At long bloody last Sega have realised that Sonic fans don’t want another shoddy 3D Sonic game and would rather have a super slick 2D one instead.

Enter Project Needlemouse. That’s a temporary name, obviously. Details are slimmer than Kate Moss but Sega have revealed that it’ll be out next year on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, presumably as a download.

Long term hedgehog obsessives will know that Mr. Needlemouse was what Sonic was originally going to be called. It makes you wonder if he would be as popular as he is today if Sega had chosen to stick with it.