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After a week of NiGHTS rumors bouncing back and forth on the web we finally have some closure on the issue. In an interview with Game Reactor magazine, a NiGHTS developer from Sonic Team, Takeshi Izuka has confirmed that the long dormant franchise will be making it's return on Nintendo's Wii console.
Here's a small part of the interview. You will find the rest of the interview below.
Q: How did the idea of creating NiGHTS for Nintendo's new console come along? A: I've been interested in making this sequel for as long as I can remember, and the moment seemed perfect to start working on it. This game is ideal to take advantage of the Wii controller's potential.
Q: In which ways does Nintendo's new console attract you? A: I am particularly enthusiastic about witnessing all of this technological advance, and about knowing that, as a programmer, I can create games in the new consoles which, a few years ago, I was only able to dream of.
Q: We're real fans of this character. Do you think that he will still be able to be interesting to the public, after all these years? A: Above everything, I hope that NiGHTS fans like this game as much as the First one. I'm confident that, with all the new features I'm hoping to include, it will also attract a new player base, not yet familiar with this character's world.
Q: What can we expect, regarding game modes? A: Besides a single player mode, familiar to everyone, there will be a two-player mode and certain special online functions.
The original title, NiGHTS into Dreams was created by Sega and Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn in the mid-1990s. However the game failed to achieve mass commercial appeal due to stiff competition from Super Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot. However, it is still considered one of the greatest games ever created but despite this a sequel was never created.
