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NiGHTS
NiGHTS character
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NiGHTS in Nights: Journey of Dreams
First gameNights into Dreams (1996)
Created by
Voiced byEnglish

Elara Distler (Sonic Shuffle)
Julissa Aguirre (2007-present)
Japanese

Ikue Ōtani (Sonic Shuffle)
In-universe information
SpeciesNightmaren
GenderAsexual

NiGHTS is the titular character and main protagonist of Nights into Dreams and Nights: Journey of Dreams, developed and published by Sega. Nights is a "Nightmaren" who resides in Nightopia, a dream world where the dreams of all human beings are acted out every night.

Creation and conception

Naoto Ohshima was the original Nights creator and designer, while Kazuyuki Hoshino was the character designer for the video game Nights into Dreams.[1] The character design incorporated Japanese, European, and American stylistics in order to give Nights as universal an appeal as possible.[2] In the context of the games, Nights is a part of every human's subconscious, and so was purposely designed to be neither male nor female.[2] By the time of the sequel, Nights: Journey of Dreams, Ohshima had left Sega, and Kazuyuki Hoshino was placed in charge of character design for the game.[3] Takashi Iizuka, the lead game designer, felt that, with Hoshino, they captured the style used for the character in the original game.[4]

Nights' personality is described by Iizuka as "a mirror of the child's personality."[5] Nights' speaking role in Journey of Dreams was performed by Julissa Aguirre, who gave the character a British-English accent to suit the style of the game. In addition, Nights was made genderless, leaving the impression of the character "totally up to the player", according to Iizuka.[6]

Characteristics

Nights wears a purple jester-style hat and outfit, with a diamond-shaped, red jewel on the chest. Their personality is described as free-spirited and rebellious. The storybook NiGHTS: Flying Through the Sky Without Wings depicted NiGHTS as rude and impatient. In NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, the character was similarly portrayed with a childlike and mischievous, yet friendly personality.

Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima explained that the character is "not a hero from the good dreams, but a hero from the nightmares. In other words, there's just a little bit of a scary element to them. They are cute but frightening. NiGHTS has a dual male/female character image. With that image in mind we then bring in the circus like element. The nightmare world is similar to the circus. In the darkness a single spot-light shines, creating the vividly coloured stage. This kind of element is included inside the nightmare's darkness to show the beauty of the place. So with the NiGHTS' character and the Nightmarens all gathered together it gives the impression of a circus group. Although NiGHTS looks a little like a jester, when you find them in your dreams wonderful things happen and a new hope is born within."[2]

Appearances

Nights first appeared in the video game Nights into Dreams and the game special version Christmas Nights for the Sega Saturn. The second game in the series, Nights: Journey of Dreams for the Wii. Takashi Iizuka reported that he is very interested in making Nights 3, but it is the management's decision whether or not to proceed.[7]

Nights has appeared in many other games outside the series, including appearing as a cameo in games such as the Sonic the Hedgehog seires, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg and Sega All-Stars series.[8] Nights also appears as playable alongside Reala in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.[9]

Reception

Nights was a runner-up for Electronic Gaming Monthly's Coolest Mascot of 1996.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Game Credits for NiGHTS into Dreams". MobyGames. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Pillow Talk: An Interview with Team Sonic". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 11. Emap International Limited. September 1996. pp. 38–41.
  3. ^ NGamer staff (2007-04-20). "NGamer exclusive - NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams interview". NGamer. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  4. ^ James Mielke (2007-11-08). "NiGHTS Journey of Dreams Takashi Iizuka interview from 1UP.com". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  5. ^ Justin Towell (2007-11-27). "Nights team prefer Gamecube pad to Wii-mote". GamesRadar UK. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  6. ^ Mike Taylor (2007-12-05). "Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks Nights". nintendolife.com. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  7. ^ "Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka wants to make NiGHTS 3, Knuckles Chaotix 2". GamesTM. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "NiGHTS Is In ASR". sonicstadium.org. January 28, 2010.
  9. ^ Phillips, Tom (7 July 2012). "NiGHTS playable in Sonic & Sega All Stars: Racing Transformed". Eurogamer.net.
  10. ^ "The Best of '96" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 92. Ziff Davis. March 1997. p. 90.
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