UPDATE - NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams - Due Christmas
Wii Remote functionality detailed inside
Sega Japan has finally made its first ‘official’ announcement on NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. This comes after building NiGHTS hype and fanboy over-excitement that has emerged following a number of western magazine teases about the title over the last week.
(UPDATE: Official Sega of America website now up at Sega.com).
According to Japan’s Famitsu, Sonic Team USA will have NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams ready for a Wii release this winter. We can only hope and pray that Sega Europe is planning to have the game ready for a Christmas release over here.
SPOnG will be bringing you this news in the VERY near future. Stay tuned.
The new Famitsu piece focuses the Wii Remote functionality of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, which enables players to glide, drift, ascend, and loop-the-loop.
Takashi Izuka of Sonic Team USA is Producer of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, telling Famitsu:
"In 1996, we created the NiGHTS character to achieve a concept of 'being refreshed from being able to fly in the sky'. 11 years later, at last, we have broken our silence. NiGHTS will now fly in a new dream world: new stages, new story, and on the new Wii platform. Please look forward to NiGHTS and friends exploring this brand new adventure."
Sega plan to include a two-player mode with online functionality, although exactly how that is going to work is still to be detailed. Here's the full Sega press release just in:
SEGA Announces NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams For The Wii
Take Flight in an Adventure Through a Magical World of Dreams Exclusively for the Wii
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (April 2, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams™, the long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed NiGHTS franchise that gave gamers the freedom to fly in a world of dreams and imagination. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is being developed for Nintendo’s Wii™ video game console and is scheduled to be released in Fall 2007.
“We plan to deliver a gameplay experience never before seen on the Wii with NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams,” said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. “The game takes full advantage of the unique Wii Remote controller enabling gamers to guide NiGHTS through spectacularly designed dream worlds intertwined with a story about hope and courage.”
As a fantasy jester called NiGHTS, players will fly through Nightopia, a rich and vibrant world where dreams come to life. With the innovative Wii Remote, gamers will experience a heightened sense of gliding, spiraling, and looping through seven mystical dream worlds packed with high-flying adventure. Players must find inventive ways to confront the “Nightmarens” from the neighboring dark world of Nightmare using amazing acrobatic skills, freedom of flight, and other special abilities to protect Nightopia. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is an adventure filled with courage, hope and inspiration that the whole family will enjoy this holiday season.
(UPDATE: Official Sega of America website now up at Sega.com).
According to Japan’s Famitsu, Sonic Team USA will have NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams ready for a Wii release this winter. We can only hope and pray that Sega Europe is planning to have the game ready for a Christmas release over here.
SPOnG will be bringing you this news in the VERY near future. Stay tuned.
The new Famitsu piece focuses the Wii Remote functionality of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, which enables players to glide, drift, ascend, and loop-the-loop.
Takashi Izuka of Sonic Team USA is Producer of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, telling Famitsu:
"In 1996, we created the NiGHTS character to achieve a concept of 'being refreshed from being able to fly in the sky'. 11 years later, at last, we have broken our silence. NiGHTS will now fly in a new dream world: new stages, new story, and on the new Wii platform. Please look forward to NiGHTS and friends exploring this brand new adventure."
Sega plan to include a two-player mode with online functionality, although exactly how that is going to work is still to be detailed. Here's the full Sega press release just in:
SEGA Announces NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams For The Wii
Take Flight in an Adventure Through a Magical World of Dreams Exclusively for the Wii
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (April 2, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams™, the long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed NiGHTS franchise that gave gamers the freedom to fly in a world of dreams and imagination. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is being developed for Nintendo’s Wii™ video game console and is scheduled to be released in Fall 2007.
“We plan to deliver a gameplay experience never before seen on the Wii with NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams,” said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. “The game takes full advantage of the unique Wii Remote controller enabling gamers to guide NiGHTS through spectacularly designed dream worlds intertwined with a story about hope and courage.”
As a fantasy jester called NiGHTS, players will fly through Nightopia, a rich and vibrant world where dreams come to life. With the innovative Wii Remote, gamers will experience a heightened sense of gliding, spiraling, and looping through seven mystical dream worlds packed with high-flying adventure. Players must find inventive ways to confront the “Nightmarens” from the neighboring dark world of Nightmare using amazing acrobatic skills, freedom of flight, and other special abilities to protect Nightopia. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is an adventure filled with courage, hope and inspiration that the whole family will enjoy this holiday season.
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Dreadknux 2 Apr 2007 11:18
1/2
Takashi Iizuka? Uh-oh, spaghetti-os.
I can't wait to see NiGHTS with a 9mm popping caps in Nightmaren's multi-coloured asses. In the new Dream Ghetto stage.
Will NiGHTS be a hero or villain? You decide.
I can't wait to see NiGHTS with a 9mm popping caps in Nightmaren's multi-coloured asses. In the new Dream Ghetto stage.
Will NiGHTS be a hero or villain? You decide.
Joji 2 Apr 2007 19:27
2/2
Glad to see this wasn't an April Fools joke. I read an interview translated from japanese with Takashi saying more about Nights, that's when I figured its real.
Should be a nice addition to the Wii library. Nights online too...now I'm really curious.
Should be a nice addition to the Wii library. Nights online too...now I'm really curious.