Square Enix ha annunciato NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… , versione upgrade (upgrade, non remastered nè remake) dell'originale NieR Replicant uscito nel 2010 su PS3 solo in giappone (da noi arrivò invece Nier Gestalt).
Il gioco è sviluppato da Toylogic, con la partecipazione nello sviluppo di Takahisa Taura di Platinum Games, che ha ricoperto il ruolo di senior game designer in Nier Automata.
Questo "nuovo" Replicant sarà completamente doppiato, avrà vari nuovi elementi di gioco così come nuovi personaggi , nuove musiche e la ost nuovamente registrata, e anche possibili nuovi finali.
Ritornano ovviamente anche Yoko Taro (Drakengard / NieR: Automata), il compositore Keiichi Okabe (Tekken / Drakengard / NieR: Automata), e il produttore Yosuke Saito (Dragon Quest X / NieR: Automata).
La data di pubblicazione non è ancora conosciuta, ma si auspica che arriverà durante il decimo anniversario della serie (ovvero quest'anno)
- NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… is neither a remaster or a remake, but rather an upgraded version of the game.
- Development is being handled by Toylogic, and PlatinumGames’ Takahisa Taura, who was a senior game designer on NieR: Automata, is also cooperating on development.
- It is fully voiced, with all voice-overs re-recorded.
- The release date is still undecided, but Square Enix hopes to release it during the 10th anniversary.
- Various new elements have been added, so NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… will feel fresh even if you already played NieR Replicant.
- New characters will appear.
- There may be new ending(s)? Producer Yosuke Saito said, “Even I don’t know.”
- All background music has been re-recorded. There are also new songs.
- Yui Ishikawa, who voiced 2B in NieR: Automata, and Natsuki Hanae, who voiced 9S, will have a small role in this game. Ishikawa’s role has already been recorded.
The game’s Japanese voice cast is as follows:
- Protagonist (Boy) (voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto)
- Protagonist (Young Man) (voiced by Kouji Yusa)
- Yonah (voiced by Ai Nonaka)
- Grimoire Weiss (voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto)
- Emil (voiced by Mai Kadowaki)
- ??? (voiced by Yui Ishikawa)
- ??? (voiced by Natsuki Hanae)
teaser trailer