Editing Nights into Dreams (section)

=== Sequel ===
{{Main|Nights: Journey of Dreams}}
Sonic Team made a prototype Saturn sequel with the title ''Air Nights'' for the Saturn, and began development for the Dreamcast.<ref name="ODM-UK" /><ref name=london>{{cite web| url = http://www.nightsintodreams.com/?p=640 | title = Our Takashi Iizuka Q&A| access-date = 1 December 2007| first= Lynne|last=Triplett | date = 16 November 2007| publisher = Nights into Dreams.com |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071209130318/http://www.nightsintodreams.com/NiD/black/iizuka/interview.htm |archive-date = 9 December 2007}}</ref> In August 1999, Naka confirmed that a sequel was in development;<ref name="ODM-US">{{cite magazine|title=Interview With the Creator of Sonic Adventure|magazine=[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)]]|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=August 1999|issue=1|page=21|url=https://archive.org/stream/Official_Dreamcast_Magazine_The_Issue_01_1999-09_Imagine_Publishing_US#page/n19/mode/2up/search/nights|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> by December 2000, however, it had been cancelled.<ref name="ODM-UK" /> Naka expressed reluctance to develop a sequel,<ref name="ODM-UK">{{cite magazine|last1=Lomas|first1=Ed|date=December 2000|editor-last=Chrismas|editor-first=Warren|title=Sonic Team Player|url=https://archive.org/details/ODMUK14/page/n33/mode/2up|magazine=[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)]]|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]|issue=14|page=35|quote="I know a lot of people love it and want us to make a sequel, but for us it's a really important game. Like the way Spielberg likes ''E.T.'' so much he won't remake it, I don't want to make another ''Nights''. As soon as we realised this, we stopped making it... Yes, we made it up to a certain point. You know linear sensors? Well we made this system where you could remove the cable from the original pad and control Nights... it was called ''Air Nights''. We made in on Dreamcast for a while as well, but we stopped".}}</ref> but later said he was interested in using ''Nights into Dreams'' "to reinforce Sega's identity".<ref name="Edge identity">{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|editor-last=Diniz-Sanches|editor-first=Joaõ|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]]|title=Inside... Sega Japan|issue=129|date=November 2003|page=55|quote=I see Nights as a licence. When dealing with such a licence from the past it is quite a lot of work, but I would like to use Nights to reinforce Sega's identity, yes.}}</ref> Aside from a [[handheld electronic game]] released by [[Tiger Electronics]]<ref name="handheld">{{cite web|url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/NightsIntoDreams.htm |title=Electronic Handheld Museum: ''Nights Into Dreams'' handheld |publisher=Handheldmuseum.com|access-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508091313/http://handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/NightsIntoDreams.htm|archive-date=8 May 2016}}</ref> and small [[minigames]] featured in several Sega games, no sequel was released for a Sega console.

A sequel, ''[[Nights: Journey of Dreams]],'' was announced for the [[Wii]] in April 2007.<ref name="ign-official">{{cite web| url = http://uk.ign.com/articles/2007/04/02/nights-is-official| title = Nights is Official| last1= Casamassina | first1=Matt|date = 2 April 2007 | website = [[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=3 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126115156/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/04/02/nights-is-official|archive-date=26 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=あの『NiGHTS（ナイツ）』の最新作がWiiで発売決定！ |url=http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/04/02/103,1175488436,69395,0,0.html |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |access-date=29 November 2015 |language=ja |date=2 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212423/http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/04/02/103%2C1175488436%2C69395%2C0%2C0.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was first previewed on Portuguese publication ''Maxi Consolas'', after the release of short reveals from the ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' and ''Game Reactor''.<ref name="c&vg-maxiconsolas-summary">{{cite web| title = Nights Wii – First details! | url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=161186 | last1= Robinson | first1=Andy|date = 30 March 2007 | publisher = [[Future plc]]| website=[[Computer and Video Games]]|access-date=31 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715053247/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=161186|archive-date=15 July 2007}}</ref> It is a Wii exclusive, making use of the [[Wii Remote]].<ref name="ign-official" /> The gameplay involves the use of various masks,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hatfield|first1=Daemon|title=Get to Know NiGHTS' Personas|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2007/10/02/get-to-know-nights-personas|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=29 November 2015|date=2 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122182705/http://uk.ign.com/articles/2007/10/02/get-to-know-nights-personas|archive-date=22 November 2014 }}</ref> and features a multiplayer mode for two players<ref name="ign-official" /> in addition to [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] online functions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meilke |first1=James |title=NiGHTS Cover Story |url=http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3163298 |website=[[1UP.com|1UP]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524112058/http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3163298 |archive-date=24 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Journey of Dreams'' was developed by [[Sega Studio USA]],<ref name="ign-official" /> with Iizuka, one of the designers of the original game, serving as producer.<ref name="joystiq-iizuka producer">{{cite web|last1=Davies|first1=Jonti|date=2 April 2007|title=Nights: Journey of Dreams confirmed for Wii this winter|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/02/Nights-journey-of-dreams-confirmed-for-wii-this-winter/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212190357/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/02/Nights-journey-of-dreams-confirmed-for-wii-this-winter/|archive-date=12 February 2015|access-date=3 April 2007|publisher=[[Joystiq]]}}</ref> It was released in Japan and the United States in December 2007, and in Europe and Australia in January 2008.<ref name="IGN-dates">{{cite web| url=http://uk.ign.com/games/nights-journey-of-dreams/wii-873984 | title="IGN: Nights: Journey of Dreams" Game Profile| website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date= 14 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106085354/http://uk.ign.com/games/nights-journey-of-dreams/wii-873984|archive-date=6 January 2015 }}</ref> In 2010, Iizuka said that he would be interested in making a third ''Nights into Dreams'' game.<ref name="Gamestm Iizuka">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamestm.co.uk/discuss/sonic-teams-takashi-iizuka-wants-to-make-nights-3-knuckles-chaotix-2/ |title=Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka wants to make NiGHTS 3, Knuckles Chaotix 2 |date=23 August 2010 |work=[[GamesTM]] |publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]] |access-date=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406044415/http://www.gamestm.co.uk/discuss/sonic-teams-takashi-iizuka-wants-to-make-nights-3-knuckles-chaotix-2/|archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref>