'Twas the NiGHTS before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a needlemouse.

You know it's a bit fucked up, I've owned a Saturn with a hard drive in it for about two years now and never once thought to boot up this dream that I have missed for so long. I have seen NiGHTS elsewhere in other Sega games so many times, but have never once thought to take flight with them. Perhaps it was a bit too convenient to play what is effectively a demo disc on this timely lead up to the holidays. What wasn't convenient of course was my lack of a 3D controller, but I was not going to let that stop me from taking my trip with NiGHTS!

I lied actually, I set the date to April 1st so I could play as Reala. Tee hee.

This really was just airplane mode Sonic The Hedgehog wasn't it? It was pretty damn exhilarating and I could totally see the satisfaction from mastering this and getting good ranks. Despite the sore thumb from using my pad and originally dizzying myself a bit from getting used to NiGHTS/Reala's zoomin', I had a lot of fun here. I really feel like I'm missing out on something, because I adore the vibes and of course the low-poly is just candy to my eyes. Needless to say I never got all the presents, because unfortunately my Saturn's on board memory is a bit full, and I wasn't about to reenact my childhood of leaving consoles on overnight to retain unlocks. It seems a tad annoying to care about such things anyways, we shouldn't worry about receiving, it's all about giving.

I will need to check out the full game eventually, I used to think the Playstation was the best at doing demo discs, but now I really wish I was in that timeline where Christmas Spyro was a thing and he went around in a Santa hat toasting gnorcs in a snow-filled Artisans home.

NiGHTS is the kind of beautiful androgynous superbeing I strive to be.

Reviewed on Dec 21, 2022


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1 year ago

NiGHTS is a whole hella aesthetic by its own damn I wanna be as cool as her