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The Latest Breaking News from Yoko Taro

15 Years Ago, Almost Everyone Overlooked One Of The Most Important RPGs Ever Made

Before 'Nier: Automata,' director Yoko Taro was already revolutionizing what games could be with a bizarre, overlooked RPG.

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After PlayStation boss praises Nier Automata as a savior for Japanese games overseas, Yoko Taro says he was specifically told to focus on Japan because it wouldn't fly overseas

Although the game's producer responded saying it wasn't quite as harsh as it sounds

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Square Enix announces event for the Nier series' 15th anniversary, and fans are hoping Nier Automata will finally get a sequel after 8 years

Yoko Taro and other series veterans will be in attendance

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Dystopian smash-hit Nier: Automata reaches 9 million copies sold

Still going strong

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Unlikely hit Nier: Automata has now sold over 9 million copies

Absolute vindication of one studio's creative vision.

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Undefeated JPRG grifter Yoko Taro congratulates Metaphor: ReFantazio developer, immediately asks fans to buy Nier Automata too

Yoko Taro has been very forthright in suggesting Metaphor fans' next game

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Square Enix lawyers elbow in to shut down Yoko Taro fan archive, bafflingly, 6 months after he'd thanked its creators for all the love

While Yoko Taro says 'thank you', Square Enix says 'any last words?'

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6 months after Yoko Taro thanked fans for archiving his work on Nier and Drakengard, Square Enix is shutting them down

One of mankind's less glorious moments

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The Nier Automata devs are thrilled to be part of Stellar Blade: "We will gladly say yes to anything for money"

Cash rules everything around machines

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Nier creator Yoko Taro says Persona devs' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is "so stylish I almost wet myself," and no, he "didn't get any money" to say that

Those menus really are stunning

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After teasing Nier 3, Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro signs up for some brutal irony: an AI telling him to stop posting on social media and start writing games that make sense

Everyone and their roastbot wants a Nier Automata sequel

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Sweeten the wait for Nier 3 with this Nier Automata wine that was blasted with the RPG's amazing soundtrack during aging, which had to be Yoko Taro's idea

Taste the weight of the world

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Pouring fuel on the Nier 3 fires, series producer says several Automata leads have reunited for a new game that "might be Nier" but also "might not be Nier"

The gang is back together, for...something

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NieR series producer says he's doing something with the key creatives, adds with a chuckle: 'It might be NieR, it might not be NieR'

"I'll have something a bit more comprehensive to say in the not-too-distant future."

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NieR creator insists that his decisions are based on what he thinks will sell, while also quipping that 'at first I listen to what the publisher wants from me, but later I don't'

The famously easily marketable and consumer-friendly NieR and Drakengard games.

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Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks Japanese devs have struggled to embrace Western tech, but Stellar Blade's director says "Japanese content is completely back on top"

It could be down to Japan's falling English proficiency level

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Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says Stellar Blade is "much better" than the beloved RPG: "Stellar Blade actually makes me quite jealous"

Stellar Blade director Hyung-Tae Kim isn't having it

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Nier: Automata's Yoko Taro says the beloved RPG was "most inspired" by Neon Genesis Evangelion: "It's pretty much just a retelling of Evangelion, so there's not much originality to it"

Yoko Taro, are you okay?

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Nier: Automata sells 8 million as Tencent cancels mobile game and Yoko Taro says you've already had the third one anyway

So Nier and yet so far.

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Yoko Taro follows up Nier 3 frenzy he sparked with another tease pointing toward his mobile game that's due to shut down next month

Nier Reincarnation is going offline for good in March

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Nier: Automata director teases third main-series game by dunking on its publisher

Takashi Kiryu got an earful

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Nier Automata's 2B goes viral once again thanks to a fighting game collab that, like Yoko Taro's RPG, makes her skirt explode

Granblue Fantasy: Versus gets some valuable assets

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Stellar Blade director says it's a "great honor" for the action RPG to be called "Korean Nier" because he's a big fan of Yoko Taro

The developer says the two games are "pretty different" though

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Nier Automata’s Yoko Taro speaks out on crises in Gaza and Ukraine: “Looking back at 2023, the world was too cruel”

In a sincere year-end letter

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10 Years Ago, Yoko Taro’s Weirdest RPG Paved the Way For His Biggest Hit

'Drakengard 3' was a necessary expirement in order to get to the success of 'NieR: Automata.'

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