NiGHTS gets new subtitle for Japan
by Ross Miller 
{ May 16th 2007 at 5:15PM }
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.
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.
BPM @ May 16th 2007 7:24PM
Methinks "Journey into Dreams" will remain the English subtitle...
But... how about some alternate translations for the Japanese subtitle (that'd sound better in English, at least)?
"NiGHTS: Falling Star Story" sounds better.
ph30nix @ May 16th 2007 7:44PM
How about just Nights: Night of the Falling Stars?
That works for me...
Revo @ May 16th 2007 8:10PM
Perhaps a more appropriate name might be:
NiGHTS: Story of the Night of the Ridiculous Subtitle of the Japanese Version of the Game
ph30nix @ May 16th 2007 9:21PM
Revo:
NiGHTS: Story of the Night of the Ridiculous Subtitle of the Japanese Version of the Game (with stories of falling stars)
Emceay @ May 16th 2007 10:19PM
Sega: With no console, we need our software offerings to sound extra epic.
Pete @ May 16th 2007 11:32PM
I think "Night of the Falling Stars" sounds better. Saying "of the" twice sounds wrong.