Something that really stood out about the NiGHTS games was the beautiful music. This lead to some incredible remixes by fans over the years. Music can inspire and move a person, a universal artistic tool, another way that people can convey a scene in their head or an emotion that can't be put on paper. So here is our archive of NiGHTS fan created music. I encourage you all to give this section a good listen and to submit your own tracks in our forums for inclusion. Also- don't forget to check out the artists' home pages to listen to more of their music. Support our musicians!
November 2007:
It's not very often you get contacted by SEGA out of the blue, nor is it very often you're given the chance to have some questions answered by one of the original creators of NiGHTS into Dreams -represented- by SEGA. Ohohoh.
Takashi Iizuka, producer, director, and lead designer of Journey of Dreams was in London's SEGA headquarters to promote his new game. Community manager Kevin Eva (Also admin of Sonic Wrecks ) attended to represent the .Com, as DiGi and I couldn't attend due to busting our bank flying out to Amsterdam SEGA Benelux a few weeks prior on short notice to play the JoD Beta D:
Mr AAUK went armed with a selection of obscure questions I'd written up regarding both the original and the new game.
Thanks to Mike Taylor from NintendoLife we have audio/video and a transcript of the interview. Mike was also there asking questions along with G from SEGANerds. Consider the following to be the 'epic combi meal' of our Websites' joint efforts.
Media:
-DOWNLOAD AUDiO FULL Q&A INTERVIEW- (.MP3)
-DOWNLOAD JOURNEY OF DREAMS IiZUKA GAME DEMONSTRATION VIDEO- (.3GP)
Interview Transcript:
Nintendo Life: When did development for Journey of Dreams start?
Takashi Iizuka: The idea came about 2 Years ago. Development began 1 and a half years ago
Nintendo Life: Years ago rumors came about, for a game called Air NiGHTS, a proposed sequel for the original game. Motion control was rumored to be the main idea for the game back then. Was Air NiGHTS a real game, and did it have any bearing on Journey of Dreams?
Takashi Iizuka: At the time SEGA had been playing with the idea of motion control on their consoles. Air Nights was a prototype game testing out the technology. Nothing came of it, and development stopped.
SEGANerds: Where did you come up with the idea for the My Dream segment of the game?
Takashi Iizuka: It was developed from the A-Life system in the original NiGHTS. While the original only allowed you to interact with A-Life in the missions. You now have a separate, small world, the beauty of A-Life, is it creates a place where the developers will not be able to predict what will happen.
SEGANerds: Why did you decide to give NiGHTS a voice? And why did you choose a female voice?
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS] Well the original game had voice clips for NiGHTS, but in Journey of Dreams I wanted to use more voice acting. The voice helps to add depth to the game play, and tell the story in the cut scenes.
NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player.
SEGANerds: Will there be any unlockable content in Journey of Dreams? Like with Christmas NiGHTS – you could unlock Sonic.
Takashi Iizuka: There will be some unlockable features, but I cannot say what they are. They are meant to be a surprise. But if players get high rankings, they will unlock features.
SEGANerds: Is there anything you would have liked to have changed or added to the final release of Journey of Dreams?
Takashi Iizuka: No, nothing more. I feel that we have implemented everything we wanted to. I think we did everything we could do with the Wii’s features.
Nintendo Life: [JOKES] Nothing more you could so. Perfect!
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS]
SEGANerds: Which control method do you prefer?
Takashi Iizuka: I personally prefer the Wiimote controls, as you get the feeling of free flying with these controls.
But I suggest that fans of the original may wish to use the GameCube controller, as it is more like the Saturn controller, and is what players will be used to, at least at first.
NiGHTSintoDreams.com: Some people say that BellBridge (the game’s fictional setting), resembles parts of London. Is there any truth to this? And if so, why did you choose this setting?
Takashi Iizuka: Well like the character of Sonic is designed to be more like American style, NiGHTS has been designed to be more like that of European. So that is why the stages have the look of a more European setting.
It is also why the characters in NiGHTS have English accents.
NiGHTSintoDreams.com: How many people worked on NiGHTS Journey of Dreams?
Takashi Iizuka: There were 26 developers from Sonic Team USA working on the game. With the sound and CG developed in Japan.
NiGHTSintoDreams.com: Why was Jackle not included in Journey of Dreams? Is the Chameleon boss meant to be a replacement? In addition, will we see Jackle again?
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS] Well really I like the character, but if we created all the characters again we would be looking at the same game. We only wanted to keep Wizeman and Reala. [LAUGHS] It is a new game.
