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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 ...
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
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Nier: Automata Ver1.1a [b] is a Japanese anime television series directed by Ryōji Masuyama, co-written by Masuyama and Yoko Taro, and composed by music studio Monaca.Based on the 2017 action role-playing game Nier: Automata developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix, the anime is produced by A-1 Pictures.
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.