Not half bad for what was meant to be a promotional item and not much else. Not only does it serve as a good sampler for the full NiGHTS into Dreams experience, but it serves as an even better supplement to the full game. You can unlock a massive gallery of promotional artwork, a karaoke mode for the song "Dreams, Dreams", a Nightopian viewer that gives you a closer look at the game's A-Life system, freaking Sonic the Hedgehog into Dreams, and more. The only complaint I have is that the matching minigame you play to unlock these "presents" contains a bit of a dick move. If you flip a Reala card, regardless of how many card flips you have left, you're booted out of the minigame and have to go another round on this demo disc's measly two stages for another chance. Thankfully, none of the card positions ever change, including the Reala ones, so you can just make notes of where everything is for your next try.

Reviewed on Jun 16, 2022


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