Before 2B and 9S, there was NieR. Ever since NieR: Automata truly put the Drakengard franchise on the map, a bit of a cult following has started to develop around its predecessor. It supposedly wasn't that good of a game at the time, garnering a rating of 68 on Metacritic, but we have heard some rather fascinating things about the game in the time since. If a new trademark registered by Square Enix is anything to go by, however, then we might get to experience it for ourselves.
The Japanese publisher has registered a new trademark for the term "NieR", as reported by Game Talk and posted on Twitter by Nibel. That may not seem like much of a big deal on the surface, but after comments from creator Yoko Taro suggested that he would love to bring back the original game in the form of a remake if Automata sold well has us speculating. NieR: Automata did indeed do well for itself, selling more than 2.5 million copies as of March 2018. That number will have, of course, risen since.
These statements combined with the presence of a strange NieR 10th anniversary website has us hoping that a remaster of the original is indeed on its way. A weird and wacky adventure to see out the PlayStation 4 is something we'd love to sign up for.
Do you hope a remaster of NieR is incoming? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source gamestalk.net, via twitter.com]
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Yoko Taro is a god, ill put him up there with the likes of Kojima n Miyazaki.. i just hope its for ps4 n not ps5..
Yes, please. Drakengard trilogy would be very welcome as well.
@pimpjuice I would say Yoko Taro is more coherent than Kojima
If this happens I would be so happy
I really hope this is true! Automata is one of my favorite games of all time, and although I know this one is way different, I'd still like to experience it.
If they remake the combat system to resemble Automata maybe I'll try it again. The combat on the first one wasn't that good.
Hope this actually happens. Besides the janky combat, which I loved anyway, this game absolutely wipes the floor with Automata in every department.
geez get ur facts straight,
ur disrepecting nier automata
https://www.dualshockers.com/nier-automata-4-million-copies-sold/
I wouldn't mind seeing Nier get a remaster.
I was lucky to find a copy of the original PS3 Nier at GameStop for around $15 a few months after Automata's release.
The original one has my favorite story of any video game I’ve played. But the game would honestly do really well from a remake rather than a remaster.
"It's nierby" You guys are shameless 😂
I would love a remaster to go along with a Sequel!
While I haven't played Automata yet (to my dismay) I have played the original Nier and absolutely loved it. While the gameplay could be a bit wonky at times, it was still a load of fun with a story I will never forget. If they remaster or even remake the game- I will be getting it day one.
...WHY?!? For goodness' sake.. I ruddy LOVED the original - I don't want to play it again though... Jesus, it's like every game gets a remaster every few years - this is a really bad, cheap pattern that's emerging... have developers really run out of original ideas already?!?
@OneManDroid In this case, it make sense to remaster Nier, because the game is only available for XBox 360 and PS3 in physical format. There is no digital format for this game.
@OneManDroid - Why? Just from the small amount of posts here a fair few say they would buy it. NieR was massively overlooked and with the success of Automata it seems like it would sell plenty to those that missed it. Maybe that's why.
The game was EXCELLENT regardless of what the metascore is. The music is some of the best I've heard in gaming at least of the 2000s
@OneManDroid Of all the remasters to rightfully complain about this is by far the least offensive. Not alot of people know about the original and if you do want to play it you need last gen hardware with a physical copy of the game.
sweet! glad i held off buying the ps3 version. hoping this is not just a remaster, but perhaps an update as well similar to the odin sphere ps4 release.
@nhSnork Never finished the ending in the future i just gave up. 😢ðŸ˜
Played the first Nier on PS3, like 2 years ago, after finding a cheap copy on Ebay. Would love to play it again on PS4
I own Nier on PS3 but never gotten around to playing, so would love to have a PS4/PS5 release!
I rebought the reprint which was released shortly after Automata. Finished it a second time and sold it again... But man I'd really to play it again and would buy it a 3rd time as remaster lol..
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