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Nier will continue ‘as long as Yoko Taro lives’, producer says, but don’t expect an Automata follow-up soonThe masked auteur and Yosuke Saito are working on something else in the meantime
The masked auteur and Yosuke Saito are working on something else in the meantime
Image credit:Square Enix
Image credit:Square Enix
TheNierseries will keep going as long as its mask-headed creator Yoko Taro is breathing, producer Yosuke Saito has said - while tempering expectations for a sequel (or prequel, or something less obvious) toNier: Automatato arrive anytime soon.
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Saito spoke on the future of Nier during a panel at Korean games convention G-Star 2023 last week. The panel, in extremely Nier fashion, was called “A Meeting to Talk Incessantly About the Production of Nier Automata”.
While both Saito and Taro seem unsure that any future Nier game could repeat the cult success of Automata - with Saito adding that “it’s not easy” - and Taro agreeing that “it’s a lie that things will go well” even with the best team possible.
Still, that won’t deter them from doing more Nier in the future, with Saito promising that the series will receive new “works” as long as Taro is alive. (Thanks,Genki.) Saito didn’t clarify whether that might mean a whole new game, or more of Taro’s other dips into the Nier-iverse as in those books, stage shows and the TV show.
Saito looked to set fans’ expectations about when that might happen, too, saying that it wouldn’t be “soon”. Instead, Saito and Taro are working together on a different project that is due to be unveiled sometime next year.
Still, as a serial Nier-enjoyer who really enjoyed this year’s anime as a reimagined retelling of Automata’s story, more Nier is never a bad thing to look forward to - whatever form it takes.
