Everything we know about Queen Philomia, the palace ruins, & what's next in Infinity Nikki
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- Hey Stylists! Join me today as I explain everything we know about the mysterious Queen Philomia - Infinity Nikki's Heartcraft Queen - and the Queen's Palace Ruins, as well as what I believe we have in store for us this year so we can learn more about her 😊
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As someone who doesn't read any book while exploring, it's nice to get short summarize of lore, pretty entertaining content , keep going
In case you didnt know though, I am pretty there is a courses section for reading lore things, like the books, so I would recommend still just clicking on it for the extra diamonds lol
@@maitoko5089i just click on the book but don’t read it lol
@@maitoko5089 nah, i see shinny thing, i click, i close immediately
I wish we had an archive of all the written material like other open world games. Love to reread text but I hate having to track down the specific book.
@@exo_eve7575 a reference in order would be nice! I've definitely found part 2 of something before part 1 and was confused lol
Queen Philomia is actually one of the best mysteries in the game so far esp as someone who loves lore. Can't wait to get more clues.
For all we know she probably has some kind of relations to Nikki who knows
@@TitanyaNekorina what if she's actually nikki's mom. my theory is that nikki's mom actually went to miraland before and nikki is her descendant
@@annyeongzz24I’ve been waiting for more references on her mom. In the very beginning she was mentioned and I kept thinking at some point that must come up again
@@car6441 fr cz that goddess mentioned nikki's mom as the former owner of the miracle dress in the first cutscene
Something I also found interesting is that there's a necklace sketch you can find close to the Meadow Wharf, hidden near some boats and behind a crate- it's descriptions talk about being found swaddled in baby clothes and when you craft it, it details how it's usually a gift from a queen to their daughters, wishing them a "healthy bloom" or something. Led me to wonder if maybe Philomia's "exile" was her actually running from something/someone (with her baby) and ended up in the castle we see in Breezy Meadow, now protected by the border's gate. Or something along those lines!
I believe we are going to time travel since it is mentioned a lot in books and by some characters throughout the story
It has?
@@mintsugas yes, you can read about it in some books at the stylists guild!
Time travel is definitely canon in the Nikkiverse, though I personally think all the references were instead meant to hint at -
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- what was going on with Giovanni.
I agree. Not sure about in the main story, but definitely in lore-based events.
I can't wait to see the fairy kingdom, assuming it's added at some point. Can you imagine how adorable that will be?
I'm secretly crossing my fingers it'll have major Sailor Moon vibes. ❤
Since the artwork of Timis in her lab is so Princess Serenity/Neo Queen Serenity'esque
The previous Kingdoms in Love Nikki and Shining Nikki, equivalent to TwinMoon also have Elves, Dwarves and Goblins.
i simpy cant imagine the size of the map after the release of the 7 nations. The map we have is already humongous ! cant wait!!
Right?? A true OPEN WORLD game 🌏
I've been thinking about the Queen's Palace Ruins since I first ran across them. I have nothing to add. You did so much research and testing. I'm just so excited and anxious for some quests in this region! It'd be awesome if we could somehow restore the castle after finding the queen! Or at least get our own teddy bear for our future house!
I'm so happy I wasn't the only one trying to play the tune for some easter eggs lol ❤
Your attempt would have probably been a lot better given I have ZERO musical talent 🥲 I don't know which notes to use or how long to hold them, but maybe it's part of the quests in the future!
@@Cadaea I don't know much about it too, so it wasn't even close but at least we had the same thoughts!
Your 'tedious' research to find the parts of the window referencing from the ps5 teaser actually makes it more engaging as it answers the question in my head as i watched this video. You have a clear talking voice too that I'm able to listen in! Please keep doing more lore and world building videos again! ✨Said me, die-hard Shining nikki fan 🤣✨
I’m so so glad I stumbled onto this video, this lore is so interesting ! I can’t wait for more regions and mysteries to be uncovered, and hopefully we get to see the queen. Wish there were more “lore” infinity Nikki videos like this
interesting especially when the name of the queen in shining nikki lilith is a nod to the name of the kingdom in love nikki the lilith kingdom which is a parallel of the heartcraft kingdom
never played shining niki though only love and now infinity
shining nikki is a prequel of love nikki so the 2 games are sharing the same lore. they are in the same universe unlike infinity nikki
Actually i was also thinking that they will do something with the castle since it's such an interesting area and beautifully designed but yet there are no quests there or anything major going on. I am not as observant as you are tho so i didn't connect all the other details you pointed out in the video, but i definitely think your video makes so much sense! I can't wait for new questlines and new regions. I'd also like to get some quests where we can uncover more things about the souvereign of elegant, i really want to know more about who she is 😭
The only quest available is with Prof Aventura.
