How does 1 game manage to be so fun, sad, dreamy, aesthetically pleasing, scary, peaceful, beautiful, & trippy at the same time. Bravo on this one, Sega 👏
I have no emotional attachment to NiGHTs, and the presentation of this world alone almost made me break down crying, it's so pretty. I can go a year or two without sonic, we NEED NiGHTS back!
I absolutely ADORE the idea of NiGHTS... A Nightmare creature turned good that helps children overcome their trauma and makes their Dreams come true. Look at the World, and tell me we don't need her back! The way it's presented as well is surreal, but beautiful, like "Alice in Wonderland" but kinder, if you can say. Flying through the notes with Helen was MAGICAL. Especially when you know the lyrics to the song... And can I just say: EVERY scene with Wizeman and Reala was ABSOLUTE GOLD!!! The voice acting for those two is SPECTACULAR! Who'd have thought Wizeman's voice was MoJo JoJo from "Powerpuff Girls"? Let alone that he was The Voice from "Scream".... You really feel like he's Nightmares given form. Simply spectacular... This game is absolutely dreamy, and I would LOVE to see our favorite androginous/nonbinary/genderfluid imaginary therapist flying harlequin friend again at some point in the near future! We love you NiGHTS. And we hope to dream about you again, soon enough...
Are we not gonna mention the fact this dude got in a car, drove to the air port, went through air port security, boarded and took off in a matter of 2 seconds?
Whenever I played this back in the day, I would always go back to the tutorial and just fly around the area just vibing to the music. It's just a really soothing game
The feels in this game are probably one of the strongest I've had in 23 years of gaming. Simple presentation, yet elegantly resonates with some of the most challenging things we can face growing up. Not to mention that absolutely marvelous soundtrack sells every feeling it invokes. While the gameplay as a standalone is certainly flawed, that aspect of it is almost completely masked by its exemplary performance to get the player invested in a story just with the overall feeling on its own. Out of all the games I've played, 2 have made cry during the ending. The first was Kingdom Hearts, the other was NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams.
I know this comment is 2 years old as of me seeing it but i relate to your comment. This game makes me feel something. Also NJOD and KH are tied for my favorite video games
Underrated game. One of the last few times sega cared enough to try and revive a franchise. Had a lot of good times with this game. Still have the preorder "making of" dvd I got with it too.
+NPC 888 I doubt it would ever been revived if not for Takashi Iizuka. Sega did everything in its power to ruin this game. While I have a lot of issues with JoD, all things considered, it's amazing it turned out as well as it did. I lost my Gamestop "making of" DVD long ago. Had to ask a friend to rip his for me. I'll probably post that video a couple days from now.
Do you still have the DVD? If you have a dvd player on your conputier, would you mind ripping the contents off the disc and upload it to RUclips? I would really like to see this video
NiGHTS into Dreams remains to this day one of the most brilliant & sublime score attack games ever conceived. Journey of Dreams, while failing to match the original's brilliance (mostly due to filler, and stages forcing you to keep pushing forward, robbing the player of more opportunities to explore every nuance and simply enjoy flying), is still a fun game, and worth experiencing for the brilliant soundtrack and amazing visuals, if nothing else. In other words: thanks for sharing this!
After years somehow this game came to my mind. I remember playing this as a kid, I never understood shit about the game but it was pretty fun, and I never finished it, with this video I'll see the end. Thank you!!! Watching this brings me beautiful memories, almost seems like another life, when I was an innocent child...
I’m happy to see all the comments are so positive for this game. I was a little off and on with this game at first as a kid cause I thought it was difficult but once I started dealing with my depression when I was 10, I really clicked with NiGHTS and started playing it to the point of 100% completion. To this day it’s the only game I’ve ever totally completed and I am so grateful to NiGHTS to have been there to help me through my saddest moments
2:33:13 5:08:16 these ending made me cry and dreams dreams sweet snow because they thought nights was gone but he/she isn’t I wish they would make nights 3 already nights world of dreams or something but maybe they should add all the characters I wish they would make nights 3
Nightopia is such a beautiful place to live in especially the Dream Gate with the beautiful fountain, the statues, the stars in the beautiful night sky, the trees everything (except the dark ocean).
i remember buying this game at walmart (i think) and playing it a lot, but i remember getting stuck because of the complicated controls. being able to watch it all the way through is fulfilling a younger me's dream. thank you for making this!
i remember playing this game when i was 8 years old. i never got past the first boss, but it always felt like home. i have such nostalgia for this game.
the craziest thing is I never heard of Nights until now, but years ago as a kid I had a dream about a place that was similar to the Dream Gate, there were doors, and an old wise man explaining to me what these doors were.
Definitely not as good as the original, but still such a fantastic game. Only real thing I didn't like was the voiced NiGHTS, and that's just because I believe in a silent NiGHTS being a core concept in what added to the mystery and charm of the original. In this one, NiGHTS and that Owl explain everything, so there's a lot less mystery and awe to the world the characters are in, and the story is open to a lot less interpretation. I'm just a stickler for it honestly, I did truly love this game, and series for that matter. Really wish Sega could keep this series going, as there's really something magical and fun about it.
