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Mysterious scan
#1
Posted 18 July 2008 - 10:44 PM
It seems to be from a magazine, and there's the "©Sega" at the corner, but I'm still not sure what to think of it. Does anyone know anything about this? Or enough Japanese to translate the blog?
#2
Posted 18 July 2008 - 10:57 PM
#3
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:17 PM
That Reala laugh is amazing.
#4
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:31 PM
It's obviously some kind of design for Reala as the character at the top has Reala's torso design but...what the hell is up with it's head? o.O
I'll get Seiya on this right away, people. Fear not. Translations shall soon come.
--edit--
Right. I've just emailed Seiya. I'll let you guys know the second i hear any news from her.
#5
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:38 PM
..... Hmm... wait... it seems to actually say 'LINER NOTES'. That is odd, but I just wanted to state my theory on what this is a scan of. ^-^;;;
#6
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:47 PM
Whuuuuut??? 0-0;;; ...... Ohwaitaminute!!! You know how TRiPPY's art was featured in a magazine a long while back? This might be one of those magazines, and these are fan-things, because that one of pink NiGHTS (Christmas?) in the upper left corner says 'INER NOTES' (possibly 'WINNER NOTES') in plain English. ^-^
..... Hmm... wait... it seems to actually say 'LINER NOTES'. That is odd, but I just wanted to state my theory on what this is a scan of. ^-^;;;
uur...TRiPPY's art was featured in a magazine? o.O which one? You may be refering to Sonic the Comic but that was fanart that she sent in to be printed in a comic book back in 1997.
This seems much different. The writing at the top seems to say 'Liner Notes', meaning this could very well be from a magazine covering an article on game development or better yet, an art book.
Also, i highly doubt it's JoD. Though, after what we heard about NiGHTS' costumes during the concept stages of JoD's development, this could be just about anything.
#7
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:56 PM
#8
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:57 PM
#9
Posted 19 July 2008 - 12:03 AM
My initial reaction is some sort of knockoff/bootleg...thing.
#10
Posted 19 July 2008 - 01:27 AM
However I think that the blogger is not entirely sure what is up with the image and is curious if anyone knows.
I could be way off the mark though. I only know about 100 kanji or so, the print is small, and my vocabulary is limited! (I've got a million excuses)
#11
Posted 19 July 2008 - 08:09 AM
I'm thinking definately NiD since they wouldn't have to redesign Reala THAT much for JoD since he was already an established character.
We'll let you guys know more and try get a bigger scan/photo to gawp at.
#12
Posted 19 July 2008 - 09:50 AM
#13
Posted 19 July 2008 - 09:54 AM
Though that Laughing Reala thing at the bottom scares me D:
#14
Posted 19 July 2008 - 10:18 AM
I checked out some links from Seiya's blog. It's amazing what you can find just through link-hopping and a bit of patience.Hmm. That is quite odd. How on earth did you come across this rare gem, Josse? XD
I feared as much. The blogger usually posts small pics.[...] the print is small
You too, huh? The Reala-kinda-NiGHTS-hybrid thing above doesn't help much either D:Though that Laughing Reala thing at the bottom scares me D:
#15
Posted 19 July 2008 - 12:26 PM
#16
Posted 19 July 2008 - 05:40 PM
#17
Posted 20 July 2008 - 02:28 AM
But it looks like it's NiD concept art. See Reala's eyes? They don't have the black line make-up on O:
...but srsly, who's that person above Reala? o__o could it be Selph? And that person above Reala and Reala below looks like they combines in the actual finished product. Reala inherited that guy's diamonds on his chest XD
And how old is this?
#18
Posted 20 July 2008 - 10:46 AM
Seiya apparently knows the person who wrote the blog and she's asking her where she got this image from and stuff. The actual blog itself is speaking more about a doujinshi that the owner of the blog is planning on drawing yet they briefly talk about these Reala design concepts.
#19
Posted 20 July 2008 - 12:26 PM
but i dunno
#20
Posted 20 July 2008 - 06:18 PM
Hi DiGi-san and TRiPPY-san.
I got a reply from the owner of that blog.
That picture was put in an old magazine called "SEGA Saturn Magazine".
That was published 12 years ago in only Japan. And people could get it in only the game arcades of SEGA.
That's really rare because that magazine was discontinued already.
