Dengeki Playstation Vol. 601 Features NieR: Automata

Here are my scans of the new pages in this week’s issue of Dengeki Playstation. I have yet to read everything here, but they *do* mention that we may see more characters from the YoRHa play! My bet’s on No4! She’s the only one of the four main units that are still alive, even though she received massive damage by the end… I may even go one step further and speculate that her consciousness might actually live on as “Pod”, the hovering robot that is scene in some of the new photos in both Dengeki and Famitsu.

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A couple things we learn from these pages:

  • The aliens that invade the earth drive away the surviving humans with mechanical weapons that are called “Living Machines”. These machines are probably not the main aggressor in this conflict more than they are the pawns sent into battle for the benefit of their “creator”…very much like the YoRHa androids.
  • Although 2B (YoRHa No2 Type B) may appear female, it is unknown whether specific gender identities are preserved within the androids.
  • 2B uses swords for short-range combat but can also enlist the help of “Pod” to reach more distant areas.
  • She rarely removes the visor or “goggles” that partially obstruct her face. What sort of face might she have…?

KEYWORD: ANDROIDS

  • The YoRHa units have no given name but rather are called by their model number.
  • They are forbidden from experiencing emotion, but clearly have their own unique differences.
  • 2B is very calm and collected.Other members of the YoRHa unit may make an appearance.

KEYWORD: LIVING MACHINES

  • The pawns of the alien race are called “Living Machines” because they are able to repair, restore, and reproduce (create new machines).
  • It is unknown exactly how powerful these Living Machines are, but they possess enough might to force the human race to abandon the planet.

KEYWORD: BARREN WASTELAND

  • While humanity fled to the Moon, the earth is on its way toward destruction and decay.
  • 2B is forced to fight in the barren wasteland that the earth has become.
  • There is little trace of humanity left on the planet, the desolate ruins telling the story of the violent invasion of the Living Machines.

NieR Automata: Famitsu Magazine (on sale 10/29)

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Tomorrow’s issue of Famitsu magazine will detail more about the Type B android, No2, as well as give us a better glimpse of the world view and BATTLE! 😀

I will get scans up as soon as I can, translations will come later. <3

NieR: Automata

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Ruka Endo as No2. Screen cap from the initial DVD release of the play.

This just in! News has broken that the subtitle to the new Nier title is “Automata” aka “Automaton” or “Android”.

The so-called “enemy” of the game is called the “kikai seimei-tai” or the “Living Machines”, the very enemies which bore down upon humanity in Yoko Taro’s stage play “YoRHa“. There seems to be more and more similarities between the two, so I suggest you take a look at my notes on the matter here.

As it appears now, the main character will be “No.2 Ver.B”, taking place after the events of the YoRHa play! She is able to use both a katana and large-sized swords.

According to the Character Designer Yoshida’s storyboards, this character will have a long-range attack ability called “Pod”.

This is a short summary that I wrote for Siliconera:

During the during the 14th Machine Armament War in the year 11,939AD, humans are near extinction. With the invasion of the “Living Machines”, humanity had no choice but to abandon the planet, taking refuge upon the Moon. Their only hope lie in an armada of specially configured androids called “YoRHa”. Programmed with human emotions and feelings, they descend upon the surface of the planet to combat the ceaseless onslaught of the Machines.

With the destruction of No.1 in the decent to the planet, No.2 assumes command over all units… however reluctant and unsure of her own abilities. She remains this way throughout the entity of the play; she keeps her black “visor” on the longest…only taking it off in the final scene when she faces the machines on her own.

No.2, after witnessing the destruction of her unit and the last of the Resistance, a failed YoRHa expedition hundreds of years before her time, is alone among a cold, unfeeling world ruled by machines.

Source: Game Johou


Other interesting notes:

Definition of “autamata“:

  • noun
    1. a plural of automaton.
    automaton
  • noun, plural automatons, automata
    1. a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
    2. a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.
    3. something capable of acting automatically or without an external motive force.
    “automata.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 28 Oct. 2015. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/automata>.

NieR New Project – Exclusive Announcement Planned for Paris Games Week 2015

It has been announced that NieR New Project will have an exclusive announcement at the Paris Games Week 2015. It’s unfortunate the crew were not prepared for such an announcement for TGS, but it’s very good news nonetheless!

The Paris Games Week will host two leading game developers: Yosuke Saito (DRAGON QUEST X / NIER), Producer and Director YOKO TARO (Drakengard® / NIER) for presentation on exclusive scene on the SQUARE ENIX booth (Hall 1 Stand B024) 29 October at 11:00.
Pokett Video Games

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