Nier: Automata
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"My producer will get really mad if he hears this": Nier creator Yoko Taro says "how slow I am" defines his writing style, but he's "sneaky" enough to get away with the consequences
By Catherine Lewis published
News "I'm good at creating situations where my writing is essential, but I'm just late at it"

Nier Automata’s infamously quirky creator Yoko Taro has been an enigma for years, and now the legendary RPG veteran is getting an entire book filled with interviews that are sure to be unmissable
By Scott McCrae published
News It's launching on Kickstarter next month

Nier creator Yoko Taro reckons "there’s less 'weird people'" making games nowadays although he's not sure if it's "something that's happening to the world as a whole"
By Scott McCrae published
News Yoko Taro has previously called esoteric titles like Ico "epoch-making"

Nier: Automata creator shoots down rumor Square Enix forced the RPG's devs to alter character designs to avoid outrage: "I've never heard of such a thing"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News One of Nier's producers was the subject of a mistranslation

Yoko Taro jokes maybe he shouldn't have done the Nikke x Nier: Automata collab after all as cosplayers are now dressing up as Shift Up's characters instead of his own
By Issy van der Velde published
news "Many Nier cosplayers – especially those in more revealing outfits – started switching over to Nikke cosplay"

Nier: Automata might've never happened as the producer considered "a very famous title that everyone knows" before the action RPG series: "But I chose Yoko Taro!"
By Anna Koselke published
News Producer Yosuke Saito believed in director Yoko Taro

"Nothing has changed" with the new game from Nier Automata leads that might be Nier 3, producer says, and it might even be announced in 2027 if they're still "alive by then"
By Kaan Serin published
News 2027 would be the RPG's 10th anniversary

Nier director Yoko Taro believes AI is coming for creators next, but also says his predictions are never correct, so don't worry about it
By Issy van der Velde published
News "People who want to create games will do so even if they can’t make a living out of it"
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