After years of sub-par 3-D adventures, it appears that Sega will finally return Sonic the Hedgehog to his roots. The company dropped a bombshell on the gaming world by announcing an all new 2-D video game in high definition. Codenamed "Project Needlemouse", this new project will play similar to the classic Genesis games.

Unfortunately, that's all we know, aside from the vague 2010 ship date. Sega released a trailer, but aside from some golden rings, there's little visual stimulation. We just hope the designers focus on what makes Sonic, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 so incredible, instead of falling back on the same old nonsense (annoying fur balls, glitches, gimmicks). Look for more information in the near future, and see if you can find any clues in the video.