The Greatness of Nights Into Dreams
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- It has been a little while since his last video, but Segalacious wanted to be sure to do his best to make this Christmas a special one for all of his friendmues with a video essay on the greatness of Nights Into Dreams for the Sega Saturn. Join him as he briefly explores the historical background, storyline, gameplay, and psychological insights into this masterpiece of a game. Hope you all enjoy it and have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Nights into Dreams is a magical game. It deserved better sales than it got.
This video explained nights as deep as I needed. One of the best video on youtube!
I just came here after watching a rant video about nights into dreams.
@gfdgdfgdfgdfggfdgdfgdfgdfg9709 thanks that's very kind if you to say. What was the rant video?
When stationed in Switzerland, Jung became entranced by the mandala as he sketched one each day for self-healing. The game echoes this repeated, circular arrangement -- which compensated for Jung's then disorderly psyche --, with its circling motif. By recurrently tracing a "mandala" onscreen you get to help them find wholeness, if you will. Merry Christmas.
Mind blown! It really kind of does do that as you play the game. Awesome insight tretas!
That adds a whole new dimension to the paraloop 😮😮
Yuji Nakka said he was inspired by Jungian dream analysis and archetypes whilst creating Nights.
I really love this game. It's Sonic Team's magum opus, imo. Just the amount of work and research put into its symbolism, music, imagery, direction... it's an incredible master piece. The story and experience is short, but very well made and striking.... it's probably one of the most layered games ever, and I imagine just the basic info given by Izuka on Jung is simply scratching its surface, considering that supposedly every character in the game is based off a Jungian archetype, and each level are built off his books and research on dreams.
Plus... Christmas NiGHTS is the icing on the cake 😊 One of the most joyful games ever made.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!🌠
Agreed! Cheers have a happy new year
NiGHTS really is a magical and insightful game. It was fasinating to hear both yours and the developer's reasoning behind why NiGHTS is one of Sega's best.
Thanks! I wish more people appreciated it. Severely underrated game.
Nights feels like an extremely bizarre alternative Sonic game. Guess that was probably the idea of the Sonic Team.
You don't run, you fly. You don't collect rings, you fly through them.
It's fast and colorful, with an amazing uplifting soundtrack... add to the mix the out of this world art design, stunning visuals and sound and a very emotional story to make one of the best games ever, a total blast IMHO and probably my favorite game of the 32/64 bit generation.
And that says a lot to me, bearing in mind all the amazing games from Ps1 and N64, I don't think there's anything like Nights on those systems.
Anyways, this game to me is more "Sonic Team" than any Sonic game, as ridiculous as it sounds.
Great video. :)
Couldn't have said it better myself. Great comment! Merry Christmas
@@VirtuaBros Merry Christmas ⛄🎄
I agree! I used to have all of the consoles and I always, always went back to my Saturn to play Nights and held it above Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot back then and even moreso now. Although my motivation to own a Saturn now was more to enjoy titles like Willy Wombat and Tryrush Deppy, the very first game I bought was Nights and Christmas Nights.
Dude i freaking missed you, I'm so glad you're back and covering something so great but not well known. I've only ever seen walkthroughs but they seem so magical and fun.
Missed you guys too. Hopefully things get better in the world so that I can start making videos more regularly, but I promise I'll never be gone for good as long as I'm able.
@@VirtuaBros glad to hear buddy 🖒
Merry christmas (Nights)!
Dreams of Rage dlc coming soon haha
Happy Holidays to you and your family. Thanks for the video!
My pleasure pal. You guys have a merry Christmas:)
This is genuinely amazing content I’m so glad I stumbled upon it
Much thanks. Glad you enjoyed.
I just stumbled across this video, I'm simply stunned at how much the way this game is described ressonated with me, amazing work
Thanks man :)
This was such a deep dive into such a fantastic game. Much appreciation from a lifetime fan of NiGHTS!
One of the best games of all time. Always glad to meet people who appreciate it.
KEEP UP MAN !! love your videos
Thank you!
@@VirtuaBros you're welcome
Great video, I wish you would/were able to make more. You deserve a lot more subs/views! This is the best analysis I have seen on this game. Love you're other Sega videos aswell, you cover games and topics that aren't widely talked about even on dedicated Sega channels.
Thanks man! I wish that I could make more videos too. There is so much more to these games than meets the eye. Anyway merry Christmas:)
@@VirtuaBros Thanks, you too!
As someone who is approaching middle age (I am currently 40 years old), sometimes I long for more simple and whimsical media like this. This video brought a tear to my eyes and made me feel wistful for my childhood again. Thank you very much for this wonderful video Virtua Bros., you honestly deserve more subscribers.
