Square Enix’s Nier is nearing its tenth anniversary, and the publisher has decided to celebrate by announcing that an “upgraded version” of the action RPG is currently in development for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
The re-release will be developed by Toylogic and fans will be happy to learn that it won’t stray too far from the franchise’s trademark sense of weirdness, as it’ll officially be known as Nier Replicant Version 1.22474487139… (and yes, the ellipsis is part of the title). Yoko Taro will return to direct the upgrade, and he’ll be joined by producer Yosuke Saito and composer Keiichi Okabe:
Nier Replicant is the prequel of the critically acclaimed success NieR:Automata.
Nier Replicant Version 1.22474487139… invites players into a dark, apocalyptic world as they join a brother’s captivating quest to cure his sister of a deadly disease – a quest which will in turn make them question everything.
Square Enix made some changes to Nier when it was originally released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 back in 2010, swapping out the game’s teenage protagonist for an older man and changing the relationship between the two characters at it’s center from brother/sister to father/daughter. But with Nier Replicant Version 1.22474487139…, it looks like we’ll finally get the chance to experience the game as the developers originally intended.
We don’t yet know when Nier Replicant Version 1.22474487139… will be released, but a 2020 launch seems likely.