Agreed. The whole ambiguous, dreamlike quality of the first game is totally lost. It also doesn't help that Sonic Team's usual storytelling has all the subtlety of a hand grenade...
Gameplay wise this is much better because in the original the camera was so far zoomed in on NiGHTS most players would fumble around and had to memorize the level to actually get decent. In this game the camera is further back and pointed generally in the directions of your interest allowing you to react accordingly. The controls are slightly touched up to but that to be expected. Storyline wise I don't give a shit.
@@cixlo But the thing about having it zoomed in and having to memorize the level allows for a short game like NiGHTS into Dreams to have loads of replayability. There are only seven levels so having to go through them time and time again draws out the gameplay. If the camera was as far out as JoD then all the levels would not only look incredibly cluttered considering everything is rendered from the moment you enter the dream but you'd breeze through the entire game in maybe under an hour and maybe never pick it up again. Which is what I did with JoD tbh. Once I got through those levels the game just kinda sits on my shelf. And its a shame because I *love* NiGHTS.
I actually taught myself to play the sky concert tune in hs on piano by ear. It took forever since there was no sheet music at the time (dunno if there is now) but it was fun. Wasnt able to learn chords to go with it tho.
@@frootloopthechatot9766That is literally how i learned to play songs on the piano since i couldn't afford lessons yet people at my old church would let me play the piano after services, it feels weird to remember that being am ex Methodist turned Norse Pagan ngl but it was a nice memory
I remember finding this game at a movie renting place and I thought the cover looked cool so I played it on our Wii, oh gosh the memories (a was a fricken fetus when I played it lol)
the music.... it remind me of being a kid at my grandma's house playing the wii all day and her cooking me sweets and getting McD's, no worries, no responsabilities, no work... ah to be a kid again
So a while back I got all A ranks in NiD, once I did that I set out to get all A ranks in this game. It took me a while to get it but I managed to do it, just wanted to say thank you for this video. Without it, it would of taken me longer to do.
I have this game in my Wii, and i tried to play it 8 years ago but i couldn't even pass the first levels cause i didn't understand what to do, so i'm gonna try to play it again now that i think i will understand it more than before 😂
Might be late, but get the classic controller to play this game if you don't have one alraedy. WAY easier to play it that way, and it's more like how the Saturn version is played.
When we got to play Dreams Dreams by flying into notes as NiGHTS I could hardly pay attention cause I started crying. Especially when the Nightopians started singing along. Amazing game.
You know, this would be an awesome movie! Edit: Better idea! An anime in which Nights is the self-proclaimed protector of children's dreams and each episode he enters a different child's dream and helps them beat back whatever nightmares are plaguing them! I think that'd be cool! I mean, I'd watch it!
It's strange. I didn't play the NiGHTS games at launch, I was late to the party. Yet because of NiGHTS being in games like Sega Superstars I have this huge emotional attachment to the character and music :')
I never actually played the game itself, but I loved this story and everytime I come back to this game, I am always on some sort of emotional rollercoaster! I wish Sega would make another game!! NiGHTS is such a great character and I would love to see more games in the future!! Also, does NiGHTS somehow survive in the true ending?? This has always thrown me for a loop.
From looking at it, looks more like he's reborn from the Idea of hope and Helen and Will's hearts being united. He's no longer a nightmaren. At least that's my theory.
I watched this a few months back because I was doing an all A rank run. I didn't do it immediately But after some practice and watching you play, it all paid off. Got all Dreamdrops too. Never got to say thanks. So thanks. This really helped!😄👍🏼
Yeah, it just takes a bit of practice. The main thing to remember in this game is that the L/R triggers can give you quick little speed boosts without consuming any of your dash meter. Plus you get points for using them when collecting items.
You really don't need to memorize too much with the chase missions. One of the few big improvements in JoD over NiD is the shift in camera angle. The camera was moved to a three-quarter perspective behind NiGHTS, so you can easily see what's coming most of the time. :)
i've never really owned this game before as a kid bc i was too poor to have a Wii lol, but i really loved watching gameplays of this game in youtube. would love to see a remaster of this game and finally play it. this gameplay gives a gust of nostalgia somehow.
Does anyone else wish they would rerelease this game for the Switch Systems. I just love the music 🎶 so very much. I only had this playing for like 20 minutes and I was fast asleep 💤.
3:44 Are we not gonna mention the fact this dude got in a car, drove to the air port, went through air port security, boarded and took off in a matter of 2 seconds?
still dont see why this game got so many mediocre reviews i remember playing this vaguely in 07 and was on of the only few good times i had on the wii....... such a disappointment
+itsstillthinking1999 IMO, the criticism was warranted. The game does have a lot of flaws. My two biggest gripes: 1. The game doesn't control particularly well because of the choice of platform. The least bad control method is the GameCube pad. It's exceedingly difficult to get pinpoint accuracy out of it, and the octagonal gate around the thumbstick can be a major hinderance at times. Fortunately through emulation, I was able to use the Saturn 3D pad for this playthrough which helps a lot. 2. The scoring system has been scaled back tremendously. It's nowhere near as deep or interesting as in NiD, which in turn limits the game's replay value.
