NiGHTS into Dreams
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NiGHTS into Dreams is a video game developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn. It was built primarily to give the Saturn an exclusive cutting-edge game for which to sell itself, and was the first game to be compatible with the 3D Control Pad (of which it was also bundled with). It went head-to-head with the Nintendo 64's Super Mario 64, filling in for a mostly absent Sonic the Hedgehog. An enhanced port of the game was brought to the PlayStation 2 by Sega Studio China on February 21, 2008, though this was only released in Japan.
NiGHTS into Dreams was one of the flagship products of Sega during the Saturn era, and is considered by many as the greatest Sega Saturn game, if not the greatest Sega game ever released.
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Gameplay
Players take the role of either Claris or Elliot, two children living in the city of Twin Seeds. In their dreams, they enter the world of Nightopia, where all human dreams are played out. An evil creature known as Wizeman is gathering power to take control of Nightopia. The children team up with NiGHTS, a rogue Nightmaren (nightmare-dweller) trying to stop Wizeman.
The goal of each level is to capture 20 blue chips to overload the Ideya Capture and take back the Ideya it holds. After playing through four routes, NiGHTS is transported to meet and defeat another Nightmaren.
Aside from the immediate game mission, there are the complex and involving artificial lifeforms called Nightopians (dream-dwellers) and their genetically modified counterparts, the Mepians. The game featured an evolving music engine based on the happiness or other moods of these creatures.
The unique features of this game centre on NiGHTS' flying sequences. Movement is natural and fluid; multiple moves can be freeformly played and linked and all with such a simple control mechanic. The game came bundled with an analogue joypad, one of the first on any home console.
Sequels
In December 1996, a special one-level Christmas version, Christmas NiGHTS, was given away free with other Sega Saturn products.
A sequel with the working title Air Nights was planned, and in development in December 2000. It supposedly used a tilt sensor in the analogue pad, and development later moved to the Dreamcast for a time. Eventually, the project was discontinued (apparently due to quality issues) and ended up being a mere prototype for the motion-sensing technology that was later used in Sonic Team's Samba de Amigo. Another sequel (for Dreamcast) was discussed, using a motion-sensing wand as a controller, but this was also discontinued. Recently, Yuji Naka said in an interview that he would create a sequel to NiGHTS but it would take a long time to get it right, as he wants the game to be perfect. Eventually a sequel, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, was released for the Nintendo Wii.
There is also a bonus NiGHTS game in the GameCube version of Phantasy Star Online and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg that can be downloaded to the Game Boy Advance. There are also NiGHTS-themed pinball levels in both Sonic Adventure and Sonic Pinball Party.
Saving Data
The Sega Saturn version game makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up as well as the Saturn Backup Memory to save progress. In addition, it saves data for the A-Life system separately due to its large file size.
| Name | Comment | File Size |
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| NIGHTS___## | Score data | 30 |
| NIGHTS___## | A-life | 197 |
Production Credits (Saturn Version)
Executive Producer: Hayao Nakayama
Project Manager: Youji Ishii
Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Naoto Ohshima
Lead Game Designer: Takashi Iizuka
Senior Game Designers: Takeshi Niimura, Yuji Saito
Lead Programmer: Yuji Naka
Senior Programmers: Takahiro Hamano, Takuya Matsumoto
A-Life Programmer: Tetsu Katano
Programmers: Akio Setsumasa, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Atsutomo Nakagawa
NiGHTS Designer: Naoto Ohshima
Character Designer: Kazuyuki Hoshino
World Artists: Takumi Miyake, Shigeru Okada, You Nishiyama, Shinichi Higashi, Ryo Kudou
A-Life Character Designers: Toshiko Okano, Hideaki Moriya, Tohru Watanuki
Artists: Tomonori Dobashi, Namie Manabe, Hiroki Okabara
CG Movie Director: Norihiro Nishiyama
CG Movie Artists: Norihiro Nishiyama, Masahiro Kumono, Hiroshi Nakatani, Motomu Hayashi, Mika Okada, Yumiko Miyabe, Miho Takayanagi, Saori Wada, Nobuhiko Honda
Chief Sound Director: Yukifumi Makino
Compose & Arrange: Naofumi Hataya, Tomoko Sasaki, Fumie Kumatani
Lyrics: Tomoko Sasaki
Translation: Wornell Jones
Sound Effects: Tatsuya Kouzaki, Saori Kobayashi, Fumie Kumatani
Sound Programmer: Atsumu Miyazawa
Recording Director: Tatsutoshi Narita
Recording Engineer: Naoyuki Machida
Musicians
Vocal:Curtis. King, Jr., Dana Culitri, Cameron Earl Strother, Jasmine Ann Allen
Drums: Tadashi Matsumoto
Keyboard: Tadashi Ohtsubo
Bass: Kouhei Okamura
Guitar: Akira Sasaki, Tomoya Koga
Sax,Flute: Junichi Yoshida
Synthesizer Operation: Masafumi Nakao
Arrangers: Hayato Matsuo (Orchestra Arrange), Akira Sasaki ("Dreams Dreams")
Executive Management: Shoichiro Irimajiri, Tom Kalinske, Shinobu Toyoda, Malcolm Miller
Executive Coordination: Daizaburou Sakurai, Makoto Oshitani, Jin Shimazaki, Kouichi Nagata, Noriyoshi Oba, Kou Tanaka
Promotion Management: Ren Mori, Hideki Okamura, Hirokazu Kanno, Takayuki Kawagoe
