Sega’s NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams for the Wii was once planned for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but shifted platforms against the wishes of Sonic Team producer Takashi Iizuka.
NiGHTS fans have been waiting for a proper sequel to the Dreamcast cult classic for some time now. Sega’s attempt to capitalise on Sonic’s ring collection mania in a more robust 3D world, NiGHTS was a landmark game for the era.
Now NiGHTS has come back to the masses on the Wii in NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. So does its predecessor live up to expectations? Hit the jump for our Frankenreview: every thing you need to know about everything that is this one particular game.
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If you enjoyed the original NiGHTS, the next couple of months will be grand. Team Sonic USA head and original NiGHTS designer Takashi Iizuka spearheaded NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, which is out later this month in North America and Japan. Next year will see the original NiGHTS into Dreams… getting a PS2 remake for Japanese release. What are the chances of that getting an international release? Or what about a Wii port? Iizuka says:
There are currently no plans for the PS2 version to be released outside of Japan, and no plans for a Wii version either. It is being released in Japan, due to the high demand for the game. So there are no plans for a worldwide release… so far.
So those who really want to play NiGHTS into Dreams… either import or dust off your Saturns! Iizuka Interview [Sega Nerds][Image] More »
Fans of the original NiGHTS Into Dreams have been watching the development of the Wii sequel, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams with a delightful mixture of joy and anxiety, fearing their beloved title would be marred by the shaky hand of a Sega not quit as sure of themselves as they were back in the days of the Saturn. In an absolutely wondrous turn of events, those players need not worry about getting their NiGHTS on proper, as long as they have a PlayStation 2 around. Famitsu has revealed that a port of the original game will be hitting the PS2 this February in Japan, complete with updated graphics and 16:9 modes for those newfangled wide screen televisions we keep hearing about. For me this is even better news than the Wii sequel. Screw Journey of Dreams – this is all I wanted. Slip Christmas NiGHTS in there as a bonus and I’m set for another 10 years.
Here we finally get treated to a nice lengthy NiGHTS trailer. This game from Sega is causing quite a stir and the lines to play it at TGS were phenomenally long. At least this trailer has some better music than the last one we saw. I know, I know it was the original music and everyone got in a tizzy because I said it was terrible. Well sorry, but nostalgic or not it was still terrible. One man’s opinion. More »
That, now that is truly adowable. In Japan, customers who reserve a copy of Wii game NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams can get this very cute limited edition Nights figurine made by the rad sounding company called NORISHIROCKS. Once they are gone, they are gone!
Kind of wish the actual game looked like this darling, little goody goodie. NiGHTS Figure [SEGA via Insert Credit] More »
I continue to be generally unimpressed with NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams graphics, and I don’t know why. I mean, they are certainly passable, but years of waiting and hoping for a sequel to the magical Saturn game plus an overactive imagination pictured something much greater than what I’ve seen. Sega isn’t helping either, releasing screenshots of people looking into boxes, or rock walls with a ring between them. The most exciting screenshot release ever.
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Sega’s inexplicably capped Wii-bound sequel NiGHTs: Journey of Dreams is playable on the Tokyo Game Show floor, a welcome change from the hands-off demos the company ran at E3 this year. Also a welcome surprise, the next Nights adventure features a shockingly simple control scheme. The game features no noticeable motion control options at all, using only the analogue stick for directing Nights and the A button for speeding him up. B speeds up Nights. As does C. Maybe even Z, too. It’s not too complicated.
Gameplay is similar to the Saturn game and involves plenty of balletic aerial maneuvers, guiding Nights through a series of rings, picking up scattered bonuses, paralooping around blue orbs, the typical fare one engages in when in a jester suit. The level on hand at TGS started off on foot, with human boy William, but just for a moment. More »
Word has it that NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams isn’t quite ready to wake up. According to NiGHTS fan site, the game is apparently delayed until Q1 2008. This holiday is jammed packed enough, so this delay could work out best for SEGA. The official NiGHTS US page shows the game is still on for this northern autumn, but we’re contacting SEGA to verify this rumour. Delay [NiGHTS into Dreams via Sega Nerds] More »
According to its own box art, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams will have Wi-Fi — whether that means is still anyone’s guess right now. Fingers gently crossed that it’s something like online versus play. Though, I’ve been burned in the past, so I’m not trying to get that excited about NiGHT: Journey of Dreams, which is out this southern Spring. Still, it’s nice to see a Wii game that isn’t preceded by the word “mini.” NiGHTS Box Art [Game|Life] More »
