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Nights (or NiGHTS) is a video game character and the protagonist of the games Nights into Dreams... and Nights: Journey of Dreams, developed and published by Sega. The character wears a purple jester style hat and outfit, with a diamond on the chest. In the first game, NiGHTS shows the one-off ability to transform into a bobsled, an ability that was expanded upon in the sequel with the introduction of persona masks. Each mask allows NiGHTS to change his form and abilities accordingly, including those of a dragon, rocket and dolphin.
Role in Nights
NiGHTS is a first-level Nightmaren, created by Wizeman to steal Red Ideya. Despite being one of Wizeman's most powerful creations, s/he is also a remarkably mischievous free spirit who did not like taking orders, so much so that Wizeman has NiGHTS imprisoned within Nightopia to keep him/herr out of the way. NiGHTS asks for the assistance of Claris and Elliot in taking down Wizeman simply because s/he doesn't like him, and not because s/he is inherently 'good'. Nights rival is hi/r fellow first-level Nightmaren, Reala.
Concept and creation
Naoto Oshima was the original NiGHTS designer and Kazuyuki Hoshino was the character designer for the video game NiGHTS into Dreams.... Though NiGHTS into Dreams... was left without a sequel for over a decade, the character continued to appear within Sonic Team games as a cameo, showing much affection for the character and the game. This lead to the eventual sequal, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Naoto Oshima had left Sega by that point, so Kazuyuki Hoshino was placed in charge of character design for NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Takashi Iizuka, the lead game designer, felt that with Hoshino, they captured the style used for the character in the original game.
The character's personality is described by Iizuka as "a mirror of the child's personality." The player is supposed to become Nights, thus being either gender depending on the interpretation of the player. They wanted the character to speak more often in Journey of Dreams, so they decided to give the character a neutral voice to play into the fact that the player decides the gender. The character was also given an English accent to meet the style of the games.
Reception
In his review of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Kevin VanOrd of GameSpot described the character as an "androgynous jester." VanOrd said, "NiGHTS is smoothly animated", but said NiGHTS' "vocal personification everyone's cup of tea." VanOrd wrote, "the jester is genderless...and the accompanying voice is, well, correspondingly confused. But whether you think NiGHTS sounds like a young woman or a young boy, it's a good fit for the character."
Referring to NiGHTS into Dreams..., IGN said "NiGHTS was essentially Sonic in the air..." The IGN review of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams called NiGHTS a "mysterious creature." The IGN reviewer noted, "strangely NiGHTS and all other characters in Nightopia are from England?" but said the voice acting was "decent, if not a bit over-the-top."
See also
References
- "Game Credits for Nights into Dreams..." MobyGames. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- NGamer staff (2007-04-20). "NGamer exclusive - Nights: Journey of Dreams interview". NGamer. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - James Mielke (2007-11-08). "Nights Journey of Dreams Takashi Iizuka interview from 1UP.com". 1UP.com. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Justin Towell (2007-11-27). "Nights team prefer Gamecube pad to Wii-mote". GamesRadar UK. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Mike Taylor (2007-12-05). "Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks Nights". nintendolife.com. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Kevin VanOrd (2007-12-18). "Nights: Journey of Dreams for Wii Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Nights: Journey of Dreams Review". IGN. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
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