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Nights into Dreams...

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 5, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 11:29, 19 June 2016 (UTC)



Nights into Dreams... is an action video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn in 1996. The story follows two teenagers, Claris and Elliot, who enter a dream world called Nightopia where all dreams take place. With the help of Nights, they begin a journey to stop the evil ruler Wizeman from destroying Nightopia and consequently the real world. Gameplay is centred around Nights flying through Claris and Elliot's dreams to gather enough energy to defeat Wizeman and save Nightopia. Development began soon after the release of Sonic & Knuckles in 1994, and was led by Sonic Team veterans Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Takashi Iizuka. Naka began the project with the main idea revolving around flight, and Ohshima designed the character Nights to resemble an angel that could fly like a bird. An analogue controller, known as the Saturn 3D controller, was designed alongside the game. Nights into Dreams... received positive reviews upon release; critics praised the graphics, gameplay, soundtrack, and atmosphere. It has been included on multiple lists as being the best Sega Saturn game of all time, as well as among the best games ever made.
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 * Promoted: 5 June 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: The FAC took much longer than expected (five months), but I sought out to promote this in time for the game's 20th anniversary, which will be on 5 July. It has just been promoted, and thankfully it's ready in the nick of time. The game was first released on 5 July 1996, and my ultimate goal was to bring this to FA to celebrate its anniversary.
 * Support as nominator. JAG  UAR   14:00, 5 June 2016 (UTC)