NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams E3 thread

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The levels still look pretty barren, but there seems to be a lot of give time for stringing links together now.

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Esrever wrote:I always pronounced it "REEL-AH".

But then, I also once assumed that Chao would be pronounced "KAY-OH". And I was so wrong.
Ditto. The Chao thing still confuses me.

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I always said Ree-ah-lah, myself

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Me three, I just hope they do his character justice, and unlockable in both games.

Also notice that in the interview they refer to Nights as a "He" most sources point that he is a he...but they like to keep you guessing anyways.

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Esrever wrote:But then, I also once assumed that Chao would be pronounced "KAY-OH". And I was so wrong.
That's what I thought as well. I like the concept of a Chao Gargen-esque area to raise Nightopians in instead playing around with them in-level.
Dasher wrote:Also notice that in the interview they refer to Nights as a "He" most sources point that he is a he...but they like to keep you guessing anyways.
I really think Nights is more charming as an asexual entity, but that's just me.

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I mean, shouldn't it be pronounced KAY-OH? The name is obviously derived from chaos, and how do you pronounce that? CHAY-OS?

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Well yeah, Thats basically what theyre aiming for, it is a dream after all, stuff is mixed in dreams so sex is also mixed. and Pink and Purple are boy's color in dreams.

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Esrever wrote:I mean, shouldn't it be pronounced KAY-OH? The name is obviously derived from chaos, and how do you pronounce that? CHAY-OS?
Except in Japan, where apparently Chaos is pronounced "Chowce". IIRC, anyway.

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Kaossu. And how the fuck would you think "Chao" is pronounced "Kayo"? Haven't you ever said (or heard) the word 'ciao' in your entire life?

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Because Chaos is pronounced Kay-oss, and Chao is Chaos without the S. Gimp.

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It's because of the Japanese, where it's not at all consistent. Chaos is pronounced like "Cows" (カオス), it's a known borrowed word over there, I think, and a single Chao is pronounced "Chow" (チャウ), and totally made up.

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Also, most of the time Chaos' name seems to be written in romaji, while the Chao term is written in katakana. Many languages other than english pronounce chao like "chow".

EDIT: It's actually チャオ, not チャウ.
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I know not this... "jappa-knees". I just stuck with what seemed like the logical conclusion. Then again, the English language is a fickle mistress. I remember getting burned by "chameleon" as a youngster.

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I seem to recall the Tikal orb in the Station Square garden calling it a "chau" garden, and that was the English voiceover.

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Who cares, Tikal was a dirty, lazy Mexican.
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There is a difference between Aztecs of old and the illegals of today. The Aztecs gathered their food from the wild and sacrificed people. The modern Mexicans have bad 5 o'clock shadow and do menial jobs for almost nothing. And besides, I found Tikal more tolerable than Omochao.

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Hey, this makes Knuckles latino, doesn't it?

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Zeta wrote:Hey, this makes Knuckles latino, doesn't it?
That explains why he thinks he's black.

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If anythin', Tikal would have been a Mayan, amirite (though, interestingly, her father seems to be Peruvian)? Those were lazy bastards even back then.
Zeta wrote:Hey, this makes Knuckles latino, doesn't it?
I'm not sure, but I hope Nitro's Brazilian, just like Blanka and Sean. Brazilians are damn cool.

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As someone pointed out somewhere once, his species is Australian, his ancestors were Mexican, his voice is honky² and his music and dreadlocks are far from a subtle hint at blackitude. So he's probably a bit of a mutt.

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Since he lives on a floating island, I'd assume it isn't Mexico or Brazil. If he's a wigger or not is something else entirely. From what I've gathered, his personality would be a mixture of Mesoamerican and African. I've never seen him act Iberian(ex: Spanish) in any way.

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Isuka wrote:
Zeta wrote:Hey, this makes Knuckles latino, doesn't it?
I'm not sure, but I hope Nitro's Brazilian, just like Blanka and Sean. Brazilians are damn cool.
That's because you don't live there. But nonetheless, ^_^

And for the record, Knuckles's jamaican.

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I don't know if this was ever mentioned, but I got an e-mail from SEGA yesterday about a "Making Of" DVD that's a supposed pre-order bonus for the game.

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A mud/stray hut isn the same as a stone shine/pyramid. Plus he doesn't ever say "mon". And despite what he looks like, I don't think he has dreadlocks. It's just his hair/spines that are similar to Sonic's; nothing tying them together like that.

The video is up on YouTube, if you're interested. I misread it at first and thought we'd get something like a Limited Edition NiGHTS package. This I couldn't even care about. The shitty PSU package must have really put them off on releasing that kind of stuff.

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I believe the correct term is "blaxican".

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