In Japan, there are two Niers: the burly warrior in Nier Gestalt and a typical young hero in Nier Replicant. Why did Square Enix make two heroes and was the Nier in Nier Gestalt made for the West?

Alas, they’re also digital-only… at least, for the moment.

We’ve seen lots of videos from Nier Gestalt or simply Nier in North America. This trailer is all about Nier Replicant, which features a young hero on a quest to save his sister.

It’s President’s Day so Nier is taking a break from finding a cure for his daughter to explore two of his hobbies, fishing and gardening.

This time around, we’ll take a look at what Japanese gamers thought of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, which received an 8/7/7/7 from Famitsu.

Square Enix has a close-to-worldwide release planned for Nier. The game launches in Japan on April 22 and arrives in the West shortly after.

Square Enix set a date for Nier Gestalt (macho Nier, Xbox 360) and Nier Replicant (young Nier, PS3). Both versions will ship in Japan on April 22.

Underneath the bloodstained pile of hacked up stringy creature-things is an epic tale, maybe. According to Square Enix, Nier is their next great story.

Nier went through the inspective lens of the ESRB and they came back with an amusing and somewhat informative summary.

We have new screenshots of Nier (aka Nier Gestalt) showing your usual stringy giant shade thing with its arm cut off and a homely tavern.

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We already reported what’s different in Nier Gestalt and Nier Replicant. Let’s do the opposite now and examine how much content on the Nier portal is the same.

Along with confirming a spring release window, Square Enix sent us the game’s box art. It appears we’re getting Nier: Gestalt on both platforms in North America.

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