And the playable characters in Project Needlemouse(Sonic 2D) are...

SONIC!

http://blogs.sega.com/usa/category/project-needlemouse/

Concept art! :

That's the Crab badnik from Metropolis Zone in Sonic 2 for those who do not know.

Wow, didn't see that comming. :shock:

Definetely SEGA knows how to surprise us :P

I agree with that its a good character list.

Good.

It's looking like Sega is going back to the drawing board with this one.

Concept art added in first post :)

Who could ask for anything more.

Tails as an unlockable "assist" character like Sonic 2 would be nice, but Sonic is all you need really.

Yeah! Crabmeat is back! After all these years, he's back!

Oh, and also Sonic. Yay.

The reason Sonic is alone is because Robotnik turned him into a needlemouse, and his friends don't recognize him. Quote me when it happens.BattleTurtles

[QUOTE="BattleTurtles"]The reason Sonic is alone is because Robotnik turned him into a needlemouse, and his friends don't recognize him. Quote me when it happens.Theguy56

[QUOTE="Theguy56"][QUOTE="BattleTurtles"]The reason Sonic is alone is because Robotnik turned him into a needlemouse, and his friends don't recognize him. Quote me when it happens.BattleTurtles

LOL Well hopefully the game will turn out to be good.

At least it won't have Shadow and the rest of the cast.

It's about time they went back and forgot about all their other characters that don't really matter,

But I do wish Tails would be in it.

This is the best thing to ever happen to a Sonic game in years.But I'm sure SEGA will find a way to ruin this one great decision.

This is all I wanted. Remake or not it's always better than these 3D Sonics we keep getting.

lol does anyone remember when Sonic Unleashed was first shown and it was confirmed only to be Sonic. Well all remember what happened 6 months down the line.

This is all I wanted. Remake or not it's always better than these 3D Sonics we keep getting.

Theguy56

[QUOTE="Theguy56"]

This is all I wanted. Remake or not it's always better than these 3D Sonics we keep getting.

punkrocker163

lol does anyone remember when Sonic Unleashed was first shown and it was confirmed only to be Sonic. Well all remember what happened 6 months down the line.

shutdown_202

Grrr. The lack of Tails and Knuckles just infuriates me. It's only the 3D Sonic games where multiple playable characters is a bad thing! Multiple playable characters always helps the 2D games and makes them better.

Grrr. The lack of Tails and Knuckles just infuriates me. It's only the 3D Sonic games where multiple playable characters is a bad thing! Multiple playable characters always help the 2D games and make them better.

burgeg

[QUOTE="burgeg"]

Grrr. The lack of Tails and Knuckles just infuriates me. It's only the 3D Sonic games where multiple playable characters is a bad thing! Multiple playable characters always help the 2D games and make them better.

Theguy56

i hope they remove the homing attack. yuck, it doest take any skill at all to use that one on enemies and i just hate it. just do the old jump attack or roll attack since it takes skill with timing, etc. and please, bring back the special stages, bonus stages, etc. cant beieve it's only for digital distribution. i mean, they could pretty much implement ALOT of gameplay mechanics even if it's in 2D since graphics and set pieces arent a problem anymore. i soooo want that. like what they di with Mario Galaxy. man, oh man.

when i first saw the daylight stages on Unleashed, it was crappy compared to the Mega Drive games. all you do is run, jump, run, homing attack, etc. the enemies were stationary wtf. i don't like that. if you guys remember, it's not all about speed. halfway through the old games it gets tougher and you barely run. it was pure platforming. that's what i want.

oh and bring back those elemental forcefields! please! grrrr....i loved them on Sonic & Knuckles.

i hope they remove the homing attack. yuck, it doest take any skill at all to use that one on enemies and i just hate it. just do the old jump attack or roll attack since it takes skill with timing, etc. and please, bring back the special stages, bonus stages, etc. cant beieve it's only for digital distribution. i mean, they could pretty much implement ALOT of gameplay mechanics even if it's in 2D since graphics and set pieces arent a problem anymore. i soooo want that. like what they di with Mario Galaxy. man, oh man.

when i first saw the daylight stages on Unleashed, it was crappy compared to the Mega Drive games. all you do is run, jump, run, homing attack, etc. the enemies were stationary wtf. i don't like that. if you guys remember, it's not all about speed. halfway through the old games it gets tougher and you barely run. it was pure platforming. that's what i want.

oh and bring back those elemental forcefields! please! grrrr....i loved them on Sonic & Knuckles.

roddollente

The concept art of the punching crab makes it kind of impossible to kill him with just running into him at least lol.Theguy56

yea but in the old games you wait for them to turn around (since their backs were vulnerable) orrr...wait for them to expose parts that are vulnerable. i just dont like the homing attack at all. whoever came up with that crap? that's like Mario having a homing jumping attack. wtf. he jumps once and on the second time he'll automatically attack an enemy 30 feet away. yuck.

