When I was in... Probably about the fifth grade or so I was already writing little stories. Most didn't make much since but even since that fateful class where my teacher wanted us to write a story I was hooked on it! Well of course back then I didn't know what fan fiction was but that didn't stop me from writing one without knowing it. For his birthday (or Christmas, I forget) my brother got a Sega Saturn which, to me, was the first console we owned with CDs. I was rather amazed with the graphics back then. I mean it was a sudden jump from Super Nintendo, where I thought Star Fox was the greatest thing in the world to games like Resident Evil (which I'll talk about in my next Classic Game post!). Well my brother eventually got a game called Nights: Into Dreams and man did that trippy game set my imagination on fire. For those of you who don't know Nights, its about a little jester dream (or nightmare actually) whose locked away by his fellow nightmares because... Well... Actually I don't know. They never explain the story in the actual game. By what my sister told me you have to read the manual to actual know why he's stuck in giant snow globes. But what you DO learn are about the two children who you control very briefly. Claris, a young girl who dreams of becoming a great singer and is chosen to sing at the Twin Seeds festival. Then there's Elliot who... Dreams of not sucking at basketball? Well, anyway, both have a really bad nightmare that sends them into the dream world where they meet Nights, the actual hero of the story. The characters take control of him and together they help save... Dream? Maybe? I don't know. But they go on a lot of adventures. Like I said, not very story driven. But with great gameplay and music it inspired me to write about the game. The fanfic was basically just a retelling of the story in my own words, giving the characters actual dialog (where as the game had none).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsRcdDzxo8&feature=related This was my favorite level of the game.
Anyway, this was my first inspiration to write a fanfic without even knowing what a fanfic was. I'm sure a lot of young writers have done the same but oh the memories this game brings.
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