NiGHTS Doubles Up

via IGN


To coincide with pre-TGS coverage, SEGA announced today that NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams players will be getting a bit more content than they thought when the final version hits. According to SEGA representatives, NiGHTS "will feature a two-player mode and network support at launch."

While details are still sparse on this feature, the official Japanese site also refers to this addition as "duel" mode, implying that it'll be competitive and not cooperative. In addition to "duel" mode, we got official word from SEGA of America that the game will actually feature multiple two-player modes, some of which will be available only locally, and others that work the full potential of Wii with Nintendo WiFi Connection. Since details at this moment are still relatively secretive, we were able to confirm only one online mode of play, which is a two-player "race" competition. Details of whether or not you can play against only friends, or if a random matchmaking system will be included are still unknown.

As for other details, SEGA also plans to reawaken the Artificial Life (A-Life) feature in NiGHTS, which allows users to control and manage a sandbox environment where you can capture, raise, and combine animals from the Nightopia world.

Details on both "duel" mode and the A-Life system are still pretty sparse, but we'll know more once the Tokyo Game Show kicks off officially. More as it develops.