(*)NiGHTSintoDreams.com: The second biggest mystery of NiGHTS! What did the deleted boss Selph look like? Apparently there was a deleted boss from the original game called Selph.
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS] How do you know about Selph?
NiGHTSintoDreams.com: ‘They’ know.
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS] They, who is they?
NiGHTSintoDreams.com: Fans.
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS] Ah, ok.
Well the idea for the character existed, but he was never actually created.(*)
Nintendo Life: In Journey of Dreams, NiGHTS has different masks, which he can use. What is your favourite mask?
Takashi Iizuka: It depends on the situation; I like the Rocket mask because you can use it to create your own strategy.
But my favourite will have to be the Dragon mask.
Nintendo Life: While we were having a play of your game a little while ago, we noticed that there is a counter in the game. The counter seems to change with each night you play. Does this have any effect on the game at all?
Takashi Iizuka: No. It is just there as a counter, for you to know how long/many times you have been playing.
SEGANerds: NiGHTS used the Saturn’s internal clock to add new game play/secrets to the game, depending on the date. Will the same feature be used in Journey of Dreams?
Takashi Iizuka: No. For the Saturn, it was a new feature and a new challenge.
With the Wii, the Forecast Channel is the new challenge. However there will be seasonal events within the game, which will appear in the My Dreams section.
Nintendo Life: It has recently been announced that NiGHTS is being remade for the PS2. Will the game be released worldwide? In addition, are there any plans for a Wii version, perhaps on the Virtual Console?
Takashi Iizuka: There are currently no plans for the PS2 version to be released outside of Japan.
Nintendo Life: [TUTS]
Takashi Iizuka: [LAUGHS] It is being released in Japan, due to the high demand for the game. So there are no plans for a worldwide release… for now. As for Virtual Console there are no plans for a release either… for now.
NiGHTSintoDreams.com: For gamers who played NiGHTS into Dreams obsessively, you could unlock rare Nightopians called King or Superpians. Will there be any rare Nightopians in Journey of Dreams?
Takashi Iizuka: In the My Dreams section of the game it is possible to mix Nightopians with the Marens (baddies) to create new creatures.
There will also be Superpians.
Nintendo Life: Thank you very much, for your time and for making a new NiGHTS game.
Takashi Iizuka: Thank you.
Are we finished yet? Heck no! The following Monday morning we were sent a parcel of glee from SEGA, fiendishly gathered together during a meeting with Iizuka-san later on to discuss our lovely fanbase (THAT'S YOU GUYS). Here's some pictures of our amazing Christmas gifts!
The unreleased USA BoxArt… signed by Iizuka!
A -massive- Japanese Journey of Dreams promo poster. Signed by Takashi Iizuka for me and DiGi XD Needless to say, Ebay will never see this sucker for no sum of money. I want to get this framed… need to find a frame BIG enough…
And as a super extra Christmas gift Arch' showed Iizuka some of my most popular pieces of old artwork. Iizuka was 'very very very impressed' and apparently 'enthralled'. Paradox was his favourite one. Aha I'm a big sap and cried about it. Dude. Then… HE SIGNED MY ARTWORK O_O… I kid you not.
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*snicker… he signed Reala's Butt teeheehee*
( That's one case of art stealing I don't think I'll report XD )
SEGA we still adore you T_T even after all these years, it's seriously heartwarming to see the creators connect to their fans in this way.
Thank you so much!
THE BIG SELPH MYSTERY
If you've listened to the audio for the above interview you will have heard the part at which AAUK asks Iizuka about the boss Selph. Iizuka seems somewhat shocked as to how we would know about a boss that didn't even make it into a beta. He speaks to his translator in Japanese thinking that it probably wouldn't be noted or understood. But we wouldn't be very good NiGHTS fans if we just took his translators English answer would we? 
ha ha
Our Japanese staff member Seiya listened to the conversation between the translator and Iizuka and told us exactly what is being said. It REALLY goes like this -
(*)—TRANSLATIONS—
*AAUK asks about Selph*
Translator to Iizuka- "What is it? Such a boss was in the plan of original NiGHTS?"
Takashi Iizuka to translator- "Yeah, it's true. I had thought I wanna add a boss called Selph to original NiGHTS."
Translator to Iizuka- "Well, is it ok if I tell it (in English)?"
Takashi Iizuka to translator- "OK. Maybe Naka had already told it before."
