The Nier neighborhood is presently aflutter after what some are taking to be a tease for Nier 3.
The obvious tease comes from the current Nier: Orchestra Live performance in London, the place the phrase R3PENT was apparently displayed on the finish of the present.
“Anecdote from the Nier London live performance however Yoko Taro took the stage on the finish, advised the viewers that the Sq. Enix president was within the crowd and that if we needed an Automata sequel to offer the loudest applause of the evening,” mentioned ResetEra consumer SanTheSly.
“The room instantly erupted into claps, cheers and yells. How a lot of what Taro mentioned is true is up for debate however the case was made abundantly clear in individual to Taro himself, on the very least. Gentle live performance content material spoilers comply with.
“Additionally at one level throughout the story of the present; the phrase REPENT was proven repeatedly as a part of some dialogue. The ultimate occasion was spelled as R3PENT. Each me and the individual I might gone with picked up on it and questioned if this was a tease.”
That ResetEra submit was picked up elsewhere, and now Nier followers are questioning if it’s all main in direction of the reveal of the much-wanted third recreation within the sequence. However as many followers have identified, R3PENT could also be nothing greater than part of the live performance. In spite of everything, Yoko Taro is understood for having enjoyable with Nier followers.
Earlier this month it emerged that writer Tencent had cancelled an unannounced Nier cellular recreation that was in improvement for practically two years. This adopted the announcement that cellular recreation Nier Reincarnation would shut down in April. Nier franchise proprietor Sq. Enix has but to remark.
Nier: Automata is seven years outdated with no new mainline recreation introduced to date. Sq. Enix producer Yosuke Saito mentioned in November 2023 that whereas Nier chief Yoko Taro is alive, one other entry within the Nier sequence shall be launched sooner or later.
Motion role-playing recreation Nier: Automata launched in 2017 and wowed critics and followers with its huge areas and zany fight. It was a shock breakout hit for Sq. Enix and went on to promote a powerful eight million copies. There have been many crossover occasions since, plus Nier-related promotions, a remaster of the primary recreation, and even a Nier anime.
Nier 3, then, would make a whole lot of sense. It appears a matter of when, not if.
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