I love lore related videos. This was very interesting as someone who has been playing Shining Nikki and sees a lot of similarities with Lilith. Thanks for the summary.
I wish I could like the video more than once because I had been looking for Infinity Nikki lore videos and also I was so captivated and interested by those ruins ever since I first stumbled upon them. At first I didn't care much about the lore but I'm slowly being hooked!
Thank you for this, I've actually been thinking a lot about the state of this castle and the monarchy. One theory I wondered about was if maybe Wishfield had been annexed by the Heartcraft kingdom at some point in the past, and these were the remains of the former ruler's castle, but I doubted that from the beginning since I believe there would have surely been some resentment against the queen, even if it had been a long time ago. I do still wonder about any ties of Nonoy and the Banshee to the queen. I don't remember what it was, but some detail in Nonoy's story makes it really seem like she might be related to the royal family, and I believe there are some descriptions of sketches found in chests that mention a little girl who is royalty.
That's a great theory though, considering Nonoy and her foster mother were fighting because her foster mother didn't want her to know about her past. So if Nonoy Is secretly royalty, then it's entirely possible her foster mum knows this and is trying to keep her safe. What if the Banshee Is the Queen? She's near enough to the castle for it to fit?
Goddamn I want answers so bad 😂
I mean Banshee's dress is kinda similar to the one in the paintings so maybe, i just started playing a few days ago and just faught her today (i lost rip) and she said she needed more to remember so maybe thats a thing? @ShazzaRose
@@ShazzaRose I found the sketch again I mentioned. It's called Budding Sprout (necklace) The text reads: "A sketch drawn on a baby's swaddling clothes. In the margins is a very tiny Heartcraft Kingdom royal seal." The necklace itself reads: "As per the royal custom, queens gift newborn princesses a necklace, blessing them with a future as radiant as blossoms."
It's found in Breezy meadow, not far off from the castle I believe.
There's no ties to Nonoy specifically, but it very clearly indicates that a baby has been in the picture of this castle at some point. The fact this swaddling cloth (which is what the sketch is written on) is found outside the castle but relatively close makes it seem like that baby was brought away from the castle for some reason, and probably not on a casual stroll.
Ok that is strong theory but I think the strongest argument against it is that the missing Sovereign of Elegant is probably a better "fit" as Nonoys's birth mother.
The missing Sovereign of Elegant went searching for the missing stylists 15 years ago, which is Nonoy's approximate age. There are books in Nonoy's home that explain that Nonoy's mother was friends with the Soverign, and also that her mother was asked by a friend to care for her infant child while she was away on a trip.
There are other writings in the Wishing Woods that allude to the Sovereign finding the stylists/being captured. My theory is that she was tortured/experimented on by the paladins, because she was such a strong whim user. Considering the Banshee has both red hair and a bit of an "undead" look about her, it would make sense that they are the same person.
Unless Philomia is also the missing Sovereign of Elegant, I dont think she is Nonoy's mother. Though it's possible they're actually the same person- I just haven't seen much evidence of that aside from the similar dress.
@@CatsofAllCosmos Yeah, very good points. I too found out today that Nonoy's mom and her birthmother were close friends.
One thing about Queen Lilith was in Shining Nikki is that we don't know much about her origins. In Starhaven of Shining Nikki we learn Ashley was adopted by Paisley's family at "age 15" as the game described by her designer reflections, Paisley her step sister was the most beautiful girl in Starhaven the city that is governed by beauty, and Ashley was the "ugly" one. Paisley's family wasn't kind to Ashley, Paisley and her friends often bullied Ashley, and remember this, they broke her V I O L I N, dun dun duuun! The only kind one was Old Hendrill, the musician. So Ashley becomes desperate for beauty and on the night of the Starhaven Swan pageant she starts a fire backstage after making deal with the devil "Nightbane" and Paisley is consumed by the fire but survives, her fate is horrific, but Ashley is presumed dead from the fire. The deal Ashley made was to become the most beautiful and loved girl, but shorter life and anyone who falls in love with her will mysteriously die. Now she's Queen Lilith, she's loved so much they changed the name of Ninir Kingdom to Lilith Kingdom. Fast backward to Infinity Nikki, the game has a very long roadmap. Maybe that's why they're only giving us crumbs but maybe we'll know crumbs of what Lilith's origins might be! :D
Thank you for explaining! I was trying to get my head around the whole Ashley / Lilith thing and this made it a lot easier.
