On February 10, 2021, “LITTLE NIGHTMARES II -Little Nightmares 2-” will be released.
The title, which was once an unknown new IP, has become a popular series after four years, and has become one of the most notable titles in 2021. In this article, we will look back on the work background of the previous work “LITTLE NIGHTMARES-Little Nightmares-” with the release of the latest series, which is approaching about a week later.
A 3D suspense adventure depicting a girl confronting difficulties and mysteries
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“LITTLE NIGHTMARES” (hereafter, “Little Nightmares”) is a suspense adventure developed by Swedish developer Tarsier Studios. Since the first work of the same name was released for PlayStation4 / Xbox One / Steam in April 2017, three downloadable contents “The Depths-Abyss-” and “The Hideaway” from the additional story “Secrets of The Maw” -The Secret Room- “and” The Residence -Silence Atelier- “are being delivered one after another. In June 2018, “LITTLE NIGHTMARES-Little Nightmares-Deluxe Edition” containing the main story, these DLCs, additional costumes, etc. will be released on PlayStation 4 / Nintendo Switch. In a short period of one year after its release, the title became playable on all major home platforms.
In “Little Nightmares”, the player becomes a captive girl “Six” and aims to escape from the huge ship “The Maw” with the name of “Stomach”. The game nature of the title is to overcome many difficulties and mysteries awaiting along the way with action and wisdom. The world from a girl’s point of view is full of playfulness and fear beyond the imagination of adults. The world of “Little Nightmares”, which has a good balance of the two essences, is still loved by many fans even now, four years after its release.
The theme drawn is “desire for food”
This suspense adventure isn’t just about violent horror (as is often the case with common survival horror). “Little Nightmares” has a consistent theme throughout the story. That is “desire for food.”
As you can see from the fact that the huge ship on the stage is called “Stomach”, all the characters appearing in the title have some kind of contact with “food”. Some characters are assigned to The Maw as cooks to cook meals, and some as food suppliers, and of course there are also customers who eat. They drive the protagonist as “just food” and sometimes catch it and throw it into pots, groceries, processing machines, mouths, and other places where food should be. Six’s adventure is an escape to prevent himself from being eaten.
In the theory of the world of “Little Nightmares”, even the main character is depicted as being unable to resist that desire. Six, who is sometimes hungry during a long search, can’t stand hunger and carries what he sees to his mouth indiscriminately. In addition to what we eat in our daily diet, the lineup also includes other things-living mice, buddies, dead people, and more. As the story progresses, the subject of Six’s diet becomes more difficult to understand, and I cannot help feeling the addiction of food in this world. The guests mentioned above show an unusual attachment to food in the title. It looks like Chihiro’s parents who became pigs in “Spirited Away”. Eventually, Six may become like them.
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