NiGHTS into Dreams .Com

On the 5th of July 1996, a special little game was released in Japan, "NiGHTS into Dreams…"!

This game would go on to become a cult classic, garnering love and support from fans of the characters and worlds

it presented as well as the music and gameplay!

25 years have passed since that initial release and here I am now writing up this anniversary article,

curating all of the latest fan projects sent in to us, of which there is plenty!

Let's have a look at what one of the most talented fanbases around has been up to to mark the occasion~!

7Marichan7

7Marichan7 shared this lovely picture of NiGHTS holding out his hand~!

Acrosanti

Acrosanti shared this incredible piece of NiGHTS with many intricate details and a subtle redesign~!

AdventureBlur

AdventureBlur shared a fantastic video look at some NiGHTS obscurities~!

CaptainElfie

CaptainElfie shared this great picture of NiGHTS' brethren giving him a cake~!

Charlo

Charlo shared this awesome picture of NiGHTS and Reala~!

CottonEyedJosie

CottonEyedJosie shared this amazing mosaic piece of NiGHTS~!

Dex la Cabra

It's me! I quickly drew a piece of NiGHTS art to mark the occasion!

The minimalism of the Japanese cover was a big help haha!

D.P

D.P shared this outstanding piece to celebrate the occasion! I will never get enough of the duvet cape~!

DreamCastingArt

DreamCastingArt shared this picture of NiGHTS looking very sleek and elegant~!

Dreamie

Dreamie shared this incredible picture of the NiD crew, including Nightmaren constellations~!

DreamyImagination101

DreamyImagination101 shared this fantastic picture of NiGHTS and all 5 Ideya~!

D-Thessy

D-Thessy shared this heartwarming piece of NIGHTS and Reala holding hands~!

Frag-Raptor

Frag-Raptor shared this really cool pencil drawing of NiGHTS~!

F**kMyLife4412

F**kMyLife4412 (what a username haha I love it!) shared these lovely pictures of NiGHTS

in both his standard and christmas outfits~!

KitSketches

KitSketches shared this picture of NiGHTS with a big birthday cake, on which is the true MVP of the series, Octopaw!

LegendCartBoy

LegendCartBoy shared an article dedicated to Reala for the series anniversay! You can read it on Source Gaming's site here~!

Luna

Luna shared this really cute picture of NiGHTS! I really like how small NiGHTS is here~!

Maritime

Maritime shared this lovely piece showing NiGHTS grow up from mere spirit to JoD design~!

Megan Moonbeam

Megan Moonbeam shares this darling picture of PaPetch style NiGHTS with cake~!

MisterSureShot

MisterSureShot shares this dreamy picture of NiGHTS in the night sky~!

NiGHTS into Zines

Anthro7 and her team have released the latest issue of NiGHTS into Zines, and it is a DOOZY~!

NetNomad

NetNomad shared this tweet, showing a fantastic MGSDRV cover of "Message From Nightopia"!

Follow the link and give it a listen~!

Pennyadodumuss

Pennyadodumuss shared with us this spectacular picture of NiGHTS watching fireworks~! 

Pikmin442

Pikmin442 shared this starlit picture of NiGHTS and a Pikmin sitting on an Ideya Palace~!

Poppohatosabure

Poppohatosabure shared this peaceful picture of NiGHTS and his Nightmaren family~!

Prince

Prince shared this awesome picture of NiGHTS, Elliot and Claris~!

Rail of Light

Rail of Light shared this delightful picture of NiGHTS with some cake~!

RiDEL

RiDEL shared this sneak peek at an in depth look at a video essay about NiGHTS! Can't wait for the full thing now~!

SpiritShackle

SpiritShackle shared this lovely picture of a Nightopian eating a piece of cake~!

Tiago into Dreams

Tiago into Dreams shared this tweet to celebrate NiGHTS' 25th, I hope the confetti was easy to clean up haha~!

TragedicArt

TragedicArt shared this outstanding piece of NiGHTS, Elliot and Claris with some special guests in the background~!

Tsukino

Tsukino shared this cute piece of NiGHTS holding the red Ideya~!

Viperxmns

Viperxmns shared this incredible picture of Nightopians carving the NiGHTS statue from Soft Museum!

It IS the franchises Silver Jubilee after all~!

Willowshine / Elijah Perez

Wife/Husband combo Willowshine and Elijah Perez shared this lovely collab piece of a moonlit NiGHTS atop a spire~!

YaBoiAnthonee

YaBoiAnthonee shared this really cool popart style picture of NIGHTS~!

Yuki Chan

Yuki Chan (18+ past the link) shared this intricate piece that celebrates both NiD and JoD~!

ZAC_IMPACT

ZAC_IMPACT shared these incredible pictures of both NiGHTS and some of his Nightmaren siblings~!

What a talented bunch you are! I'm proud to place my work next to yours, keep up the great work and I hope to see you all

presenting future works to the Community Posts~! 

