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This game will make ya loopy, and that's no baloney!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

NiGHTS is a great game. It's a lot of fun, and I think some people will enjoy it. I know I did. ;-)

First things first: the plot of the game. Wizeman the Wicked, most powerful of all Nightmares, is planning the takeover of the dream dimension -- Nightopia -- as well as the real world using Ideya (dream energy) stolen from sleeping humans. Only two special children from the city of Twin Seeds have what it takes to stop Wizeman, along with the help of NiGHTS, a rebel Nightmaren. During their quest, Elliot Edwards and Claris Sinclair discover the courage within themselves, as well as a very special friendship in each other; and NiGHTS is freed from Wizeman's grasp.

Okay. Info on the game. Claris and Elliot have separate levels. Claris' levels are Spring Valley, Mystic Forest, and Soft Museum. Elliot's levels are Splash Garden, Frozen Bell, and Stick Canyon. The only level that is available no matter who you're playing is Twin Seeds. At the end of each course, you'll be graded. You can only go to the Twin Seeds level if get at least a C or higher in each level. I've noticed that as your grade improves, the music changes. Really. I'm serious. ::looks around and notices no one believes her:: Okay, laugh if you want to, but when that happens, I'll have the last laugh. I remember this one time where I was playing the sampler. I was flying as NiGHTS (actually Claris was doing the flying in the game of course) and then all of a sudden, the time ran out, and Claris crashed to the ground! (I've felt sorry for her.) Then, this egg-shaped alarm clock was after me. But don't you worry, I got to NiGHTS just in time. ::catches her breath:: Whew! I talked more than usual.

The graphics are pretty good. I can see the Sonic Team put a lot of work into it. The music is great. Whoever composed it did a good job. Control is good, but it'll take some time getting used to. This part took me by storm! I played the sampler before, but this is better! There were a lot of things I haven't seen in the sampler, like after you beat Frozen Bell, Puffy is the boss you have to defeat. However, when I played the whole game, Puffy was the boss of Splash Garden! It only took me the weekend after I got it to beat it, and let me tell you, the endings were terrific. NiGHTS is a fun game that you don't want to miss!

If you're still faithful to Sega you need this game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the most beautiful games I've ever played. Sure, no one owns a Saturn any more...but if you still do, you cannot pass this one up. The game is fast and the graphics are gorgeous, hey the price is low too. I garauntee that if you still have a Saturn and you're looking for something different well, then this is your game.

One amazing game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have to say this- I've played many video games. Of all different consoles and types, but NiGHTS is still #1 in my list of favorites. Literally, Flying through a 3-D world where the imagination has no bounds, NiGHTS is one amazing game. And the music is no exception! The music was composed beautifully, and sounds perfect, if not better. I completely recommend this game to anyone who is even thinking of buying it. You won't regret it!

This Is A S W E E T Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: July 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I like this game a lot because it is very cool/

Hands down the only reason to own a Sega Saturn

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

playing this game is like entering another world, the graphics are so surreal and playing it is fun. Without a doubt a real game lovers fantasy.Sonic 2 on dreamcast even has nights as a game in casinopolis, it takes you back. Gotta give credit where credit is due-- this is one of the best games out there in every aspect!!! If you have the money and a saturn get this [...] game.

Nights into Dreams

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If there was only one reason to get a Saturn this it. Not only is it by far the best Saturn Game it ranks in my mind as one the best period. The visuals are great for the time and the control is outstanding.

Beautiful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the most beautifully crafted games I have ever seen. The controls are very natural and comfortable. The graphics are outstanding. The plot is entertaining. Sure to delight anyone who owns a saturn, a definate must buy. Loads and loads of nonstop fun. (Untill you turn it off...)

Extremely Simple, and yet, Fun in a Complex manner.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

About a year after the release of The Sega Saturn, Sega was feeling the heat of the threat that Nintendo 64 presented and the threat of Super Mario 64. For quite a while, fans clamoured for a Sanic game in 3D. Seeing as this was basically impossible to do right on a machine on the Sega Saturn, Sega did the next best thing, they brought together all the original members of Sonic Team (plus a few more programmers and artist) and had them create a game that would easily be acomidated by the Sega Saturn's Hardware and be just as fun, if not more so, than Sonic The Hedgehog.