Also a kind musician?? Shortly after I posted this, I found out about a book in Infinity Nikki that mentions a solo (male) violinist who played a "tune about a historically controversial queen" as part of a concerto about Queen Philomia 🤔 There's more to uncover I'm sure!
Yeah that's a good summary of beginning of her story. Honestly after this, the whole Lilith/Ashley narrative gets real confusing lol. As of Volume 3 both Ashley and Lilith exist and live separate lives. Ashley is a singer for an Orphanage Choir and Lilith is still Queen. Also in the Angel/Demon Event it's kinda shown that Queen Lilith is basically a husk now given a soul by Nightbane and the Goddess of Desire and when they are defeated she kinda loses her soul...? Lmao idk I gotta reread that stuff. It's been like 2 years since it came out.
@exo_eve7575 Omg, tell me about it! >< At Volume 2 chapter 3, I was thrown off the loop when Ashley reappeared still doing her alleged side hustle of being an arsonist AND studying in Cicia School of Design??? AND Dodora knew Ashley is there to see Lilith during the idol voting??? But Aeon says that the abnormality in the ark caused a shadow memory from the personality mirror but Aeon doesn't know what kind of power got her out and make her an individual so I can assume her shadow was being puppet by Lilith? But Nikki doesn't finish finding her at Cicia and leaves for Cloud Empire instead? I kinda wish they ended Ashley's story at Starhaven chapter because my brain started hurting trying to comprehend the rest along with the event stories, it was too extra, and now Queen Lilith hinted in Infinity Nikki too, my brain is frying (@_@)
@@blueberrytofie thats so cool you’ve mentioned it. I wasn’t even thinking much about it but what you said really makes sense, im so excited😭
@Cadaea Hmm... :꒰ ྀིo.o ꒱ That's a bit confusing. I'm also guilty of not reading the books infinity nikki lol c':
Thing is, by the time Nikki shows up at Shining Nikki Miraland and Starhaven, Queen Lilith is "18 years old" the fire happened 2 years ago. Old Hendrill died 2 days after Nikki's arrival.
Sorry I'll go off tangent again. :'> He was the victim in that fire, he was supposed to play violin for Ashley (if Ashley had won the pageant, he didn't know Paisley had stolen Ashley's dress design that Old Hendrill made for her, the Meteoric Feather.) But Old Hendrill ran into the fire to save Ashley, as an elderly man and injured in the fire, he got diagnosed with Alzhimer's and lost his memory except Ashley, her abusive household, and the night of the pageant, thinking its still happening. He was so supportive to her the point he mistakes Nikki for Ashley and said the sweetest things like life is more than physical beauty. He only had 2 days left to live now so Nikki decides to act like Ashley and fullfil his final wish of seeing Ashley wearing Meteoric feather outfit and win the pageant during the meteor shower. What Nikki does is very beautiful to help Ashley of the reflection mirror turn her memory of the fire to memory of the meteor shower. Old Hendrill sees this through the window from his hospital bed. His final wish came true. After his death and funeral, everyone is done paying respects, the last person to show up in secret but still turning heads with her beauty, was Queen Lilith herself.
Now the game said that Old Hendrill had no relatives or at least anyone who would bother visiting him in the hospital. The song he wrote was more of a lullaby, "Come to lake Silvermoon, make your dreams come true, when swans dance, wings become falling stars." The lullaby tune is very very lowkey similar to the music that plays in the ruins, except the lullaby has a hopeful uplifting comforting tune, while the Queen's ruins' tune is downcast, drown out and resigned with a hint of acceptance.
I love seeing these types of videos that dive deep into lore, especially for a nikki game! Thanks for the video!
A Nikki lore video wasn't what I expected but it is a welcomed one.
You really do have the best Nikki info on youtube.
