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A producer at Square Enix has floated the possibility of series creator and director Yoko Taro making a thirdNiergame. A remaster of the 2010 game,Nier Replicantreleased in 2021, modernizing the original game while bringing it to new audiences who have been brought into the seriesbyNier:Automatain 2017.
Beginning as a spinoff to the first twoDrakengardgames,Nierfollowed one ofDrakengard’s five endings and introduced a new band of lovable characters in Nier, Kaine, Emil, and Grimoire Weiss. The previously niche series made its mark on the wider gaming zeitgeist when the PlatinumGames-developedNier: Automatawas released in 2017, capturing the hearts and minds of critics, garnering a wider audience of fans, and selling over seven million copies in the process.Nier: Automatawent on to be nominated for Best Narrative and Best RPG at The Game Awards 2017, walking away with a much deserved win for Best Score and Music.
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SinceNier Replicantin 2021, fans of the series have been wondering when they can expect the nextNiertitle from Yoko Taro.As reported by IGN, a Square Enix producer named Yosuke Saito made mention of theNierseries at a Korean event named G-STAR 2023, saying that there will be a new entry in the series as long asNiercreator Yoko Tarois alive. After the release ofNier Replicant, Taro has been busy working on other smaller projects, including a collaboration with Sega for a mobile RPG named404 Game Re:setwhich was announced, released, and discontinued this year.
One would think that the massive success ofNier: Automatawould have encouraged Taro to make the next game sooner, but both he and Saito reportedly have serious doubts that a newNiergame would reach those same commercial heights once again. Nevertheless, with this apparent confirmation by Saito of a new game in the franchise, it’ll be interesting to learn what the thirdNierinstallment would look like; whether it would focus on a new set of characters or bring back some fan favorites like Emil or 2B. It would also be interesting to knowif PlatinumGames would develop the new gameand whether Toylogic, the studio responsible for 2021’sNier Replicantremaster, would be involved as well.
Since it’s believed that Saito and Taro are currently working on a new major title that has nothing to do withNier,fans may have a bit of a long wait to learn about the nextNierinstallment. In the meantime, it would be cool to see theDrakengardtrilogy make its way to current platformsas some sort of remastered collection, as there are surely many newerNierfans who’d be interested in exploring the origins of the spinoff series, though nothing has been confirmed thus far.
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Nier spans a series of action RPG-centric games, with the initial title being a spin-off of Drakengard. Developed by multiple teams but published by Square Enix, the Nier franchise features unique fantasy worlds and multiple gameplay styles alongside intricate narratives.