+Saturn Memories Agreed. Some folks speak poorly of Naka, but he was a terrific programmer. I'm sure if he had had a part in JoD, the core of the flying portions would have remained intact, rather than replacing them with the key gimmick. That small change sucked so much of the replay value and score attack out of NiGHTS.
ProDaKah ! Naka didn't want to create another NiGHTS unless they could do something completely new wtih it. I doubt a Naka-lead sequel would have resembled NiD. And keep in mind, Iizuka was the lead designer for the original game. He usually likes to talk about world building when he speaks about NiGHTS, but presumably, he would have been the one responsible for coming up with the scoring system and such as well. And who knows how JoD would have turned out had Sega not shifted the game from 360/PS3 to Wii mid-development. Apparently Iizuka had a much larger scale game in mind, but was directed to cut it down and move it to Wii.
+Saturn Memories I forgot about that shift to Wii from 360; certainly that stunted the game's growth potential. Even so, (and not to give Naka more credit than he's do, because there's a lot of that too) Naka's gaming preferences and portfolio clearly highlight score attack as a primary game component, and given that NiGHTS was his idea - plus his very dominant personality - he probably had a great deal of involvement and influence during development. Even if the next NiGHTS under him was completely different, I've no doubt it would've been another unforgettable experience. Sonic wasn't his creation, and it showed with how little he cared about it as time progressed. He has always been protective concerning NiGHTS, and its clear he didn't want a sequel made unless it could also be new and groundbreaking.
+Saturn Memories I wonder IF SEGA made a 3rd NiGHTS game it will be 8 dreamers (human kids) 6 of them (4 of them are already in Nid & JoD) will be with NiGHTS who is already living in Nightopia notices some of Reala's Goodles and Wizeman's Level 3 Nightmaren are kindly cooperating with Nightopians because an evil Nightmaren who's said that he is more powerful than Wizeman along with his two evil jester-like flight-capable beings are here to try to take over whole Night Dimension while the other 2 (a brother and sister) will be with NiGHTS's rival Reala who he has noticed that his master Wizeman the wicked's place Nightmare is under siege and he tells his master Wizeman that he is off to see the Old Lady (wizeman's opposite) in Nightopia and after that visit to the Old Lady's cottage he gets an Red Ideya of Courage embedded on his chest he's off to see blue bird (owl's friend)
God this game is so beautiful. I never played it before but the setting brings me back to my childhood and I just wish I could go back. It’s giving me this weird state of depression and extreme nostalgia
I never got to play the original game but this version has a special nostalgic place in my heart, I also in all my years of playing this game never beat it until recently which felt amazing btw, finally getting to finish this game and see it to it's end like I always dreamt but there's still lots of extra stuff so that's sweet ig
My only prior exposure to NiGHTS is sonic riders and that pinball minigame in sonic adventure. Just the opening cinematic on it's own already has me invested in them as a character! I feel like if sega ever made a theme park, a NiGHTS themed roller coaster would be awesome.
oh god. so it's really been more than 10 years since i played this. and i really sat here and watched all of this. i cried when i saw the memory forest concert part, i remember that stage so vividly... what a beautiful and one of a kind experience this game is. wow 💖 absolutely made my month better with all these memories
@banjotooie64dkuy Huh. Didn't know. But I really hope one if the Smash Ultimate DLC Characters features NiGHTS: Into Dreams represented in one way or another.
+altrogeruvah Yeah, I hate having to hunt for multiple parts of a video. That said, it was a pain in the ass to do it like this, heh. Took an entire day to render, a day to upload, half-a-day to process, and half-a-day for 1080p60 to become available!
Wow, these are enormously large! I would have loved to do the same thing with some of my games from my Saturn and Dreamcast collection, games that haven't been really seen on RUclips much, but I have a 1Mbps internet connection with no possible upgrade. It's too bad.
We can agree that most of us played this game, loved it , stopped playing early on either because we got distracted in the tutorial VISITOR or we grew up and never came back but it still resonated with us . For someone that loved and still loves Kingdom Hearts, Nights also invoked an air of mystery, mysticism and a central sense of DU-AL-LIZE happiness ( plus both soundtracks are GOD tier)
These games are so beautiful. I've never played this one because of how different it is from the first NiGHTS (my current favorite game) but just the way it looks is selling me on the game.
How does 1 game manage to be so fun, sad, dreamy, aesthetically pleasing, scary, peaceful, beautiful, & trippy at the same time. Bravo on this one, Sega 👏
The Sonic Team. They're artists.
@@MelancoliaI why will’s mom didn’t went to her son soccer game
@@MelancoliaI why will’s mother didn’t come to her son soccer game
@@nuuraabdulkadir3217
Football. Not soccer.
I literally beat this game eight times as a kid, including the true ending route. *EIGHT.* It's that ****ing good.
I have no emotional attachment to NiGHTs, and the presentation of this world alone almost made me break down crying, it's so pretty. I can go a year or two without sonic, we NEED NiGHTS back!
