I actually freaked out about the game play so i'm really happy that the game play footage is now out. I've looked at game play from the previous game and i've noticed that, when compared to the new game, there appears to be no timer and NiGHTS now carries around a key. Have they got rid of the timer and the Ideya have become keys?
If they've got rid of the timer, it would make things easier on people who hate timers, so that they don't have to rush or whatever.
Eh, what? The timer is the crux of NiGHTS' gameplay! It's a time attack sort of game. Based on the Iizuka interview with Nintendo Power, I really doubt they got rid of the timer. The timer was absent because nearly everything was absent -- there wasn't any HUD period.