“Even though I was the one who made it!”.
Sonic is one of video gaming’s most enduring characters, so it’s little wonder that there’s been plenty of attention given to his origins over the years.
It’s been commonly accepted that the mascot’s codename during the initial development of his Mega Drive debut was “Mr. Needlemouse” but it would seem that doubt is being cast on this particular piece of trivia by none other than Yuji Naka himself, the lead programmer on that game and former head of Sonic Team, the internal Sega studio responsible for many Sonic outings.
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