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[TRiPPY]

swiped from the sega FTP just a few mins ago for their E3 stuff.

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreamsâ„¢

Platform: Nintendo Wiiâ„¢
Category: Action Adventure
Developer: SEGA
Release: Fall 2007
ESRB Rating: Rating Pending

Overview:
As a fantasy jester called NiGHTS, players will fly through Nightopia, a rich and vibrant world where dreams come to life. With the innovative Wii Remote, gamers will experience a heightened sense of gliding, spiraling, and looping through a variety of mystical dream worlds packed with high-flying adventure. Players must find inventive ways to confront the “Nightmarens” from the neighboring dark world of Nightmare using amazing acrobatic skills, freedom of flight, and other special abilities to protect Nightopia. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is an adventure filled with courage, hope and inspiration that the whole family will enjoy this holiday season.

Key Features:
NiGHTS is the most unique flight action game on the Nintendo Wii giving the player the ability to navigate the fantastical world using aerial acrobatic skills and shape-shifting abilities to overcome obstacles and clear missions that will ultimately save Nightopia from the Nightmarens.

Utilizing the Wii controller, players will be able to physically maneuver NiGHTS’ every movement as he glides, weaves, dives, spirals, loops, and blasts in the air.

The world of NiGHTS, Nightopia is very unique in itself, featuring seven amazing environments filled with mystical creatures and terrible nightmarish monsters.

Play as either Will or Helen and unlock a different experience as each character takes on a different journey

Rich storyline that inspires gamers by presenting challenges of inner strength and courage.


I'm downloading new (i hope) stuff right now, i'll update as it comes in.


edit- nothing new gone up yet, all stuff we've seen already. I'll keep checking over the course of e3.

[Sairus]

Flush like this is starting to annoy me... they're still not saying how we're supposed to use the damn remote! XD

[TRiPPY]

Yeah, when us two first seen the video we were holding the wiimote trying to figure out what way it'll be held. I hope its not like Satsr. God i hate that games controls.

[Sairus]

heh, I'll admit I was doing that too... XD Best I can figure is that it used the nunchuck and remote. You use the remote like a wand to aim NiGHTS up and down while the analog stick decides which direction you're going... either that or it's played with just a remote where up and down point NiGHTS and holding the remote closer and further away from the TV decide direction... or A or B for forward and back... too much time on me hands~ XD
Time'll tell though... I've only really used horizontal controls in Excite Trucks as I've barely played Sonic, so I can't judge... I don't feel they're very compatible though.

EDIT: ...my apologies for dragging this into controler discussion territory.

[NNR07]

@Sairus.: That's how I'm thinking it'll be played :3.

Hmm... interesting 8D! Looks like Helen and Will each have their own stories, with the other acting as a 'supporting character'. Kinda like the different sides and stories in SA1 and SA2?

I'm guessing, when both stories are done, there'll be final story mode (Like 'Supersonic' and 'Last' in SA1 and SA2), where both team up? Meh....

[NiGHTSfan]

Well, if it's playable on the show floor, all we have to do is wait for IGN, Gamespot, or someone else to put up a story on how it's played.

Hey, this is off topic, but did anyone else notice that Tomoko Sasaki is doing some music for Super Smash Bros. Brawl? The only game listed in his resume is NiGHTS. Maybe NiGHTS could appear in Brawl as an Assist Trophy or something?

[NNR07]

Hey, this is off topic, but did anyone else notice that Tomoko Sasaki is doing some music for Super Smash Bros. Brawl? The only game listed in his resume is NiGHTS. Maybe NiGHTS could appear in Brawl as an Assist Trophy or something?

I think I heard about that a little while ago :3.

[Louis]

As for controls, I'm thinking NiGHTS is/follows the pointer.

[NiGHTSfan]

I hope not. If the emphasis is on feeling like you are immersed in the flight aspect, (Which the Trailer seems to confirm) I don't think that pointing at the screen is very immersive. All we can do is wait. I'm pretty sure something will show up on G4/Gamespot/IGN.