Using an interactive world map to collect Dews of Inspiration and Whimstars, I was driven crazy because there was "supposedly" a dungeon beneath the castle containing various chests, whimstars, and dews of inspiration. However, I couldn't find this "supposed dungeon" no matter how hard I searched. Perhaps the idea of it being introduced in the future isn't so far-fetched. Although, how does that map currently know about the existence of that supposed dungeon? That's a mystery…
Is it the cave off the coast under the castle? Or do you mean a different one?
there is a way, just look more. Though i explored without an interactive map, where can i find that. I was always wondering where i could get one like in hoyogames but i guess i haven't searched for it enough, can i have a link?
This is very interesting contents, thank you for gathering everything and make a video about this because i'm too lazy to read all the books/conversations in the games so i missed these kind of infos
For some weird reasons, I have always been drawn to those ruins, I always take photoes there, watch the scenery and listen to the song and I literally shake with excitement at the prospect of knowing more about the Queen and the ruins since I am a lore freak lol. Such a great video to summarize everything!
From all what I have heared and gathered so far we are in for a pretty deep and heartfelt story with many twists and heartbreaks. I'd suggest any stylist might stack up onto handherchiefs because this is going to hurt!
That castle is so scary to me idk why 😭 it gives horror game vibes, i hate going over there (only explored it bc i needed the chests with sketchs)
This video is so well made! Thank you for sharing your hard work. I look forward to seeing more Infinity Nikki lore and theorising videos 🤩
Wow! I hope this is your day job with the amount of time and research you spent on this 😄 It was really interesting though, so thanks for all that work!
I suspect that there will be more then one queen, and maybe even a prince
We tend to get involved in royal family drama in these games, so I suspect a family member who disappeared under mysterious circumstances would fit right in
There was a Prince Consort (presumably with Philomia) but he died due to illness! I believe Philomia was the queen of all of Heartcraft, so there'll be others in charge elsewhere, but it's frustrating that we don't have much guidance on timelines or how a monarchy even came to be 🤔
Someone in another comment said something about a baby swaddle found not too far from the castle too! So there may have at one point been a baby taken or fleeing from the castle
I just watched the silvergale aria set's preview video, and it is set in the queen's palace ruins as well. So I guess that's where the set will be useful too.
I never got into game lore videos. But I really like Infinity Nikki's world and story so I got curious and watched the video. This was such a cool experience and gave me a new appreciation for the game. Thanks. 😊💕
Philomia is my favorite IN character. I know we don’t know much about her, but I’m so excited for her!
Thank you so much for this!!!
This was an AMAZING deep dive I can sence the love and effort you spent making this video and how you were enjoying yourself looking for easter eggs and all I hope what you said comes true and I look forward to it 🥰🥰🥰🥰
i love these videos based on lore and theories, please keep them coming!! they're so interesting 🫶
I hope like others have mentioned that it's time shenanigans. The ruined castle + the ruined style of Threads of Reunion matches well, and the theme in the dress of time and space. Also the new 'cool' 5star eurekas match the Threads of Reunion (the 'planets' are identical and the prismatic colouring for the 'Feast' variant). Considering we got those now, I'm hoping we get Threads of Reunion in 1.3/1.4.
Still super confused about whether it's Heartcraft subregions or the whole region per 6months, but I asked in the survey for them to clarify that as hype and looking forward to new regions is always good for longevity.
Awesome video!!
This is such a well researched video, thank you!
Please do more lore videos 😭 I absolutely love. Your content is the best on Nikki, I just wish I had more of it❤
Omg!! Someone has been needing to make a video on this! Thank you so much!!! Love your content 😊
Please do more lore videos!
I don't read any of the notes and I really enjoyed your detailed research and explanations.
I find myself being more interested in the little bits of information the more I play.
I love that you do this analysis. I read all the books especially the new stuff they slide in the game every update. I don't have even half these NPCs on mobile so I imagine if they were teasing something it'd be on NPCs that are rendered on mobile. Most of the stuff I see in streams doesn't render on mobile (I was flabbergasted by the newspaper stand just now uh I don't have that!) But I am always listening in on the NPCs I don't recognize to see if they're slipping anything in. I will probably miss it anyway but I love that you did this breakdown!
oh just recently read PHilomias letter and wished we could know more about her! I was so curious how the Palace looked like at its prime!
Your research was very extensive! I love these types of videos, and I'm obsessed with Infinity Nikki lore. Thanks for making this!
This level of analysis reminded me of most prominent Zeldatubers :D Awesome work!
