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Nier [b] is an action role-playing video game developed by Cavia and published in 2010 by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.In Japan, the game was released as Nier Replicant [c] for the PlayStation 3 with a younger main character, while an alternative version titled Nier Gestalt [d] with an older main character was released for the Xbox 360; Gestalt was released outside of Japan ...
The two versions of Nier—Gestalt and Replicant—sold roughly 12,500 and 60,000 copies in their first week respectively. [132] [133] Replicant eventually sold over 121,000 in Japan by the end of May 2010. [134] The series has sold over 770,000 units in Japan as of May 2014. [f] Sales figures for western regions are unavailable.
Nier: Automata [b] is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. It is a sequel to Nier (2010), itself a spin-off of and sequel to the Drakengard series. Nier: Automata was originally released for the PlayStation 4 and Windows via Steam, and an Xbox One port was published the
In Drakengard 2, Caim is on a quest to free Angelus from the painful burden of the Seals. He also lost his eye, becoming known through the lands as the "One-Eyed Man". He succeeds, but Angelus has been driven insane by the burden and must be killed, killing him too. [48] Caim is voiced by Shinnosuke Ikehata. [47] [49] Angelus [c] – A red ...
Elements of fourth-wall breaking were included in the game, such as some of Zero's dialogue or Accord's actions during the final ending: this both acted as a callback to Drakengard, and to suggest that the real world was simply another branch of the Drakengard universe. [23] Fujisaka's design for Zero was the first to be approved by Yoko.
Kainé appears prominently in Nier as a companion character to the unnamed protagonist. She is a Replicant, one of the soulless artificial humans that populate the Earth following an apocalyptic magical pandemic. Human souls exist as shadow-like beings called Gestalts intended to rejoin with their Replicant counterparts.
A novelization of the first story arc co-written by Yoko and Jun Eishima, NieR Reincarnation: The Girl and the Monster, was published by Square Enix on March 31, 2022. [52] A companion book, NieR Reincarnation Material Collection, was released on August 28, 2024. It contains story summaries, artwork, and previously-unreleased story content.
He is the lead and main playable character in Nier, and prominent in related media and merchandise. During Nier, the protagonist goes on a quest to help Yonah, a young girl who falls ill with the terminal Black Scrawl illness, then to rescue her from a being called the Shadowlord in a post-apocalyptic world beset by creatures called Shades. Due ...