[CronoMST]

Oh, I think we all know perfectly well how it will control.
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"With a wave... *woosh* ... of your hand!"

[shadow1111111]

Oh, I think we all know perfectly well how it will control.
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"With a wave... *woosh* ... of your hand!"

lol! LOOK AT MY SIG!

[Sairus]

As for controls, I'm thinking NiGHTS is/follows the pointer.

For the directly behind parts I'd agree. They'll play something like the twilight vultures section from Zelda... but for the regular game I don't think that'd be plausable. If it was just point and follow it'd be impossible to do paraloops for instance, or at least impossible to do them as demonstrated in the trailer.

Also, Crono, my thanks. Sai is much amused! XD

[NNR07]

[quote name='CronoMST' post='9737' date='Jul 11 2007, 07:01 PM']Oh, I think we all know perfectly well how it will control.
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"With a wave... *woosh* ... of your hand!"[/quote]

XDDD

[quote]As for controls, I'm thinking NiGHTS is/follows the pointer.[/quote

That as well (I'm mixed between yours and Sai's ideas ).

[-bret-]

As for controls, I'm thinking NiGHTS is/follows the pointer.

I'm hoping it's more than that. Unless the wii mote isn't too sensitive to the angle that you're pointing, I don't really see how anyone could perform paraloops. The camera isn't directly behind NiGHTS for what seems to be most of the time, and you'd constantly have to be pointing right if I understand what you mean by pointer.

EDIT:

For the directly behind parts I'd agree. They'll play something like the twilight vultures section from Zelda... but for the regular game I don't think that'd be plausable. If it was just point and follow it'd be impossible to do paraloops for instance, or at least impossible to do them as demonstrated in the trailer.

Goddammit you beat me to it. You people reply too fast XD

[Louis]

The whole pointer thing was done to a similar effect in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, in the credits you had a monkey who'd knd of follow the pointer, but it was more like it was flying, it also left behind a trail of stars.

Seriously, finish a world in that game and play the credits, the scheme would work for NiGHTS. It would work very well indeed.

[Tangocat777]

The whole pointer thing was done to a similar effect in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, in the credits you had a monkey who'd knd of follow the pointer, but it was more like it was flying, it also left behind a trail of stars.

Seriously, finish a world in that game and play the credits, the scheme would work for NiGHTS. It would work very well indeed.

You really think so? (I wouldn't know, I don't have Bannana Blitz) How would NiGHTS know when to scroll across the mare? Besides, the camera focuses on NiGHTS in the trailor. 'Tis a conundrum indeed.

[-bret-]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but the game is on rails. If banana blitz was a free roaming three demensional flight simulation than it couldn't work the same way for NiGHTS. You'd pretty much just be pointing to the right at varying angles.

[Louis]

The Banana Blitz credits were a 2D plain, where you could navigate a NiGHTSish flying monkey ball around things, apply that to a NiGHTS style level and you're on to a winner.

[Sairus]

Goddammit you beat me to it. You people reply too fast XD

I'm just that good! XD

[shadow1111111]

The Banana Blitz credits were a 2D plain, where you could navigate a NiGHTSish flying monkey ball around things, apply that to a NiGHTS style level and you're on to a winner.

That could work IF you used the nunchuck or the D-pad for left and right movement, because with this interface, the game would otherwise have to automatically scroll to move!

[Rick Hunter]

one thing I might point out from watching the gameplay vid, the motion is too jaggy to be motion controlled... that's obviously being done with an analog stick. but then again they did promise to have 2 control schemes, so the motion control is still up in the air.

[KiloTango]

It wouldn't HAVE to autoscroll to use following the pointer as the navigation. It could be done that NiGHTS moves faster the further away from him the pointer is. If you pointed right at him he'd stop or hardly move at all, if it was a little to the right he'd move right at a slower speed and if it was all the way to the right he'd go as fast as he could.

Almost like an analogue stick, in fact, just using the position on the screen.