Product Description

Nightopia is a magical world of dreams, populated by amazing creatures who fly, glide and swoop their way across the skies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2601 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2008-01-18
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: .35 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Nightopia is a magical world of dreams, populated by amazing creatures who fly, glide and swoop their way across the skies.

However, Nightmarens have invaded this dream like paradise and threaten to destroy this magical place. Only NiGHTS, the acrobatic and elegant jester, can save the inhabitants of Nightopia and restore everyone's dreams.

Customer Reviews

Long awaited. A must have for the original Sega Saturn fans! *****
If you are a fan of the original Sega Saturn release of Nights or, even if you have never played Nights before you are in for a pleasant surprise.

I bought this game for the Sega Saturn 11 years ago and have been waiting for the next installment since then. Finally I now have the chance to play again with the latest release on Nintendo Wii. Wow! It is even better with amazing graphics and the game play is sublime. If you are the sort of game player. (like myself) who prefers the more soothing games which make you feel relaxed and calm after a hard day at work. This game is for you.

Sega's Cult Classic Returns After 11 Years Of Silence
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is a long-awaited sequel. Any game that has taken over a decade to come to fruition (cough* Duke Nukem Forever) inevitably has alot of hype to overcome, and the latest game from Sonic Team USA doesn't quite meet the expectations heaped upon it. That being said, this is still one of the best games the studio, and SEGA in general, have put out in quite some time. If you ever wanted to play NiGHTS, or loved the original and have been looking forward to this sequel, don't let negative reviews turn you away - play this game. If however, you were expecting perfection, you'll be disappointed.

In NiGHTS 2, the familiar and unique 2.5D flight based "platforming" returns, and once again, it's unlike anything else in the industry.Alot of reviews are saying the analogue controls are a little off thanks to the octagonal cutouts surrounding the analogue stick, having only played the original with the standard saturn d-pad however NiGHTS 2 feels perfect to me i had absolutly no problems what so ever.

Unlike the original NiGHTS there are now filler levels Put in there to extend the length of the game. The filler takes the form of the additional levels in each world. Each world in Journey of Dreams have 5 levels; the first is always a traditional romp through the stage, and the last a boss fight. The rest can be whatever Sonic Team felt like implementing, and some of this can be some unfortunate stuff. Challenges range from pushing water drops into a massive floating bubble, to flying around in a literal circle collecting those stupid little NiGHTopians, to a top-down maze type area and light platforming featuring the "Visitors", Will and Helen. Some of this stuff is flat out terrible; you could easily take out the content like the aforementioned Water drop bubble thing and the collecting of Nightopians and the game would actually improve, at the expense of game length. Some of it is actually pretty fun; the top down parts are never as good as the 2.5D work, but they're engaging in their own way. The platforming too is more engaging than I believe it's been credited as. Sure the kids can only jump and throw 'Blue Chips', but thanks to some creative challenges like hitting switches to activate neon walkways and bridges in the Delight City World, it's actually engaging. Nothing to compete with Mario Galaxy certainly, but decent fun regardless. Because of the amount of filler, and the hit-or-miss nature of it, the game suffers, but not too bad. This is an old school game in every sense of the word. You'll come back to get better at the traditional levels, not to play a bizarre and unpolished river-rafting level. The good stuff is so good, that these become a non-issue.

NiGHTS's succeeds again because of it's visuals and audio. Sonic Team Japan delivered a fantastic Wii title technically in Sonic and the Secret Rings, and Sonic Team USA respects the tradition with NiGHTS Journey of Dreams. Put simply; the game is gorgeous. The art direction on display is sublime, and the execution nearly as good. Some of the geometry, such as the extremely flat ground (usually games have grass to break it up) scream of Dreamcast, but since most of the game involves flying, it doesn't come up as often as usual in Sonic Team's titles. The colors are great and the tech is wonderful; bloom lighting returns and is used to great effect, perhaps even better than in Sonic. And the rim lights/'hero' lights that surround the characters look great. The character models are pretty weak though; the people look like Team America/Thunderbirds puppets, and NiGHTS just looks weird - the byproduct of a creation process where everything was made from simple poly counts and terrible tech limitations. I suppose it wouldn't so bad if Sonic Team key-frame animated everything, but again they've fallen back on their motion capture stuff, so everyone moves with the grace of a grown man in a furry suit. Just like Sonic Adventure 1, 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog for the 360 and PS3. Not ideal, and once again, kinda freaky. Overall though, the game's a stunner, and will illicit look-sees from passerbys regardless of how powerful the Wii may be. Next to Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, NiGHTS stands as one of the best looking titles on the system, easily (as does Sonic).

The music is sublime; Sonic Team always delivers in this respect, regardless of what you may think of the musical stylings of the Sonic series. The compositions in this game are wonderfully composed and extremely catchy. If you grew up playing classic Nintendo and SEGA games, then the soundtrack here will bring back many great memories. And if you're a Billy Hatcher fan, be on the listen for the Aqua Garden stage music - it may sound familiar:) Simply put, the music is wonderful.

If you are part of the Xbox/Halo Generation theres a good possibility this game is not for you, Nights:journey of dreams is for all those who have been waiting 11 years for its return and Sega fans in generial, for all those who failed to buy the game the first time around nows your chance to redeme your self although the game has it's flaws it also ozzes of creativity and classic Sega gameplay

NiGHTS is truly an amazing game
I found out about the character NiGHTS whilst playing sega super stars tennis and thoght she was great ! I watched some videos on youtube on the game and thought WOW !! I ordered it a few weeks later and when i started playing it i was like WOW-er ! The graphics are stunning, the game play is fun and challanging ! Some levels like Bomambas level was incredibly tough ! I recommend you use the classic controller or nunchuk as "mindsight" is really hard to master. Luckilt, i already had the classic controller and found this method to be a breeze ! The music is catchy and adds a great touch to the game ! The kids levels are good fun aswell and hard !
Overall 5/5 from me, I hope they bring out another one but im not sure how they will if you hav watched the secret ending. . . .
(Get all C ranks or above and replay Wizemans level)