NieR:Automata continues to be an enormous gross sales success for Sq. Enix, and in a celebratory video for the sport’s ninth anniversary, we now know the sport — a sequel to 2010’s NieR — has bought over 10 million items. Plus now we have a tease for the collection’ future
Final we heard, the 2017 motion RPG, which got here to Change in 2022 through a superb port, had bought 9 million items again in December 2024. One other million copies bought in simply over a 12 months for a near-decade-old recreation is not dangerous in any respect.
However the large information is the teaser on the finish of the trailer. Because the display screen fades to black, textual content seems to be typed onto the display screen: NieR:Automata to be continued…
So, what does this imply? Are we getting a direct sequel? A model new NieR recreation? A port of NieR Replicant, the remake of the unique NieR, from 2021?
Nicely, in case you’re a long-time fan, although you could be inclined to get excited, you additionally know this might imply actually something however a brand new recreation. NieR:Automata has spawned stage performs, novels, manga, anime, merchandise, cross-overs, collaborations, and extra.
The final time we received a brand new recreation was Nier Reincarnation, a cell gacha recreation in 2021 that has since ended world service. After all, one thing followers need is a console model of that recreation akin to Octopath Traveler 0 (re: Champions of the Continent), however that may very well be a pipe dream.
Oh, and this additionally is not the primary time Sq. Enix has teased the way forward for the collection and delivered little or no both. However Sq. Enix did single out the collection late final 12 months, stating that the corporate was “getting ready ‘just a bit one thing'”. So who is aware of.
What do you wish to see subsequent within the NieR collection? Do you suppose we’ll get a brand new recreation announcement quickly? Tell us within the feedback.
Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and whereas RPGs are her past love, Nintendo is a detailed second. She enjoys nothing greater than overthinking battle methods, characters, and tales. She additionally needs she was a Sega air pirate.
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