A while back, there was a story about a boy in Lawrence, Kansas who petitioned for three years to overturn a ban against owning hedgehogs in his hometown. (He ended up winning, too.) Now it’s time for more news about hardcore Sonic fans – this time in the form of a six-year-old halfway across the world.

The boy’s name was Christer – but he didn’t want it to stay that way. Being Norwegian, he wrote a letter to the king and asked for his name to be officially changed to ‘Sonic X’, and the king actually replied. Via gamezine UK:

…The request was rejected for the sole reason that at six-years-old, Christer was not old enough to make such a decision. Thus, the boy must contact King Harald V in twelve years time once he’s turned 18.

Christer admitted that he was disappointed, explaining that “it was a bit bad.”

Still, once he gets through the remaining 66% of his life required before he can officially make the changes, he could technically do it.

Will he still want to go through with changing his name in twelve years? That’s a good question – and it looks like we’ll just have to wait and find out.