If you'd like for your NiGHTS related artwork/project to be included here, make sure to @ us on twitter or email us at nid.contact.us@gmail.com!

Next milestone is the 30th, until then Don't Forget NiGHTS~!

Hello again! We have a very short but sweet NiGHTS Community Post this month!

Ordinarily I'd have held off posting these pictures until the July post but tomorrow is the 25th Anniversary

of the NiGHTS franchise which will be getting a post all its own to keep your anniversary projects seperate! 

Andy_Cat10

Andy_Cat10 shares with us this lovely grayscale drawing of NiGHTS~!

D.P

D.P shares with us this wonderful Tamagotchi NiGHTS, inspired by Kirby_Stardream's Tamagotchi Sonic~!

Dreamie

Dreamie shares with us this cool picture of Reala with some very nice big lashes~!

TragedicArt

TragedicArt shares with us these fantastic pictures of NiGHTS,

with one being of a very summery, flowery outfit for NiGHTS~!

Like I said, short but sweet! If you have any NiGHTS related artwork or projects you'd like to see

featured in these posts, whether it's old or new, big or small, just check the 'Contact' page at

the top of the page for details of where to send it!

Until next time~!

The fabled "NiGHTS Dream Wheel" has finally reared its head, with San Manuel Casino

tweeting a couple of days ago about its presence at their venue!

"This is not a dream and you aren't in Nightopia… YET!

SEGA Sammy's NiGHTS Dream Wheel has hit our casino floor! Located on the second floor near the Merch Shop,

this game features a .01c denom with a .50c min and $5 max bet."

I don't know the first thing about these kinds of machines but visually they've gone all out using JoD imagery~!

We've got Reala, Owl and Nightopian icons incorporated into the game, and I'm guessing the

NiGHTS model by the actual wheel may be animated to a degree?

[EDIT] twitter user Isabel has tweeted a video of the machine in action~!

I'm surprised it's not pachinko~!

Ooh er, wasn't expecting that! As you may know, The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise turned 30 years old yesterday,

and SEGA streamed a special orchestra event covering music from throughout the franchise. 

A little sneaky treat happened though, with a dash of NiGHTS music making its way in due to Sonics presence

on "Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams…" Skip to 38:17 to catch a little snippet of heaven~!

It gives us a good idea of what the NiGHTS section of the SEGA Game Symphony Japan performance in

2015 would have sounded like, as there still seems to be no recordings of that particular event!

until next time~!

It's that time again~! Time to look at what the NiGHTS community has been up to this past month!

This update is actually for April as well as there were so few submissions last month,

I simply compiled them here instead!

Anthro7

Anthro7 shares with us this ridiculously cool NiGHTS lampshade!

DP

DP shares with us a collection of stellar work, from a NiGHTS Nendoroid design

to a redraw of a fan favourite costume!

Dreamie

Dreamie shares with us art work of NiGHTS and Reala,

with some incredible colouring and effects going on!

Jan3D

Jan3D shares with us this lovely picture of his NiGHTS model flying through the sky!

Luna

Luna shares with us this fantastic picture of NiGHTS,

mixing elements of both his NiD and JoD designs!

Mila. H

Mila. H shares with us these brilliant designs for Oreos based on NiGHTS, Sonic and Balan!

NiGHTS into Zines

NiGHTS into Zines continues to go strong with its latest issues!

Also, the lovely staff of the zine have arranged a T-Shirt design competition

to celebrate NiGHTS' 25th Anniversary this year!

If you're an artist be sure to enter and support this wonderful idea!

The more people who enter, the more chance of winning!

PGirl

PGirl has been ON FIRE lately, sharing with us piece after piece of quality NiGHTS art!

Those NiGHTS Earrings are so over the top, I love them~!

SegaChildStarSpawn

SegaChildStarSpawn (still the coolest name ever!) shares these MerMay drawings,

both NiGHTS and a Nightopian!

TRAGEDiCART

TRAGEDiCART shares with us some fantastic artwork and does what SEGA couldn't;

give Helen life and soul behind her eyes Excellent work!

TxpZ_998

TxpZ_998 shares with us a sensational design of a dragon based fanmaren!

And there you have it! A slew of NiGHTS goodness to tide us over until next time!

If you have any NiGHTS related art, music, videos etc that you've been working on,

share them with us via the contact page at the top on the website!

Also please consider entering the NiGHTS 25th Anniversary T-Shirt contest mentioned above,

the more the merrier as Eggman says! I'll be doing a post focused on it ASAP!

See you next time~!

It's that time of month again, Community Post time!

This time we're looking at the artwork and such sent to us in March,

a decidedly quiet month but one that bore fruit regardless, let's take a look~!

7marichan7

7marichan7 shared this lip sync video for Reala Day!

It won't let me embed it for some reason so you'll have to follow the link~!

