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What the bloody Hell is NieR Replicant? photo

You've probably heard of NieR by now. It's an action game that Square Enix announced at E3, designed entirely to appeal to Western audiences and possessing a name that sounds eerily similar to our very own Destructoid founder. It wasn't going to come to Japan at all, but was recently announced in the East as NieR Gestalt. Now Famitsu seems to believe that there are two NieR games coming, not one.

The latest issue of Japan's premier gaming mag has an advertisement for a pair of NieR games called NieR Gestalt and NieR Replicant. No differences are evident as of yet -- all we can see is that the Gestalt image has a picture of the burly dude we've already seen, while Replicant features a young, albeit ugly, lady. 

What could it be? Two separate version, a'la Pokémon? Perhaps the game will be getting slight differences on Xbox 360 and PS3, with two different names, a'la Ninja Gaiden Sigma? Who knows, but since I'm an action junkie, I'm quite intrigued. Quite intrigued, indeed. Quite intrigued indeed? Indeed! Indeed indeed indeed.

Quite intrigued indeed!


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Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:02
Crunshii
woah... Niero without his "o" converts to a girl replica!? o_O
Yehat's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:08
Yehat
I will be quite disappointed if this does not turn out to be a Blade Runner RPG.

MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN, THAT'S OUR MOTTO.
countingdown7's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:12
countingdown7
is it nier as in near...? how do u pronounce the damn name ?! :(
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:12
Holyetheline
*sips on tea* Tell me more. Mmmm YES Indeed!
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:14
Monodi
generally Square manages to make guys that look like girls, but this time the chick look like a man.

Or is it a man with brasier?
king zetta's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:20
king zetta
is it about grabbing boobs from behind?
MisterGrieves's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:32
MisterGrieves
@Monodi

...I'm just going to ignore your comment and say what I was going to say anyway.

What innovation! Square is truly turning the RPG genre on its side! Tired of androgynous men? Experience the wonder that is androgynous women!

Really, I can't believe Japan hadn't thought of this sooner. It just seems like natural progression given the staples of their media.

Seriously, chick is ugly.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:35
lewness
Title sounds like the first few numbers in Chinese.

Oh yes, I think I like indeed indeed ad infinitum nauseam.
ikiryou's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:46
ikiryou
Hmm.. NieR0? Slightly cyberpunkish.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 18:55
Monodi
@lewnes

Uhhh Yi, Ar, San...
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 19:19
JynxShot
NIIIIIIIEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR...

I hate that name.
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 19:40
HiddenAHB
Wow, Squeenix it's getting very Western, now they're launching the same game multiple times, and i bet it's going to be multiplataform.
Quite indeed intrigued!
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 21:08
mr spooky
Its Final Fantasy 7 ;)
16bitmonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 21:35
16bitmonster
*based in the rad racer universe.
Citizensnips's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 21:45
Citizensnips
What ugly young lady, do you guys mean the one in this header image, because maybe im nuts, but she doesnt look ugly to me
..probably missing something here, lol
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 21:53
Niero
If I ever knock somebody up this shall be her nickname
astronautbread's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 22:56
astronautbread
so, this is likely portable versions of the game, would make since if they released this game for psp and DS/wii.

also, is it possible it's a cross dresser? that face kinda screams it, and from that angle you can't see anything to really know there's breasts there... damn you squenix does your whole company have gender identity crisis?
Korolev's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2009 23:31
Korolev
Why RepliCant when you RepliCan!?
shinigamiDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2009 01:53
shinigamiDude
Crap!Just when i thought Square can't make ugly looking ladies!
Emrah's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/10/2009 05:40
Emrah
Since you capitalized the last letter in NieR, you might write RepliCant as well.

InFinite UnDisCovery ftw!
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