NieR, an incredible franchise directed by Yoko Taro, has laid dormant since 2017. Outside of the first game's remake, we haven't seen any new mainline NieR titles. That could be about to change, though Square Enix really chose the worst day of the year to put out a teaser.
On the official NieR X account, a video teased something new in the franchise. This new "project," as the post says, is supposedly called NieR: Cosmic Horror, with a cryptic message really laying out strong philosophical concepts that are honestly to be expected from this series.
The message reads like a verse, saying, "Born in nothingness, is it hope? Or is it despair in the name of salvation?" (automatically translated). What that means exactly is anyone's guess, as the video doesn't provide much context outside of showing us the franchise's mascot Emil and a humanoid figure reminiscent of the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise.
While this is amazing news for fans if it turns out to be a new game, it should be noted that it's currently April 1 in Japan, and you know the entire world loves to go wild with teases and jokes to celebrate April Fools'. It's genuinely impossible to tell whether Square Enix actually put out a teaser or is just messing with us, but either way the publisher definitely chose the worst day to make an announcement.
I'm not sure if a major publisher like this would abuse the goodwill of its fanbase just to pull a fast one, though. It'd be funny, sure, but not something I'd expect a giant megacorporation to do or even want to do.
If it does turn out to be a new game, that'd be the first mainline NieR entry since NieR: Automata, which came out all the way back in 2017. It was a tremendously fun game and certainly one of my favorites, not only because of its combat but also its smashing blend of post-apocalypse, science fiction, and cyberpunk art styles. There aren't really any similar games out there, and I'd be ecstatic to see another made.
Well, I guess we'll know soon, once the Day of the Joke has passed.
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