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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: April 07, 2007, 10:40:54 PM »

Like in Sonic Adventure you could download patches for Station Square. And have either Halloweeen decorations or Christmas Decorations, saved to your VMU. Will NiGHTS be the 1st game to make full use of Wiiconnect24?

I think the 2 player mode in NiGHTS was... ok, but I never played it, even when I had people to play it with we just stuck to taking turns on 1 player. I'd like to see more 2 player modes. And it would be even better if you could play 2 player online. Even if it was the same Paraloop battle, it would be good if other players could spectate matches and get in line to play with winner. Like in Tournaments in Quake III.

How about if NiGHTS were to make use of the Clock like in the Saturn version, the game could transcend from day to NiGHT, following your clock settings.

Can't wait til friday when the next ONM is out.


EDIT: Just got the new ONM today. I was quite disappointed with the NiGHTS coverage. In fact there's more info available on the internet. So much for their 'World Exclusive'

The one bit of new info they did have is that there will be 2 control methods. One where you can use the Nunchuck to simulate the classic controls of the Saturn, or with the Wiimote alone for a full flying experience.

Just letting you know.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Miyamoto: Wii enhancements coming for hardcore gamers

« on: April 07, 2007, 01:25:02 AM »

I hope you're right. I'm sick of having to do a cartwheel every time I want to reload my gun or place an item. I'll say this, using motion for control does feel great, But you don't want to be doing giant gestures all the time. I got very bored and annoyed of pushing doors open in Red Steel, and was even worse when the door didn't open but my character Reloaded instead

Ooh! And I know what a hardcore gamer is. Its someone who really enjoys video games

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:New game idea thread

« on: April 07, 2007, 12:32:34 AM »

Was just thinking how I don't think I've played an Ice Hockey game since the Mega Drive, and how cool one would be on Wii.

Like Wii Sports, this would be a game where you'd need to Stand.

Think about it, you could use the Nunchuck Stick to move your player then actually swing the Wimote like a stick to pass.

Then should a fight occur, switch to Wii boxing stance and let your opponent have it.

This would be a good chance to show how the Wiimote can be used for lefties too (I'm left handed) so Just like in Wii Boxing your could just hold the Wiimote and Nunchuck in the opposite hands.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: April 06, 2007, 07:49:17 AM »

Seriously, I didn't know Spong had a bad rep. Again, I don't use them, and hadn't heard of them til NiGHTS 2 where I saw they'd said a NiGHTS sequel was confirmed. It just came up in a Prope search.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: April 06, 2007, 07:30:59 AM »

Yeah, after all, the original NiGHTS and Christmas NiGHTS used the clock for special features in the game.

Funnily enough, on April fools day you could play as Reala (in christmas NiGHTs that is)

I'll be very glad if they do make use of the weather channel. The weather in Xmas NiGHTs operated on the clock, Spring/Summer the weather was just like NiD, but around November the game switched to 'Winter NiGHTs' The stage became snowy, and when December hit, the stage was full of Christmas decorations

Why bother watching the news for the weather when you could just play NiGHTS 2 Because if you're playing NiGHTS 2 you'll be too busy to look out of the window!

I'd like to see just as much use of the clock as in NiGHTS 2. What about unlockable presents too again like in NiGHTS.

NiGHTS was an awesome game but xmas NiGHTS was so much better for interaction and making use of the Saturn's features.

I want to see more games use Wiiconnect24, not just NiGHTS. You come back to your Wii to find NiGHTS has picked up a new stunt or extra/alternate Mare routes.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: April 06, 2007, 03:19:21 AM »

What? So Spong isn't a reliable source? Ok didn't know they had a rep or anything. I found that link looking for info on Prope anyway. But everyone seems to be saying the same thing no matter where you hear it. Prope aren't making it.

Now Sega have a chance to kick ass again here (if they want it) they can bring back their best loved mascots onto Wii where they are most likely to be appreciated, instead of coming up with lame ideas to fit in with 360 markets that just turn out lame. SEGA sort of turned their backs on who they were after Dreamcast. Its like

"we were only making games for our own systems before, but now they're for other systems they can't be SEGA style?"

Everyone wanted Sega's titles after Dreamcast, coz Sega were good at making games, but they just went really conventional to suit the systems reputations, rather than making the sort of games they were good at.

