Mr Needlemouse facts
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Sonic The Hedgehog's original name was "Mr. Needlemouse".
When Naoto Ohshima was put in charge of designing a new mascot for Sega, he traveled to New York City, where he showed a number of his characters to random people in Central Park. The most popular one was a character called "Mr. Needlemouse", who would later be renamed Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Sonic the Hedgehog was codenamed "Mr. Needlemouse" during development.
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Sonic the Hedgehog was initially named "Mr. Needlemouse.” Sonic's blue color was chosen to match Sega's blue logo. His shoes evolved from a design inspired by Michael Jackson's boots with the addition of red; inspired by Santa Claus and the contrast of those colors on Jackson's album Bad.
