Apr 162021
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… is due out on April 23, and we’ve gotten our first hints about its new content.
Back when it was announced, there was a reference to new elements and characters being added, but very little has been said about the additional content since then.
We still don’t know a lot… but we have some more details to go on.
In a recent interview with PCGamesN, producer Yosuke Saito said the upcoming remaster/remake includes “some extra story sections that [they] were unable to put into the original” and “a heartrendingly sad but unbelievably powerful new boss.” He also said there will be “a new story, an extra link to Automata, and something for fans of ‘Dad Nier’ too.”
This is pretty exciting. I don’t know how extensive the new story content will be, but it’s enough to have me intrigued. And while I doubt the older Nier will be secretly playable like some fans are hoping, it’s nice that there will at least be a nod to him in some form. I was thinking about not getting Nier Replicant right away since it wasn’t too long ago that I played the original, but I might need to reconsider.
(I don’t know if I’ll have the heart to face a heartrendingly sad boss fight, though.)
Meanwhile, Nier Replicant will be available on Steam, and the Steam trading cards were revealed… including one of a new character named Louise.
The card’s description says: “A girl who had been part of a shipwreck in a cove. The bow on her head is a gift from someone special.”
Fans are speculating that she is the girl from the short story “The Little Mermaid” included in the Japan-exclusive book Grimoire Nier. Bringing the Grimoire Nier stories into the game is fantastic, and I hope that’s what the new story content is about.
These new details have me even more excited for NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… Are you planning to play it? What do you think the new content will be like?
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I am somewhat interested, though my backlog and list of upcoming games to play is growing rapidly…
Feel free to read (or re-read) my review of the original for an idea of what to expect. 😉 It’s a great game!
Never thought I’d get a chance to play the original so I jumped at the chance of getting Replicant. And I just finished beating it to death. 😀
I’m playing it now! It’s definitely a great game.