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No kidding, nights is the one who made us sleep well
@@GPJ1015 and now i have insomnia 😭😭this was the most beautiful game I ever playedd
And i always thought about this game as i got older and never thought to look it up till now
I neeeed to finish this game. I remember starting it a long time ago when I was a kid. I loved it.
I absolutely ADORE the idea of NiGHTS... A Nightmare creature turned good that helps children overcome their trauma and makes their Dreams come true. Look at the World, and tell me we don't need her back!
The way it's presented as well is surreal, but beautiful, like "Alice in Wonderland" but kinder, if you can say. Flying through the notes with Helen was MAGICAL. Especially when you know the lyrics to the song...
And can I just say: EVERY scene with Wizeman and Reala was ABSOLUTE GOLD!!! The voice acting for those two is SPECTACULAR! Who'd have thought Wizeman's voice was MoJo JoJo from "Powerpuff Girls"? Let alone that he was The Voice from "Scream".... You really feel like he's Nightmares given form. Simply spectacular...
This game is absolutely dreamy, and I would LOVE to see our favorite androginous/nonbinary/genderfluid imaginary therapist flying harlequin friend again at some point in the near future!
We love you NiGHTS. And we hope to dream about you again, soon enough...
I love absolutely everything about this comment
@@Marshall-Lee. Thank you!
I agree. Honestly, NiGHTS would be something that many kids who deal with different problems (bullying, abuse, marginalization) would need.
@@dreamyyartist5517 how nights appear in will’s dream and Helen’s dream at the same time
@@RenatoGPadilla how nights appear in will’s dream and Helen’s dream at the same time
I didn't even know this game existed
But 5 mintues in and dad is already getting milk?? Okay 10/10
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For real though
This comment ☠️☠️
screw 0ff jerk
Are we not gonna mention the fact this dude got in a car, drove to the air port, went through air port security, boarded and took off in a matter of 2 seconds?
Whenever I played this back in the day, I would always go back to the tutorial and just fly around the area just vibing to the music.
It's just a really soothing game
Me and my little brother did the same when we played this game, especially when we got stuck on a boss fight and needed to relax from the gamer rage
The feels in this game are probably one of the strongest I've had in 23 years of gaming. Simple presentation, yet elegantly resonates with some of the most challenging things we can face growing up. Not to mention that absolutely marvelous soundtrack sells every feeling it invokes. While the gameplay as a standalone is certainly flawed, that aspect of it is almost completely masked by its exemplary performance to get the player invested in a story just with the overall feeling on its own. Out of all the games I've played, 2 have made cry during the ending. The first was Kingdom Hearts, the other was NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams.
I know this comment is 2 years old as of me seeing it but i relate to your comment. This game makes me feel something. Also NJOD and KH are tied for my favorite video games
@@alexeuse6270 why will’s mom is not her son soccer games
@@alexeuse6270 why will’s mother didn’t come to her son soccer game
@@alexeuse6270 how nights appear in will’s dream and Helen’s dream at the same time
@@nuuraabdulkadir3217 dude why the fuck do you keeping asking me arbitrary questions
I totally forgot that NiGHTS could turn into different things, so when I saw Boat NiGHTS, I freaked out for a minute.
Niky O you an atheist?
Did you know nights is a guy
NiGHTS Rises Of The Dream
NiGHTS Into Dark
@@novax4farris163 NiGHTS is actually neither a male nor a female. It's just NiGHTS.
Underrated game. One of the last few times sega cared enough to try and revive a franchise.
Had a lot of good times with this game. Still have the preorder "making of" dvd I got with it too.
+NPC 888 I doubt it would ever been revived if not for Takashi Iizuka. Sega did everything in its power to ruin this game. While I have a lot of issues with JoD, all things considered, it's amazing it turned out as well as it did.
I lost my Gamestop "making of" DVD long ago. Had to ask a friend to rip his for me. I'll probably post that video a couple days from now.
Do you still have the DVD? If you have a dvd player on your conputier, would you mind ripping the contents off the disc and upload it to RUclips? I would really like to see this video
@@SaturnMemories how nights appear in n will’s dream and Helen’s dream at the same time
@@SaturnMemories how nights appear in will’s dream and Helen’s dream at the same time
They should do the same thing to Billy Hatcher & the Giant Egg, too!
NiGHTS into Dreams remains to this day one of the most brilliant & sublime score attack games ever conceived. Journey of Dreams, while failing to match the original's brilliance (mostly due to filler, and stages forcing you to keep pushing forward, robbing the player of more opportunities to explore every nuance and simply enjoy flying), is still a fun game, and worth experiencing for the brilliant soundtrack and amazing visuals, if nothing else. In other words: thanks for sharing this!
NiGHTS Journey Of Dark
NiGHTS Inner Dreamer
Nights
NiGHTS Dark Dreamer
OctoPaw: fleeing for his life, scared out of his mind.
NiGHTS: OOO RINGS!!! Let's FLY THROUGH RINGS!! SPINNNNNN!!!!
Superman 64: ...
They NEED to make another game!
Hell yeah they do.
Trust me, they won't.
