Update: In hindsight, we really should have just waited a few minutes before posting about the NieR: Automata Fan Festival. The event is now live in Japan, and the NieR 'tease' posted to Twitter by Square Enix director and producer Yosuke Saito was not related to a new project.
No, the black card was actually covering a slice of information, stating that NieR Automata has now sold 7 million copies. Congratulations are in order, we suppose.
Original Story: NieR fans have woken up today to rampant speculation about the potential announcement of a new project. It all stems from Square Enix producer and director Yosuke Saito, who has posted a photo to Twitter, showing a soon-to-be-used stage. Said stage is going to be part of this weekend's NieR: Automata Fan Festival, which is taking place at the Tokyo Garden Theater in Japan.
As you can see, there seems to be a hidden logo on the stage design. Logos for previous titles NieR Replicant and NieR: Automata are clearly visible, but then a third logo is covered by a piece of black card. Saito even teases this fact in his tweet.
And so, everyone's wondering what the card is covering. Obviously, the most exciting answer is that a new game could be announced during the event — but honestly, who knows with NieR? We would probably advise against setting your expectations too high, although it does feel like we're due a new instalment. Automata released for PS4 over five years ago, after all.
It's worth mentioning, though, that this is going to be a relatively low-key event — it's not some massive NieR showcase or anything. Key members of the development team, including series writer and director Yoko Taro, are set to host panels, and music from the games will be performed by a live band. We're not sure if this is the kind of place where Square Enix would reveal a whole new game in what has become a fairly popular franchise — but again, you never know.
[source twitter.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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Ending E did leave it so another could be made, however if we get a sequel, I want another 10,000 year time jump again.
Knowing Square Enix is probably some stupid NFT collection featuring Nier characters or a remaster for PS5. Kinda hope is a sequel or a new adventure.
Updated the article (with disappointment).
Quickest rollercoaster ride I've ever been in.
@ShogunRok you guys are jumping the gun alot these last two weeks. itchy fingers or short on articles?
@AndyKazama What is it with Japanese franchises and setting sequels thousands of years in the past or future?
@Hindenburg Nier had a 1000 year time jump itself, and is sequel to a game originally set 800 or so years earlier, itself having a time jump to 1999.
Just Yoko Taro things.
And now they are giving the game in december Ps Plus, right? Riiiight???????
@Luminous117 @ShogunRok Is just excited about a potential new Nier game like the rest of us, to be fair Saito and Taro are working on 2 new games together!
@tenthAvatar But Platinum did do the second one, and lots of people cared about it, and it was awesome.
@tenthAvatar Have you forgotten about the perverts?
Kinda crazy how this went from the first game only doing about 500k to it's sequel doing 7m to the re release of the 1st game now managing 1.5m. Replicant should have more but well deserved to both games if only for the music alone
I wonder how the millions of people that haven't played Replicant felt about all the, actually quite massive, nods to it in Automata. I feel like you wouldn't fully appreciate how amazingly depressing Automata ties in with Replicant, upon 1st playing, without all of that prior knowledge
shocked pikachu face
There will be more Nier eventually, and not just a mobile game, I have faith in that.
@tenthAvatar agreed.
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People are so angsty about things that other people like.
“This game is overrated.” If you don’t enjoy it, sure, but some people really like it - a lot.
It isn’t overrated for them. So stop being bitter and let them enjoy the thing they love.
Grats to the franchise on selling 7 million copies!
@Kienda so what by definition is overrated to you then ? overrated=/=popular or good .
@nomither6 well, what is or isn’t overrated is all subjective isn’t it. I would put CoD and FIFA as overrated when they release similar titles every year that sell bucket loads when games that push boundaries or put a lot of effort into them don’t sell as well.
However, I still play CoD and FIFA and don’t bitch about them.
My comment was in reaction to this:
“Overrated pretentious series. Without Platinum doing the second one, no one would care a bit about it.”
The fact it’s almost the most liked comment shows how negative people enjoy being.
This article is about the “second one”, which has sold well. But to claim that without that game “no one would care about it” is just bizarre and nonsensical.
It’s like saying, “If they didn’t ever make FIFA no one would care about it.”
The second game is the reason many people care about the series. It is popular and there isn’t anything wrong with that.
I just don’t understand why are some enjoy being so negative or why’d they click the article in the first place. Hehe
Absolutely no one-
:latinum Games sticks a random rake in a massive open field::
:latinum Games then steps on rake::
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