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[Draugoth]

Earlier this week, Nier Automata director Yoko Taro had been at a concert for the game in London over the past weekend. During the concert, Taro told those in attendance to cheer if they wanted a third Nier game, to let Square Enix's president, who was also in attendance, know how they felt.

Understandably, a barrage of cheers erupted during the concert, so if Square Enix's president didn't know how Nier fans felt about a third game before, he sure does now. Elsewhere in the concert, the word "R3pent" flashed up repeatedly on the screen behind the orchestra, leading attendees to believe this was a teaser for a third Nier game.

Now, Taro has followed up the buzz with a little teaser of his own. Just below, you can see the Nier series creative lead tweeting "r3incarnation." If you turn the '3' into an 'e,' you're left with "reincarnation," which was the subtitle of Nier's mobile-exclusive game which launched just over two years ago, and is coincidentally being shut down for good next month in March.

Given the '3' in the tweet just above, this could be Taro indicating that Nier fans should consider the mobile game as the third entry in the series. While Reincarnation doesn't feature existing Neir characters like Kaine, 2B, A2, or 9S, it's true that it's always been considered 'canonical' in the Nier series by fans, especially because Taro and composer Keiichi Okabe worked on the game with developer Applibot.

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[Synless]

God damnit!!!

 

[MagiusNecros]

Maybe it's just a console/PC version of Reincarnation. I can't imagine them doing something stupid like shutting down the mobile game just to launch another one.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[iHaunter]

 

[killatopak]

fuuuccckkkkk

 

[omegasc]

noooooooooooo

 

[cash_longfellow]

Maybe it's just a console/PC version of Reincarnation. I can't imagine them doing something stupid like shutting down the mobile game just to launch another one.

That’s exactly what it sounds like to me.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Please don't play yourself out like this Yoko Taro, following up the masterpiece that was Automata with mobile garbage is sacrilegious, hopefully it isn't true.

 

[cash_longfellow]

I have no idea how you got the sequel being a mobile game out of this OP. Sure they used the name of the mobile game and changed the E to a 3, but that is literally a big old nothing burger.

 

[MikeM]

Jesus. What a disappointment.

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Maybe it's just a console/PC version of Reincarnation. I can't imagine them doing something stupid like shutting down the mobile game just to launch another one.

Yeah, this rumor doesn't really make sense, and this is exactly what I said in the last thread as well.

 

[Arsic]

This guy is washed up. He said he has alcohol issues and with all these mobile games it shows.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

LOL I did say this tease would be a troll. But I have no doubt we'll hear something this year about a 3rd entry.

 

[Toots]

This guy is washed up. He said he has alcohol issues and with all these mobile games it shows.

He is an alcoholic since drakengard days.
Apparently his way of writing is getting black out drunk and write, and rearranging it a bit the morning after.

You cannot sustain this type of work ethic with age unfortunately...

ANyway fuck you taro just say you don't know where the story you beautifully wrote to its conclusion can go without spoiling it all. Everyone would understand.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

the best platform stays winning.

 

[night13x]

It's nier Pachinko

 

[lh032]

thank fuck we have stella blade

 

[Madflavor]

Let's hope Stellar Blade delivers.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

the best platform stays winning.

Mobile? XD

 

[Danjin44]

Thick Thighs Save Lives

 

[Fbh]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Thick Thighs Save Lives

Spoiler:

For what is worth, I do think this rumor is wrong though.

 

[Danjin44]

Spoiler:

For what is worth, I do think this rumor is wrong though.

Dead man walking…..

 

[Ivory Samoan]

Wack as fuck.

Gross even. Why Taro, Why?? (oh that's right, the margins...lame.).

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Dead man walking…..

 

[Astral Dog]

im confident there will be an Automata sequel, yes its going to be a console game Square Enix are just master trolls (its going to take awhile to be properly announced though, in typical SE fashion)

 

[Heaven Angel]

This ruined my day. WTH.
What a massive disappointment

Please make a proper Console/PC game Yoko Taro.

 

[JordiENP]

 

[Dr.Morris79]

This a joke right?

 

[cireza]

Looking forward to the "end of service" news.

 

[Hudo]

Yeah, that looks like something Square would have Yoko Taro do.