My pleasure! I'm just happy other people out there are able to feel the same way about games that touch on special topics in a unique way.
Merry Christmas Segalacious!
Thanks bob!
Just appreciating this game more and more as time passes
I played this game back in the days......and i loved it......and today i have in my collection as one of favorite.
Great video, great content......you got yourself a new subscriber.
Much obliged. I'll check out your channel too
Oh wow NiGHTS! How fitting that you uploaded on Christmas too
Happy holidays btw
I play it every Christmas:)
@@VirtuaBros same here
Wow a video that echoes my thoughts and sentimental value for Nights and what it truly means to me comes out just as it is all hitting me again, and all this after just playing it again after a few years on a whim. I wish more people would look below the surface of games to see what value they really hold, Nights is a prime example of that, it has so much more below the surface level of being a cute colorful kids game. I'm glad I am not the only one who gets emotional at the Twin Seeds level, when I got there after playing it on a whim a few days ago I found myself with tears streaming down my face, it is a bit embarrassing.
Hey I'm glad I'm not the only one who got emotional at the twin seeds part too. Hopefully in some small way this video will help spread the word.
Fantastic video.
Thanks for watching. I hope more people get into nights. It's been a dormant franchise for a very long time.
@@VirtuaBros I agree. A lot of what you said in this video, I could relate to.
While I was a bit underwhelmed with Journey of Dreams when it came out, I only recently played NiGHTS into Dreams for the first ever on Steam. With only JoD as a reference, I wasn't expecting much...but on so many levels, Into Dreams surprised me, and blew me away with its focused gameplay and more subtle presentation .
You guys are sorely missed
We will be back :)
Excellent video! I found Nights to be an interesting game but never played it at length. Maybe I should! 🙂
Thanks homie! I hope you do. Just keep in mind the controls are best by far on the saturn original.
Something worth noting-- part of the reason that the game's remakes never felt as smooth as with the 3D pad is actually a bug/oversight of sorts with the HD remakes. In the original Saturn version (and PS2 version iirc) the game used full-on analogue control for the game (as you'd expect), but the HD ports for some reason had the game stuck in 8 directions of movement. This was later patched in each version, but only by increasing the directions to 24.
There's actually a mod for the PC version that re-implements full analogue control to the game, and as one may expect, it controls way better than normal. Obviously it's not 1-to-1, there's still some slight differences to the Saturn version when it comes to stuff like acceleration, but it's better than the base release.
(I'm pretty sure Journey of Dreams on Wii had that issue to an extent as well, not helped by all the available control options-- Nunchuk, GCN Controller, and Classic Controller-- all having the Octagonal rim to the stick).
Played this game for the first time this year and really enjoyed it. Struggled a lot on the canyon level and Jackle boss fight. Those took a few attempts.
Nice! Yeah that Jackle can be tricky.
Mmm, that's that good shit. Can't wait to let my daughter play this game. She's pretty excited about it, as she was immediately taken with NiGHTS' character design.
Awesome! I'm sure she'll enjoy it. Hope it's a sweet experience you can share with her :)
It's funny; until recently, she really didn't show all that much interest in gaming. She'd occasionally mess around on my Virtua Fighter 4 machine, and she'd happily watch me play Sonic or whatever, but any attempts to get her to play would inevitably result in her very quickly giving up. At best, I could get her to focus on either moving with the D-pad or taking action like jumping with the face buttons - never both at once. Because of this selective focus, I had a little bit of success having her play Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, but that only lasted about three days before she seemed to completely lose interest in learning or trying again.
All of that changed when - after a decade-plus of coveting the system - I finally bought a SEGA Saturn and started feverishly collecting for it. She adores Segata Sanshiro, his commercials and song, and enjoys playing Virtua Cop, The House of the Dead, and Burning Rangers (though for that last one, I pull the old trick of letting her think she's playing with the Player 2 controller). We played Sonic R, and she had a ton of fun just running around in the Sonic World hub of Sonic Jam.
Heck, she played Daytona USA well before she even saw Mario Kart.
It still doesn't take her that long to give up, but now she'll give even Panzer Dragoon a fair shot, and she's much more excited to play games than she ever had been, before. She's been looking forward to playing Saturn Bomberman and NiGHTS, just based on the main characters' respective designs alone.
It's making me quite the proud papa. For context, she'll be four in about two months.
