. It’s just about your taste and how you want the game to bee. Sonic and the black knight isn’t thaat good, but I still love it because I like the concept and the way it playes.
Hehe, I don’t know if it was this I wanted to write in the first place but… yeah… something just happened.
@SU: Welcome to 2009, where it isn’t 1996-1998 anymore, where Mario, Sonic and Crash were all going head-to-head as rival mascots of the “Console Wars”. In 2009, Crash is in an a gully of abysmal nothingness, where his games are just the same things over and over again, Mario is actually doing successful with some blunders yet maintaining to have absolutely awesome mainstream games, and (hate to tell you) Sonic is hanging on the balancing pole of mediocrity, where he could probably fall down to the pits of death (Nextgen) or jump to a somewhat higher level (Unleashed), yet fall back down on the said balancing pole of mediocrity.
I also love how you’ll constantly put down Mario like it’s no tommorrow. And better yet, try to say Black Knight or Nextgen or Shadow was technically better than Galaxy or NSMBWii. I’m pretty sure that’s what you’re getting at, and it’s rather ridiculous. That’s just being blindsighted and fanboyish.
I guess I’m not a “TRUE FAN” like you guys are, where you will gobble up anything with Sonic’s name on it. Understand me right now, I am NOT pessimistic against Needlemouse whatsoever; but I will be if I find out it’s just the daytime stages all over again.
Calm the flippin’ Magikarp down, yeesh.
@Mr Cody: You are just sooo right there! Like I said, Sonic has both good and bad games. It’s just different. But you can still like them more or less even if the quality can be the opposite.
@SU: And I forgot to tell you that I liked your Sonic version of 12 days of Christmas! It’s really fun to make other versions of that Song! I and my friends have actually allready made one about Star wars. And we’re working on a Nintendo version to our next film.
Let the critics be critics … The only Sonic game I didn’t really like was Labyrinth, other than that the rest of the games range from “okay” to “awesome!”. Bottom line is I am gonna enjoy Needlemouse. I can’t wait for more information. I salivate lol.
phillp : Sonic Legend isn`t Needlemouse that was a hoax on wikipedia
Effin FINALLY.
@Speeding Hedgehog: I say the same as you. But we can at least hope for at least one or two screenshots. But they will probably say everything we alredy know.
@Werehog: You said many great things there. Only that I don’t agree with the fact that SMG(Seriosly, most overrated game ever on a Nintendo console) is one of the best things you can find on Wii. XP But the rest was good. SU is a good game, if you want to enjoy it, just forget about the fact that it is Sonic and he’s a werehog. Just play it and enjoy it. But I think it would be better without werehog, or they could have done a werehog. But a fast one like Sonic with 1 or 2 special abilyties.
Well, just my opinion. But I enjoyed the game. Upgrade combos and strenght on werehog and you might enjoy his levels more. :p
ANYWAY! I’m hoping to see screenshots!
@SU: First of all, I hate it. HATE IT when somebody dares to talk about what a TRUE Sonic fan is, there are no rules as to who can be a fan of who, so don’t say such blind things. I understand that people may complain a little too much about Sonic, but you can’t say who’s a true Sonic fan and who isn’t.
Please, stop being so childish.
As I quote from the Sonic Stadium Forums : “There isn’t such thing as a TRUE Sonic fan, those who think there is should be beaten by a Sega Genesis to a bloody pulp”
Anyways, on Topic: I really hope we can see some screenshots, or at least some good info. I really want Sonic’s reputation to go up the rooftop.
only took 4 months
To SonicUnleashed:
You need to calm down.
Swearing, making accusations and raving on like that just honestly makes you look foolish.
I made the comment that you put both S3&K and Sonic Unleashed in the same category of good games. Whilst I would STRONGLY disagree, as I’m sure A LOT of people here would also.
The whole Mario vs. Sonic feud is over, and you trying to accuse anyone on here as a ‘Mario fanboy’ attacking people on here is not only foolish, but down right silly.
You know what, it’s great you enjoyed Sonic Unleashed, but you need to realise that a lot of people didn’t like it.
But the day stages in Sonic unleashed are very good
“May or may not?” The fact that it’s a 2D platformer is everything that’s been confirmed so far.
People I’m not putting S3&K in the same category, I’m just saying that both are awsome games, I if Sonic Team could make somekind of fusion of those games, that would be purely amazing (Imagine 2d Day-time stages of Sonic Unleashed playing with Sonic, Tails, and trade the Werehog levels with Knuckles levels!) ok that’s what I’m saying people use your imagination don’t criticise
Yhe I apologise for saying that crap about “true fan” yhe xxcanyumXx sorry.
2nd – I’m not a anti-mario gamer, as !I’ve said some comments! “the new super mario bros, is actually pretty good…” DON’T quote only the bad things I said when you want to diss’ or saying someone is wrong about something just quote all the paragraf not only the bad things ’cause in the next line him/her is explaining why he’her said that OK people! ok Cody!
Next thing thank U Werehog hehe you must show me your music hehe
As stephen said: ■Stephen on December 12th, 2009 3.10 pm
@SU
I agree, I really like sonic uleashed but not as much as sonic 06 and the black knight. Id say the sonic games coming ut recently are as good as the marios games.
new super mario bros- ok
mario kart-ok
mario galaxy-pretty cool
sega super tennis-cool
sonic rush adventure-amazing
black knight-awsome
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I’ve said this a lot of times I’m tired already!:
I’m not saying bad things about anybody, it just that when the some crappy mario games come out and his fans play them, they are always very silent about he crap they are, but still they enjoyt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, but sonic fans no, YOU are always saying shit!, “oh no to mutch speed, I will never play sonic anymore it sucks” or “oh no new character, this sucks even most, I’ll burn all my sonic games” or somethng like this “oh no it’s not 16bits Like the old ones, I’ll never thinkof Sonic again bah” what I mean is PEOPLE OF SONIC ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING!!! THATS MY POINT!!! dude
We(YOU) should stay shup f*** up and enjoy the most way pass cool game character of the universe, like the damn mario fans and crash bandicot are!!!
Note: You are always complaining about Sonic but STILL you get all of his games, exemple you said Sonic 06′ was crap but still you getted the game, and when it came out to XBLA and PSN you gettet again A SECOND TIMES even though you said you didn’t like it!!!
OK sorry for the long comments homies
I’ll never discuss suchs things like these ones ever again wth anybody, I’t doesn’t matter anymore I’m just a Super Sonic Fan who want to play the BEST GAMES EVER CREATED and enjoy them and to make somefriends around here…
Sorry guys MERRY SONIC XMAS FOR ALL
SEEEEEEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
John@: Thank U too man for saying what I wanteds to say too
I must get this issue of OXM when I see it in Ridley’s.* I want to know a little more on Needlemouse.
*No, not the killer pterodactyl type creature from Metroid, you silly geese.
@SU: Hehe, okay. But right now I don’t have the energy to write it and I guess the people here just would think it’s annoying with too many christmas songs… or would they? It is pretty nice after all…
But the Star wars version is like “On the first day of christmas Darth Vader sent to me a Death star to blow planets with” and so on.
Come on SEGA……..
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