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[Jof]

The site is back : D.
4 days before I go on holiday for 2 weeks ;P. Ah well, better than nothing eh ?

Anywho, to get this toping rolling, there was 2 or 3 things worth noting that happened when the site dissapeared.

NiGHTS JoD Boxart



This was revealed over at SEGA Nerds http://www.seganerds.com/2007/07/28/possib...dreams-box-art/

IGN put up large screenshots of the CGI movies and Ideya Palace

And the last thing I noted, was again over at Seag Nerds. They said a SEGA representative at E3 told them this :

Helen and Will are the two new personalities replacing Eliot and Claris as the humans that transform into the acrobatic NiGHTS, but their role isn’t quite the same as Eliot and Claris’ was. According to a Sega representative, players can control Helen and Will in 3D platforming levels later on in the game, and once players collect blue balls when flying around as NiGHTS, they can use those as projectiles when playing as Helen and Will.

http://www.seganerds.com/2007/07/14/actual...rney-of-dreams/

Thoughts ?

Also, this would be a fitting topic if anyone else found anything worth noting while the site was down : )

[gsk]

new pics?

[Jof]

Oh yeah. Over at the Sega FTP they have huuuuge hi-res art of Will and Helen, as well as press biographies for each.

[TRiPPY]

Thanks guys, i'll work on updating with all this today :3 Keep it coming via the forums and email.

[viperxmns]

I'm so glad the forums are back, I knew I'd be missing news without it

Love the new intro pic, TRiP

*response to box-art*= "Wow!"

[AYRiES]

I just have to say, that box art is utterly gorgeous. Just... *_* LOVE. I want SEGA to release a hi-res, textless version so much XD

[Curiosity Inc.]

The box art is very nice. Quite lovely.

I'm disappointed to hear about the platforming thing, but look closely at how it was worded: "According to a Sega representative, players can control Helen and Will in 3D platforming levels later on in the game..." Later on in the game. How much later, I wonder? Does "later" mean "after the first level," or could it mean "the last level"? I wouldn't be surprised at all if H&W went solo at game's end, a la Twin Seeds. Maybe this is part of that.

My primary worry about the platforming is the camera. The success of 3-D platforming depends almost entirely on how the camera controls and behaves.

Oh, and the graphics look about 3 times better than NiD. I know that's a given, but it needs to be said.

[Purgatory]

NiGHTS has down syndome on that cover.

[Gun6]

NiGHTS has down syndome on that cover.

Box art = shiiiiinyyyy.... X_X

Quick! Something not so shiny and down syndrome-y!

[Tangocat777]

All right. The site is back up. Possibly the best birthday gift I received, although Trauma Center:Second Opinion is pretty tight as well. Boxart=awesome they're making good use of their dev. time.
I suppose it should be a good thing that Helen and William are not so feeble while walking around.

[iLLViLLAiN]

NiGHTS has down syndome on that cover.

lol your post always amuse me

but anyways it's really good to be back. Everytime I saw that CULTNET screen I got a little sad inside. Glad to see the boxart looks pretty cool. Yeah it's shiny but I kinda like it that way.

It's surpising to hear about the platform part seeing as how it's a NiGHTS game and everything but hopefully it won't annoy us by popping up to much. Hell the trailer says "What if you could fly" or something like that so it'd kinda contradict a lot if running and shooting a "buster cannon beam" are one of the main focuses.

Box art = shiiiiinyyyy.... X_X

Quick! Something not so shiny and down syndrome-y!

ooooooooooooooh lollipops

[NNR07]

Box art = shiiiiinyyyy.... X_X

Quick! Something not so shiny and down syndrome-y!

OMG... that is so cute XD 8D!

And... SWEET 8D! I lovies the box-art :3!

[ayamemaiden]

I approve of that cover.
Very gorgeous!

[Kori]

MUCH LESS-THAN-THREE-NESS for the boxart. *twirls with glee!*

As for Helen and Billy (gigglesnort) tossing blue chips? Well, I like Curiosity's ideya of it being a part of the last level. And heck, if there's anything easier to fight off alarm eggs besides jumping at them and praying for luck, how can I say no?? XD

[TRiPPY]

If that bloody clock is back i will shoot myself.