Thank you for this! I love contents like these since I don’t like reading books I found in the game. Love the mysteries and building up the lore of the game! ❤
In the begining of the game I thought the castle might've been associated with Lilith herself. Before actually becoming Lilith she was a talented singer and the Violin statues would have been a cool tie to Hendrill, the Violinist that treated her with kindness besides almost the whole nation being cruel to her because of her appearance T-T It's such a shame Infinity Nikki seems to take place in a different timeline
I know that there's a dungeon in the castle because the interactive map where I looked up the teleport statues showed the castle dungeon statue as well as the 3 midway statues in the dungeon. I was bummed when I realized I couldn't get them yet.
wait what!! Gonna go check now, thank you 🫡
i actually put this as feedback in one of my survey responses! i really want to know more about the palace! i hope we get more on it soon :))))
Thank you for the interesting video! I always hoped that there would be a channel that focused on Infinity Nikki lore. I started following and can't wait to see what's coming next.😊
Great investigative journalism. I appreciate it. Thanks for sharing.
I love these deep dives so much!!❤
Thank you for watching! I wish I could go deeper but we just don't have the information... yet 👀
this is fantastically researched and summarised! much appreciated
Ohhh... I've been quietly hoping the palace would turn out to be the ruins of Lilith's or Elle's palace, but the violin sculpture did throw me off a little, not to mention the palace design is different than any of theirs, and there are no city ruins around it... but now it makes sense! Thank you for researching it!
It's cool to know we will get the 7 kingdoms eventually! Looking at their images and short prompts, I'm starting to wonder if, perhaps, Infinity isn't - as I thought before - many years into the future - but rather even further into the past before Shining. Unless you're right and it's just a parallel universe ;). But, you know, it would be cool if we were to someday learn that the Ruin Island is called this way because it's a literal ruin of a space station that fell from the orbit. Or that Leonid was once called The Wishing One and revered as a god in Nini... Heartfelt Kingdom (please, please, devs, make that one real for me! XD)
OMG! The lore is loreing!! I love it!
Funnily enough, there's actually a fantasy book about time travel in the game, it's near the lake a little to the right of stitch street
i honestly hope we can get the flame festival in stoneville like i kept seeing it in the main quest but did it happen 🤔
more focus on the palace would be very interesting in the game, I popped up there when I was procrastinating my main quests before to explore other things and saw the castle, was very certain something major would end up happening there but instead, was just the feature of palace ruins and nothing more so was a bit like oh okay
little mysteries in big games are interesting tho so it'll be really enticing to know what future developments they will make into it all, perhaps it could come under a certain event alongside a new region in a future massive update?
I'm here thinking we may get two more locations similar to Firework Isles in the future because on the Heart of Infinity you can see the Firework Isles related nodes are on the very left but there are still two vacant lines just there waiting for nodes to pop in.....
also the weird nodes that are "Not available in your version" for everyone like something will be there in the future???????? what even is that on about???????????????? what are infold hiding from us? 😳
i actually saw some notes about the queen in the bar in florawish!
Yes! I saw those literally after I posted this video 🥲 classic
@@Cadaeanooooo!!
Yes I thought the story would take us to the Palace. Thanks for all the extra details
Loved this video. Your style and editing are super nice and make for a great watch experience! Subscribed!
Wow u did such a great job researching. Great job!!!❤❤❤
The Queens Palace really reminds me of Elden Ring...I was actually nervous going through the area because of it 😂
yesssss i need more infinity nikki lore videos
FINALLY A LORE VIDEO!! KEEP THESE COMING PLEASE!! (also the lonely gays got me cracking up LOLOLL)
Another interesting thing is to consider the previous games to Shining Nikki too! As someone who played Love Nikki as well, that came before Shining Nikki, Love Nikki already had a 7-kingdom system and I think Nikki games before Love Nikki also took place in Miraland (although im uncertain if they include the 7 kingdoms). These kingdoms are always parallel in concept but as if in different dimensions or stages of a timeline, across the different games.
In Shining Nikki, Lilith herself is a reference to the name of Love Nikki's Ninir Kingdom equivalent, called, well, the *Lilith Kingdom*
Wild theory time... What if Queen Philomia is actually Ena the Curator? With these type of games/stories it's always one of the earliest characters that you meet that are usually the main character/villain/etc.
Wilder theory: Philomia took refuge in the 'real' world, Miraland has a Narnia thing going on where time passes differently, and Philomia is either Nikki's mom or grandma.
