Nights: Journey of Dreams is a slightly frustrating but ultimately solid game. It follows the story of two kids with somewhat interesting emotional baggage (that is slightly different from the struggles of the two kids from the first game) and attempts to build off the first game by introducing more mission variety, toggable power-ups, repeat bosses with higher difficulty, and cutscenes. Unfortunately, each of these aspects falls a bit flat in some way. The mission variety is hit or miss and can feel like padding, there are a couple frustrating bosses that feel luck based, and the story cutscenes mostly just stretch out the basic story too thinly and have mediocre voice acting. Fortunately, the core gameplay still feels good (on a normal controller), the levels are imaginative and colorful, and the music is still sublime. I also do enjoy most bosses, and the final level is genuinely great. Overall I do recommend this game and especially if you're a fan of the first game. I can't help but feel like this game has a lot of wasted potential stemming from the devs not quite understanding why the original is beloved by a small but dedicated fanbase. Overall though I do enjoy it and find a lot to like despite it’s issues.