Speaking to German site G-wie-Gorilla.de, Iizuka said that while it may not have started out life as a Wii game, developing Journey of Dreams for Nintendo's machine had been the right choice and that any future NiGHTS games would appear on the Wii.
"When we decided to finally make a sequel to NiGHTS, we didn't know which console it would be for," he recalled. "We only decided later on that we would develop the game for the Wii. But I think it was a good choice – should we make another instalment, we would make it for the Wii."
SEGA have brought so many wonderful franchises into the gaming world, one can almost begin to forget the sheer number of them. Despite this, a great many of them are yet to make an appearance on the Xbox One, a place where they would surely be welcomed with open arms.
This list covers some of the most pressing ones, and paints a picture of just how much Microsoft fans are missing out on.
They all deserve another chance on ps4, switch and Xbox one. Sega is actually seeing some profit on the games they have published so they may venture into developing and releasing older IP's. I am looking forward to Sakura Wars and I hope it releases on ps4 and Switch.
Weird article. "Belong" is a strange word to use, and not enough legitimate reasons are given as to why Xbox One in particular and not others.
For those that care not to dredge through 10 pages:
1) Yakuza
2) Daytona USA
3) Initial D
4) Phantasy Star Online
5) House of the Dead
6) Super Monkey Ball
7) Virtua Tennis
8) Persona
9) Panzer Dragoon
10) Nights
Yes it's good to have games on more than one platform so more people can play them but honestly, looking at that list...none of them would do well on the XB1. They'd certainly do better than zero but anyone with any inkling of playing those games wouldn't only own an xbox and thus would probably have already played them on other platforms.
For example, someone who has an interest in Japanese games wouldn't just own an xbox. They would have had to have owned at least one of PS2, PS3, PSP, or Vita at some point.
And of course there will be replies saying they've only owned an xbox and would love to play those games. Well there's not enough of you out there to make it worthwhile it would seem because Sega is in the business of making money. I'm sure they wouldn't deliberately sacrifice making more money just to spite Microsoft and their users.
Just going by VGChartz Yakuza 6 - .32M Yakuza Kiwami - .38M Gravity Rush 2 - .32M etc. so you mean to tell me Xbox wouldn't get anywhere near these numbers if these titles came out for the system? You guys are funny if thats what you call selling than wow
"For those that care not to dredge through 10 pages:"
Thanks. So tired of the "click" era of internet.
Virtua Tennis and House of the Dead and I'd be very happy. I want new light gun games that work with this generation. Tv's should be bright enough now...
I don't know what Super Monkey Ball and Initial D are, but all others games don't start on XB. What this shit site is talking about?
Yakuza would just flop on Xbox One with its heavily Japanese focused eccentricities
Persona even moreso
None of those would sell well on Xbox
Some of them already had some presence on previous Xbox consoles and they didnt sell
"10 Sega Franchises That never should be in the Xbox One cause they don't deserve it"
^^^ Article Title fixed ;)
Im pretry sure Phantasy Star and Panzar Dragoon were already on an Xbox Platform.
First it's they need games, now it's they don't deserve them. You console gamers are a weird ass bunch.
Guns, girls, cars and dreams in week two of the SEGA list.
House of the deads, Panzer dragoons, space harrier, virtua on/Cop and shoot even shenmue.
VR is the perfect platform for every rail shooter. From House of the Dead to Virtua Cop or even Time Crisis, Silent Scope..
They can also bring their racing franchises back, like Scud Race, Daytona, Sega Rally, Crazy Taxi, 18 Wheeler..
So many hidden treasures just waiting to be brought back.
GameEnthus Podcast ep274: Rodent Happy Meal or Controller to Life This week Goose (@WhoDaGoose) joins Mike(@AssaultSuit), Tiny(@ Tiny415) and Aaron(@I nd1fference) to talk about: Gerbil Physics, Windows Phone, McDonald’s, Touch2Play, Kidzpace, Nights Into Dreams, Nights Journey of Dreams, The Real Ghostbusters, Larry Storch, Blackstar, Filmation, He-man, Thundarr the Barbarian, Meteor Man, Blank Man, MovieStop, Jurassic Park, Independence Day Resurgence, … Continue Reading →
If NiGHTS Wii wasn't a dreary disappointment I'm sure Wii owners would have something to get excited about. The only problem is that, even if NiGHTS 2 was a GOTY contender, SEGA probably needs to face the fact that the Wii audience isn't hardcore or retro enough to appreciate a NiGHTS remake anyway.
i wouldnt pay 20$ for this game
Journey of Dreams was a huge disappointment to me, a big fan of the original Saturn NiGHTS. First off, the game play is slightly different with the Birds and the keys. It simply wasn't as fun. But, it is tolerable--unlike some other things.
However, the only thing that made the game unplayable to me was the absolutely dreadful cutscenes. HORRIBLE voice acting, The Animation for was blocky for the cut scenes, it was unbearable looking at them. And I know it's Wii, but the graphics on Will and Helen were absolutely PS1 quality.
We've seen Mario Galaxy, We know the Wii is capable of stuff like Fur shading, normal mapping, beautiful lighting and other things. For the rival a Cult classic, you just want more bang for your buck.
Why did they have to make it so "kiddy?"
I lost interest after a hour, sorry
I'd still like to try the original because it doesn't have the children levels nor infinite amounts of ugly and boring cutscenes
do try the original. It's a great game. Just avoid journey of dreams.