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Nier began development as an Xbox 360 exclusive, Square Enix executive producer Yosuke Saito revealed during a recent interview with Inside Games. “We were initially planning an Xbox 360 target,” Saito told the site, “which we expanded to PS3 multiplatform afterwards.” When Nier...

While the gameplay is the same, there are two versions of Nier. A youthful looking protagonist saving his sister is the main character of Nier Replicant, a Japan only release on PlayStation 3. The rest of the world and Xbox 360 in Japan got a brawny hero on a quest to save his daughter...

Nier has mixed reviews. Despite what reviewers had to say about the fetch quests (Nier, to some extent, is a Barbarian built errand boy), the story is interesting and drives the game. Maybe people will feel differently about it if they play it? Square Enix thinks so because they’re...

Square Enix updated Nier Replicant owners with details about their DLC pack. For the most part, it sounds the same as the content in North America right now. So, this wild scene of Nier weaving through a seas of smiley faces is probably in The World of Recycled Vessel. One key difference...

Scans of RPGs for PlayStation 3, starting with the PS3-exclusive version of NieR that North America didn’t get, NieR Replicant: Final Fantasy XIV (also on PC) Source: RPGLand

While Square Enix have clearly established two core role-playing game franchises, them being Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, they feel they’ve only established one action role-playing game franchise, that being Kingdom Hearts. According to Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito, development on...

A new trailer for Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG NIER has been released today. The short trailer highlights the companions that Nier will fight alongside throughout the game. These people include a feisty female, a talking book, and a creepy skeleton thing that sounds like a psycho child...

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Nier executive producer Yosuke Saito said during early interviews that his team had some interesting download content ideas. It looks like we'll get to see some of those ideas. In an interview posted at Xbox.com, Saito said that team NieR is planning download content for the game. They...

A new trailer for Square Enix’s upcoming action-RPG NIER has been released today. If the whole concept of a twisted storyline, odd characters, talking books, and giant monsters confused you – this trailer may help shed some light. NIER launches for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 27...

But there’s a catch — they’re digital only, not in print; at least for the time being. The Nier mini-series will run for three issues that will be published on the game’s website and for download on Xbox Live and PSN. Whether or not one will need to pay for it is, as of yet, unknown. As far as...

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A batch of thirteen new screenshots for Square Enix’s upcoming Cavia-developed Nier for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have been released today. The screens are an assortment of huge beasts, shops, menus and everyday mingle. See the new shots at the gallery. Source: ScrawlFX

Choose Xbox 360's Gestalt to the left, or PS3's Replicant to the right. Both sites have sections for story, character and special available. Both character sections show Nier, Kaine, and Grimoire Weiss (the magic book). Both special sections have downloads for the game's TGS 2009 movie. The...

42 New Images from Nier Gestalt/Replicant. Source: andriasang

Square Enix has announced that NieR will see a spring 2010 release on PS3 and Xbox 360. It also released some new screens, along with the box art this morning, which has no mention of Replicant or Gestalt anywhere on it nor in the fact sheet below. NIER Developer: cavia Inc. Publisher...

Xbox 360 owners here in Japan are getting Nier Gestalt. PS3 owners are getting Nier Replicant. What's the difference between these two? Square Enix hasn't been particularly forthcoming on the differences. But this month's Famitsu Xbox 360 provides some answers. Executive producer Yosuke Saito...

When Nier was announced earlier this year by Square-Enix it was thought to be one multiplatform game for the PS3 and 360. However Square-Enix has since come out and announced that Nier will have two versions, with each console getting their own piece of Nier. The PS3 version will be named Nier...

This week's issue of Famitsu magazine has a two-page advertisement for something called Nier Replicant, featuring a comely white-haired lass and the tagline "Beyond revenge lies crazed desperation." No further information is available at present, but Square Enix promises in the ad to reveal all...

Nier is something of a new venture for Square Enix. Traditionally known for their role-playing games, they've had a few forays into other genres in the past, to mixed success. However, one of the successes was Kingdom Hearts, something of an action adventure / role-playing hybrid. Nier is said...