Sonic Returning to 2D in 'Project Needlemouse'

Finally. I have the Sonic and Knuclkes collection for PC that I bought like 10 years ago or something. Loved those games when I was younger.

I also have Sonic 3D. Meh.

I haven't followed sonic too closely as he moved to consoles and what not, but all the games when I would try them just seemed like another sub par platformer. And there were too many damn characters.

A 2D revival of Sonic, if done right, sounds like a winner to me.

I eagerly await...

Am I the only person who noticed and played Sonic Rush? :(

omgomgomg..they are actually listening to their fans for once?! That's awesome.

THIS TEASER...

IS FULL...

OF TEXT...

This is the first non-gameplay game trailer I've ever enjoyed, possibly in my entire life. They threw in some old sound effects, so the trip down memory lane was pretty pleasant there.

Oh hey! Its the same kind of hope I had when they were working on Sonic 2006.

As far as I'm concerned they are incapable of bringing back the old style of gameplay that peaked with Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, and I won't give this a second glance until they have already delivered.

This article puts a very specific type of image in my head. Unfortunately my cynicism knows that this game wont meet the demands of my imagination. I'll just have to wait and see.
Developers need to make more 2d games that take advantage of modern hardware. Odin Sphere for example is a work of art and looks better than most games from that generation. I would fill my pants if they made a new Metroid or Castlevania with high res 2d graphics.

If the music ain't good, the game ain't good.

This better be good.

I want this to be good. I want to be able to say I'm quietly optimistic. But to be fair, I really can't - Sega have done too many garbage/mostly garbage/eh Sonic games recently to be able to redeem themselves in my eyes with a single trailer. See this as my backup: http://pics.fort90.com/forum/sonic_cycle.jpg :p

Mind you, there's Genesis noises. That alone makes me excited.

Sonic 2D with a 3D engine, a la Trine or that new Metroid-type game Epic won't bring to PC, would have alot of potential to be fun.

hope the creative environment design is as good or better than the originals, that will be tough though. and the music.

Don't they say something like this every single time they bring out a new Sonic game?

2D retro projects are good, but IMO they really had the right idea with the on-rails 3D gameplay in Secret Rings. It's just a shame that the game's controls were terrible. Having to play for hours and gain levels to improve the tightness of the controls was a horrible idea, and they were still pretty fidgety afterwards.

You know they're still going to shoehorn some weird furry romance shit in there.

The sonic fan in me wants them to make this fully 2D, with completely hand-drawn HD visuals ala SFIIHDR. The realist in me knows, though, that they're just going to take the easy way out for 2D gameplay like every other dev and make it "2.5D".

As much as I'm hoping they brought us a proper console 2D sonic release in the old style of genesis gameplay, it won't happen unless it's a DD game like Bionic Commando Rearmed. For some reason people today see that 2D old style gameplay as too simplistic and unworthy of being printed on physical media and sold as a proper console game. This will either be a fully fleshed out new Sonic game for every console which claims to bring back the old style but fails miserably, or really DOES bring back the old style in beautifully genuine 2D, but end up being a very short DD-only game ala BCR.

Meh. They have 2d games on the GBA and DS and in my opinion they aren't even close to the originals in terms of quality. I'm also really tired of this two-button "homing" attack that will probably be attached, it's in every modern game anyway.

I have little faith. Not after that last letdown.

Call me when this is being developed by an external non-Sega studio like the quite good GBA titles. After Yuji Naka, Sonic Team couldn't make a decent Sonic game for their lives. Talk means little here.

i was wondering why they wouldnt do this. never been a big fan of sonic but know this is what fans actually want