@@chanterellecryptidI see this and raise you something that's bugging me
Captain Hiya Looks like Ena.
Ohhh that's a fun thought.
We also don't actually know that the scene in the prologue happened chronologically before current events in-game, since time travel is canon, so for all we know a younger Ena is running around.
Ena said she's been locked wherever she is for 1000 years BUT there are a lot of hints and direct mentions of time travel so who knows 👀
This was a very good lore video about Philomia which has now got me obsessed with her. Also as someone who has played shining nikki, I noticed that the queen in the lonely gaze portrait is on the moon with her teddy bear, in shining nikki, lilith or actually at this point (spoilers warning):
Ashley, a girl who is abused by others due to her scar and ninir being used to value beauty above all, shows up in chapter 2, where we can craft an outfit set made by her that is very star and moon themed like the lonely gaze painting. They also make a reference to that fact that a person very close to her was violinist by making her a violinist as mentioned in the video. If they are fully willing to make this many references (there are even more parallels) to lilith along with Philomena’s design being based on her, I wouldn’t be shocked if they choose to reveal that the current queen of the heart-craft kingdom is actually queen Philomena but in a different body or copy of her somehow. Just like how in shining nikki, lilith is Ashley reborn or in a different timeline ( I may be wrong about the specifics as it’s been awhile since I remembered Lilith.
Wow this is so interesting, thank you for the video 🤩
Maybe the easiest explanation is that Philomia's exile is over and she deliberately chose to let the palace fall into rapid ruin because she has such bad memories of the place. But I think we're definitely getting a quest line there in the future and what we see in the trailer is footage of a future dungeon.
oh my gosshh i would LOVEE this kind of event!! i really hope you are right
this gave me chills
There it’s an out of the bonds here at the yard of the castle and you go through a door and see what it looks like the entrance for a dungeon, but there’s only fog and if you jump inside the fog go to a fully made room without scape, but there are some random objects, that room it’s not empty so for me it makes it even weirder
I hope so cause I’ve been really curious about the castle and what happened to her. I have a theory myself on what happened to her based off what I read in the books
I went to the Queen Palace ruins thinking that I was going to stumble on a side quest but no. I hope that some lore is shed upon the palace. Its too pretty to let just sit there, and I am a lore nerd.
Interesting! In the 4th Game in the Nikki-series (Shining Nikki), there's a "Starheaven Swan" pageant/contest that occurs every 2 years in the city of Starheaven, which is located in the country called "Ninir Kingdom".
*Fun-Fact: The "Ninir Kingdom" has a different name in the 3rd Game of the Nikki-series (Love Nikki). It's called "Lilith Kingdom", which gives the players who've played both of those games a huge indicator that a major incident occurred somewhere along the timeline between these 2 games that affected the "Ninir Kingdom" enough to be re-named after one of it's famous Monarchs: Queen Lilith.
(Note: Queen Lilith is the name of the current Queen of Ninir Kingdom in the in the 4th Game (Shining Nikki), also, prior to her being elected as the Queen of Ninir Kingdom, she was the winner of the latest "Starheaven Swan" pageant.)
**(EDIT: In my defense, I made this comment during the first minute of the video before watching the rest of it...)** 😅
would love more videos about the lore and books in game
unrelated to the video but i once read a book near the border gates that stated many innocent civilians were killed by the empire of light army poor them😭
Funny you say that because my next lore video is going to be about the Umbraso exiles 👀
what a coincidence 😭. anyway ig this proves that ppl can actually harm each other in this game and the theory going around that says ppl in miraland can't harm other ppl is wrongg
Oh wow, that would be so interesting
I wish they add all cutscenes in one book. I KNOW there is the photo album, but not every cutscene is there...
I miss the one from Dada telling about the 7 Kingdoms.... or the Linglang concert from that woman playing in the ship.... I really want to replay it again
Heartcraft Kingdom News Bulletin (Issue 67) says we are in 1002 A.W. (after wishing one?) which is a book you can investigate in a trailer at the Border Outpost
I've read a lot more books since that video, and I'm working on a long one about Umbraso right now 👀
Infinity nikkis lore explanation video?!! Im satt💜
I haven’t explore this bit yet. Maybe it’s about time :)
Yeahhh more lore videos! im too narrow sighted or too lazy to read the books to really notice this stuff ingame.