I think SEGA should only make games for Nintendo, they'd make way more money that way, they can go back to making good games and Nintendo get the awesome exclusives.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: April 02, 2007, 07:44:22 AM »

Yeah, here you go.

http://news.spong.com/article/12166?cb=86

When i'm in a positive mood I like to think that Prope started development and have done most of the work, and have handed it to Sonic team to finish up on the artsy stuff maybe. I dunno, heck, as long as Sonic team stay the hell away from the Mechanics of the gameplay.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: April 02, 2007, 04:07:50 AM »

Don't forget 'Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles'

Shame we have to wait so long for alot of these titles that were supposed to be out last month :S

But i'm glad they're panning the games out. Means its doing well with the games it has available. And they aren't just gonna go and blow all their best titles in the first few months. Dreamcast mistake.

Back to NiGHTS. I'm very sad to hear that development has moved from Prope to Sonic Team U.S, what happened there?

That's really shaken my confidence in us getting a good NiGHTS game now. And when are Prope going to start making games anyway?

I'd really like to know the story behind why development shifted. It doesn't make any sence. I know how much Naka cared about NiGHTS. So much in fact that he didnt want to harm  the game's reputation by making a sequel. And when he's finally ready to make a sequel (and what could be a perfect game with the technology available) He just hands it over to Sonic Team?

Thoughts?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Medal of Honor looks purdy...

« on: April 01, 2007, 04:04:51 AM »

The controls and aiming both look like they suck.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is revived and Wiiing

« on: March 31, 2007, 01:33:15 AM »

I can see what Pittbboi's been getting at. But I'm actually pretty impressed by the screenshots of NiGHTS 2. They quite incredible and look to be the best on Wii yet. Graphics aren't important but if they aren't what they could have been then they can affect how you feel about a game.

I was actually pretty bummed out about Red Steel when I got it, the magazines made it look gorgeous but it looked pretty scrappy and had a dodgy frame rate when I got my hands on it.

Lets not forget we don't know how early NiGHTS 2 is in development so it could even look much better than it does already. And when we see it in motion is when we'll really know, with the little stars comin out of NiGHTS' fingers :p

if you ask me, NiGHTS on Saturn is Graphically flawless. Its just the style.

The producer of Secret rings 'Yojiro Ogawa' did bring up a good point in ONM. Here's the quote:

"If a deigner has 256 coloured pencils and another only has 16, depending on the way the designers use the colours, what will come out can be very different. Even though someone may only have 16 colours, what they can create can be very impressive"

Good point, its how well its made artistically and the 'effort' put into it of course rather than the power under the bonnet. I personally think Shenmue 1 is the best looking game of all time. Wise words, Mr. Ogawa, shame you can't make a decent game to save your life!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 30, 2007, 08:57:23 AM »

go watch some vids of the original, its awesome.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 30, 2007, 08:22:12 AM »

Mantidor, NiGHTS is Genderless

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 30, 2007, 05:37:11 AM »

Thanks Caliban. It does say over at Spong that it won't be Sonic team working on NiGHTS too (Thank God) looks like it will be Prope like I hoped. Just a matter of waiting around for the next issue of ONM

Friday 13th of april is when its out.

Friday the 13th? oooh!  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 29, 2007, 03:42:47 AM »

The only thing that bothers me now is how Naka is saying he's having no part in a NiGHTS sequel. I just hope he's trying to be secretive. Coz if Sonic team make NiGHTS 2, I really don't want to buy it

I was sure Prope would make this. Would be a great debut for Naka and Prope. But whenever I search Naka and his new studio the first thing I see is him denying NiGHTS 2.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 28, 2007, 07:34:51 AM »

How can anyone not like NiGHTS, its only the best game in the universe. Everything about it is great, how it looks, plays, sounds, feels.

Back to the star cluster. Yeah alot of things do fit in there. But this is a 'Star' cluster. If it were to be Leon Kennedy of Resident Evil wouldn't it be a blood splatter or something? A star cluster is just totally fitting of NiGHTS.

NiGHTS pwns the stars and the night sky! lol.

This is a hard time for NiGHTS fans. But I'm just gonna say "to heck with it" and I'm putting all my belief in that this is a NiGHTS sequel. If i'm wrong, who cares? The sheer buzz on the internet is proof enough for me. This is huge.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 24, 2007, 09:46:14 AM »

Well i'm very interested to see how the game will control. Hopefully it'll keep all the same pace and precision the first game offered. I was worried at first about the Wii's motions sensing when I got my hands on games like Red Steel and even Warioware. But Excite Truck's controls have been pretty tight and haven't let me down. The controller's always responded to my turns perfectly, which goes to show its down to the developer's efforts.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 24, 2007, 03:11:29 AM »

Of course, the controls could be done completely stock without using tilt but using the Wii remote and nunckuck.