Translator to Iizuka- "Ah, so they know… But why was it deleted?"
Takashi Iizuka- "Because… The original story of NiGHTS already had been made perfectly. So I thought the boss isn't needed anymore. So I deleted Selph."
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And that's the truth behind the famous deleted boss, Selph. Iizuka himself was responsible for Selph's deletion.
This most certainly wraps up the entire myth as to what Selph originaly was, and now we know. He was indeed 100% a boss character but was removed because the story was as good as it could be….which now brings up the speculation as to what made Selph so important that he changed the flow of the story.
And uh.. sorry to the lovely Mr Yuji Naka who actually DIDN'T tell us about Selph. We kinda figured that one out ourselves 
NiGHTS fanbase – we're a sneaky lot.
Be here. 8PM (GMT)
Watch our live video broadcast. We have something very important to say.
http://www.livestream.com/imagni
To all the people who are confused, curious or supportive of this campaign- just be here and we'll change your mind.
Where is NiGHTS?
We're going to play a little game.
We don't forget NiGHTS.
Will you?
Happy Halloween from all of us at the .Com!
Anyone doing anything interesting or NiGHTSy this year? Let us know in this topic here if you've drawn any Halloween themed NiGHTS art, cosplayed while trick or treating or made anything you'd like to have shown on the website. In previous years we've had some incredible pumpkin art, lets see if this year we can make some killer stuff too.
Seasonal madprops to Kichigai over at DeviantArt for her bat-tastic Halloween NiGHTS image. You can download it here.
Also worth a howl are the brilliant Halloween plushies over at http://irashiryuu.deviantart.com 's gallery!
You lot are always so creative 
Have a fun night guys and stay safe.
EDIT- It seems our Halloween just got more interesting with Charlie's video uploads of JP beta footage from the original game. Check out this thread to see the rediscovered gems of the Japanese Sampler disc!
A reminder that if you're looking to take part in the OCR NiGHTS remix 'The World Is Dreaming' track- you HAVE to have your chorus files in to Level 99 today.
Don't record OR send in any files until you have read this thread:
http://www.nightsintodreams.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=3350
Good luck guys, I hope to hear you appear on the final cut!
~TRiPPY
SEGA's online community team is, in my opinion, one of the best ideas the company has had in recent years. Working directly with the fans the community managers blog about new releases, magic up promotional events and competitions, give us resources and goodies- all while juggling a million other non blog things at the same time. Online PR if you will Lovely bunch of people. SEGA – well done.
We've had the pleasure of working with SEGA on a good few occasions now. Be sure to check out the other pages on our site for our community event reports.
Here's a list of all NiGHTS related SEGA blogs!
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2009/12/07/its-those-nights-people-again/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2009/10/21/yoursega-halloween-hijinx-i/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2009/10/09/check-out-this-awesome-nights-fansite/
- http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2009/10/05/nights-fans-add-your-voice-literally-to-a-special-ocremix-project/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2009/10/05/ocremix-want-to-see-you-smile-again/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2009/05/06/merchandise-of-dreams/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2009/03/27/a-little-storm-a-sonic-dance-some-reala-down-okay-well-stop-there/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2008/03/25/nights-and-sonic-world-record-holders/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2008/03/19/archangeluk-the-dreamers-of-edinburgh-pt-4-journeys-end/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2008/01/31/archangeluk-the-dreamers-of-edinburgh-pt-3-%E2%80%93-of-merchandise-and-cheesecake/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2008/01/25/archangeluk-the-dreamers-of-edinburgh-pt-2-play-the-game/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2008/01/23/archangeluk-the-dreamers-of-edinburgh-pt-1-up-up-and-away/
- http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2010/07/05/happy-birthdaynight/
Some of us are mad enough to go decorating our bedrooms all NiGHTSy themed. Textiles, murals you name it. There’s no better way to inspire your hung-over self than being surrounded by bright gaudy eyeburning colors straight from the city circus! I’d like to see more people doing this because it’s a lot of fun. Somebody needs to recreate the kids bedrooms or one of the levels or something. Go on you know you want to. Want to add your own room to this page? Post in the subs forum [here].
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Sariachan Mural ‘NiGHTS tempera on Wall’:
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This was my old bedroom back when i lived in Scotland. I’d wanted a NiGHTS pimped room for a while and one day just decided to crack out the purple gloss and gold spraypaint. Started in 2005, finished in 2006. I love kitsch and tacky, never let me near your house.
