Yosuke Saito, producer of theNieRseries at Square Enix, teased he’s working on a brand new game, alongsideBabylon’s Fall,NieR Reincarnation, andNier v1.22.Famitsupublished its traditionalend of the year messagesfrom members of the Japanese game industry. In total over a hundred of producers, directors and the like shared their thoughts about 2020,their favorite games, their keyword for 2021 and hopes.
We translated below the Famitsu end of the year message from Yosuke Saito:
2021 Keyword:“NieR”
Aspirations for 2021:“TheNieRseries is still continuing for a bit. Please look forward toNieR ReincarnationandNieR Replicant v1.22”
Latest news: “So yeah I’m still working onNieR. Oh, and there’s alsoBabylon’s Fall, and a brand new game. I’m so busy…”
What I’m looking forward to in 2021:“Fishing. I feel like it’ll get popular again. Fishing is super addictive if you love games.”
It’s anyone’s guess what the new game by Yosuke Saito will be. Especially seeing besides theNieRseries, Yosuke Saito is also the producer of Gems Company, a project with several Virtual YouTubers. They most notably holdJam Gem Jump!!!, a VR Radio stream on Niconico Douga every Tuesday at 20:00 JST.You can access the Gems Company YouTube here.
Moreover, it’s possible this new game project includes Yoko Taro, seeing he always works closely with Yosuke Saito.
We’ll keep going through the list of new year messages from developers from Famitsu and share the most interesting ones like these, so stay tuned. In particular,Final Fantasy VII Remakeproducer Yoshinori Kitasementioned the development of the sequel(s) is going well.
TheNieRseries celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2020, with several events. The final one was a special Christmas stream, withnew detailsonNieR Reincarnation, andNier Replicant ver 1.22.Read our summary of the event here.
NieR Reincarnationis scheduled to launch on February 18 in Japan on iOS and Android. The game wasannouncedin North America and Europe but no release date was shared yet.
The upgraded version of the originalNieR,NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139â¦will launch April 22 in Japan and August 08, 2025, worldwide. On Steam, PS4, and Xbox One.
Last but not least,Babylon’s Fallis an Action game by Square Enix and PlatinumGames, first announced at E3 2018. Only asingle trailerhas been shared so far. Summer 2020 was supposed to tell us more, but that went down the drain with the pandemic. The development team iscurrently working from home.
