Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams

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Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Genre: 3D Platform
Number of players: 1
ESRB Sega

Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams is a one level stand-alone "expansion pack" of NiGHTS into Dreams that was released in December 1996 for the Sega Saturn.

Christmas NiGHTS was not sold in the same way as most Sega Saturn games. In Japan, it was part of a Christmas-themed Sega Saturn console bundle. In North America it was given away with the purchase of select Saturn games such as Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition before being bundled with an issue of Sega Saturn Magazine. The discs given away on the front cover of Sega Saturn Magazine were missing the card slip case in which to hold the disc, instead being supplied with a transparent plastic sleeve to cut costs. The game was also available for rent at Blockbuster Video locations in America. In the UK, Christmas NiGHTS was not included with the official Sega Saturn Magazine until December 1997.

Gameplay

Christmas NiGHTS is a demo of the NiGHTS into Dreams's Spring Valley level, but with Christmas-themed graphics, music, and other features. Unlike the original, it is now playable as Elliot as well as Claris, although with Elliot is is a mirror-image version of the stage. Like NiGHTS, the game uses the Saturn's internal date clock to change elements of the game according to the season, adjusting it for Christmas and New Year periods with different graphics and music. There are several other unlockable extras, allowing the player to experiment with the game's music mixer or its A-Life system, or even to play the demo as Sega's mascot Sonic the Hedgehog.

When using Sonic the loading screen changes to display "Sonic the Hedgehog into dreams". While playing as Sonic, the player is restricting to traveling on foot, thus exploration is somewhat limited. The levels original Puffy boss is replaced with a inflatable balloon version of Dr. Eggman. The music is a mash-up of both Puffy's original theme "She Had Long Ears" and "Final Fever", the final boss battle music from the Japanese version of Sonic CD.

Saving Data

The game makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up as well as the Saturn Backup Memory cartridge to save progress and unlockable content. In addition, you can link save data of Christmas NiGHTS with the retail version of NiGHTS into Dreams and see in-depth information of save data from the retail version.

Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams Save Data

Name	Comment	File Size
NIGHTS_XMAS	NiGHTS dat	55

NiGHTS into Dreams Save Data

Name	Comment	File Size
NIGHTS___##	Score data	30
NIGHTS___##	A-life	197

Production Credits

• Executive Producer: Hayao Nakayama
  
• Executive Management: Shoichiro Irimajiri, Shinobu Toyoda, Malcolm Miller
  
• Producer: Yuji Naka
  
• Director: Naoto Ohshima
  
• Project Manager: Youji Ishii
  
• Game Designers: Takao Miyoshi, Takashi Iizuka
  
• Programmers: Takuya Matsumoto, Akio Setsumasa, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tetsu Katano, Takahiro Hamano, Yuji Naka
  
• Visual Designers: Naoto Ohshima, Hideaki Moriya, Tohru Watanuki, Toshiko Okano, Tomonori Dobashi, Osamu Ogata, You Nishiyama, Kazuyuki Hoshino
  
• Sound Director: Yukifumi Makino
  
• Compose and Arrange: Naofumi Hataya, Tomoko Sasaki
  
• Sound Effects: Tatsuya Kousaki
  
• Recording Director: Tatsutoshi Narita
  
• Narrator: Lisa Hart
  

• DREAMS DREAMS A Cappella Version
  
  • Coordinated By: COMPOZLA.Inc.Tokyo
    
  • Sound Producer: Atsushi "Sushi" Kosugi
    
  • Co-Sound Producer: Makoto Suzuki (COMPOZLA.Inc.Tokyo)
    
  • Chorus Arrangement: Marlon D. Saunders
    
  • Singers: Marlon D. Saunders, Gabriel Morris, Issa Clemon
    
  • Recording Engineer: Alec Head
    
  • Mixing Engineer: Justin Luctor
    

• Executive Coordination: Daizaburou Sakurai, Makoto Oshitani, Jin Shimazaki
  
• Promotion Management: Ren Mori, Hideki Okamura, Hirokazu Kanno, Takayuki Kawagoe, Kuninhisa Ueno
  
• Public Relations: Hiroto Kikuchi, Tadashi Takezaki, Masatoshi Kawaguchi, Yutaka Sugano
  
• Visual Material Editors: Masato Yoshioka, Yuji Sawairi, Ikuo Ishizaka
  
• 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: Akira Nishikawa, Akira Funada, Chika Ikegame, Miki Morimoto, Yosuke Okunari, Haruki Nakayama, Emi Sasaki, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kazuhiko Hattori, Hideki Yokaichiya
  
• Recording Studio: Cyper Sound, SEGA DIGITAL STUDIO
  
• Produced By: Sega

Physical Scans

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  US front cover

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  EU front cover

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  EU disc

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  JP front cover

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  JP back cover

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  JP disc

Promotional Material

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  JP flyer