Underplayed Gems

Air Nights

Air Nights cover
Developer
Sonic Team
Publisher
Sega
Platforms
Sega Saturn, Dreamcast
Genres
Platform, Adventure

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How it feels

A cancelled Nights sequel concept built around tilt-sensor flight controls, blending dreamy aerial platforming with child-friendly wonder.

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About

Air Nights is an unreleased game conceived to be a sequel to Nights into Dreams. The gameplay would have revolved around using a tilt sensor in the Saturn analog pad, similar to what Nights: Journey of Dreams did with the Nintendo Wii remote. Development started on the Saturn, and eventually moved to the Dreamcast. The project was cancelled, and the technology used for the control scheme was used as a prototype for the motion-sensing technology in Samba De Amigo for the Dreamcast.

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