A NieR Retrospective with YOKO TARO, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi Okabe

The audio version of this interview is entirely in Japanese. To
watch the subtitled version, please visit
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Shuhei Yoshida chats with YOKO
TARO, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi
Okabe about their work in the NieR series. Together they
discuss the early development of the NieR series
and its connections to the Drakengard series;
the early development of NieR: Automata and
critical decisions regarding the gameplay, story, and music;
deciding to release a new version of NieR:
Replicant for overseas fans; and their thoughts on
current development both inside and outside of Japan


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