Which is a shame.
Honestly though. Drop Sonic all together Sega, and go back to the older games you made.
+Juan i Padilla Why not?
After years somehow this game came to my mind. I remember playing this as a kid, I never understood shit about the game but it was pretty fun, and I never finished it, with this video I'll see the end. Thank you!!! Watching this brings me beautiful memories, almost seems like another life, when I was an innocent child...
Exactly the same
I’m happy to see all the comments are so positive for this game. I was a little off and on with this game at first as a kid cause I thought it was difficult but once I started dealing with my depression when I was 10, I really clicked with NiGHTS and started playing it to the point of 100% completion. To this day it’s the only game I’ve ever totally completed and I am so grateful to NiGHTS to have been there to help me through my saddest moments
lol imagine this underwhelming sequel with dreadful cutscenes being so important to you i am suicide watch after reading this comment
I just want you to know that as a kid i stopped playing this game cuz it was too scawy
Same here
Sleepwalk USA why do you have to be rude to people who use nights as their comfort? Dickhead
@@sleepwalkusa135 just do it already dipshit
"hmm. Visitor. hmm. visitor. hmm. well. visitor."
"What the hell are you trying to say damnit?! :C You are upsetting me!!'
budgets cuts for voice acting
😂😂😂😂😂
Calm down, Jolty.
I admit that the ending made me cry a bit but I was mentally attached to NiGHTS
NiGHTS Dark Of The Dreams
NiGHTS Rise Of The Memories
2:33:13 5:08:16 these ending made me cry and dreams dreams sweet snow because they thought nights was gone but he/she isn’t I wish they would make nights 3 already nights world of dreams or something but maybe they should add all the characters I wish they would make nights 3
NIGHTS World of dreams
Nights into dreams
Nightopia is such a beautiful place to live in especially the Dream Gate with the beautiful fountain, the statues, the stars in the beautiful night sky, the trees everything (except the dark ocean).
As Long as You dream, NiGHTS will never be gone......
Fun Fact: NIGHTS Journey of Dreams rank colors are the same from Sonic Adventure 2; pink for A, red for B, yellow for C, green for D and blue for E.
Probably because both games were developed by the USA branch of Sonic Team. The branch actually shut down shortly after this game came out
Reala:Don't make me laugh!
Shadow the Hedgehog Boom:HEY THATS MY LINE!
Unlike NiGHTs he doesn't chuckle
@@Kirbychu1 Well, of course he does...
Plus, somewhere after the tutorial in Helen's story, he said "long time no see".
i remember buying this game at walmart (i think) and playing it a lot, but i remember getting stuck because of the complicated controls. being able to watch it all the way through is fulfilling a younger me's dream. thank you for making this!
I FEEL YOU THERE
I think I got stuck in some kinda maze, and I just randomly got it in my head to look up a play through.
Nights is probably 1 of the most beautiful art designed game characters ever
Fun fact : This game was made by the same branch of Sonic Team who developed SA2, Heroes and the Shadow game.
i am just now realizing that the rings blip along to the tune of the song and it is the BEST
Holy shit *the countdown noise* scared me half to death when I was a kid. It still gives me some panic now that I'm hearing it again.
I really love NiGHTS as a character. She sweet, funny and has a heart of gold.
Fun fact: NiGHTS actually has no gender at all, they're just called NiGHTS.
@@annacollier1931most call them by male pronouns but like you said is in fact genderless
@@C2-jkbj I've never seen anyone call NiGHTS a male.
Especially people outside the fan community.
My girlfriend thought she was a woman too.
@@LostWisdom_ literally noone addresses nights as a male. They just want female erasure lol
i remember playing this game when i was 8 years old. i never got past the first boss, but it always felt like home. i have such nostalgia for this game.
the craziest thing is I never heard of Nights until now, but years ago as a kid I had a dream about a place that was similar to the Dream Gate, there were doors, and an old wise man explaining to me what these doors were.
@Axsoul CAMPBELL...whereas I'm pretty sure it was just a dream with nothing paranormal attached to it.
Are you sure that you don't met NIGHTS?
@@pablozanoto5801, I can't recall it was so long ago, but by the time I went through one of the doors I was in a winter wonderland... and I woke up
Looks like you may have visited the Night dimension. :)
@@A10N50 Seems that your Purity was in tact.
I had forgotten the name of the game for years, and this suddenly appeared on my feed! I have so many fond memories of playing this game as a kid.
this game is just life lessons galore.. will be coming back to watch whenever I'm feeling down
I’ve been searching for this game for so long I started to think it was a fever dream I had as a child
I have never once seen gameplay of this game
the designs are some of the most drug inducing things ive ever seen
But the gameplay looks really fun
The game is really fun. The story and voice acting hurts, but gameplay is addictive.
Most SEGA game designs are absolute shit. Trust me, I've seen them, but I think these ones are.. ok compared to the other ones
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the NiGHTS world seems so fascinating and magical. I would love a game from this series where you're allowed more freedom to explore.
An open world NiGHTS game would be amazing!
Love NiGHTS in the opening! So graceful!