C and Z for stunts. Nunstick for NiGHTS movement, and A button for drill. B could also be a stunt button.

This wouldn't be great use of the Wiimote but who said that every game has to use motion sensing? If NiGHTS 2 were to play the same as the Saturn, this is the way i'd want to play it.

Something I was going to bring up on the forum was how I wish developers didn't feel like they had to make use of the motion sensing in every game when a button press would have done. Especially when they've programmed the game to lack responce to the Wiimote or it just doesn't feel right at all. Like in Red Steel, the Grenade throw. If I did an overarm thrown, my character would either do an underarm, or just not throw it. In fact, just about every gesture in that game failed.

More games like Excite Truck please, where the motion sensing 'works' and you don't have to move around too much. Or if you do, at least you know it's gonna pick it up.

I'm sure NiGHTS 2 will use motion sensing, but i'm baffled on how it will.

Any ideas on how to do stunts with motions sensing if you were using the Nunchuck too?

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General Gaming / RE:My Wii wont connect to a wireless network.

« on: March 23, 2007, 12:50:56 PM »

what are your secuity settings like on your network?

I have to switch all mine off for it to let my Wii through. Even if I put the Network key in. It still doesnt connect, so I need to take all security off.

Which then makes my internet connection (on the laptop) go beserk and it connects and disconnects itself rapidly.

For some reason, my internet is very unhappy with the security off. If it worked ok with it off, then i'd leave it off all the time so the Wii could get in.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:stuck on a cutscene in re4

« on: March 23, 2007, 12:29:56 PM »

One of the things i've noticed on the boulder scenes is, if you start to tap before it tells you, you will fail. 'Cause you're sorta cheating I guess

Tip 1. Don't start tapping until it tells you to.

I've never struggled on a boulder scene, the hardest ones in the game I thought were the fight with Krauser and the laser dodging just after him.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 23, 2007, 12:16:18 PM »

Oh yes, thats right. One of the stages had a clock face on the ground and the time was correct. I think it was Splash Garden but i'm not sure. It was only Splash Garden and Mystic Forest that had top down views, although I feel i'm forgettin one.

On the subject of controls, I wouldn't be too worried. The controls in NiGHTS were very basic. It shouldn't be too much trouble putting them on Wii. Here's what I have in mind (Holding Wiimote Horizontally of course)

D-Pad: Same as Saturn, control NiGHTS direction and movement

1 or 2: Drill

Tilting the controller left would perform NiGHTS 'left trigger' stunt while tilting it right would perform NiGHTS 'right trigger' stunt. Again, just like on the saturn but instead of pressing a shoulder button you tilt the controller. You can also tilt the controller foreward and back, which would emulate another 2 stunt shoulder buttons which means twice as many stunts

A quick jolt with the controller could cause NiGHTS to stall. I never used that apart from when fighting Gillwing lol.

I just made these up in my head and with Saturn's NiGHTS in mind. I think i'll pick up a Wiimote and see what I come up with later.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 23, 2007, 01:59:11 AM »

I sometimes talk with a guy who owns a games shop. And he's told me today that it is in fact NiGHTS 2. A whole new outing, not a remake or NiGHTS coming to VC. Naka will have being keeping it secret by the looks of things. It'll only be a matter of time now 'til we get some news online.

So I guess the only thing to discuss now is what to expect from NiGHTS 2? I mean we know its gonna be great, Naka's said all along it would take a very long time for him to make a seqel to such a great game so he could "Get it right" which is why we've only just heard of it. Who knows how long he's been working on NiGHTS 2. I doubt he's been doing nothing since he left Sonic team.

I wonder if NiGHTS 2 will make use of the clock settings like 'Christmas NiGHTS' did and I hope that NiGHTS 2 makes great use of Wiiconnect24.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 20, 2007, 07:20:05 AM »

lol Again, no. Sorry, guys. I have no friends in the industry or at ONM. All i've said here lately are my own little theories. I really do wish I did though, that'd be so cool.

