Message from Final Fantasy Director Tabata Hajime

Posted on November 25, 2016 - 9:25 am by Rekka Alexiel

To all FF fans and NieR fans:

To celebrate the release of FFXV, we’ve decided on a collaboration with NieR! Noctis’ “Engine Blade” will appear in NieR:Automata! It will be really interesting to see what sort of moves it will have! Actually, not even I know everything about it yet, but I’m sure it will be awesome. Just like all of you, I’m really looking forward to it.

And also, FFXV will get “something” from NieR! But we’ll talk more about it later! So, while you’re having fun playing the soon-to-be-released FFXV, I hope you also look forward to NieR:Automata! ーTabata Hajime

Translation by Fire Sanctuary
Source: Famitsu

Famitsu Magazine, Issue No.1453

Posted on October 6, 2016 - 9:21 am by Rekka Alexiel

This week breaks a record-high placing for NieR:Automata in Famitsu’s Top 30 ranking list for upcoming titles!

The previous high ranking was at 16th place from the July 14 No.1440 issue released on July 7, 2016. …and even Yoko Taro was seemingly skeptical that it would place any higher than that.

@RekkaAlexiel これ以上上がるのは無理かと……
— yokotaro (@yokotaro) July 8, 2016

It’s rocketing up the list! —Rekka Alexiel
There’s no way it’ll go up any higher…… —Yoko Taro

I guess this showed him! xD

Famitsu Issue No.1436 Top 40 and More!

Posted on June 12, 2016 - 10:38 pm by Rekka Alexiel

NieR:Automata remains at #35 in Famitsu’s Top 40 Most Anticipated Games a second week in a row! Conrats!

This issue of Famitsu was another in its series of celebrations for their 30th Anniversary! One of the main sections of the magazine this week featured a Top 10 Most Memorable Games by producers, directors, voice actors, and more.

Below is an image that I completely reconstructed from scratch [for the fun of it] and translated into English. I’m pretty sure *ALL* of the games Yoko Taro chose are shooters. xD

Lastly, please expect a 12-page spread of NieR:Automata goodness next week in tandem with E3! I can only imagine what awesomeness we’ll learn this time!! <3

NieR, Drakengard, and Automata appear in Famitsu’s 30th Anniversary Issue

Posted on June 2, 2016 - 11:37 am by Rekka Alexiel

Today’s issue of Famitsu magazine is a really awesome one in celebration of it’s 30th Anniversary! Wow! Congrats! They have many pages detailing the history of modern video games, including a timeline chart that shows when each system was released and various rankings chosen by readers. Below are just a few clips of where Yoko Taro’s works were listed.

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