NiGHTS gets new subtitle for Japan -- Joystiq

NiGHTS gets new subtitle for Japan

by Ross Miller { May 16th 2007 at 5:15PM }

Remember when Sega changed the name of Sonic's Wii debut from Wildfire to Sonic and the Secret Rings? We really liked the first name, and quite frankly those rings were never that secret. (There's like hundreds always seemingly stretched along your path.)

At a press conference yesterday, Sega Japan has announced a new title for the title formerly known as NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Japanese gamers, behold NiGHTS: Hoshifuru Yo no Monogatari, roughly translated by IGN to be Story of the Night of the Falling Stars.

Will other regions see a name change? We think Journey and Story share enough contextual similarities that Sega might end up keeping the previously-revealed title for North America and Europe. Or, at the very least, come up with a more concise translation than Story of the Night of the Falling Stars.

Tags: japan, journey of dreams, JourneyOfDreams, nights, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kingofwale @ May 16th 2007 5:19PM

just be glad it doesn't say "escape from bug island"

Theta @ May 16th 2007 5:21PM

It's like Donkey Kong, except with grammar instead of spelling.

Mr Khan @ May 16th 2007 5:51PM

Don't care what its called

all i know is i want it

now

87th @ May 16th 2007 5:52PM

How long before we get stories about "NiGHTS: Claris and Elliot's Wacky Worlds!"?

...probably a couple of hours.

kered @ May 16th 2007 6:12PM

Thats so stupid to rename that game. I got an idea let's name rename every game ever made to crzay long names that nobody will every remember. Why is it somebody is ALWAYS f***ing something up. (sigh) It's still a better game than bruce lee on xbox.

Angelo @ May 16th 2007 6:31PM

Emphasis on this being the JAPANESE name for the game. Learn to read, people.

J44xm @ May 16th 2007 7:07PM

I think the name sounds considerably less clunky if you excise the second "the": "Story of the Night of Falling Stars." However, "hoshifuru" apparently actually means "night sky full of stars (to the point that they could just fall out)" and not "falling stars" literally, so perhaps a more accurate translation would be something like "NiGHTS: Story of a Star-filled Sky." I like that well enough.

However, like Angelo says, this is the Japanese name anyway.