During the Yosu-P Santa 2021 program this year, there was a very short segment to promote the up-coming Bakuken 2 stage play, which will be performed later at the end of February.
Kuroki Fumitaka
Kuroki Fumitaka
Kawabuchi Kaori
Kawabuchi Kaori
Hinagata Ui
Hinagata Ui
Sato Tomohiro
Sato Tomohiro
Matsubara Rin
Matsubara Rin
Tsurumi Moe
Tsurumi Moe
Sakuramachi Taro
Sakuramachi Taro
Miyanoo Miyu
Miyanoo Miyu
Ukai Mondo
Ukai Mondo
Original Story & Script: Yoko Taro
Direction: Matsuda Ichidai
Bakuken: Tokyo Reincarnation Death Match
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Winter 2022. In the capital city of Tokyo, when people’s hopes and dreams have become stagnant… There within the shadows, untouched by the light of the moon, a man is murdered… a man known as “Oda Nobunaga”… What sights will these reincarnated swordfighters discover in the present age, 100 years later…?
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Although the setting has shifted to the modern day this time, the cast of historical characters are all largely the same!
Losing the following cast members:
Maikawa Miyako as Sasaki Setsu — Maikawa recently “graduated” from DearStage, the company involved in the majority of Yoko’s plays, and has since become a freelance actress.
Koga Ruito as Sasaki Kojiro
Kadono Sho as Togo Shigekata
Gaining the following cast members:
Matsubara Rin (Anemone, YoRHa Ver.1.3a) as Kondo Isami Kondō Isami was a Japanese swordsman and official of the late Edo period. He was the fourth generation master of Tennen Rishin-ryū and was famed for his role as commander of the Shinsengumi. [Wikipedia]
Tsurumi Moe (No4, YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a) as Shirou Amakusa Amakusa Shirō, often romanized as Shirou, was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His imina is Tokisada and he is also known as Masuda Shirō. [Wikipedia]
And for anyone wondering what this stage play is, the first one was held last March. You can read more about it here.
The game is somewhat of an Indies title that will be download only (there might be a special package release at some point)
In later broadcasts (I need to relocate what broadcast this was stated), we were also told that Okabe Keiichi (MONACA) will be on board as composer.
We were also told that the game will be download only for non-mobile devices (so I’m assuming PS4/5, Xbox, Steam…) but they will think about a physical release sometime if the game is well received.
Excerpt from the idobata kaigi program, December 2020:
Saito: There are many things I still can’t talk about, but… I mean, we’re doing NieR— Replicant and Re[in]carnation— then there’s Babylon (Babylon’s Fall) as well. There’s also talk about doing the next Automata, so when I was talking with Yoko about what we should do next, Yoko talked about something he really wants to do, but I told him I absolutely don’t want to do it. I was like, if you really want to do it, then you put up the money for it! But he presented it to me like I had never seen him do before. So, then he was like, “Okay, I have time tomorrow.” But that was a Sunday. Oh, wait. We talked on a Friday evening, so he was like, “Let’s talk tomorrow,” but I told him I couldn’t. So, he ended up showing me an hour-long presentation on Sunday. After that, we went out to eat and 3 bottles of wine later, I told him “let’s do it.” So, that’s what I regret, even now. He won me over with wine. I want to quit right now if I could.
Yoko: This was the first time that I actually said what I wanted to do.
Saito: If it’s something Yoko wants to do, then I want to let him do it, to try out various different things. But I was entirely against it when he first brought it up.
Saito V: Is it a ways off yet?
Saito: Yes, it’ll be a while, but I hope you look forward to it.
Harada: About how long ago did you have this discussion?
Saito: It’s about a year or so ago.
Yoko: It was more than a year ago. It was quite a while ago.
Harada: Oh, then it’s proceeding pretty well.
Yoko: Not so much…
Saito: It’s progressing gradually.
Saito V: The comments are asking if it’s a game or something else.