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This is where we keep the NiGHTS related fanmonster creations. Mascots, DiY dollies, custom Dollfie and all manner of bizzarely cute soft things belong in here. The official Sega dolls will be in the Merchandise section soon. If you've made anything you'd like to share then please post it in our [subs forum].
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NiGHTS Doll [ Photo:1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6] A fantastic Doll of NiGHTS, the detailing is incredible! |
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Reala Doll [ Photo:1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6] To complete the set, we have Reala too! The effort put into these dolls is mindblowing! |
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Little NiGHTS and Reala [ Photo: 1 ] Little felt Dolls of NiGHTS and Reala, aren't they so cute~? |
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Dragon NiGHTS 'Lord of Dreams' [ Photo: 1 2 3 ] By Alkerone " Yep. NiGHTS' Dragon-Form from Journey of Dreams. I wanted one, so I figured I'd make oneIt's pretty big–95 inches long (one inch away from being eight feet) from nose to tip-of-tail (for you metric people out there, that's… probably about 2.4 meters or so…) -and ENTIRELY HAND SEWN. Took forever to complete, but I love it lots ." |
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NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 ] By Loufren " A doll given to me by a close friend last year for my birthday. He looked gimpier then, and he's been fixed up a lot, but he's very loved." |
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Chibi NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 ] By Sam Zero 22 "Almost scrapped the idea but I finished it, hope you like it." … How could you even IMAGINE abandoning this project?! ;O; Look at him! Look at those EYES! |
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JoD NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 ] By Sam Zero 22 Sam amazes us all over again with a brand new plushie made to Journey of Dreams designs. The detail here is fantastic. |
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NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 ] By Sa-Chan & Mum Very cute little NiGHTS plush complete with jingly bells! Made by Sa's mum with help from the art fiend herself. |
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NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 ] By Madmen Madmen made this plushie of NiGHTS ENTIRELY by hand, which is mind boggling. Beautiful use of fabrics and shiny things. *drool* |
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NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 ] By Sam Zero 22 Sam sent me these photo's recently of plush making exploits and i adooooore them! Keep making more soft toys, you're a natural. |
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NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 ] By NEEKLAMY I bought this odd little lanky dude from an online shop called Neeklamy that were selling videogame plushies. His eyes glow in the dark and his body is made from a fluffy fabric. Cute XD |
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NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 ] By Lithe-Fider Nyssa is a very talented online plushie maker with an entire range of video and anime characters under her belt. This NiGHTS plush is funky. Love him. |
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Reala [ Photo: 1 ] By Sam Zero 22 Gah words cannot express how much i love this Reala plush. His colors, the proportions, the detailing, all spot on. Welldone Sam! |
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Jackle [ Photo: 1 / 2 ] By Sa-Chan & Mum Can anyone say WOW? I know i can… I've sat oogling at this thing all morning XD I wish my mum made stuff like this! |
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Jackle [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 ] By Sam Zero 22 Amazingly detailed Jackle plush here with great poses! You got to love his little tarot card. Can't wait to see what's next in the series from Sam. |
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Jackle and Mini NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 ] By SiLK Boasts being the first ever Jackle plushie made XD Not only that but he looks badass! SiLK recreated my artwork 'Dealing Fate' here ahaha. Nice one. |
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U.V NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 ] By Envy Really cute U.V plushmonster made by Envy. When she's not papering her bedroom with all the NiGHTS art in the universe she is making awesome plush toys. Adooore. |
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U.V NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 ] By Icachan Ica sent me this adorable little squishy bundle of Maren through the post a few years ago now, where he has lived on my shelf ever since. Much loved and much hugged. |
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U.V NiGHTS [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 ] By Tashayarna Tashy suprised me with this insanecute U.V plushie while i was at Auchinawa convention. He goes nearly everywhere with me and lives on the shelf with the other fabric beasties. Thankyou again! |
