Sega fans have had more than enough reasons to mope throughout the last decade, but few things stung more than the needless lack of a proper NiGHTS sequel. After eleven years worth of flirting with resurrections, cameo appearances, and avid internet speculation, one of the most prolonged prick teases in all gamedom comes to a close: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is officially Wii bound.
It's easy to forget that NiGHTs into Dreams… was the first game to liberate us from the tyranny of D-pads back in 1996, and shepherded console gamers into a new era of analog(even if it was via a somewhat cumbersomecontrollerthat resembled a 45' LP.) And it's that same pioneering spirit that gets us so damned excitedabout the implementation of the Wii's controls into the unbound flight of the creepy-cute jester, NiGHTS. Especially in an era where port happy developers consider the Wii remote a mere extension of a thumbstick.
April 2, 2007