I figured out why i'm not keenbeans on the cover art Purg, it's not the eyes, his smile is too far up the side of his face, its like almost trying to ESCAPE FROM HIS HEAD.

That is all.

And his thumb is trying to escape too.

Lollers.

[Tangocat777]

Personally, I think the idea of NiGHTS collecting blue chips and then later having the kids use them as projectiles is weird. Usually, in the original Saturn game, the blue chips are used to earn points and use them to obtain these crystal colored orbs after collecting a necessary number of the blue chips in order to release them from a cage as far as I could remember.

They never tell us what we throw them at. or all we know, there may be ideya somewhere NiGHTS can't get to. I can't imagine where that would be, though.

[DiGi Valentine]

Yeh, the boxart looks shiny...i just think his eyes look a little 'off', to me. And maybe the leg that is bending looks a little weird. And that thumb. Lol. The backdrop is nice though. XD

The person who draws that 3D art of NiGHTS either makes him look absolutly gorgeous or slightly ill, lol. XD That image of him in the Swedish magazine is AMAZING. I kinda wished they had used that, perhaps.

[Tangocat777]

Well, still Rating Pending. What are the odds of this game being rated "A"? Oh, and for y'all in Europe that would be the equivalent of 18+.

[DiGi Valentine]

Lol. Um, "none"? XD Considering that SEGA have done this game because they're now 'down with the kids, yo' it's most probably going to be a PG at the most. I dunno what 'PG' is over in the US. XD;;

Speaking of which, the profiles that SEGA have released on Will and Helen. 'Soccer'. They're calling it 'Soccer'. Bloody outrage.

[Tangocat777]

Lol. Um, "none"? XD Considering that SEGA have done this game because they're now 'down with the kids, yo' it's most probably going to be a PG at the most. I dunno what 'PG' is over in the US. XD;;

Speaking of which, the profiles that SEGA have released on Will and Helen. 'Soccer'. They're calling it 'Soccer'. Bloody outrage.

Here, PG and G go under the same roof as "E" for everyone, becuase apparently nobody needs Parental Guidance. XD
Yeah, about that soccer. I suppose this means that the game's being made by Sonic Team USA. They made SA2, so no complaints here, so long as NiGHTS doesn't advertise for Soap shoes. XD

[Q-Lok]

Actually, ESRB ratings go: E (everyone), K-A (kids to adults -- not really sure what the difference is here), E10+ (everyone ages 10 and up), T (teen), M (mature).

If that bloody clock is back i will shoot myself.

THANK YOU! That direly needed to be said. Direly, I tell you, direly!

[Purgatory]

You're right, the mouth is funky too, TRiP! And DiGi, his leg is bent SO much, that it actually looks like someone is holding it up like that, pushing it back. Now lets put that boxart horizontal and please the fangirls by scribling Reala on top of that thang, holding up his leg. And add a bed underneath. That's good for the kiddies!

On the hand furthest from us, it looks like his pinky is broken. (Its probably just a mark on the moon, not a finger. XD ) Like Amiboshi did to himself in Fushigi Yuugi, while he played his flute so he wouldn't go under mind countrol. Yyyeah... that's it! NiGHTS didn't want to be in Wizeman's control so he broke his bloody finger to snap him out of it.

I see no flaws in that logic. *is on crack*

[Drannorean]

I love the boxart, but the platforming thing is a bit disturbing. Maybe it will just add up to an untimed version of what you did with them in the first game.

I'm holding out hope.

[Q-Lok]

!! I just realized! We finally have what appears to be an answer to the now-old question of where the Ideya are in JoD! http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/873/8739...mg_4732959.html On the right-hand side of the hi-res shot of the Ideya Palace with Will, you can see an object in the clouds that looks exactly like a white Ideya!

[Purgatory]

!! I just realized! We finally have what appears to be an answer to the now-old question of where the Ideya are in JoD! http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/873/8739...mg_4732959.html On the right-hand side of the hi-res shot of the Ideya Palace with Will, you can see an object in the clouds that looks exactly like a white Ideya!

