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Infinity Nikki Trailer [PS4+5, PC, Mobile] The Open-World Costumed Hero Action Sequel Announcement You Were Waiting For...
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Kuranghi
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Pretty cool looking, I just watched the japanese version of this trailer on youtube 60 seconds ago and I can't read a single character of the written language but I knew in my heart the text next to the asterisk said "development footage, not indicative of final version".
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CamHostage
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Oddly enough, this is from the makers of the upcoming Chinese fantasy swordfighting action game Project: The Perceiver...
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-...ject-the-perceiver-coming-to-ps4-ps5.1645169/
...as well as four other popular Nikki dressup/adventure games. (These Nikki games are apparently big enough that, 10 years later, this series is where developer PaperGames got the money to expand and create these two new high-end products.)
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-...ject-the-perceiver-coming-to-ps4-ps5.1645169/
...as well as four other popular Nikki dressup/adventure games. (These Nikki games are apparently big enough that, 10 years later, this series is where developer PaperGames got the money to expand and create these two new high-end products.)
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semiconscious
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wait a sec - the 'dress-up adventure' genre?...
christ, i'm old...
christ, i'm old...
CamHostage
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semiconscious
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almost... but not quite...
feynoob
Banned
I like this one. Hope I can play it soon.
thatsafakewebsitebro
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Did I read that right? The FIFTH game in this series? Umm…what was Nikki 1-4 like? 
CamHostage
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Did I read that right? The FIFTH game in this series? Umm…what was Nikki 1-4 like?
Well, I'm glad you asked!
{INSERT LONG NIKKI FRANCHISE HISTORY POST HERE}
...No, I have no freaking idea. I even looked it up a bit and still don't know how to explain or figure out this game series. I just know some girls in my circle who play them.
For what I understand of it, Nikki started as a general dressup game for girls (and creepy boys,) but it had some story and character visual novel elements to it too. As the games progressed, the adventure stuff got bigger and crazier. (Like, their trailers all seem to have no gameplay or even game engine, just pictures of war and churches and dancing and fashion shows and violence and angst??) There's also social media hooks for sharing your designs with the Nikkiverse (and I assume all that deep lore fuels the drive for engaging in fanart/fanfic.) The series started out with typical cellphone 2D paperdoll graphics, but by the fourth game Shining Nikki, developer PaperGames had built a sexy 3D engine, which has now allowed them to go anywhere with their future projects.
https://lovenikki.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Games
So, short answer to your question of "What was Nikki 1-4 like?", the answer is, not like this... or maybe just like this? Hard to say, since every time they show you a Nikki in a trailer, that may totally or may not at all be the game you can expect play.
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CamHostage
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Yes, I'm surprised it's not announced for Switch. This "engine" is pushing things to a new level, but Infinity Nikki is also coming to mobile (or some version of the game is, at least) and there is audience for this on Switch (even in China, which PlayStation has been making inroads into but still Switch I believe has more of the market there thanks to its partnership with Tencent.)
Nikki even uses a touchscreen in the game to play the game, which is maybe how you play the game?
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DragoonWalker
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Somehow I knew this would be a Chinese game before I even clicked on the video...
WTF?? are those AI generated videos?! Is this some kind of scam?
I couldn't care less about this game but that Project Perceiver game better be real.
WTF?? are those AI generated videos?! Is this some kind of scam?
I couldn't care less about this game but that Project Perceiver game better be real.
GhostOfTsu
Banned
Open-world dress up is my favorite genre 
CamHostage
Member
I mean, it's not a scam, this is a real game series that has been going for 10 years that I know people who have played and enjoyed (and even own some merch of.)
But is this trailer one of those cellphone "This game looks so cool, now download it discover play a game vaguely if at all like this!" ads, I can't be sure. And then even the fans of it seem baffled by the whole of Nikki and I won't say are ashamed of it but are very aware that it's a cookiemonster that eats people up. And now this game's trailer is this platformer that never existed in the Nikkiverse (or did it??) and doesn't show almost any dress up aside from its purpose in battles (or Nikki playing her own game.) And it looks graphically impressive (gameplay so far, eh?) and this "real game" concept of an open-world platformer magic action game seems to be what the developer is trying use to expand out into the bigger world but can you really do that in the fifth game of the series? (Counterpoint: the Chinese Paladin: Sword and Fairy games are almost 3x as old but they didn't exist outside China until #6.) And also this developer has a big sword-and-sorcery fantasy action game alongside Infinity Nikki but can they really pull off two big, epic games when their business is making virtual dress up dolls?
This is some kind of something, but I don't know what yet?
I'm worried that this game could be good (or at least popular) and then I'd have to understand stuff like this to keep up with my friends...
rabbity-thing
Member
Those floaty jumps giving off some real Alice: Madness Returns vibes.
Also.... what the heck did I just watch?
Also.... what the heck did I just watch?
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
I feel like when someone goes to jail for having....questionable material on their HDD and have to register....based on questionable material, the media will cite that this game was on that HDD too and they'll just say its a sign that someone is...into said questionable illegal ideas lol
Roman Empire
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More like Nikki: Widow Dressing
ReBurn
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Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
If it ends up looking anything like that announcement trailer.
Im gonna have to buy this for my daughter for sure.
<---doesnt have a daughter.
Im gonna have to buy this for my daughter for sure.
<---doesnt have a daughter.
CamHostage
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There's almost no reason to share this since it isn't gameplay and it doesn't make sense what "story" it contributes to the Nikki saga (I hear that delving into the lore of Nikki is dangerous territory as it is...) but in any case, this is a new video animation by PaperGames about the Nikki franchise and the upcoming new game Infinite Nikki.
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