I seriously can't believe this has been announced. I've loved Sonic since the early 90s when I play the Genesis titles, and I still loved him throughout the last decade that we all suffered, and now the prayers of many gamers has been answered: Sonic is going back to 2D in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.

The trailer doesn't show much but it's fairly obvious that the game is in the style of the original Sonic games, and it looks gorgeous. I would bet the game will play almost identical to them as well.

If you haven't seen the teaser yet for this game, check it out.