Public Relations: Hiroto Kikuchi, Tadashi Takezaki, Masatoshi Kawaguchi, Yutaka Sugano
Visual Material Editors: Ikuo Ishizaka, Hidehiro Kumagai, Masato Yoshioka
Peripheral Support: Osamu Kaji, Kenji Tosaki, Atsunori Himoto, Akitoshi Oikawa, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Toshinori Date
Market Research: Seigo Tabira, Tsuyoshi Sawada, Miho Okamura
Manual: Hiroyuki Mitsui, Youichi Takahashi, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Chieko Nakamura
Internet Support: Mutsuhiro Fujii
Overseas Coordination: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Special Thanks: Masanobu Yamamoto, Akira Nishikawa, Akira Funada, Chika Ikegame, Miki Morimoto, Yosuke Okunari, Manabu Kusunoki, Yoshiaki Kashima, Yayoi Wachi, Kentaro Koyama, Sanae Tatsuo, Tohru Mita, Shigenori Araki, Yoshio Inoue, Yuji Sawairi, Haruki Nakayama, Emi Sasaki, Nobuhiko Shimizu
Recording Studio: Cyper Sound
Produced By: Sega
Production Credits (PS2 Version)
Executive Producer: Hajime Satomi, Hisao Oguchi
Creative Producer: Yosuke Okunari
Lead Producer: Hiroyuki Miyazaki
Producers: Makoto Uchida, Juan Chen
Directors: Akira Ogata, Kazuya Takahashi, SguQiao Li
Supervisors: Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Naofumi Hataya, Tetsu Katano
Lead Programmers: Akira Ogata, Ming Lu
Programmers: Chao Lian, Jie Geng, Jun Sun, YuZhong Zhou, Ying Feng, ShengHui Su, Yang Feng, Min Zheng, MinJin Xu
Lead Artists: SiMin Yang, HaoChong Shi
Artists: YongQing Yu, Jun Zhang, JiaNi Liang, HuaJun Liu, ZhiXin Ye, Wenjie Wu, Jie Fang, Zhijun Wu, Zhicheng Deng, Shuo Li, Wei Chen
Sound: YiNing Xu
Lead Tester: Taishan Gu
Support: Ling Chen
Technical Advisers: Tomoaki Takayanagi, Katsunori Kosuge
Technical Support: Takashi Shoji, Akihiro Etori, Atsushi Hirano
Marketing Support: Toshiro Nakayama
Promotion: Minsuru Takahashi, Daisuke Sekine, Takayoshi Ouchi, Nobuaki Okamoto, Akiko Matsuo, Sachi Matsushima, Ikuo Ishizaka
Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Mamoru Kodama, Kenichi Hashimoto, Kensuke Nakamura, Katsumo Baba, Hiromi Seida, Reiko Chiba, Masaya Santo
Web Design: Mutsuhiro Fujii, Akiko Horie
Sales: Akira Nomoto, Toru Yasuda, Tomoaki Ishidao, Takeshi Shimizu, Naoko Ooka, Yoshihito Endo, Teruyuki Awaji, Yasunobu Masahiro, Katsushi Yasuda, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Haruo Imatsu, Katsutoshi Memezawa, Yoshiaki Yamazaki, Akihide Ichimura, Tomohiko Hayashi, Tetsuo Sasaki, Hiroshi Iizuka, Hiroshi Ohta, Koichi Iino, Shunya Oosaki, Seiji Aoyagi, Yoshihiro Enomoto, Teryuki Kaida, Mitsuaki Sugibayashi, Takayuki Murata
Production Control: Tomoki Kaji, Hitoshi Todo
Software Package & Software Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hiroki Osawa, Sonoko Kai
Software Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa, Sunao Murayama, Yuki Takahashi, Takashi Shimogaito
Special Thanks: Yuji Naka, Masahiro Kumono, Hideaki Moriya, Takao Miyoshi, Tomohide Shoji, Akiko Kuroda, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Seiji Hayashi, Seijiro Sannade, Kagasei Shimomura
Original Version Created by: Sonic Team
Created by: Sega Studio China
Presented By: Sega
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Promotional Material
- NiGHTS ad.JPG
External Links
| Games in the NiGHTS into Dreams Series | |
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NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) | Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) |
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NiGHTS into Dreams (1997) |
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Air NiGHTS (Canceled) |
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NiGHTS (2001) |
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NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007) |
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NiGHTS into Dreams (2008) |
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NiGHTS into Dreams (2012) |
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NiGHTS Dream Wheel (2021) |
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| NiGHTS into Dreams related media | |
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NiGHTS Theme Song: Dreams Dreams (1996) | NiGHTS Original Soundtrack (1996) | A NiGHTS Remix: Another Dreams (1997) | NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Game Soundtrack (2008) | NiGHTS: Hoshi Furu Yoru no Monogatari Original Soundtrack (2008) | NiGHTS into Dreams: Perfect Album (2008) | NiGHTS into Dreams (2024) |
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NiGHTS Nice Night Tours (1996) | NiGHTS Kouryaku Guide (1996) | NiGHTS Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1996) | NiGHTS Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Prima's Secrets of the Games: NiGHTS into Dreams: The Official Strategy Guide (1996) | Sega Saturn "NiGHTS" Original Soundtrack (1996) | NiGHTS into Dreams (?) | NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Official Strategy Guide (2007) | NiGHTS: Hoshi Furu Yoru no Monogatari Dream Flight Guide (2007) |
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NiGHTS: Tsubasa ga Nakutemo Sora wa Toberu (1996) |
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Sega Official Video Library Vol. 6: NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) | NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams: Behind the Scenes DVD (2007) |
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