Gate of Nightmares (ゲ ー ト オ ブ ナ イ ト メ ア? ) Is a fantasy -themed role-playing video game , developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Hiro Mashima.
Hiro Mashima, of Rave Master, Fairy Tail, and EDENS ZERO fame, designed the characters and wrote the world-building but not the story of the game which was written by Jin Fujiwara.
This game contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Emma is introduced capably fighting nightmares.
- Adventure Guild: Emma is introduced as member of a guild, Moon's Wind, who take on requests to fight nightmares and investigate uncharted areas (actually a guild of poachers). The main characters later start their own.
- Bond Creature: People can form close relationships with Nightmares using special gems. Those nightmares fight alongside them and can even be used as power-up, as when Ru turns Emma's regular bow into a magic bow or Babydra infusing Azel's sword with fire.
- Comic-Book Adaptation: The game is receiving a manga adaptation by Yoshinori Matsuoka.
- Mage Marksman: Emma uses a magic bow, a regular bow powered up by Ru, as her weapon of choice.