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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 ...
Drakengard, known in Japan as Drag-On Dragoon, [a] is a series of action role-playing video games originally developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix.The eponymous first game in the series was released in 2003 on the PlayStation 2, and has since been followed by a sequel, a prequel and several spin-offs.
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
For Nier, Yoko said that he shifted away from the darker themes of Drakengard, instead focusing on friendship and the combination of effort to overcome obstacles.The term "Replicant", one of the key story elements, was coined by Yoko from the 1982 science fiction movie Blade Runner.
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.
Cavia was best known for the Drakengard series, the first title in the Nier series (a spin-off of the former) and two Resident Evil rail shooters: The Umbrella Chronicles and The Darkside Chronicles. In October 2005, the company was sold to AQ Interactive , who became a holding company responsible for the management of subsidiary companies as ...
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.
A soundtrack album, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Original Soundtrack, was released alongside it on April 21, containing 45 tracks on three discs with a total length of 3:10:21. [34] Some of the tracks were also included in the NieR Replicant – 10+1 Years set of four vinyl LPs, which has 29 tracks from NieR