Also, if I did have friends in places like SEGA etc, and I was revealing stuff early on the forums, I think i'd be in alot of trouble right now lol

It just so happens I'm a big NiGHTS fan so I guess that helps. And I'm a SEGA fan from when they were great back in the day. All the control speak so far about NiGHTS 2 has been wishful thinking lol

The Wii remote is a very versatile control unit. I can see NiGHTS 2 making great uses of it that no one would have ever imagined possible. That is, if this is NiGHTS 2 on the way. However, if NiGHTS on Wii is a remake, it could still make use of the Wiimote in new ways.

Also I'm very happy people have come with me on the Horizontal controls idea. I just think it'd make much more sence than using the remote/pointer style and I can't imagine that working in NiGHTS.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 20, 2007, 04:21:56 AM »

Well its not like ONM went out of their way to build this hype. Look at what Chandra said.

Magazines do this next to every issue. Its no big deal. But it is quite a coincidence that the front cover of NiGHTS into dreams fits it so perfectly.

Something did just strike me however.... in ONM it does say

"Step back in time as a classic game makes a long overdue return"

I never though of it this way. But could this be the Graphical remake that Yuji Naka used to speak of. When asked about NiGHTS sequels he did used to say he'd never be able to improve on the game, or just didn't want to disturb the game with a sequel since it was such a masterpiece.

There's something to think about.

Yes, this game that we're talking about could be anything.... but since this is a NiGHTS topic, i'm sticking with NiGHTS

Dan.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 19, 2007, 07:47:56 AM »

No, sorry, I don't work for SEGA. Believe me, if I did i'd be taking in all you guys are saying coz i'm with you all on what you've been saying.

I agree they've really gone down since the Dreamcast, their drive was meant to be a great software company. I thought this meant all systems getting hits like Power Stone, Shemue, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio Y'know, as if they were to continue living as if they had a console and delivering the same awesome and unbeatable game quality, but through other companies. Like they did as they were making Dreamcast ports. Sadly this wasn't the case.

Ok, the reason why I think NiGHTS will be controlled horizontally, is because also in the ONM (Official Nintendo Mag) There is a small piece saying Chandra (Editor) Just got back from Japan and had a test of a secret game that will blow your socks, shoes, and trouser legs off! It then shows him holding the Wii remote Horizontally. Ok, so its not a pic of him there actually testing the game, but it is a picture he has put with that little bit of info. Possibly more secret insight, as its in the same issue as the 'Next issue' NiGHTS star constilation, can you blame me?

I just put this together with the hype that the 'Next issue' page was getting and it seems to make sence. Also holding the Wiimote sideways bares more resemblance to the Saturn NiGHTS controls. Also in the pic Chandra is tilting the controller, you couldn't really do this holding it like a remote, I feel stunts that way (remote) would be a pain in the butt, and a strain on the wrist! Since NiGHTS is all about the stunts!

Imagine the possibilities, controlling NiGHTS the way it was on the Saturn. But with the added feature of tilt for stunts.

For anyone who hasn't played NiGHTS, there were times in the game when the camera suddenly switched behind NiGHTS or went above NiGHTS into a top down view in some stages. I think that using tilt would be a very interesting way to control moments like these.

The more I think about it, the original NiGHTS could have made great use of tilt and motions sensing. Like steering NiGHTS as the camera follows NiGHTS in his sled formation in the 'Frozen Bell' stage.

I could go on. But I just feel from putting my own little ONM theory together there on the controls, there are infinite possibilities on what the game and its mechanisms are capable of.

I should point out it helps if you've played NiGHTS to know what I'm talking about. I'm a huge NiGHTS fan so sorry if I rambled. And I know I said 'NiGHTS' alot but I didn't want to get into the whole gender debate!

Again, apologies if I had anyone beliving I worked for 'Sega', 'Sonic Team', or 'Prope' It was in no way an attempt to draw attention to myself. I just wanted to get my little theory out there since everyone was talking about the controls.

I think I might have to go set up my Saturn again pretty soon

Dan.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:NuGHTS is being revived on Wii

« on: March 19, 2007, 02:33:41 AM »

No, Yuji Naka and his new development team called "Prope" will be working on NiGHTS 2. It'll have nothing to do with Sonic Team.

And I believe NiGHTS 2 will be controlled by holding the Wii remote in a horizontal position, just like excite truck. So it won't need the pointer. But who knows. Perhaps there'll be moments in the game when it does.