Saito: It’s a game.
Yoko: Are we really announcing something like this on Idobata Kaigi??
Saito: It’s an absolutely INSANE game.
Saito: I see this in the comments, but it’s not a rhythm/music game.
Yoko: I dunno, man, maybe we’ll make it into one.
Saito: It’s not a casual game.
Yoko: Ahh, I don’t know about that… Maybe it’ll become casual…
UPDATE: 2021.09.09
Today, Square Enix officially announced the new game by Yoko Taro, which was previously leaked here.
VOICE OF CARDS: THE ISLE DRAGON ROARS, A NEW RPG BUILT OF CARDS
The newly revised edition of Grimoire NieR was just released today, and let me say… it’s VERY nice!
I don’t have a lot of time to look at it closely or talk about it in depth right now, but you can find the table of contents below. One thing to note right off the bat, though… there’s a “hidden” novella on the inside of the cover sleeve. You can hop into the Discord to read my notes about it.
-Project Gestalt & Replicant System- NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139… The Complete Guide
INDEX
GEDÄCHTNIS / 記憶 / MEMORY Visual Works Character Guide Story Guide
NieR / ニーア Playback NieR システム解説 / System Explanation ストーリ攻略 / Story Guide 15 Nightmares 攻略 / 15 Nightmares Guide クエスト攻略 / Quest Guide E End (hex) 攻略 / E Ending Guide
Ashes of Dreams Investigation Report The Abyss of NieR Project
EXPIATION 贖罪 (Atonement)
CONCEPT WORKS & EXTRA Concept Works Ver.1.22… Concept Works (Original) Visual Works (Original) Character Illustration & CG Model (Original) The Memory of NieR Gestalt Other Artworks #NieR Art Gallery Project “GESTALT” Outline Weapon Story Emil’s Survey Report Diary and Log Letters Creator’s Interview (Original) Creator’s Interview Ver.1.22… Key Person’s Letters
SHORT STORIES: THE SECRET And Then There Were None Ver.1.00 The Stone Flower Ver.1.00 The Red and the Black Ver.1.00 Little Princess Ver.1.00 The Magic Mountain Ver.1.00 Witches’ Sabbath Ver.1.00 The Little Mermaid Ver.1.00 Straight is the Gate Ver.1.00 Around the World in 80 Days Ver.1.00 The Lost World Ver.1.00 The Lost World Appendix ver.1.22474487139…
Creator’s Interview Ver.1.22…
This is a section that mirrors the interview in the original release of Grimoire NieR. It is between Producer Saito Yosuke, Creative Director Yoko Taro, Director Ito Saki, and composer Okabe Keiichi.
(Beware of potential spoilers below…)
There is a topic that deals with the Administrators in Ending E and Yoko is asked about what implications it may have for Automata.
Yoko talks about the uncanny likeness between the two Administrators and 2B & 9S, but he stops at giving a constructive answer because he wants people to imagine things on their own.
He says that if the creator comes out and explains everything, that dashes everyone’s ideas (whether they’re right or wrong), and he doesn’t want to do that.
He says that there IS a reason or meaning behind the two administrators looking like 2B & 9S, but he he’s not saying what it is.
He says that it’s really not important for the narrative of Replicant; he’s always said similar things to this, which is why he often uses other mediums, like novels and such, to give further details. These unanswered topics are also potential ideas for future games, manga, stage plays, etc., further down the road.
“It’s okay for somethings to be answered and others not.” – Yoko Taro
The official YouTube account for the YoRHa stage plays has uploaded the 1st Act of the latest and final YoRHa stage play: YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a. You can read more about this version of the play here.
Please note that only ACT 1 has been made publicly available for free at this time. Because of how sudden this video was dropped, we may hear about the official Blu-ray release date soon.
The English subtitles provided here are likely done by the same individual who translated Yoko’s latest stage play “Bakuken.” More information about this will be updated later when more becomes known.
