SEGA Tease 2D Sonic Character List

I've been quite looking forward to project needlemouse. Up until now that is. The words "character list" has just potentially put me off.

I like Sonic the Hedgehog games, not Sonic and friends. I can't stand all the character-less cast of hangers on. Tails is bearable (just) as long as he doesn't talk, but, Peaches, Knuckles, Big the Cat, Blaze and the rest are game breaking pains in the arse, as far as I'm concerned.

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I put my comment down.

But it's a blatant joke really. Tails isn't anywhere to be seen, it seems obvious to me that by the end of the week, Sonic will be the only name left. Therefore catering to people who hate replayability in the name of "being a classic".

Personally I'd be a little pissed off if it was just Sonic. That means that game depth on the same level as Sonic 3 & Knuckles is as good as gone.

Single path with little explorability here we come.

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Bah! Everyone whines over a few characters that weren't in the first game. You never hear anyone saying that Yoshi or Wario or Daisy are horrid characters with annoying voices, but everyone bugs on the presence of a few supporting cast in the Sonic series.

I guess that means that SL and I are just about the only ones that actually like Chao...

It would be funny if they put Pikachu in a Sombrero as one of the characters, just to screw with us.

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I would guess that Sonic is going to be the only name left and then Tails and Knuckles will turn up at the end like 'surprise!'. Most of those seem unlikely at best...

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Hmmm - methinks it'll at the very least be the original 3, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles - with one or two others.

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You can add depth and replayability without adding loads of characters.

"Being a classic" doesn't mean being exactly the same as the old games. But they are a good starting point.

And I don't remember Knuckles adding much depth or replayability to the old games. It was just a novelty that quickly wore off for me.

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I think Sonic, Tails and Knuckles will definately make the cut. I don't care who else is in (expect Silver. Keep him OUT! ) as long as there are unique routes for each character like in S3&K

I can't see Big the Cat, Froggy, Charmy, Vector, Tikal, Chip and Shade making it into the game.

Sonic's new friend Mr. Needlemouse

Trepe said:
nd I don't remember Knuckles adding much depth or replayability to the old games. It was just a novelty that quickly wore off for me.

Completely agree with PK. People hate the new characters for little to no reason, except the ones with horrible voices or character development. Like Shadow and Silver.

wAyNe - sTaRT said:

I can't see Big the Cat, Froggy, Charmy, Vector, Tikal, Chip and Shade making it into the game.

Another character??

I hope to god all them names get cut out apart from sonic

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Without trawling through SEGA Community blogs as i simply cannot be arsed to waste my time i think it would be interesting to add Scratch and Grounder.....

Nope just me?

Or how about Princess Sally....nope just me again...

I have to say that Tails and Knuckles should make the bill, i even quite like the characters Shadow and Rouge.

To be honest i quite like how Unleashed played apart from the Werehog parts. If they gave me a fully fledged game like that i would be happy.

Either way i can see Sonic Team/SEGA/ whoever else fucking this up. Standard.

White Ranger said:
Without trawling through SEGA Community blogs as i simply cannot be arsed to waste my time i think it would be interesting to add Scratch and Grounder.....
Nope just me?
Or how about Princess Sally....nope just me again...

Finally New Information!!

All i can say that i would like Sonic, Mr Needlemouse, Amy & Shadow. It would be good if SEGA put Silver in the character list.

Adding characters doesn't hurt anything. Sonic will be in it, so if you only want to play as him, you can. If they forced us to play Chaos like in Sonic Adventure games, then you can complain.

PMD said:
If they forced us to play Chaos like in Sonic Adventure games, then you can complain.

Everybody is so offbase here... Clockwork Knight is a lock, Shenmue, and Seaman.

Am I the only one that misses Boshi?

Allot of sites are just saying it as 360 and ps3, it would be stupid if that's true, though I think they only not put it on Wii if it couldn't handle it, and this is a 2D game so it's unlikely they won't.

But thing is, i don't thing ANYONE knows and people are just making up what they think it's going to be on, FFS we don't even know whos in it or what the frigging logo looks like un-shadowed.

THINK ABOUT THIS TOO! Names from that list are going to slowly disappear slowly... what if Sonic's name goes too , before you go NO!, so far all i have is a black silhouette of what MIGHT be sonic, though it doesn't really say it IS sonic, and it's called Project Needle mouse, no mentions of Hedgehogs. Not saying this is gonna happen, just throwing the possibility out there.

Needlemouse was one of Sonic's "beta names" from way back in the day. Just saying.

The "Sonic's new buddy Needlemouse" thing is a joke. Needlemouse is Sonic.

I bet it involves 4-player gameplay.

The sad thing is, it would probably the best thing that could happen to Sonic.

Charmy and Chip eliminated. Everyone else is still up, INCLUDING Needlemouse (which I would've thought they'd eliminate right away).

Needlemouse could still mean Pikachu in a Sombrero, people!

Jimmy! said:
Needlemouse could still mean Pikachu in a Sombrero, people!

And I really don't think they're getting rid of them in any particular order.

Bump. Vector and Tikal ( ) are out. Today you must fill your answers in on the Sonic forum.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=309349

I cba to sign up though. We all know the answer.

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are logical limits because they represent different movement types.

The rest are mostly attack variations, if anything and mostly redundant to the gameplay of a platforming game.

Darkflame said:
The rest are mostly attack variations, if anything and mostly redundant to the gameplay of a platforming game.

But yeah other than the initial 3 (And Blaze :3) Sonic Team really need to come up with some original ideas.
The idea of a psychic was a good one, but the character they stuck the powers onto it awful.

Amy and Shade rejected.

Needlemouse, Big, Froggy, Shadow, and Sonic remain. Big and Froggy are definitely gonna be out, so you know what that means......PIKACHU IN A SOMBRERO!