One of the first things I notice is the size, almost 60 pages greater than MGT1 indicates a lot of more detail and focus in the edition. Personally, internal consistency is key to me when it comes to hard(ish) scifi, not how realistic the technology is (how probable something is compared to today's technology). Traveller tries (successfully) to take itself seriously, with respect to being hard-scifi in that it makes an attempt at being internally consistent. There other major alien races (4), and hundreds if not thousands of minor alien races.
It is a feudalistic union of worlds: local nobility operate largely free from oversight, restricted by convention and feudal obligations. The Third Imperium is the largest and human-dominated interstellar empire in Charted Space. The Official Traveller Universe (OTU) is dominated by a massive polity known as The Third Imperium. Characters typically journey between various star systems and engage in activities such as exploration, ground and space battles, and interstellar trading. This is in addition to what I personally like and do not like. I will also be highlighting where massive improvements (to rules or otherwise) have been implemented. systems not supporting fluff, rolls becoming superfluous due to trivially high modifiers, etc.)Īs a Second Edition, this will naturally be compared to the previous edition. Someone who loses interest in a game quickly if the systems fail to support the proposed dramatics, or the ability of a group to have fun (e.g. The spread listed Nikki's favorite foods and snacks.Someone who has only discovered Traveller within the last 3 years but then dove in head-first, exploring all the editions and the 30+ years of work. Shining Nikki was featured in the Taiwanese edition of mina magazine, both on the cover and in a spread.The maps of Shining Nikki and Nikki's house were drawn by the environmental artist Arseniy Chebynkin.The prevalence of the card (karma) system for artwork, story and scoring.Shining Nikki bears a strong resemblance to Mr Love: Queen's Choice in terms of design and gameplay:.The game's beta ran from May 18th to May 24th, 2021. The social accounts of the Global version of Shining Nikki went live on 16th April 2021. The game's beta ran from January 21st to January 27th, 2021. The social accounts of the Japanese version of Shining Nikki went live on 6th January 2021. Players were unable to pay after November 6th, 2020, and the last day of service was announced to be December 9th, 2020. On November 5th, 2020, the game was announced to be closing due to controversy. The game's beta ran from September 24th to September 30th, 2020. The social accounts of the Korean version of Shining Nikki went live on 3rd September 2020. It had sales promotion collaboration with KFC, ASUS Laptop, Lux and Urban Revivo. It had been ranked as the top 10 most profitable mobile games in Mainland China since its release. There are in total of seven servers for Mainland China: two for iOS, five for Android. The servers are also named after locations in Shining Nikki, with the first server being named after Lodden City (洛登城) and the second server named after Qingyun City (傾雲城). Players can choose which server to play in when they start their game. Players with a UID beginning in 1 will play in the first server (一區), while players with a UID beginning in 2 will play in the second server (二區).
There are two separate servers for this version. 9, 2020 (Server discontinued due to controversy) The player could upgrade, star up and "awake" them to strengthen the cards' power in styling battles and unlock dyed clothes, personal information of the designers and stories of them when they designed that certain suit. The Shadow of Designers are basically cards of the designers of the suit. The player uses Nikki as a model through various Styling Battle while wearing a variety of clothing obtained through gameplay and with the aid of " Designer's Reflection". The players play as themselves who were summoned by Nikki to her inner world through the power of the Gate of Heart. Similarly to Love Nikki-Dress Up Queen!, Shining Nikki is a dress-up game with RPG elements. Her mission is to stop Leonid, the legendary designer who she believes is responsible for Miraland's destruction.įor more information on the plot, please visit the Shining Nikki Wiki to learn about characters and the main story. In order to prevent a future where Miraland is destroyed by the Sea of Memories, Nikki travels back in time to Year 0 in a structure called the Ark. Being the successor of Love Nikki, Shining Nikki acts as its sequel as well.