I had this game when i was young and thought that it was hard as shiiiit.
Definitely not as good as the original, but still such a fantastic game. Only real thing I didn't like was the voiced NiGHTS, and that's just because I believe in a silent NiGHTS being a core concept in what added to the mystery and charm of the original. In this one, NiGHTS and that Owl explain everything, so there's a lot less mystery and awe to the world the characters are in, and the story is open to a lot less interpretation.
I'm just a stickler for it honestly, I did truly love this game, and series for that matter. Really wish Sega could keep this series going, as there's really something magical and fun about it.
Agreed. The whole ambiguous, dreamlike quality of the first game is totally lost. It also doesn't help that Sonic Team's usual storytelling has all the subtlety of a hand grenade...
I suspect that they went this route because a lot of people complained that the first game was too hard to follow. However, I agree with you.
Gameplay wise this is much better because in the original the camera was so far zoomed in on NiGHTS most players would fumble around and had to memorize the level to actually get decent.
In this game the camera is further back and pointed generally in the directions of your interest allowing you to react accordingly. The controls are slightly touched up to but that to be expected.
Storyline wise I don't give a shit.
Really? To me i see It as a good thing. It adds personality to the character
@@cixlo But the thing about having it zoomed in and having to memorize the level allows for a short game like NiGHTS into Dreams to have loads of replayability. There are only seven levels so having to go through them time and time again draws out the gameplay. If the camera was as far out as JoD then all the levels would not only look incredibly cluttered considering everything is rendered from the moment you enter the dream but you'd breeze through the entire game in maybe under an hour and maybe never pick it up again. Which is what I did with JoD tbh. Once I got through those levels the game just kinda sits on my shelf. And its a shame because I *love* NiGHTS.
I love their use of the whole tone scale in the soundtrack. I don’t usually hear it modernly, but it’s very fitting for this game
This game makes me want to learn how to play flute, violin, or piano just so I can play the theme tune.
Totally! This was one of the first games I ever played and it made me take up the violin when I could finally join orchestra in school. Crazy.
I actually taught myself to play the sky concert tune in hs on piano by ear. It took forever since there was no sheet music at the time (dunno if there is now) but it was fun. Wasnt able to learn chords to go with it tho.
@@frootloopthechatot9766That is literally how i learned to play songs on the piano since i couldn't afford lessons yet people at my old church would let me play the piano after services, it feels weird to remember that being am ex Methodist turned Norse Pagan ngl but it was a nice memory
5:02:50 - she was the child singer from the original version Dream Dreams back in 1996. A really nice touch.
I remember finding this game at a movie renting place and I thought the cover looked cool so I played it on our Wii, oh gosh the memories (a was a fricken fetus when I played it lol)
the music.... it remind me of being a kid at my grandma's house playing the wii all day and her cooking me sweets and getting McD's, no worries, no responsabilities, no work... ah to be a kid again
2:54:00 I don't blame NIGHTS and Helen, that part was funny. Hahahahaha.
That beautiful quality!
So a while back I got all A ranks in NiD, once I did that I set out to get all A ranks in this game. It took me a while to get it but I managed to do it, just wanted to say thank you for this video. Without it, it would of taken me longer to do.
This and NiGHTS spiritual Successor "Balan Wonderworld" are my 2 favorite games!!
This was my first game and I still find new love for it every time
I have this game in my Wii, and i tried to play it 8 years ago but i couldn't even pass the first levels cause i didn't understand what to do, so i'm gonna try to play it again now that i think i will understand it more than before 😂
Might be late, but get the classic controller to play this game if you don't have one alraedy. WAY easier to play it that way, and it's more like how the Saturn version is played.
This games bosses scared the shit out of me as a kid lmao
Late but same lmao I always had to leave the room when the girania boss came on
This was me with Queen Bella the Arachnophobia hit HARD
Around 4:13:20 it seems like Helen loses her British accent for a few lines?
Yeah she did
They all do
Yes
When we got to play Dreams Dreams by flying into notes as NiGHTS I could hardly pay attention cause I started crying. Especially when the Nightopians started singing along. Amazing game.
when she woke up crying over nights i felt that
This game is art!
Same
Elliot Leach Lol Art. You should play Shenmue
Same
Expectation: Try to get at least 30 links! 22:34
Reality: Literally maxes out the link count to 999 27:44
And they only get an A rank, like that's bull on the rating system man
リメイクされないかなあ 世界観が好きすぎry
this game is simply incredible
NiGHTS needs to come back with a new game, if that happens one day I will be the happiest person in the world
Back here after 5 years I’ve always wanted to play the games this incredible
I used to love this game. The flying in the sky at night.
this reminds me a lot of peter pan in a way, flying, the british accent, the dream world kinda like never land with its weirdness,
You know, this would be an awesome movie!
Edit: Better idea! An anime in which Nights is the self-proclaimed protector of children's dreams and each episode he enters a different child's dream and helps them beat back whatever nightmares are plaguing them! I think that'd be cool! I mean, I'd watch it!
I agree 😊 I wonder if they can get Spielberg to Direct it
Yooo that anime would be 🔥
Please make it!! I wanna watch that!
