Any future NiGHTS games will appear on the Wii, Journey of Dreams director Takashi Iizuka has said.
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.”
While Iizuka’s comments don’t exactly rule out seeing the androgynous demon looping and twirling its merry way through Nightopia on the PS3 or 360, we wouldn’t bet against any future NiGHTS game being Wii exclusives.
At least, that’s assuming further games happen – something that we wouldn’t take for granted, given how Journey of Dreams has met with mixed reactions so far in the US and Japan.
Still, with Journey of Dreams due in Europe within the next few weeks and the Japan-only PS2 port of the Saturn original due later this year, we’re not giving up hope of a NiGHTS revival just yet.
For the full interview – including Iizuka’s own recollection of SEGA’s aborted attempts to master motion sensing – click here. Although be warned, it is all in German.
