NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

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NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
System(s): Wii
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Peripherals supported: Nunchuk, Classic Controller, Nintendo GameCube Controller
Genre: 3D Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • 日本語
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Italiano
  • Español
  • Release Date RRP Code
    Nintendo Wii
    JP
    ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)[8] RVL-P-R7EJ
    RVL-R7EJ-JPN
    CERO: A
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    US
    RVL-P-R7EE
    RVL-R7EE-USA
    ESRB: Everyone
    Nintendo Wii
    BX
    RVL-P-R7EP
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    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    DE
    RVL-P-R7EP
    RVL-R7EP-NOE
    USK: 6
    Nintendo Wii
    ES
    RVL-P-R7EP
    RVL-R7EP-ESP
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    FR
    RVL-P-R7EP
    RVL-R7EP-FRA
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    UK
    RVL-P-R7EP
    RVL-R7EP-UKV
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    IT
    RVL-P-R7EP
    RVL-R7EP-ITA
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    AU
    RVL-P-R7EP
    RVL-R7EP-AUS
    OFLC: General (G)
    Nintendo Wii
    CA
    RVL-P-R7EE
    ESRB: Everyone

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    NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, known as NiGHTS: Hoshi Furu Yoru no Monogatari (NiGHTS ~星降る夜の物語~) in Japan, is a video game developed by Sonic Team as a sequel to NiGHTS into Dreams. It was released for the Wii in 2007.

    Journey of Dreams is notorious for changing many of the rules put forward in the original NiGHTS - all characters can speak and NiGHTS is revealed to be a male. There are also no references to the events of NiGHTS into Dreams.

    Story

    Like the original, the game is set in the dream world of Nightopia, which is under threat from nightmare beings called Nightmaren, and the gameplay is based around the flight of a jester-like rebel Nightmaren named NiGHTS. Players assume the role of either William Taylor or Helen Cartwright, two children living in the London-esque city of Bellbridge. Will is an excellent soccer player but is anti-social when not around his father. When his father leaves town on a business trip, he becomes lonely and begins having nightmares. Helen and her mother are violinists. Helen frequently skips practicing with her mother to hang out with friends, and her guilt surfaces in her nightmares.

    Gameplay

    Whereas NiGHTS into Dreams had the same goal in each level, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams has five missions per level, three of which are common between worlds. The purple F ranking has been removed, leaving ranks to be distributed as in Sonic Adventure 2 (ranging from a blue E up to a pink A). Levels typically start with the player in some sort of valley, restricting exploration until dualizing with NiGHTS to fly out. Three missions are common between six of the seven levels.

    There is an option to play the game with motion controls, something that originally experimented with during the Air NiGHTS project.

    Chase missions

    Every level begins with a Chase Mission; this mission most closely replicates the play style of the prequel. Reala imprisons NiGHTS, at which point the player must enter the prison and dualize. The player is given 180 seconds to chase down a Nightmaren known as a Goodle, which holds the key to said prison. Additional time and points can be earned by creating Links of scoring objects—unlike the prequel, the player always has one second to link a new object rather than a time limit that gets more stringent as the link grows.

    Three prisons are present in each level, making for three courses (as opposed to four in the prequel), each with a fresh 180 second time limit. Blue chips no longer respawn, and prisons are designed so that they cannot be avoided after grabbing the key, making time bonuses a larger factor than in the original game. As in the prequel, failing to return the key in time results in NiGHTS being forced back into a prison; however, this now results in an immediate Night Over. Finishing all three courses leads to a fight with a boss Nightmaren (also with a 180 second time limit), and finishing the boss clears the mission.

    Link challenges

    Link challenges involve NiGHTS chasing a flying creature called Octopaw. The creature flies in a set circuit around the level, and produces rings and ink as it flies. The player has five tries to create the longest link possible. An A rank is awarded if the highest of the five links is above 100, and the mission immediately ends if a link reaches 999.

    vs. Boss

    The fifth and final mission of each level is a second boss fight. The player has 300 seconds to defeat a harder version of the boss from the Chase Mission.

