The Definitive Development History of Sonic Fan Remix

Learn about Sonic Fan Remix and how it contributed to the bad reputation of Sonic 4 Episode I. Including some new information about Sonic Fan Remix.

Written by @WillieCorley
Edited by @Beyond_The_Nexus

00:00 Sonic 4 Episode I's Reaction
03:11 Sonic Fan Remix Development

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[GameFactsSpecial]

Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBLE! Appreciate it! :)

[Larry]

I still reckon Sonic 4 only exists, because Sega saw how successful Capcom were with Mega Man 9, but completely missed the point of why people liked it so much by just porting an unfinished mobile game.

[CanaldoZenny]

The positive reaction to Project Needlemouse's announcement always seemed so weird to me. It was like the entire wirld had forgotten about the Advance trilogy and the two Rush games on the NDS. Sonic 4 never had anything special besides the name, because 2D Sonic never left, it was alive and well on Nintendo consoles.

[BlackBlur]

this fan game is the reason why sonic 4 ep. 2's starting zone's (castlevania land or w.e.) grass looks the way it does.

[Vantoxify]

when I was a kid, I thought this looked too good to even be a game. I thought it was an animation of some kind

[WillieCorley]

I am thrilled this episode is finally finished. I did extensive research when I wrote the script.

[jed]

I just realized that sonic fan remix hasn't gotten an update in a while.

[Niosai]

Whoa, I totally forgot about this game. I remember this AND the Sonic 2 HD project being incredibly promising. Great video!

[Shamii]

Oof I did not expect to see an SSMB post from 10 years ago with my name and photo on it lmao

[linkthehero]

Say what you will about Sonic 4 Episode 1, but nothing beats making Sonic fall asleep vertically on a wall.

[l-eaglestone]

Just wanted to comment that someone translated 'Mr. Harinezumi' (Japanese word for 'hedgehog') literally part by part, hence the 'needlemouse'.
It's as if someone took the English word and translated each component separately to another.
Just imagine someone talking about Sonic the blue 'bushpig' in Spanish...

So yeah, Needlemouse is western lore made thanks to gaming journalism from 90s, propagated until it became accepted as the truth.

[hyperbloomEN]

I remember playing it on crappy PC at 10FPS when it released.
Decade later they ported it to android, it surprissed me they didn't abandon one of the best fan game.
Also for the first time I play at 60FPS on my phone lol.

[oh]

This takes me back man😭 still amazed by the game

[Cade_The_Squirrel]

Probably going to get alot of hate for this but, I actually really like Sonic 4 Episode I and II, I find the homing attack very fun to abuse and i like finding quicker ways to get through the homing attack chains.

[AguFungus]

And this wouldn't be the first time fan developers put Sega to shame by delivering a better game than what Sega was offering at the time. Remember when Stealth made a better Sonic 1 port for Game Boy Advance than the official Sega release?

[dri_him]

So confusing when you're reading dates based on US format, "Month-Day-Year".

[ClaudioFirsoff]

Yeah, the sad part is that Sonic Fan Remix was not continued...so the fans never win, one case or another.

[gamindanny]

you know the fan game is good when SEGA THEMSELVES acknowledges its existence

[umar]

Man if I were to grab a team and tried to revive this incredible fan game project I would bet my soul for it to make it happen

[Poyostar]

Y'know, it's almost a shame this fangame got cancelled, because I would've loved to see how a complete Sonic Fan Remix would've been like. Either way, this is a great little retrospective!