In a recent tweet by NieR:Automata Producer Saito Yosuke, he references a joint interview with Tsukumo and ASCII in which he discusses details for an up-coming release of a NieR:Automata collaboration PC. It’s within this article that he also mentions some interesting things regarding NieR in general.
Here are a couple interesting sections of the interview:
Editor: Can you tell us briefly the flow of how a NieR:Automata PC collaboration came to be?
Saito: It all came about when I wanted to make a new PC for myself and I asked Tsukumo to make me a “YoRHa model”. When I posted images of it to Twitter, people went crazy over it, expressing how much they wanted one like it, too. That’s generally how this project came about.
Editor: What sort of machine will this collaboration PC be?
Saito: It’s a shame I can’t show it to you yet, but I’m very particular that the design should resemble NieR. Tsukumo suggested to add something as a bonus, so I’m thinking about a mouse pad. Definitely stay tuned for the details when we can make the announcement.
Editor: I think maybe you’ve received a ton of requests for a remastered version of NieR Gestalt / Replicant, but are you planning to release a remastered version in the future?
Saito: On a personal level, I want to work hard to release a remastered version and do something new, but…
NieR Gestalt / Replicant was for the PS3, so it’s not easy for people to play it these days, even though it would be nice if people could play it. Actually, the demand for a remake/remastered version from the world-wide fanbase is rather significant. Won’t somebody please say “I’ve made the remaster!” and hand me the disc? lol
Editor: You’ve released DLC in the past. Might it be possible to release additional DLC in the future?
Saito: New DLC isn’t feasible at this point. I know a lot of people would like additional content, but if it costs money, I want to do something new. Regarding NieR:Automata, we’ve been able to have various concerts and stage plays, offer a ton of new merchandise, so it would be really nice if all players could experience the world of NieR:Automata through these things. I can’t really say anything specific right now, but as far as development goes, I’d like to try something new.
Editor: Does that mean we can expect something big for the 10th Anniversary in 2020?
Saito: We’re not releasing anything physical or whatever else, but I’d like to start working on at least discussing something.
So it seems like we won’t get anything physical like a NieR Gestalt / Replicant remaster or remake in 2020, but we’ve known that Yoko and the gang have been working on a new game; I would still like to think that we’ll get some new information about that by the end of the year or early next year. I doubt they’re looking for a 2020 release for that, though, especially since they haven’t even dropped an official announcement for it yet.