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Square Enix has been hinting at a Nier spinoff for mobile titled NieR Re[in]carnation since March (2020), but up until recently, it was unknown if this Japanese-developed title would make its way West. Well, thanks to a recent announcement at the Tokyo Game Show 2020, we now know the game will also come to the US and Europe with an English translation in tow.

Above, you can watch the Japanese teaser trailer for NieR Re[in]carnation that was initially published in March (2020). While it’s easy to see that the art direction is fitting for a Nier title, more or less, that trailer only offers concept art, so it’s hard to tell what kind of gameplay will be on offer. Square has also released a new trailer in a tweet to celebrate that the game is coming West, though this trailer (in the tweet below) also offers nothing worthy of discussion.

So what this means is that the details surrounding NieR Re[in]carnation are incredibly light. However, we already know Yoko Taro is serving as the creative director, Yosuke Saito is working as the producer, and that Keiichi Okabe will handle the music. These three had a lot to do with the success of Nier: Automata, so it’s nice to know Re[in]carnation is in good hands. Still, we already have a mobile game from Yoko Taro that was published under Nexon called SINoALICE, a title that’s indeed stuffed with in-app purchases, which may or may not be a sign of things to come with NieR Re[in]carnation. So here’s hoping Yoko Taro doesn’t cash in on mobile with NieR Re[in]carnation as he did with SINoALICE.


NieR Reincarnation is available on the Play Store for pre-registration

The English version of NieR Re[in]carnation just popped up on the Play Store for pre-registration. At the beginning of the month, the current director Daichi Matsukawa released a statement on Twitter that made it clear the game’s English localization was complete and that Square Enix was preparing for an upcoming pre-registration phase. Well, that phase begins today, and so everyone is free to pre-register to receive a release announcement when the game is officially launched in the West, whatever day that may be. Pre-registering will also earn you a chance to be randomly selected to test the game during an upcoming closed beta test, and the more people that pre-register, the more gems players will receive whenever the game is officially launched.

So now that NieR Re[in]carnation is listed on the Play Store, we have a few screenshots to share along with some interesting tidbits found in the game’s description. It’s described as a command-action RPG (whatever that means), and it will include an auto-battle mode (with the toggle visible in the screenshots above), which doesn’t sound very promising as far as mobile RPGs go. So here’s hoping the story is good because yet another auto RPG doesn’t sound very enticing. Of course, if you’d like to check out the new Play Store listing for yourself, you can jump to the page through the Play Store widget below, which is also where you can pre-register.
NieR Re[in]carnation
NieR Re[in]carnation
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