The Rings (also known as Loops) are floating circles, made of tiny orange orbs, that can be found throughout all of the levels in the NiGHTS games.
History[]
NiGHTS into Dreams[]
The rings made their debut in NiGHTS into Dreams. Passing through a ring will add 10 points to the player's score and fill a little bit of the drill dash meter. If NiGHTS passes through a ring during a link, the amount of points given will be 10 multiplied by the current amount of links. The rings will disappear for a short period after NiGHTS passes through them.
There are three special types of rings in the game, one is the Double Ring, which are two rings fused into one, each one adds 10 points, just like the default rings. The other is the Power Ring, which is a ring made of blue and yellow orbs. When NiGHTS passes through this ring, they will get a yellow ribbon and a remix of Dreams Dreams will play for 10 seconds. During this time, the player can make stunts which increase the score. And the last one is the Spike Ring; a ring made of spike orbs. NiGHTS must pass through this ring fast, otherwise it will damage NiGHTS and take five seconds from the time.
Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams[]
All rings from NiGHTS into Dreams returned to Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, where their purpose is identical to NiGHTS into Dreams. In this game, the Rings were reskinned as wreaths.
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams[]
The Rings return to NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, where their purpose is the same as in previous games. In this game, the Double Rings and Spike Rings return but the Power Rings didn't. There is also a new type of ring called the Green Ring, which fills a little bit of the drill dash meter. However, this ring doesn't disappear when NiGHTS passes through it.
Spin-Off Appearances[]
NiGHTS Dream Wheel[]
The Rings make a small appearance in the NiGHTS-themed slot machine, NiGHTS Dream Wheel, in the game's flying bonus mode.[1]
Other Appearances[]
- Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Rings appear in the NiGHTS thematic pinball table from Casinopolis. When Sonic successfully hits an Ideya Capture, he will starts flying through Twin Seeds and will pass through many rings.
- Phantasy Star Online and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg: Both games feature an 8-bit NiGHTS into Dreams mini game called NiGHTS ~ Score Attack ~, where the player controls NiGHTS through Spring Valley. NiGHTS must collect a certain amount of Blue Chips and/or rings, then return to the Ideya Palace.
- Sega Superstars: Rings appear in the NiGHTS into Dreams thematic mini game.
- Sonic Riders: The rings appear in the Sega Illusion circuit. If the racers pass through a ring, they will fly for a short period.
- Sega Superstars Tennis: Rings appear in the background of the NiGHTS tennis court.
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed: The rings appear in the Dream Valley circuit. Rings give boost to racers who pass through them.
- Sonic Lost World: Rings appear in the Nightmare Zone DLC. When Sonic passes through them, he will fly for a short period.