 Andy-Cat10

Andy-Cat10 shared this awesome pencil drawing of NiGHTS!

Anthro7

Anthro7 and the gang have released the latest issue of NiGHTS into Zines,

with a wonderful picture of Reala for the front cover!

D.P

D.P shares this lovely picture of Reala with an idea for two shadowy subordinates

called Miasma and Ectoplasma, very cool~!

Dreamie

Dreamie shares this fantastic photo of NiGHTS urgently stopping a dreamer from falling~!

Dreamy

Dreamy shares this sleek picture of Reala, the fluidity in this piece is incredible!

DreamyImagination101

DreamyImagination101 shares this atmospheric picture of Reala soaring through the night sky!

Luna

Luna shares this pair of pictures of NiGHTS, each with a different background!

Mila H

Mila H shares this funny picture of NiGHTS using one of Balans dreads as a mustache~!

SegaChild Starspawn

SegaChild Starspawn (with the coolest name EVER!?) shares this picutre of NiGHTS with Balan, Sonic and her OC

as they play with some Tims~!

TRAGEDiCART

TRAGEDiCART shares the latest drawing of their St Patricks Day/Spring NiGHTS, an older piece of Reala

with some Ursula flair and an animatic of Reala singing~!

Viperxmns

Viperxmns shares these older pieces of Reala, looking both blingin' AND pimpin'! What a pair!

So there we have it! Another collection complete!

It would have been done sooner but I got heavily distracted over the end of March by Balan Wonderworld!

It's not perfect but by god does it have some good stuff going on in there, from the music to the art direction to

that one costume that totally breaks the game but it feels GREAT to do so haha!

Until next time~!

Wayyyy back when "NiGHTS into Dreams…" first came out there were

plush toys available from UFO Catcher machines in Japan!

There were 6 toys available: NiGHTS, Flying NiGHTS, Reala, Elliot, Claris and a Nightopian!

I don't currently own the Flying NiGHTS plush (the only difference is his arms are up

and I've never felt like putting 200 quid down for such a small variant) but the others

are all viewable here! They're rough by todays plush standards, but they're still

some really nice collectables to have!

NiGHTS

Reala

Elliot

Claris

Nightopian

There are fan projects, and then there are FAN PROJECTS!

Headed by Anthro7, "NiGHTS into Zines" is a monthly release full of all sorts of articles

and activities, from wordsearches to recipes, colour in pages to Q&As!

Click on the covers below to go to the respective issue!

Other useful links: Anthro7's DeviantART I DeviantART Group I Twitter 

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "Dex, shouldn't this be February/March?"!

I had something of a realisation that I was labelling the post after the month the post was uploaded in,

but not the month that actual art was collected over, so I've waited a bit to realign it all!

This post collects artwork and such from both, January and February but the last

Community post already said January so I didn't label it again haha!

Okay enough waffle, let's look at some beautiful beautiful art~!

Ameer Ashour

Ameer Ashour shares this delightful picture of NiGHTS~!

Anthro7

Anthro7 shares the latest issues of NiGHTS into Zines, get them while they're HOT!

D.P

D.P is at it again, bringing us quality artwork on a regular basis~! And this time they're not alone!

That last picture is actually a collab with VictoryRina, NiGHTS fans UNITE!

Dreamie

One of the great things about doing these posts is that I get to watch all you artists progress

and evolve as you harness your skills! Dreamie for example is constantly impressing me,

this time sharing some genuinely spectacular artwork~!

There is also a speedpaint for the NiGHTS piece!

Dreamplazas

Dreamplazas shares this wonderful picture of Reala, with an alternative,

far more bright take~!

They also share this AMV, this has me wanting to play JoD again! 

Momo's Art

Momo's Art shares this lovely piece of NiGHTS art~!

Myotis Cervus

Myotis Cervus shares this brilliant picture of Jackle in a cool, very angular, almost polygonal style~!

Squiderdoodle

Squiderdoodle shares these incredible fan designs of NiGHTS, his past self, Reala and OC Void!

TRAGEDiCART

TRAGEDiCART, like D.P, makes sure we always have some wonderful NiGHTS

content to see on a regular basis~!

TXPZ

Watch out, he's got a ruddy gun! TXPZ shares this great picture of Reala sporting a rainbow sniper rifle~!

So there you have it, another collection of seminal work from the NiGHTS fans, keeping the dream alive!

Next month starts with Reala Day on the 1st of April, so let's get to work on some good stuff to honour him haha!

Until next time~!

Reala

Collected here is a series of photos of the Reala statue by First 4 Figures, taken from the site itself!

Included is a shot of the statue next to some drink cans for scale, so you can see he's a big boy~!

Reala hasn't shipped yet at the time of writing, and you can add yourself to the wait list to get either

the Exclusive Edition or the Standard Edition, the difference being that the Exclusive Edition has LEDs

throughout to make a pulsating effect through the cloud!