This week’s Famitsu Magazine includes a new interview withNieRcreative director Yoko Taro and producer Yosuke Saito, celebrating the release ofVoices of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roarson PS4 and Switch.
It’s no surprise to anyone used to Yoko Taro games that they regularly share the same themes. Moreover, the worlds of theNieRseries and the Drakengard series are also connected.
There is lore beyond the console games as well. WithNieR Reincarnationon mobile. Or all the books. And it’s particularly difficult for non-Japanese fans to follow everything. We did not have direct access to theYoRHa Girlsstage plays for example. Unless you speak Japanese. And while there are fan translations and summaries, it’s not like everything is easily obtainable.
Are there story links betweenVoice of Cardsand theNieR (Drakengard) universe?
Knowing Yoko taro, you might be wondering ifVoice of Cardsis connected toNieRandDrakengard. Especially since the card game shares the same character designer asDrakengard, Kimihiko Fujisaka.
It’s not the sole intriguing point either.Voice of Cardsis narrated by Hiroki Yasumoto, the seiyuu who voiced Pod 042 inNieR Automata, and Grimoire Weiss inNieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139â¦So that might not be a coincidence. (Hiroki Yasumoto is also known outside Japan for voicing Sado inBleach. Which was one of his very first roles).
However, according to Yoko Taro himself,Voice of Cardsis, probably, unrelated plot-wise to his past games. In the interview from Famitsu, Yoko Taro was asked if he included links toNieRandDrakengardin the story ofVoice of Cards. Yoko Taro answered: “I don’t think I included any. Maybe I did but forgot though. so I’m not sure”.
Yoko Taro shared a similar answer in another interview with Dengeki Online.
Keep in mind this is from the usualmagazine leaks. We might be back with more details once Famitsu magazine is officially available.Voices of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roarsreleases on October 28 on PS4 and Switch.
