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Wakeangel2001 — The Return of NiGHTS
Published: 2008-01-11 04:35:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 49280; Favourites: 780; Downloads: 693
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I got NiGHTS journey of dreams yesterday. I gotta say, so far this has been one of the most enjoyable wii games I ever played, and I'm not just saying that because I'm totally fanboying over NiGHTS either. Its kind of a shame that Elliot and Claris didn't come back, but the new kids are just like them, the boy loves a sport (this time its soccer instead of basketball) and the girl loves music (violin rather than singing) And NiGHTS has a VOICEACTOR! HE TALKS!! Unfortunately, he has the voice of a young British kid, that, combined with his ability to dualize with both boys and girls makes me wonder...what is NiGHTS' gender supposed to be!? I swear they go through extraordinary lengths not to use pronouns in the manual, I coulda sworn at least once they refer to NiGHTS as an "it." There was a NiGHTS into Dreams comic book a long time ago where it was obvious that he was a guy, but I'm not sure if that's cannon with the games.Ok, lamenting too long on the gender of androgynous dream jesters...
edit: I made a snap judgment, Eliot and Claris were not available off the bat so I assumed they weren't in the game, but I now know that they can be unlocked by collecting all 60 dream drops.
edit #2: By the way, I am fully aware that NiGHTS' voice actor is a woman, but then again so is Bart Simpson's, so I don't go by that as a defining characteristic. Also, this was supposed to be a little joke, I didn't expect to get nearly 100 comments of people speculating themselves 0_0. Still, your feedback is welcome and I thank you for all the favs, collections, and especially comments (this has become one of my most popular submissions.)
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Nights is nightmaren. He(as I've come to think) is the gender the dreamer chooses sow to those who think Nights' is a girl that is not only your opinion but your correct assumption, but only in your dream reality and those who think Nights' is male the same is as written. correct ,but, in your dream reality.
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Seeing Nights in Sonic Adventure I always thought of Nights as a dude, (Not sure why) and I stand by that theory. Whydoes there have to be an argument though? Nights is obviously not a human, Nights is a nightmaren. Maybe Nightmaren Don't have genders! And on the Nights Wikia it specifficly states that all nightmaren are genderless! [link]
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Nights-Into-Dreams: Sonic, it's obvious that your parents never taught you tact & diplomacy. In answer to your rather personal question, however, I will say THIS much. In the dream-world, nothing is like your world. I, for examp, was created not born, and my functions are entirely different from those of your people. I, in fact, was created to serve bad dreams. BAD ! But I rebelled.
OK, that's enough about ME ! Should I come into your waking world by some miracle, please make an arbitrary decision and then stick to it, as to whether I am a boy or a girl, and refer to me by that. I will NOT be an "it".
Capice ?
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NIGHTS apparently has problems existing in the waking world. Just as Little Nemo's friends* from Slumberland never came to the waking world, or Julius ever visited, let alone helped Alice, in the waking world.
* Flip,son of the Dawn Guard, the Imp, the Professor (urchin from the dream version of Nemo's home town, during a period when Slumberland disappeared)
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NIGHTS IS OBVIOUSLY A GIRL!!! Look at her.
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I don't care what anybody says, NiGHTS is a Girl.
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nights is called a guy but we know better
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ya i doing a story on her with kingdom hearts
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I'd Love to read it. when will it be finished?
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I always personally saw NiGHTS as a female back when I fist saw her in Sonic Adventure, my reasoning being the build of her lower half. That is noa a male build. Reala is at least a bit more muscualr.
Then after hearing her voice actor in Journey of Dreams, it supported my case. Definately feminine.
Then in that cutscene before the glass maze, Will is talking about NiGHTS and says 'he's in danger, I've got to help him' (maybe not word for word that, but the pronouns are there). So now I'm confused again
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To me... his face always made me think NiGHTS was a boy... despite him wearing pink and purple, two of the girliest colours out there...
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Her face always looks like a girl to me.
Also, she has eyelashes. So that makes my beliefs stronger.
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This is just like People wondering what gender pyro from tf2 is. Personally, I think NiGHTS is a girl.
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NiGHTS has a british accent. But it is said they they call it HE so it doesn't sound so rude to calling him and IT. It is also said that he is just known to people as They.
here is a little info that may help: Nights: Journey of Dreams, caused some confusion from people not familiar with these facts. NiGHTS is referred to as a male by Owl, Will and Reala, but is voiced by a woman. In many cases, boys are voiced by women in animation and video games to give them a more authentic "young" sound but also have the experience of age and ease of working with an adult as opposed to a child. In Japanese, there are pronouns that are considered unisex, but no such pronouns exist in English. It is possible that NiGHTS was refered to as a male merely due to the fact that the only gender neutral pronoun in the English language is "it" which is considered very rude when referring to a person. Refering to NiGHTS as a "he" was not to confuse the fans or players, nor to give NiGHTS a gender, but to merely be polite.
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Claris and Elliot are in this game but only when you find all the dream drops.And i think of NiGHTS as a girl,since Reala is her brother and a boy.
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Actually, believe it or not, Reala is also genderless.
But because of his looks and his voice and such, he's referred to as a guy.
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I collected them all XD also I always see NiGHTS as a guy I mean, his behaviour is very boyish too me. Also the fact in the instruction booklet it says he alot.
But apparently th creators of NiGHTS said that it was up to the viewers and what they thought NiGHTS was!!
No offence to NiGHTS but all the purples and sparkles and and stuff. He acts a bit "gay" if you ask me...LOL but thats my theory I guess
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In SEGA Superstars Tennis, Nights has a song called "She Has Purple Horns" (Or something like that, something about her horns)
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I think Nights is a girl. I noticed while watching the cutscenes of Nights, that Reala and Nights character designs have a few traits that distinguish genders in fantasy media. In typical fantasy media, female characters always have a perfectly slender body type, nothing like muscles to show how strong they are even though the character may be extremely strong. The face usually has an identifying characteristic that is usually seen as a stereotype. Nights has a very slender form and long eyelashes, which is always seen on the faces of female Sonic characters.
Reala is slightly more buff and you can even see some obvious muscle protruding from the sleeves of his outfit. Male characters are typiclly designed to have less slender bodies than female characters and usually don't have anything exaggerating a part of their face which would make them look feminin.
What do you think of my explanation?
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if NiGHTS was an american character I'd totally agree with you, but he's designed by Japanese artists, overly feminine male designs are very common in anime and other japanese media.
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True, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, All of Sonic Team's female character's that I've seen all have that same long eyelash trait. None of their male characters have that.
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NiGHTS was meant to be a boy since Will/helen (i dont remember which) said "....NiGHTS.....h'es my friend..."
but i just pretend hes a girl
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I think NiGHTS is a girl 'cause she has a girl voice AND she looks like a girl.
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Nights is genderless. it only has a gender once it has dualized with a certain gender. if it dualizes with a boy, then it is a boy, if it dualizes with a girl, then it i s a girl :3 i hope this helped
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I think NIGHTS' gender is based by the person haveing the dream or just personal speculaton or whatever. Personaly, i think NIGHTS is a female.
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i think she's a girl because she has eye lashes
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From what I heard Nights has no gender. Like all other nightmarens he/she is genderless
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I have no idea what gender he is either.
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.......................um i still can,t find out if NiGHTS is a boy or girl even the farel can,t *farel talking* it,s true
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so is he a boy or girl i mean in a comic i saw he is a boy but he...she sounds and looks so girly
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yeah same here... exact same story as me...
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its sooooooooooooooo confusing
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