    History

    Development

    The original NiGHTS was produced by Yuji Naka, who, while in charge of Sonic Team, expressed little interest in creating a sequel, despite being regularly asked. In 2010 Naka revealed that he had strengthened his position, viewing NiGHTS similarly to Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, in that it it would be wrong to make sequels[9][10]. He also clarified that the creatures in the dream world have no gender[9].

    Takashi Iizuka had no such reservations, and as early as 2004 was suggesting that sequels to NiGHTS could happen[11]. Journey of Dreams would be produced Iizuka and developed by the same team which worked on Shadow the Hedgehog.

    Versions

    Localised names

    Also known as
    Language Localised Name English Translation
    English NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
    English (US) NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
    Japanese NiGHTS ~星降る夜の物語~ NiGHTS: Story of a Star-Falling Night

    Production credits

    Main article: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams/Production credits.

    Magazine articles

    Main article: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

    Artwork

    Physical scans

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    Publication Version Score
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    72
    [12]
    Ents Extra (UK)
    70
    [13]
    Hyper (AU) PAL
    80
    [14]
    Nintendo Wii
    74
    Based on
    3 reviews

    NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

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    Technical information

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Nintendo Wii
    CRC32 35af615a
    MD5 1dd7d7a20586c4714465ff7a7e46ffbe
    SHA-1 6b977534de79d3c9b14663f327d047738db1d8bb
    4,699,979,776 Disc (US)
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    Nintendo Wii
     ?
    CRC32 f78d3919
    MD5 d5c98b6a92de4dc5127c3a57ce6a5063
    SHA-1 629e8adce3818ef9defbc14639001e67af2b8e98
    4,699,979,776 Disc (JP)
    Nintendo Wii
     ?
    CRC32 399fbc0b
    MD5 411f2e5779f0b277719cff063c64fc70
    SHA-1 5bb2078a755113ef48b05a1c87a80cad2ce5b86f
    4,707,319,808 2007-09-13 RVT-R[15] Page
    Nintendo Wii
     ?
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    MD5 e45792ad4b14e38148c0fb4028074cd0
    SHA-1 9b660bcff36c2dc6cb89eb441d058d92406ad638
    4,707,319,808 2007-11-07 RVT-R[16] Page

    External links

    References


    NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

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    Main page | Credits | Magazine articles | Video coverage | Reception


    Books: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Official Strategy Guide (2007) | NiGHTS: Hoshi Furu Yoru no Monogatari Dream Flight Guide (2007)
    Music: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Game Soundtrack (2008) | NiGHTS: Hoshi Furu Yoru no Monogatari Original Soundtrack (2008)
    Videos: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams: Behind the Scenes DVD (2007)
    Nintendo Wii
    Prototypes: 2007-09-13 | 11-07



    Games in the NiGHTS into Dreams Series
    Sega Saturn
    NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) | Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (1996)
    LCD handheld game
    NiGHTS into Dreams (1997)
    Sega Dreamcast
    Air NiGHTS (Canceled)
    i-mode 503i
    NiGHTS (2001)
    Nintendo Wii
    NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007)
    Sony PlayStation 2
    NiGHTS into Dreams (2008)
    Windows PC
    Xbox Live Arcade
    PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network
    NiGHTS into Dreams (2012)
    Arcade
    NiGHTS Dream Wheel (2021)
    Sampler Discs
    Sega Saturn
    NiGHTS into Dreams Sampler (1996)
    NiGHTS into Dreams related media
    Music
    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)
    Book
    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)
    Book
    NiGHTS: Tsubasa ga Nakutemo Sora wa Toberu (1996)
    Film
    Sega Official Video Library Vol. 6: NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) | NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams: Behind the Scenes DVD (2007)