Thanks to yoshi-san’s hard work, Emil is well on the mend! You can still see where the poor mask broke and split apart… but I have all confidence that he will be right as rain!
エミールヘッド修復中…
明日軽くヤスリがけして裏打ち補強してから塗装しよう pic.twitter.com/xzdm1gpzNF— yoshi (@Yoshi6054) October 15, 2016
Shortly after SQEX updated the official NieR:Automata site with the English version of the new theme song, I was intrigued to find out as much as I could about the vocalist.
The quality of her voice reminded me a lot of the Japanese singer AI. I looked into it some more and came to the conclusion that this wasn’t AI, but probably an entirely different vocalist than we’ve heard before.
A week later, I was able to attend the NieR Music Concert & Talk Live concert and we learned the name of the new vocalist: J’Nique Nicole.
Ever since then, I had been working on this interview and, being delayed by many personal ups and downs in my life, I feel badly that it’s taken me this long to put the final touches on this to share. So, for everyone involved, I’m very sorry for working so slowly.
Then, without further adieu, please enjoy the interview:
If you missed it, like I did, the New York Times actually ran an article in the newspaper that discussed the lack of knowledge on modern video games among the Supreme Court when dealing with legislature.
NieR is named as one of the most sophisticated, accessible games of our time. Originally published on May 3, 2010, the journalist touches on the issue of restricting games sales to minors, a notion that is far more restrictive than anything affecting the sales of books, movies, or any other similar media.
The article goes on to talk about the pros and cons of NieR, while giving an insightful look into the game as not just any ordinary hack-n-slash, but a creative work of art:
“It is … profound in its storytelling, empathetic and nuanced in its characters, exhilaratingly diverse in its game-play design and almost perfectly paced.”
Although the article is several years old, the issue regarding the hand of government and how far its reach may extend is still prevalent today.
I noticed this last night, but I was half-conscious at the time, still trying to get over the cold that I came down with two weeks ago, so I couldn’t write anything about it until now (sorry!!). But the NieR official Twitter account sent out an interesting tweet last night:
仮に……仮にですが、ただ皆さんに聞いてみるだけですが、「ニーア」仕様のゲーム機があったら欲しいですか？
— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) 10:15 PM – 7 Oct 2016 JST
NieR_JPN: Hypothetically… Hypothetically speaking, we’d like to ask your opinion, but… if there were a “NieR” themed console, would you want it?
Yoko Taro also made an interesting follow-up comment:
ニーア仕様のゲーム機ってあれか、コントローラーのボタンの隙間に塩がギッシリ詰め込まれた「夏の雪」モデルじゃないの？え？ゲーム？出来ませんよ。だって塩が詰まってるんだから。配線とか基板錆びるし。
— yokotaro (@yokotaro) October 7, 2016
Yoko: Ah, a NieR themed console, something like a “Snow in Summer” model that has little bits of salt packed inside the spaces between the buttons, right? Huh? In the game? It can’t be done. I mean, the salt would clog it up and corrode the wiring and motherboard.
Then Saito Yosuke responded to Yoko Taro’s tweet above:
塩が詰まっても錆びないモデル。 RT @yokotaro: ニーア仕様のゲーム機ってあれか、コントローラーのボタンの隙間に塩がギッシリ詰め込まれた「夏の雪」モデルじゃないの？え？ゲーム？出来ませんよ。だって塩が詰まってるんだから。配線とか基板錆びるし。
— 齊藤陽介 Yosuke Saito (@SaitoYosuke_Z) October 8, 2016
Saito Yosuke: It would be a model that couldn’t corrode even with salt packed inside of it.
As for me, I currently don’t own a PS4 and I don’t plan on getting it for anything other than NieR:Automata, so for me at least, it would be super cool to get a special themed console.
Feel free to respond to their message in whatever language you speak! I’m sure they’d be interested in hearing from you!
…experience once more the party of that night…
The release date for the NieR Music Concert Blu-ray has been announced for Wednesday, December 14. Pre-orders are now open at Amazon and at the Sony Music Shop here.
Song List
* The new NieR:Automata track titles was revealed in the 1st Live Broadcast on October 26.
** This is my translation of the original Japanese Title.
Title: NieR Music Concert & Talk Live Blu-ray -Black of Destruction, White of Rebirth-
Product Number: SQEX-20032
Release Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Price: 4,800yen +tax (5,184yen)
Vocals: Emi Evans / Nakagawa Nami / J’Nique Nicole
Piano: Hoashi Keigo (MONACA)
Guitar: Goto Takanari
Strings: Tsuchiya Reiko Quartet
Medium: 1 Blu-ray Disc
Official Site: Square Enix Music
Distributor: Square Enix