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But personally, if we had that opportunity, I think IвЂ™d rather create something new than try to revisit something old. Taro: ThatвЂ™s definitely up to Square Enix to decide. Would you like to see your older games remade, or do you think those should stay in the past the way they were? GamesBeat: ItвЂ™s a popular trend now to remaster old games. Especially if you donвЂ™t know anything about the previous titles. I would definitely recommend that you play. So I wouldnвЂ™t recommend anyone to go back our previous title. We also try to make sure that each game is fun to play on its own.

We make games that fit within a generation and an era. GamesBeat: For people like me who didnвЂ™t play the first Nier, would you recommend that they go back and play that first one after finishing Automata? Also, the functions and back end development side of trying to create an RPG was all new to us too, that was very challenging. That was very difficult for us to do, a challenge for us to do. We also wanted to bring over what was really good about the original Nier. We had to try to keep up the brand image of Square Enix as much as possible. We did feel a lot of pressure to create a good RPG, especially because Square Enix is known for that. WeвЂ™ve been creating a lot of action games, but not RPGs. Takahisa Taura: At Platinum, weвЂ™ve really never created games with an RPG element to them. GamesBeat: For Platinum, what was challenging about taking this project on, compared to previous games? I felt that this entirely new generation of developers has started to bloom. Taro: There are multiple teams within Platinum, but the specific team I worked with, Team Taura, is really young and powerful and theyвЂ™re very talented in going through a lot of volume of work at a really fast pace. GamesBeat: How is working with Platinum Games different from the other teams youвЂ™ve worked with in the past? We didnвЂ™t even expect that it would be something that was really popular, or become popular. Taro: The reason why - the biggest reason why we designe her with her eyes covered is because there arenвЂ™t any other protagonists that do that. But when she does rarely take her blindfold off, I get upset. It should make it harder to read her emotions. GamesBeat: Hiding her eyes is interesting, because youвЂ™d think it would be a detriment. I also think that because her eyes are hidden behind the goggles - I assume itвЂ™s a lot easier to cosplay as her as well? That might also be one reason why sheвЂ™s so popular. When we were creating the game we felt that she was a character not that many people would dislike, and so on the opposite end, I think thatвЂ™s what led to so many people actually liking her. Her personality and her design are great. Taro: I think itвЂ™s a combination of things. What do you think it is about her that developed this following? GamesBeat: The characters really seem to have resonated with people, especially 2B.

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What do you think brought so many people whoвЂ™d never played the series before to this game? Considering the sales difference between the two games, thatвЂ™s true of a lot of Nier: AutomataвЂ™s fans. GamesBeat: I played Nier: Automata without playing the first game. ItвЂ™s been a year where I felt a lot of support from our fans, that weвЂ™re able to do something like this a year after the game. ItвЂ™s amazing that media and fans will still come to see us, come to our panels, have interviews. So in that sense it definitely exceeded expectations. One-and-a-half times more seemed like a good simple calculation.

This time, I was thinking maybe around 750,000, because Platinum Games was developing for us. Our previous title, we sold only about 500,000 units. We just recently announced weвЂ™d exceeded 2.5 million sales. GamesBeat: Are you surprised by Nier: AutomataвЂ™s success? Automata was PlatinumвЂ™s first project in the Nier franchise. Taura is from Platinum Games, a studio known for flashy action games like Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The first Nier is a spinoff of that series. The franchise started in 2003 with Drakengard, a more fantasy-based action role-playing game for the PlayStation 2. This is a surprising feat for a sequel for a 2010 game, Nier, that only sold about 500,000 copies.ДЄt the Game DeveloperвЂ™s Conference in San Francisco earlier this month, I interviewed Nier: AutomataвЂ™s director, Yoko Taro, and designer,В Takahisa Taura. The action role-playing game sold over 2.5 million copies after its February 2017 debut and has attracted a following thatвЂ™s fallen in love with its unique, postapocalyptic world (and, to be honest, sexy androids).

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