The reveal of concept art at the end of The Needlemouse Challenge from two weeks ago serves as the basis for The Needlemouse Challenge: Part II... the last part, for better or worse. Instead of days of tasks across several sites, we have one goal on one site:
Submit over 100 pieces of fan art of classic Badniks to SEGA by Monday, February 1 at 10am MST. It doesn't matter how you do it, although they are of course encouraging creativity, and only one piece of art counts per person. The stakes? The game's true name, concept art of Zone 1, and another "bonus". Note that rumors have stated that Project Needlemouse has been called Sonic 4 within Sonic Team, so don't be disappointed if that's the game's name.
Some info came out today, as well. Concept art of a Motobug was revealed, and we were left with these words at the end of the blog entry:
Speed is something that is not given; but rather earned through dedication. Speed is not found by simply pushing a boost button, but by building momentum. It is the reward for skill in the face of difficult challenges – this kind of speed is the most exhilarating, not only because it is fast, but because of the pure perfection such speed exemplifies. This is the truth of the original Sonic games – and this is the truth of Project Needlemouse.
What do you make of this? Are you intrigued, or are you FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFing?
EDIT:
This. Just... this. SEGA's learning...
UPDATE: The goal's been met. SEGA's updated the blog with some new info: as you should already know if you recognized the first concept art as Shellcracker from Sonic 2 16-bit, this is not a Sonic 1 remake. SEGA felt like that had to be cleared up. Concept art will start to be revealed on Tuesday, February 2, along with prize giveaways. For every 50 pieces of Badnik fanart submitted after the initial 100, an extra bit of swag will be included in the giveaway. All of this is leading up to a "big" announcement come the weekend.
Of course, the most important bit of news from this blog is that MY MOSQUI MADE THE FRONT PAGE YYYEEEAAAHHH~