She said that magazine has more NiGHTS designs, but they're all strange. Hm, I think so too. lol
I'll ask if she can get better scans/photos and to see the other character designs too! This is awesome!
#21
Posted 20 July 2008 - 07:35 PM
Here's hoping they can do it. This is the closest we've ever come to seeing the original NiD concept work.
#22
Posted 20 July 2008 - 07:58 PM
#23
Posted 20 July 2008 - 08:43 PM
#24
Posted 20 July 2008 - 10:31 PM
#25
Posted 21 July 2008 - 12:14 AM
You're right, that was in this site's What Makes NiD? page. That would be cool to see. There might even be more than just concept art for the Nightmarens, though. Wonder what came up when they were designing Claris and Elliot?Am I wrong in hearing from somewhere that NiGHTS was originally a bird, but the executives/producers/whoever judges the ideas said he needed to be human to be more empathetic? If I am right in my remembering, I'd really really really really love to see BiRD NiGHTS, because I like birds and I like NiGHTS. ^-^
#26
Guest_123_*
Posted 21 July 2008 - 03:26 AM
Edit: oh i forget something : the guy from above has more muscles than that reala from the scan, maybe this guy from above was a reala concept too.
#27
Posted 21 July 2008 - 09:01 AM
Seiya has said those two character designs are of REALA! Not Selph. Enough with the Selph talk. If something comes up on Selph then there will be no doubt in my mind that Seiya will tell us about it. Until then, stop speculating that those images are of Selph because it's officially of Reala during his design stages.
Now back on topic, that top version of Reala's design seems to have some sort of 'ear ring' thing going on. At least that's what it looks like to me. Also, the top design has Reala's eye liner.
#28
Guest_123_*
Posted 21 July 2008 - 01:20 PM
#29
Posted 21 July 2008 - 01:34 PM
That is good work on the pixel art. It looks very neat and tidy.
As for everybody else reading this though - trust me, Selph is not on that page. Though that being said, he may be on another page if there is more where this came from. Who knows what we will find out from this.
#30
Posted 21 July 2008 - 01:47 PM
DiGi needs some Chocolate.
Maybe the thread should be locked?
#31
Posted 21 July 2008 - 01:48 PM
Nah, we'll keep this thread open until i hear anymore news from Seiya. If it's all good and we get more scans then we'll make another thread and delete this topic. Until then i'll keep this one open.
#32
Guest_123_*
Posted 21 July 2008 - 03:36 PM
#33
Posted 21 July 2008 - 03:59 PM
#34
Posted 21 July 2008 - 10:34 PM
This is what I was assuming. Actually, I imagine that Self's design wouldn't be very interesting on it's own, It was probably just NiGHTS with an Inverted/Reversed color scheme. It would just be cool to find out what it was.As for everybody else reading this though - trust me, Selph is not on that page. Though that being said, he may be on another page if there is more where this came from. Who knows what we will find out from this.
#35
Posted 22 July 2008 - 11:30 AM
Also, sorry for the slow developments on this topic. Seiya has not got back to me yet. I believe she's rather busy at the moment so we'll just have to sit tight and wait until then.
#36
Posted 27 July 2008 - 09:03 PM
I looked Liner Notes up on wikipedia, and thats the link. Maybe its from a demo audio disc or a REALLY rare soundtrack album??
#37
Posted 27 July 2008 - 10:36 PM
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liner_notes" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liner_notes</a>
I looked Liner Notes up on wikipedia, and thats the link. Maybe its from a demo audio disc or a REALLY rare soundtrack album??
Or it could just be engrish...
#38
Posted 28 July 2008 - 09:34 AM
.................
... oh god they're not making a NiGHTS cartoon series are they!? O_o
and remember hope is simply an amplifier of disappointment...
#39
Posted 28 July 2008 - 11:31 AM
How many times must i say this? ¬_¬
#40
Posted 28 July 2008 - 12:44 PM
And don't you think if these were more recent, they'd look a bit... I don't know... snazzier? Especially those bright white highlights on the hat and stuff?
Unless someone went out and purposefully faked these, I sincerely doubt they're any younger than the design sketches of NiGHTS as we see him in NiD.
EDIT: Apologies to Yuji if that sounded insulting; I don't think it's bad art, it's just... er... um... *headdesk* I'm sorry... ;-;
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