The NieR franchise is rapidly approaching its 10th anniversary as we write this article, with the original PlayStation 3 title launching across the world in late April 2010. Square Enix and producer Yoko Taro had already promised that they would celebrate the landmark in some way, and now the twosome have revealed their plans to the world. A live NicoNico program will be held on Sunday 29th March to commemorate the anniversary, lasting a whopping 10 hours.
The tweet which announced the news states: "Concert, stage and talk will be broadcast on the same day for about 10 hours. Do not miss it."
However, we can't help but wonder if the livestream will play host to some sort of new game reveal. Rumours of a remaster of the original game have been doing the rounds since December 2019 after a newly filed trademark sent minds racing, and we can't think of a much better opportunity to announce such a project than the 10th anniversary. Meanwhile, there has always been hope that Square Enix would greenlight a third entry after strong sales of NieR: Automata proved there's life in the series yet.
This continues to be speculation, so we'll have to wait until 29th March to see if any sort of reveal takes place. What would you prefer? A remaster of the original NieR, or a third instalment in the franchise? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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10 hour Epic, concert and stage show!! A real Nier Spectacular!!
Would like to see a remaster as never played Nier or Drakengard, but anything by these guys would probably be excellent.
My mind boggles as to what they're going to fill 10 hours showtime with!
I'll take anything Nier related quite frankly - I've only ever played Automata, but it's one of my favourite games of all time, if not my favourite, so both a remaster of the original or a third game in the franchise would be absolutely phenomenal for me!
A new or remastered game would be wonderful. There's no guarantee of a new game announcement, so I'll avoid getting hyped up until there's official confirmation.
I prefer all, as long as there's yoko taro and platinum involved I'll be there day one 😃
Why not both? Shoot for the stars!
My guess is they'll announce a NieR Remaster for all 4 major platforms and possibly next-gen.
And if it was a REMAKE of the first game? I mean you can polish the original game as much as you want but it already looked extremely dated when it was originally released...
@ArmyofOne One day they will and we will celebrate. The 4 of us appreciators.
Very fond of the first game's battle system, if they could just expand things to do outside combat it would be great.
I've always read that the original NieR and the drakengard series were really bad, but a remake or sequel as good as automata would be awesome.
Remaster please. OG NieR may be a bit janky combat wise but it's (IMHO) head and shoulders above Automata in every other department. Better world, story, characters, music. Just all round a better game.
@Futureshark i would love remasters of those games i have them on the PS2 and PS3 already but a remaster would be amazing
although i have to wonder if they would make a change to Drakengard so that it defaults to the ending that leads into the NieR story because it might be confusing to some if they play it and don't get that ending
10 hours of 2b walking after a self destruct. I'd watch that
I still believe that the last of the four stars is something related to NieR Automata, that whole site have a NieR Automata aesthetics.
A 3rd game will be awesome, but with all the current projects on Platinum's hand it will be very unlikely. My prediction is that it will be NieR Automata port to Switch.
Remastered Quad pack, Drakengard 1-3 and the original NIER (in both replicant and gestault) flavours) would be the dream.
Third Yoko Taro installment?
Damn, here I go paying for more out-of-the-world music with a fresh case of crippling depression!
I hoped for a free graphical update instead.
@crimsontadpoles if you mean official confirmation that they're working on a new Nier game then it's already been confirmed back in 2017
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/11/07/nier-producer-confirms-new-game-in-series-has-begun-development.aspx
I'm just waiting for a confirmation that Taro and Platinum are involved. But he has been around both Platinum's studio AND Square Enix, soooo fingers crossed! :}
@Futureshark Drakengard i stillhave nightmares from a certain boss the first game i just gave up on the boss dont worry i wont spoil it. 😆
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