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title: "40 Winks"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/releases/nintendo-64/40-winks/"
description: "40 Winks is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle ghosts, goblins and other monsters in their dream-world."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-04-14 12:00:12"
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40 Winks | Nintendo 64 Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![40 Winks](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/40-winks.jpeg "40 Winks")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/40-winks.jpeg)40 Winks is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle ghosts, goblins and other monsters in their dream-world.

They must try to capture 40 winks scattered around the world in order to stop an evil old man named Nitekap. Nitekap wants to turn the winks into hood-winks, the things responsible for nightmares. You also have to find the 12 dream keys to unlock the boss level. A unique aspect of the game allows the players to temporarily morph into different costumes with special abilities. The costumes include a Prehistoric Man, Jester, Super Hero, and Ninja.

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