SEGA's Project Needlemouse cast reveal has ruled out every one of Sonic's extended family of anthropomorphic friends, leaving the blue hedgehog as the only playable character in the 2D series reboot.

We expected Sonic to be in Project Needlemouse, but as a series trend breaker Sonic is running solo in this game. Ever since Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sega partnered Sonic with a fuzzy friend. Tails, Big ...

Sonic has taken a lot of criticism for his most recent 3D outing, Sonic Unleashed.The main problems being that Sega need to leave out all so-called "fake" characters and focus purely on the blue blur ...

Project Needlemouse is the codename for the upcoming, 2D Sonic game, which was announced in September of 2009. The game is targeted to release sometime this year. The project represents Sega trying to ...

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Sonic is returning to his 2D roots as Project Needlemouse is revealed to be Sonic the Hedgehog 4, a direct continuation of the 16 bit games that's coming to all major consoles this Summer. SEGA ...

"In Project Needlemouse, there will be no new characters playable or otherwise. The focus will remain solely on one blue hedgehog," SEGA said on their US blog. Hallelujah. They posted some concept art ...

Sega is either having a bit of fun with everyone's perception of the Sonic franchise ... or acting in line with it. The publisher posted the above image featuring a bunch of potential playable ...

Sega's iconic blue mascot just turned 30-years old. He's starred in some of the best Mega Drive games and appeared in over 80 video games in that time – everything from platformers, racing games, ...

General complaints about Sonic are commonplace, but it's still rare to see such focused, targeted negativity as Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I drew from the franchise's fans two years ago. "Broken ...

As predicted, Sega's playful countdown of playable characters that are set to feature in the upcoming Project Needlemouse has left only one anthropomorphic mascot standing: Sonic the Hedgehog. It's ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Project Needlemouse's mysterious debut. Since he debuted nearly two decades ago, Sonic the Hedgehog has been Sega's mainstay mascot. Today, the ...