Peggle Nights

The objective in each level is to clear all of the orange pegs by hitting them with a ball shot from the top of the screen. New to this version are 60 new levels, 60 additional challenges, the introduction of the new Peggle Master Marina the Electric Squid, and the addition of an "Aced" score for each level. PopCap gave little pre-release build-up to Peggle Nights, with only a mention of the game by founder by Jason Kapalka in a January 2008 interview and PopCap publishing its press release on the day it was released. Critical reviews of Peggle Nights were favorable, most of the praises going towards the gameplay mechanics and presentation taken from the original Peggle; however, Peggle Nights ' similarity to its predecessor, as well as its narrative dream element, garnered mixed responses.

• Title — Peggle Nights • Developer — PopCap Games • Publisher — PopCap Games • Series — Peggle • Released — Microsoft Windows'Mac OS XMarch 1, 2009Xbox 360November 18, 2009PlayStation 3November 19, 2009 Nintendo DS March 3, 2009 • Genre — Puzzle • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Windows Mac OS X Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) iOS Nintendo DS

• Illustration — One of the few major additions to Peggle Nights includes the character of Marina, a squid that can shoot lightning to strike a set of pegs. Gameplay for Peggle Nights has remained similar to the original game, although additional types of style shots, such as off the wall, have been added. The primary gameplay addition to Peggle Nights is the new Peggle Master Marina. Marina is the final Peggle master of Peggle Nights, and her power is a high risk, high reward shot. Lightning travels from the first peg touched to the center of the score bucket. The lighting eliminates all pegs in the path, including armored ones. Marina's power is best used late in the game when the score multiplier is highest. Despite being one of the strongest Peggle masters, Marina was not playable in the DS release, and did not return for Peggle 2 - though Batrina in Peggle Blast has a similar power. As its opening theme, the game uses the classical piece "Clair de lune", the third movement from the piano suite Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy.

Pre-release revelations of Peggle Nights were limited to an interview with PopCap founder Jason Kapalka published by Rock, Paper, Shotgun on January 30, 2008; he revealed it would be a "pretty straightforward 'sequel'" to Peggle, "with the primary points of appeal being dozens and dozens of new levels, one additional power-up/Peggle master, and some new kinds of challenges." He also revealed the dream aspect of the game. PopCap's press release of the game was made public the day it was released, and IGN reported a Peggle sequel had been "much-anticipated." As of January 2010, three expansions have been released: a holiday theme, a spring theme and a pack with fan-art-based levels. All three come with extra adventure levels and challenges. While these extra levels are on the PC and Mac versions of Peggle Nights, they have not been patched into the iOS version of Peggle. The Xbox Live Arcade version of Peggle received Nights content in the form of a downloadable expansion for the game on November 18, 2009. The iPhone version of Peggle received Nights content as an In-App Purchase on October 4, 2010. It is also unlockable in Peggle: Dual Shot for the Nintendo DS. However, in Peggle: Dual Shot, Marina is not unlockable.