Original NiGHTS coming to GameTap in '08

by Alexander Sliwinski { Dec 20th 2007 at 5:29PM }

We were quite surprised when a tipster sent us a link to Sega's NiGHTS website which stated the original NiGHTS into Dreams is available to play on GameTap -- because it's not. Turns out Sega jumped the gun just a bit in announcing that NiGHTS into Dreams is coming to GameTap's gaming smorgasbord, possibly by half a year. We spoke with GameTap and the best the company could do was confirm the game would be available "in the first half of 2008," but that more details would "hopefully" be available in January.

In the meantime, feel free to watch GameTap's behind the scenes look at the making of the sequel NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams on the Sega site. To find the video click on "story" and then "behind the story" (sorry, no direct link available). If the whole video gets pulled because of the pre-announcement "oops," consider this whole post a dream until sometime next year.

[Thanks WiNG]

Tags: gametap, nights, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sifer2400 @ Dec 20th 2007 5:38PM

i just saw the commercial for this on the Wii i thought it was only coming out to japan?

Jerk Face @ Dec 20th 2007 5:39PM

It came out last week. Word is, it should have been entitled "NiGHTS: Journey Into Mediocrity."

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Dec 20th 2007 6:40PM

That title seems like it would be slightly harder to market. Might I suggest, NiGHTS: Journey into Meh?

Jerk Face @ Dec 20th 2007 5:38PM

Why does everyone get such a hard-on for NiGHTS anyway?

Guzzie @ Dec 20th 2007 6:07PM

I'm curious about this too. I don't get it at all.

mr nimblewick @ Dec 20th 2007 6:08PM

It's a good game. Give it a try when you can.

Gametap is really starting to reduce the value of my Saturn collection.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Dec 20th 2007 6:26PM

NiGHTS: Journey Into Cream

I am immature, deal with it

Mr Khan @ Dec 20th 2007 6:28PM

Gorgeous art style, childlike whimsy, and the sensation of flying

It's not exactly the most solid gameplay experience out there, but it is an excellent game to experience. A true example of games as art.

lol @ Dec 20th 2007 8:11PM

because you touch yourself at night. /family guy

Honestly though, it was a very fun game, and it's interesting because there really isn't much to do. It's a very simplistic, on-rails game, and yet it's so relaxing and enjoyable (especially if you had the analog controller) that you don't really care. It had a great soundtrack and was just...fun.

However, Journey into Dreams is, so far, an utter disappointment. As much as I hate to make game comparisons, my gripe with this is "it's not Galaxy."

Graphically, it's a step back, aurally it's still good, but there are some major nuisances (ridiculous voice overs, stupid ad-lib noises everytime you progress through written speech, loading times comparable to the original Saturn title...ugh. Once Nintendo goes ahead and shows you what a Wii title should look like, and then you play NiGHTS, you wonder why Sonic Team couldn't do better than this effort.

Furthermore, in my opinion, there's no reason why the games coming out now can't push the hardware better. The development hurdle was supposed to be about the various forms of control, NOT the actual coding/graphical strength. Ah well.

Brello @ Dec 20th 2007 8:32PM

Don't fall for it, Jerk face! I finally got around to playing the damned thing due to curiosity. Tracked down a friend with a Saturn and everything. My findings? A mediocre experience at best. I finally killed the curiosity that was clawing at me, but an hour in or so I thought to myself "Those damned SEGA devotees tricked me again..." It wasn't terrible, but it certainly doesn't deserve its cult following.

Phi Nguyen @ Dec 20th 2007 10:06PM

I remember when I played the original NiGHTS at a demo kiosk at Best Buy. I almost puked right there in the store (I have terrible motion sickness.)

Sokkratez @ Dec 20th 2007 6:19PM

Huzzah for GameTap!!!

Mr Khan @ Dec 20th 2007 6:26PM

Makes a tempting proposition for gametap

But i'm surprised they managed to emulate it properly, although they've done saturn games before

Lorben @ Dec 20th 2007 7:02PM

I am a happy man this day. I was hoping that would come to Gametap at some point.

V1L3 @ Dec 20th 2007 10:04PM

What I find odd is, not that there are people out there who don't like the game, but that they feel that it's their duty to tell everyone else, as though they felt affronted that ANYONE enjoyed it.

If it's wrong to love NiGHTS, I don't want to be right.

WiNG @ Dec 20th 2007 11:47PM

Thanks for taking the tip. When this comes out the world can finally see what the big deal was (hint: NiGHTS is a joy to play, and the story is simple but moving).

Journey of Dreams rapes NiGHTS almost as hard as Sonic Adventure did to the Sonic series.

Shadow Hog @ Dec 21st 2007 1:13PM

Correction: Sonic Heroes onwards. Maybe Sonic Adventure 2.

But the first Adventure was actually pretty spot-on. Corny, yes, and buggier than an ant farm, but spot-on otherwise. It's just that instead of building on their foundation, they decided to fix what wasn't broken and not even address what was - something that they've been doing ever since.

NiGHTS 2 is a victim of this train of thought, even - a complete change of focus from the score attack of the original to a more generic time attack, characters with (awful) voice-acting, trying to flesh out what's a pretty generic plot (or so I've heard)... things that, ultimately, aren't needed, but apparently are mandated by higher-ups at Sega who wouldn't know what made a good game if it came up to them, shot them in the shoulder, raped them and left them for dead in a street alley, all the while yelling "I'M WHAT MAKES A GAME GOOD" every five seconds.