That's how NiGHTS came to be, and boy what a game it was ! Essentially, the game's most important aspect is it's extremely simple interface, like Sonic's. In this game, like in the Sonic games, all the player uses to control the game are a single button and the directional pad, oh and there are 2 buttons which are very rarely used (L shoulder and R Shoulder). Also like Sonic's games, all the player has to do is point in the direction he wants to go, No special button presses are required for flight, (sonic did not need to have a button pressed to accelerate although it was an option) The main button you press in this game is a dash button, in which NiGHTS will accelerate a spin as a form of attack and as a way to speed him up. The Shoulder button are used for acrobatic stunts, but these are not needed until you fly through a Stunt ring (more on that later).

The Basic goal of the game is to collect these things called "Ideya" which look like giant marbles, according to the story, these are the life blood of the dream universe which the evil Wiseman is trying to control. This is accomplished by picking up smaller blue orbs called "ideya chips" which are scattered around each level and which must be taken to the "Ideya Captures" where the Ideya are being kept, 20 chips destroys the capture and any leftover chips you have go towards the end of level bonus. Each level is divided into four courses with one Ideya Capture each. From the Begining of the level (and start of all courses) Nights must fly around through rings collecting Chips and Stars (for scoring purposes only) in order to destroy the Captures, and making as many laps as he needs to make to do so. Once he has the Ideya, he must take it back to the start of the level, and start a new course. During each course, NiGHTS has a time limit of 120 seconds counted down from the begining of the course, if he runs out of time, he loses the power of the dreamer, and the dreamer must destroy the Capture or return to the Starting point on his own if he has the Ideya, if this should occur, the score for that course is brought to zero. The dreamer must Avoid the Alarm Egg which will wake him up (more on that later). If NiGHTS takes damage, he loses five seconds from the Clock. After 4 Ideyas are collected, NiGHTS fights a Boss, known as a Nightmaren, One of Wiseman's Henchmen.

The Dreamers in the Game, Claris and Elliot, are mainly in the game as plot devices. But they also serve the pupose of a secondary game mode where the player can walk around the level in a sort of clumsy super Mario 64 fashion mainly as a way to avoid waking up. But it's Rather cool how every level begins with Claris or Elliot falling into the dreamworld and landing softly, and at the end of every level the screen fades white and the kids wake up.

All in all, my friend said it best when he said "NiGHTS is like a platform game without platforms". Jumping is not Neccesary, The game is pure motion and flight, and because of this, it is a timeless game which you can pick up after beating it and still play it even if it is only 7 levels long.

Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Nights was made by the people who made Sonic, Sonic team and by many considered to be their best game.

Nights is an amazing, creative game and I wish they would have made a sequel. Nights is full of colorful levels and can be pretty challenging at times. The graphics really show off Saturn's power. As for play control, you need the 3D controller to play which looks like the Dreamcast controller where you use the analog controller to do moves that a regular D-pad couldn't do. The story line is confusing but interesting like the rest of the game.

Overall Nights is a captivating, original game that every Saturn owner should have.

Best Sega Saturn release

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

NiGHTS tells the story of two children named Elliot and Chris who fail miserably at their favorite hobbies. That night they have the same dream and meet each other and NiGHTS, a Nihgtmaren that lives in the Dream World. He needs their help because the two children possess red dream energy which is bravery.Together they set out to destroy Wiseman, creator of the dream world who wants to conquer the universe.
NiGHTS uses the system's power to the best of its ability with stunning 3-D graphics and colorful worlds. The game is very challenging at first but gets easier in time. Also their is another game in this game, if you know what I mean. This game is called A-life, or artificial life. You can breed 3 different types of Nightopians,creatures that inhabit the Dream World. The combinations are endless!
NiGHTS is a must have for Saturn fans. Also if you love NiGHTS, check out the sequel, Christmas NiGHTS!

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