It's strange. I didn't play the NiGHTS games at launch, I was late to the party. Yet because of NiGHTS being in games like Sega Superstars I have this huge emotional attachment to the character and music :')
Same, that main theme melody sticks out heavily to me
I never actually played the game itself, but I loved this story and everytime I come back to this game, I am always on some sort of emotional rollercoaster! I wish Sega would make another game!! NiGHTS is such a great character and I would love to see more games in the future!!
Also, does NiGHTS somehow survive in the true ending?? This has always thrown me for a loop.
From looking at it, looks more like he's reborn from the Idea of hope and Helen and Will's hearts being united. He's no longer a nightmaren. At least that's my theory.
I watched this a few months back because I was doing an all A rank run. I didn't do it immediately But after some practice and watching you play, it all paid off. Got all Dreamdrops too. Never got to say thanks. So thanks. This really helped!😄👍🏼
Thanks Saturn Memories!
For loving my comment!
Yeah, it just takes a bit of practice. The main thing to remember in this game is that the L/R triggers can give you quick little speed boosts without consuming any of your dash meter. Plus you get points for using them when collecting items.
Saturn Memories I still play the game today. Well, only the chase missions anyway. They are surprisingly easy to memorize!
You really don't need to memorize too much with the chase missions. One of the few big improvements in JoD over NiD is the shift in camera angle. The camera was moved to a three-quarter perspective behind NiGHTS, so you can easily see what's coming most of the time. :)
It took 11 years that the sequel for NiGHTS into Dreams has to be created.
this was the most amazing video i have ever seen thank you so much
*_So.. we're just gonna glance over this quote?_*
2:38:02
I remember playing this as a kid..on the wii..was so trippy but I’m glad I found it again..soundtrack makes me happy.
神ゲー
ありがと
es muy con chilashuá
Nights
Heaven
@@sophiaquintana256how nights appear in will’s dream and Helen’s dream at the same time
WE NEED A NEW NIGHTS GAME WITH ANOTHER GOOD SOUNDTRACK LIKE THIS ONE 🥺🧸
2:57 Will's Dream
2:33:47 Helen's Dream
That music at the gate makes me wanna lay down and look at the stars
i've never really owned this game before as a kid bc i was too poor to have a Wii lol, but i really loved watching gameplays of this game in youtube. would love to see a remaster of this game and finally play it. this gameplay gives a gust of nostalgia somehow.
Switch threequel where are you??
You know what I would really love
Sonic + nights crossover
_..again?_
Does anyone else wish they would rerelease this game for the Switch Systems. I just love the music 🎶 so very much. I only had this playing for like 20 minutes and I was fast asleep 💤.
3:44
Are we not gonna mention the fact this dude got in a car, drove to the air port, went through air port security, boarded and took off in a matter of 2 seconds?
still dont see why this game got so many mediocre reviews i remember playing this vaguely in 07 and was on of the only few good times i had on the wii....... such a disappointment
+itsstillthinking1999 IMO, the criticism was warranted. The game does have a lot of flaws. My two biggest gripes:
1. The game doesn't control particularly well because of the choice of platform. The least bad control method is the GameCube pad. It's exceedingly difficult to get pinpoint accuracy out of it, and the octagonal gate around the thumbstick can be a major hinderance at times. Fortunately through emulation, I was able to use the Saturn 3D pad for this playthrough which helps a lot.
2. The scoring system has been scaled back tremendously. It's nowhere near as deep or interesting as in NiD, which in turn limits the game's replay value.
+Saturn Memories Agreed. Some folks speak poorly of Naka, but he was a terrific programmer. I'm sure if he had had a part in JoD, the core of the flying portions would have remained intact, rather than replacing them with the key gimmick. That small change sucked so much of the replay value and score attack out of NiGHTS.
ProDaKah ! Naka didn't want to create another NiGHTS unless they could do something completely new wtih it. I doubt a Naka-lead sequel would have resembled NiD. And keep in mind, Iizuka was the lead designer for the original game. He usually likes to talk about world building when he speaks about NiGHTS, but presumably, he would have been the one responsible for coming up with the scoring system and such as well. And who knows how JoD would have turned out had Sega not shifted the game from 360/PS3 to Wii mid-development. Apparently Iizuka had a much larger scale game in mind, but was directed to cut it down and move it to Wii.
+Saturn Memories I forgot about that shift to Wii from 360; certainly that stunted the game's growth potential. Even so, (and not to give Naka more credit than he's do, because there's a lot of that too) Naka's gaming preferences and portfolio clearly highlight score attack as a primary game component, and given that NiGHTS was his idea - plus his very dominant personality - he probably had a great deal of involvement and influence during development. Even if the next NiGHTS under him was completely different, I've no doubt it would've been another unforgettable experience. Sonic wasn't his creation, and it showed with how little he cared about it as time progressed. He has always been protective concerning NiGHTS, and its clear he didn't want a sequel made unless it could also be new and groundbreaking.