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Blade the Dark Chao [ Photo: 1 ] By BriteWingz www.thechaogarden.com Brite does AMAZING custom Chao plushies and also takes commissions at her above website, so be sure to give her creations a look. |
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Dark NiGHTS Chao Plushie [ Photo: 1 ] By BriteWingz www.thechaogarden.com Great to see more Dark Chao dolls, especialy when theyre of such a high standard! |
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NiGHTS Chao Plush [ Photo: 1 ] By BriteWingz www.thechaogarden.com My favourite of the bunch! I needs to get me one of these. Especialy since the official NiGHTS chao plush was so damn rare. |
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Gillwing Plush [ Photo: 1 ] By Tashayarna An awesome Gillwing plushie that was created for SiLK as a gift. Its cool to see second level Nightmaren in doll form. |
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Wizeman the Wicked [ Photo: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 ] By Sam Zero 22 The lord of Nightmares himself in glorified plushie form curtesy of Sam Zero 22. This is simply all levels of awesome. |
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NiGHTS Chao [ Photo: 1 ] By BriteWingz www.thechaogarden.com A NiGHTS Chao with shorter horns available in a range of colors. Check out the website for details! |
A collection of NiGHTS related cosplay videos! NiGHTS cosplay is pretty rare- so when it's done it takes a lot of effort and enthusiasm…. not to mention guts lol! Cosplaying NiGHTS characters also raises awareness of the games at large public events, so i massively encourage it. If you have any videos of NiGHTS cosplayers tell us [ HERE ]
Lélis and PhoenixBruno
Lelis and Bruno made some incredible costumes for the huge World Cosplay Summit competition and went on to win places in both regional and Brazilian events. I'm so proud of them! Getting on stage is no easy thing to do and they done it so well too. "
NiGHTS into Dreams is such a WONDERFUL game. I am a NiGHTS lover since Sega Saturn. Last year, the launch of "NiGHTS Journey of Dreams" for Nintendo Wii make the gaming community EXCITED. Me included =D
The game is good, not so good as "into Dreams" but the design of THIS NiGHTS is sooooo nice that I decided to cosplay him (or she xD) ? It was a hard costume. Damn, very HARD to make that HAT. And to find the correct fabric…'cause this NiGHTS has a special shiny thing ? XD I simply love to play NiGHTS. One of my favorite costumes, FOR SURE <3"
1rst Place at World Cosplay Summit Regional Eliminatory at Kodama 2008
10th Place at World Cosplay Summit Brazilian Eliminatory 2008
Lélis and PhoenixBruno
Translation:
Narrator: What if you could fly?
Through the night sky, the World of Dreams awaits you.
A World just for you your Nightopia!!
NiGHTS: Visitor from another world, welcome!
Is it your first time here? So, let me explain!
You are now at the entrance that your people call World of Dreams.
But don't be fooled by the name World of Dreams!
I don't mean that it doesn't exist. It is simply… How could I put it? It is a world that you can only visit when you are asleep.
But let me tell ya, it will be much better if we fly around then chat all day long! So, what do you say? Wanna dualize with me and fly around? Cause NiGHTS here is able to assimilate with your body and… Oh, it will be easier to understand if you try! Shall we go?
Reala: AHAHAHAHAHA! Ah NiGHTS, long time no see! Walking around with our little visitor friend, aren't you?
NiGHTS: Reala!
Reala: You can cut the act now my dear brother, because the plan to obtain your …Ideya… has gone per-fec-tly!
NiGHTS: Don't listen these lies!!!
Reala: LIES??? AHAHAHAHA! Let me ask the visitor something. Do you know he is a …Nightmaren… like me? Oh! Poor, poor little visitor! Betrayed by the one you thought was a friend! Now say good bye, visitor!
NiGHTS: NOOOOOO!(combat scene)
Visitor voice: NiGHTS, I believe in you. I believe because we are friends. NiGHTS, I TRUST YOU!
NiGHTS: Reala, you don't need to act like this!
Reala: SHUT UP NiGHTS! An infidel like you can say NOTHING!
NiGHTS: We are the same, my brother! You don't need to follow the dark side …cause we are not Wizeman's puppets! Reala, we all have free will! Come with me brother, make your choice!(END)
Maresuke & Friends
A compilation of Wizeman's best bits. Beth as Wizeman, Hannah as NiGHTS, Michelle doing camera work, and Maresuke as Reala. Absolutely bloody hilarious. Word.
NiGHTS cosplay on national TV? Hell yes. This is us on BBC Childrens Newsround thanks to SEGA Europe. Yes 'us'… DiGi was their official Sonic mascot hahaha. So much fun!
EternalFluffy & LilStarcon
Cosplay at Colossal Con spotted! *stealthcam*
NARSi
NARSi and TRAViS at Anime Boston. Warning contains bad language… lol is it just me or do all us NiGHTS cosplayers have verbal rage? Though i think if you understood how much work goes into cosplaying NiGHTS you'd be the same too *lol*
EternalFluffy & LilStarcon
The terrible-two at Colossal Con answering questions- in character! Zuhaha great stuff!