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The project was teased as the franchise's "Next Genesis" from series script supervisor and scriptwriter Yokō Tarō (NieR:Automata game and anime franchise

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[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you're talking about Rebuild, that undid all the closure I got from the original series and EoE.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The trick is to not acknowledge them. The new series seems promising though considering the creator for Nier Automata is writing it.

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah, they are an alternate storyline anyways, so it's easy to not consider them "canon". I've only interacted with Nier osmotically, so I'm just going to wait with no expectations of any kind and see when it comes out.

[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Nier Automata's worldbuilding and story are shit, I don't know how the creators involvement is good

[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Same. And on some level I kinda love that for the series. Creating another ending so we are at 3 arguably 4, each of which undo the closure of someone