I really enjoy those videos with lore when Iam not the one doing the research ha xD
Having played many of the other Nikki games, I do think the Queens' design is a nod to the older games. However, in most launches, they will reuse character designs but in newer cooler stories. A request from older games is that we would get to dress up Momo. And I was stoked to find that we not only get to dress him up but play as him too. So cool. And I do think it is hilarious that they gave up on trying to explain what Momo is and just wing it. Devs are like, "He is a Momo. What's a momo? That. That guy is a Momo."
8:45 i wholeheartedly agree with you. the queens palace is my absolute favorite place. it's quite far away but they made it huge on purpose. the entrance and the perimeter around the palace alone are massive. i cant wait. btw has anyone figured out how to get those 2 dews/1 whimstar from the very top of the palace? i cant make that weird jump to save my life.
Omg no! I am stuck on those too and I feel like I can't even get close ?? I swear I've seen some players complete the entire area so I'm very confused
@ hahaha ok I’m not the only one 😩😂😂👌🏽
thank you for this video
8:53 I still think this is still the same palace we have rn. Idt this is a new area to unlock in the palace, I think this was originally what the devs had in mind for the palace and the bears, but they maybe changed it to what we have now bc the one in the trailer just looks way too pretty and bright and ig they wanted the palace to look more decrepit and abandoned and not at all pretty and bright. But im so glad someone else has noticed lilith's resemblance to philomia, I pointed it out on twt a few days ago
omg lore nikki content??! Sign me up! 🩷
I would looooove a city region!
I fully expect Cicia to be added at some point and it's a modern, busy city! Plus I'd imagine the commerce kingdom is pretty city-like too
okay I might remeber wrong since I read way too quickly when I play but I am practically sure in Bibiccon's club there is a paper (that reads like a tabloid) that talks about the Queen having found a new and young lover and I read somewhere another one mentioning a speech of the Queen in which she was insisting about "youth" and staying "youthful". If I remember the first one even made a comment about a dead or lost King/consort/lover?? Based on that I do not think Philomia is the current Queen. However, my little conspiracy theory/headcanon is that the current Queen usurped the throne (kinda like in Star Butterfly iykyk) and Philomia was the last "true" Queen and we may have to find her or her descendants. Again there is no evidence supporting that last part I just really like messy royal stories
OK, making that connection between Philomia and Lilith has got me wondering... did Philomia also summon a demon and that's why the castle ruins are in disarray???
I know this won't happen, but it would be cool if we could restore the queen ruins.
Broo where did all these cutscenes come from how have i never saw them😂😅
...time-traveling outfit?! 👀
LILITH MY SHAYLLLAAAAA 😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕
What if you get a time traveling ability outfit that lets you go to the queen’s castle?
I recently found a book behind the camp building on Pleats that had some tidbits on Queen Philomia. Not sure how i missed it the first 20 times I was there, lol. It almost sounds like there's some disdain towards the Queen with one bit saying she's historically controversial. Another bit someone was inspired by someone playing the violin about the Queen but when they made the inspiration into a clothes design, they purposely stripped away any bit of royal style like they wanted nothing to do with the Queen. Now Im more curious to what happened to her and I get the feeling its not going to be a happy story :/
There were two books I missed featuring the queen, which of course I found immediately after posting this video 🥲 There's another in the Bibcoon club! One of them says her husband had passed due to illness so, along with the lonely exile, it's going to be a sad one for sure
what about priness elle form pigeon in love nikki? 🤔🤔🤔will she be in this
Cloud kingdom not mentioned 😢
Wait… Nikki did come here in Miraland before in a previous Nikki game?
Love Nikki and Shining Nikki both take place in Miraland, but their Miraland is different to this game!
It's an alternative timeline. Love Nikki and Shining Nikki share a Miraland and a timeline while Infinity Nikki is a totally separate thing.
Infold/Paper did this so they can really start fresh and build the world of Miraland a new. Of course there will be parallels, but so far the Miralands only share general aesthetics. And honestly I think it's for the best. As much as I love Old Miraland, having all the brown culture aesthetics set in a country called the Republic of Wasteland was getting a bit iffy for modern standards. Glad they are giving that nation a better name with the Terra Alliance.
I don't even want to watch the video because I'm scared of spoilers. I feel so far behind on this game, and I swear! I play 2-4hrd a day
subscribing just because of the comment "not to be confused with the lonely gays"