[QUOTE="Theguy56"] The concept art of the punching crab makes it kind of impossible to kill him with just running into him at least lol.roddollente

yea but in the old games you wait for them to turn around (since their backs were vulnerable) orrr...wait for them to expose parts that are vulnerable. i just dont like the homing attack at all. whoever came up with that crap? that's like Mario having a homing jumping attack. wtf. he jumps once and on the second time he'll automatically attack an enemy 30 feet away. yuck.

You guys Do realize this is the 4th Sonic game in a row where he is the only playable character?

Secret Rings, Unleashed and Black Knight (although the latter had an extremely limited use of other characters) all used the Sonic-only formula...

You guys Do realize this is the 4th Sonic game in a row where he is the only playable character?

Secret Rings, Unleashed and Black Knight (although the latter had an extremely limited use of other characters) all used the Sonic-only formula...

MobilechicaneX

None of those were 2D and none were advertised to be created for the old school Sonic Fans.

[QUOTE="roddollente"]

[QUOTE="Theguy56"] The concept art of the punching crab makes it kind of impossible to kill him with just running into him at least lol.Theguy56

yea but in the old games you wait for them to turn around (since their backs were vulnerable) orrr...wait for them to expose parts that are vulnerable. i just dont like the homing attack at all. whoever came up with that crap? that's like Mario having a homing jumping attack. wtf. he jumps once and on the second time he'll automatically attack an enemy 30 feet away. yuck.

[QUOTE="Theguy56"][QUOTE="roddollente"]

yea but in the old games you wait for them to turn around (since their backs were vulnerable) orrr...wait for them to expose parts that are vulnerable. i just dont like the homing attack at all. whoever came up with that crap? that's like Mario having a homing jumping attack. wtf. he jumps once and on the second time he'll automatically attack an enemy 30 feet away. yuck.

sonicthemegaman

Never played the SA series and I don't remember using a homing attack in Rush. Oops.

I still doubt Sega is going to do something like this:

[QUOTE="sonicthemegaman"][QUOTE="Theguy56"] There hasn't been a 2D Sonic game with a homing attack yet. In 3D, it's hard to just jump on the enemies so that's why they probably added the homing attack in those, similar to the spinning attack in Mario Galaxy (without the homing).Theguy56

Never played the SA series and I don't remember using a homing attack in Rush. Oops.

Of course not, they're going to do it better :P

So Sega saying it going back to its "Old Roots" and it leaving Tails and Knuckles, that too were part of the 16-bit ear, out of the game? Why? Why must we jsut be stuck with that Hedgehog...again? He was the only playble character in Sonic unleashed so I don't see what the big deal about it jsut being Sonic is.

I don't see the harm in having Tails and Knuckles as other playble characters. They did not take at all away from Sonic 2 and Sonic 3. In fact they added to the experence by playing sightly different then Sonic himself. So a second play player could take control of tails and be part of the fun. But you were not froced to play them, you were allowed to choice.

So why not? Why not even have there names on the list?Or if it going to be an "Only Sonic Game" Then why don't character such as Knuckles and Tails get there own games. Tails Adventure 2 maybe with the Metorid style and another Knuckles Chaotix maybe? Something...

Well no Thanks Sega I'll pass this time. I do hope the game does well, maybe then you will allow Tails and Knuckles to take part. But at this point I gind it highly unlikely. If anything it just be another new character.

Edit: I'll Likely end up buying it anyway. Just sad that Tails and Knuckles will not be taking a part in the fun, its kind of annoying.

However, as long as they keep it true to the old 2-D Sonic games I'll end up buying it at some point in time.

I wonder if the Wii going to be getting this or a 2-D Sonic game of some kind? Be odd if they left the Wii out of a classic Sonic game, after classic Mario did so well. But then again I don't know hoe Sonic gmaes do on the Wii.

I really hope so, if this game is amazing I will honestly shed a tear.

Haha, the countdown thing is funny. Nice one Sega, I'm glad Sonic is the only playable character.

Well a 2D Sonic game and Sonic playable so far that is fine at the moment SEGA. I hope that some special stages come back and I would have Super Sonic aviliable for only the last level or something.

Well a 2D Sonic game and Sonic playable so far that is fine at the moment SEGA. I hope that some special stages come back and I would have Super Sonic aviliable for only the last level or something.

chocolate1325

Thank goodness! Hopefully the wait will be worth it!