You're right.. a crazy egg-shaped Ideya thing.. And I'm not sure if that's a reflection or another object.. But if its another object, then that may not be an Ideya at all. Didn't someone say the blue chips have those little stars in them now? To be honest, I'm not quite sure what's going on there.. Hmmm..

Also, I just noticed.. What the hell is going on with this?! XD

Its like Clockwork Orange NiGHTS! He has super eyelashes on his right eye and not really anything but a line on his left.

[Q-Lok]

DUDE! That's so insanely creepy! XD *is so fearing Clockwork Orange NiGHTS*

But still, it looks like a slightly-malformed Ideya, maybe with an identical copy of itself either floating around beyond the cloud layer, or else just reflected. In the sky. Yeah...

[Tangocat777]

His eyelashes are so freaky.

[Purgatory]

The lashes aren't buigging me on the cover, its just that little one there I posted up, where the eyes are clearly different. XD

[Purgatory]

I'm guessing they may get the kids to throw the blue chips at enemies.

yeah, I thought that it -was- said somewhere, that they throw blue chips. I mean, what other orbs do you collect by the gajillions that you can just throw away like that?? XD And they come back to the same spot you took them from.

[iLLViLLAiN]

Regardless of what the boxart looks like I'm looking forward to more gameplay vids and things of that sort. But now that it's been mentioned deeply the boxart does look pretty weird. Especially that leg. It's like arobics or something.

[Jof]

!! I just realized! We finally have what appears to be an answer to the now-old question of where the Ideya are in JoD! http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/873/8739...mg_4732959.html On the right-hand side of the hi-res shot of the Ideya Palace with Will, you can see an object in the clouds that looks exactly like a white Ideya!

Thats just a couple of blue chips, as seen in the gameplay videos. For some odd reason, they have Ideya-like stars inside them now =/

[infractus]

In that picture, it looks like ol' Billy there has a fanny pack. That kid must be carrying around a bit of weight with all the clothing and accessories they've attached to him..

[Jof]

SEGA Europes NiGHTS mini-page has been updated with the boxart.



Now lacking the Wi-Fi logo, but with the Nintendo and 7 TBC age rating.

[Tangocat777]

Am I the only one that's worried that the Wii's controls are so immersive and we're going to be playing as an androgynous jester? Androgony+Immersiveness
XD

[Jof]

EDIT : I just discovered that TRiPPY has all these images up under OFFiCiAL ART on the .com, but in slightly blurrier jpegs. So just for now, here's the CG images in nice hi-res crisp png.


^Helens mum wears Granny skirts. lols.


^Apparently at 15:35 in Bellbridge everyone is alseep. Either that or they joined Will's dad in deserting him.


^Random Maren are so cool.













I had a look at the screens, and noticed a couple of small and not so small things.



Apparently Helen partakes in the drawing flowers now and again. Also of note is the poster that reads THE GR.... PALACE. Important ?



The two photographs at the childrens bedsides. I still think they're siblings seperated at birth. Also, that man watching Will play football.. possibly his father ?



Full Moon Cafe. And WTF is up with Will's eyes ? O_O That's just plain creepy.
And look ! More generic blonde children !

[DiGi Valentine]

Will looks retarded. o_o Also, in regards to that section about the poster on Helen's wall - "The GR... PALACE". Doesn't the 'G' look a little like a 'C' at all? I think it does. If so, then it could be 'Crystal Palace' ...which could be an area in Bellbridge that influences this 'castle of mirrors' level that was mentioned. Just a thought. Also, Crystal Palace is an actual place in the UK...so...i dunno. Would be nice, me thinks. What do you think?

Anyways, Jof. Where did you get these shots from?

[Jof]

Will looks retarded. o_o

Anyways, Jof. Where did you get these shots from?

I grabbed them off the SEGA FTP site. They were .tga files located in the CG folder of the Helen and William area. I had to screen grab them and save them in Photoshop though, as .tga files open in Quicktime for me : P

[DiGi Valentine]

Aight, cool. TRiPPY didn't know what .tga's were so she didn't get them. XD
Also, you posted before i had time to edit me previous post. XD
I had a thought regarding Helen's poster that i edited into my previous post. Tell me what you think.