+Saturn Memories I wonder IF SEGA made a 3rd NiGHTS game it will be 8 dreamers (human kids) 6 of them (4 of them are already in Nid & JoD) will be with NiGHTS who is already living in Nightopia notices some of Reala's Goodles and Wizeman's Level 3 Nightmaren are kindly cooperating with Nightopians because an evil Nightmaren who's said that he is more powerful than Wizeman along with his two evil jester-like flight-capable beings are here to try to take over whole Night Dimension while the other 2 (a brother and sister) will be with NiGHTS's rival Reala who he has noticed that his master Wizeman the wicked's place Nightmare is under siege and he tells his master Wizeman that he is off to see the Old Lady (wizeman's opposite) in Nightopia and after that visit to the Old Lady's cottage he gets an Red Ideya of Courage embedded on his chest he's off to see blue bird (owl's friend)
this is such a beautiful game. wow, this brings me so much nostalgia
3:15:52 That’s right, say what you want Reala, nightmaren or not NIGHTS is a great friend.
im crying ty for reminding me i used to play this with my brother a lot.. i miss him.
This game looks amazing in HD, they should port this thing.
7:08 yes
+Hirotrum 10:29 ;)
insult 10/10
What is the problem of u guys? 😑
I haven’t played or thought about this game in seven or eight years, this is making me cry
It’s so nostalgic. I had this game, but I never understand it how to solve everything - I guess I was dumb 😂 I love it
3:40 Dont worry son I'm just getting a pack of cigarettes.
God this game is so beautiful. I never played it before but the setting brings me back to my childhood and I just wish I could go back. It’s giving me this weird state of depression and extreme nostalgia
I never got to play the original game but this version has a special nostalgic place in my heart, I also in all my years of playing this game never beat it until recently which felt amazing btw, finally getting to finish this game and see it to it's end like I always dreamt but there's still lots of extra stuff so that's sweet ig
3:42:54 Helen wasn't with Nights at the beginning cutscene. Did Nights do this on their own? I thought they could only paraloop when dualized.
Bruh I used to play this when I was a kid I feel so nostalgic rn
My only prior exposure to NiGHTS is sonic riders and that pinball minigame in sonic adventure. Just the opening cinematic on it's own already has me invested in them as a character!
I feel like if sega ever made a theme park, a NiGHTS themed roller coaster would be awesome.
Loved this game so much!! They should bring it back for the Wii U!
ikr
easily offended cookie tasty name you have there
Toni Andrada "Tasty?" Heh, cookies aren't just food, pal. We have feelings just like you ignorant humans.
Triggered Cookie you tell em!
Triggered Cookie did you just roasted me...
oh god. so it's really been more than 10 years since i played this. and i really sat here and watched all of this. i cried when i saw the memory forest concert part, i remember that stage so vividly... what a beautiful and one of a kind experience this game is. wow 💖 absolutely made my month better with all these memories
This soundtrack is too good
SEGA knows how to make great games and gaming icons
Sonic,NiGHTS...Most favourite of mine.
@banjotooie64dkuy wait, vocaloid was Sega?
@banjotooie64dkuy Huh. Didn't know. But I really hope one if the Smash Ultimate DLC Characters features NiGHTS: Into Dreams represented in one way or another.
@@retropichu3028 the games are but not the characters
@@Loveistheirwholehapp I can accept soundtrack! :D
I agree 150% Sega made some great games. I got love for the Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast even as an adult today!
These two endings makes me cry 2:26:05 2:33:13 5:00:47 5:08:16
I remember playing this when I was 10. It’s best used with the GameCube controller in my opinion. It’s such a beautiful and immersive game!
Wow, I love single-segmented longplay videos! Thank you so much!
+altrogeruvah Yeah, I hate having to hunt for multiple parts of a video. That said, it was a pain in the ass to do it like this, heh. Took an entire day to render, a day to upload, half-a-day to process, and half-a-day for 1080p60 to become available!
Me too! Especially when they're also 5-15 minutes long. Do you at least have a fast internet connection?
***** Reasonably fast. 94GB files, so it was always going to take a while.
Wow, these are enormously large! I would have loved to do the same thing with some of my games from my Saturn and Dreamcast collection, games that haven't been really seen on RUclips much, but I have a 1Mbps internet connection with no possible upgrade. It's too bad.
***** I recorded JoD at 50mbps. Doing the same for most Saturn games would be overkill. 25mbps suffices.
We can agree that most of us played this game, loved it , stopped playing early on either because we got distracted in the tutorial VISITOR or we grew up and never came back but it still resonated with us . For someone that loved and still loves Kingdom Hearts, Nights also invoked an air of mystery, mysticism and a central sense of DU-AL-LIZE happiness ( plus both soundtracks are GOD tier)
Oh wow this is unlocking memories
Happy anniversary to this beautiful game🎉
Aside from Saturn console having the most in-game vocal tracks to date, Sega (and Enix) has to be the most imaginative bunch of game creators.
Enix loved to copy Star Wars, Sega is good because its like a cartoon.
These games are so beautiful. I've never played this one because of how different it is from the first NiGHTS (my current favorite game) but just the way it looks is selling me on the game.
I've been trying to find this game again for so long