NiGHTS Into Dreams Remake Now Official

The classic Sega Saturn title NiGHTS Into Dreams is finally, finally, getting a sequel. Joystiq reports on news at Famitsu, saying that a NiD sequel will be coming to the Wii this winter. "Takashi Izuka of Sonic Team USA is Producer of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. He leaves Famitsu, and the rest of the weeping-with-tears-of-joy world, with this comment: 'In 1996, we created the NiGHTS character to achieve a concept of being refreshed from being able to fly in the sky. 11 years later, at last, we have broken our silence. NiGHTS will now fly in a new dream world: new stages, new story, and on the new Wii platform.'"

I don't know anything about the game

[0racle]

But that's a cool title.

NiGHTS into DreamS

[Gogo0]

NiGHTS was an awesome idea and felt new because of the (analog) controller, it being on any other system would be cool, but definitely a cop-out in the control sense.
The Wii will offer a potentially amazing new control method, and I'll buy it, but I think that NiGHTS would really shine on the DS. The stylus would work perfectly.

Anyway, wonderful news. Hopefully it will live up to the original and sell well.

Hooray for NiGHTS!

[Anonymous Coward]

Back when I was a Sega-console-addict, NiGHTS were the only character that was right up there, next to Sonic. The game rocked, it was immersive, it was fun, it had an insane ingenuity for that time (2½D perspective, bob-sledding character, the roller-coaster-part for instance). It had the most psychedelic stage ever called Soft Museum (i think it was called) where everything was...soft...and bouncy, hard to explain but seriously weird and mindboggling, and that music almost made me want to take up bagpiping just for the heck of it...

A sequel they say? Hmm...I don't know, if they can achieve the same utter brilliance of the first game I guess it's ok; however in many ways I'd rather see a remake of the original with buffed up graphics, the original game was THAT good. Sadly the Saturn didn't win so many peoples hearts as it should have, and this incredible game got pushed a bit into oblivion. If they want to make a sequel, fine do that, but don't forget the original : Saturns break, discs get scratched, and at some point it's near impossible to get a hold of anything without going international; I'd choose an updated original and updated christmas-NID over a "unknown" sequel any day.

In the niiiiiights, dream delight.....OMG THE EGGWATCH IS COMING!