I played this game on my ps4 and its already my favorite game
That's rad
I have the port on 360 and always wondered why the controls felt off, never knew there was a controller for it on Saturn
Only way to play it
You where right about VF5 us, i can't wait for your thoughts and experience with the release of vf5us
Thanks buddy! I'm on cloud 9 right now and just enjoying the ride. I've been nursing illness and injury for several weeks but have started feeling better. Hope to release more videos soon.
@@VirtuaBros best wishes and best health friend and good to know you're still active.
If you're still active here, would you accept a donation from me in the future? I'll spare you my life story about how I found my clarity after discovering I was sheltered all my life, but I just want to drop something in your little bucket, not quite as an apology for how I was, but as a good-natured thing in my moral compass that's tough to explain. It's a Red Dead redemption 2 sort of thing, only I don't have Tuberculosis. I'm just learning to mature, let go, and live the life I want secluded from society, instead of a white picket fence dream my family had for me. They weren't truly family. And I want to do something for the greater good, even a small thing like supporting you guys. Just let me know.
Your kind words are payment enough. We haven't ever accepted donations.
@@VirtuaBros If you do have a few spare moments, I'd like your two cents my newest video I uploaded today. I'm not worried about information about me being public on my channel - The rabbit hole is so deep at this point, it would be counterproductive not to make it public, as any further potential security risks, are practically inconsequential.
Hey mate, whats up? Haven't heard from you for quite a long time, everything's alright? And whe will you comeback?
Funny you should ask. I was just going through a lot of comments of people asking if I'm coming back. Breaks my heart because I really want to be back. Right now I'm preparing for twin babies that are due in about a month so I've got a lot on my plate. I'd really like to say when ill be back but I don't know just yet. Plenty of ideas for really good videos though. If I ever do quit youtube, it won't be before finishing the VF lore series if I can help it. Thanks for reaching out and I hope you are doing well also.
Merry X-Mas.
Thanks 😊
About this video, what a perfect way to explain and also highlight those details that explain the deep lore and meaning of this whole game.
None less than magnificent video of yours, and i am even more excited to play this game soon as I can and enjoy this fantastic game.
Sadly that this appreciation was the same with ballans wonderwold cause is the similar concept, have you played it ?
Most of the critics were imo unfair to someone over 30 years or so critic negatively a children's game like ballans wonderwold or what are your thoughts ?
Thanks man, yeah I was really trying my best to do this game justice. I haven't played balan wonderland yet but I want to. From what I've seen I definitely think critics and influencers were way too hard on it.
Ironically NiGHTS Into Dreams is Sonic Team's second game
Wish I could know how does it feel playing it with a 3D controller
its very expensive here in my country :-(
I cannot believe you have not done a video on the new Virtua Fighter :(
he quit youtube a LONGGGG time ago bro
Bro what up with the friendmue cast, been dying to get a new episode
Is there anyone you'd like me to interview? Haven't thought about doing an episode in a while.
@@VirtuaBros might be a stretch but you once mentioned in the podcast abt trying to get some am2 members on the podcast or corey marshall? Man if you can get him it will be amazing (sorry if you've already done a podcast with him, as I'm kinda new to your content)
And btw you're an amzing guy, and the way you talk abt shenmue is really amazing and one can tell the passion that you have for it and virtua fighter as well!
@@anaveragebloke3996 thanks man. Actually I've already had Corey Marshall on the friendmuecast but I'd love to have the am2 podcast guys on. I invited them on a while ago and the offer still stands.
@@VirtuaBros btw imo, one very less talked abt feature of shenmue is its soundtrack which is really magical and not a single track is bad and definitely it set the bar high for soundtracks that followed, but along with this the use of those tracks in the game. Not only does it enhance the Beauty of the songs but enhances the meaning and helps better understand what's being conveyed example being nozomis confession and her theme playing in background.
And I know there are many other examples but this is what truly explains what I was trying to tell.
like bro
Glad you liked it
Come back for VF6 leaks pls
I want to be back. It's taking a while longer than I thought but I'm hopefully returning in the somewhat near future.
@@VirtuaBros glad to see you’re still well and I got a reply! Take as much time as you need but if the rumours are true we could very well see a new VF!
Nice take on this one! My favorite game of all time! If you haven't seen Digi Valentine's somewhat recent video on as well, you might really enjoy it...
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Hey it's Saturn Dave! I've heard you talk on podcasts before it's awesome to see you here :) merry Christmas, I'll check out your collection video too, I just can't seem to find the link.
Do virtua fighter lore
Once I'm able to I most certainly will
Thx you bro
You never had it as a kid cause japan didnt know wyoming existed
The other 49 states don't know it exists either lol