Square Enix at TGS 2020 held the “NieRTGS 2020 Special Programming – The “We Have a Decent Amount of New Info” Special”, most notably revealing the release date of theNier Replicantremaster. The stream featured:
The first announcement was the release date ofNieR Replicant Ver 1.22with a new trailer. The game will be launching on 2021 April 22 in Japan and April 24 worldwide, on PS4, Xbox One, and Steam.
The game will have two different cover artwork, one by Akihiko Yoshida and one by Koda Kazuma. Both will be included in all regions, either as the main cover or reverse cover.
The game will have a limited edition in Japan. They mentioned it’ll be different in North America and Europe and the details for these aren’t finalized yet. They stressed out it’ll keep the OST but for the other goods they don’t know yet. Details will be announced later on theNieRGame English twitter account.
Next, we got to see video messages from some of the seiyuu: Nobuhiko Okamoto, who voiced the main character in the original game. Ryoko Shiraishi who voiced Devola/Popola. Mai Kadowaki who voiced Emil. Ai Nonaka (Yonah). They most notably mentioned how this new version has way more voiced lines than the original game. And they were happy to reprise their roles ten years later, though in Shiraishi’s case she was also inAutomataso it wasn’t technically ten years. If you’re a seiyuu fan you can watch the messages at the12:48 timestamp of the stream.
Next up, some live gameplay ofNieR Replicant Ver 1.22was shown for the first time. You can watch it below at the 21:00 timestamp, for around 3 minutes:
As the stream ended, a few more announcements were made for goods and the stage play in Japan. They most notably showcased the newNieR Automatafigures. We’ll detail the figures in another article as soon as we can.
Lastly, new artwork for the remaster by Akihiko Yoshida and screenshots were published by Square Enix. you may find them in the gallery below.
Be sure to check ourTGS 2020 newsand ourSquare Enix TGS 2020 schedulefor what comes next for the studio at the event. In particular, anotherNieRstream will happen on September 26. This one won’t have an English version, but we’ll be here to translate everything important.
