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[DKHF]

Posted on the NieR Twitter account.

The official Japanese site also had updates today. The system page very clearly calls the game a 60fps open world action RPG now lol. The battle section shows off the various weapons type and upgraded pod attacks. The store section now lists all the pre-order DLC exclusives.

http://www.jp.square-enix.com/nierautomata/store/

The fixed first press DLC is the Nier book thing as a cosmetic pod model replacement. The Square Enix Store exclusive DLC is the silly head thing you can wear as an accessory. Then there are 5 different cosmetic pod skin replacements via different major outlets in Japan. The funniest one is the PS Store one where the pod has a PS1 head!

 

[KZXcellent]

I really hope we get this for the NA boxart.

 

[StoveOven]

That's fantastic. I'm sure we'll get something much worse stateside.

 

[LotusHD]

Looks nice af. Interesting that 9S is being held in that position.

 

[Teeth]

Amazing, as all Akihiko Yoshida's work is.

 

[dmr87]

Sleeper GOTY right there.

 

[DKHF]

Love this boxart. Hopefully the western release gets the same.

 

[AsylumBlue]

Stunning artwork.

 

[trejo]

That cover is fantastic. I fully expect we'll get some terrible CG garbage everywhere else.

 

[AlexFlame116]

PLEASE bring that gorgeous boxart over here to the states! Nothing else.

 

[Galang]

Shit this is beautiful!

 

[Yabberwocky]

Yeeeeeeeeees, so good.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Christ that's nice.

 

[jack_package_200]

Dats a good boxart

 

[Coreda]

It could be seen two different ways momentarily

 

[george_us]

Awesome.

Hope we get this box art in the US.

 

[wmlk]

Think it looks messy and pretty unmemorable, tbh.

 

[dragonlife]

Wow, that's beautiful.

Unfortunately, it's too demeaning to everyone's manhood. A woman holding an unconscious man? I don't think so, Japan! Women can't be heroes. I can't relate to that.

 

[jiggle]

Pretty

 

[bigmac996]

Um, yes please. If we get another Nier "cg-rendered weird old man" boxart I'll be pissed.

 

[mdubs]

All of us: Square please

Square:

 

[Brian_FETO]

Greatest game of all time incoming

 

[Leona Lewis]

Meh. I prefer the old E3 artwork.

 

[ZenTzen]

Brings this cover to Europe as well please

 

[wmlk]

Meh. I prefer the old E3 artwork.

Yep.

I feel like this is more memorable too. Maybe put more emphasis to the characters themselves since it's zoomed out here.

 

[Grim Patron]

All of us: Square please

Square:

Yep.

 

[AAK]

Yeah, that e3 artwork is way better.

 

[Mediking]

WOW

 

[Etria]

Think both look great in their own way. Fingers crossed for a reversible box art so everyone can be satisfied

 

[K.Sabot]

10/10

 

[Aters]

I like how they straight out tell you who will die on the cover.

 

[Mattakuevan]

Both look great, doubt we'll be getting either in NA.

 

[theSlacker]

I just want to mainline this game directly into me already. Don't even care what they go with as the cover.

 

[RainbowIslands]

Love it! Can't wait

Pure speculation: 2B stepping on the pod= A rebellion towards the humans on the moon b/c 9s died?

Now digital or physical... :<

 

[qualitydisc]

Love Yoshida but the monochrome colors make it a little bit hard to parse the different characters at first glance.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Both look great, doubt we'll be getting either in NA.

NA boxart is just a picture of a gun

 

[2Shea]

Absolutely beautiful. Always a fan of Yoshida's artwork. I really hope we get some sort of artbook released along with the game

 

[Moonkid]

Sorta evokes La Pieta which I dig, but overall it's kinda off.

 

[Etria]

Reminds me of the colour palette that Yoshida used for Vagrant Story, only with darker tones.

 

[.JayZii]

Akihiko Yoshida gives me life.

Wow, that's beautiful.

Unfortunately, it's too demeaning to everyone's manhood. A woman holding an unconscious man? I don't think so, Japan! Women can't be heroes. I can't relate to that.

He already looks pretty femmy. Somebody's about to get a sex change in localization.

 

[raven777]

yea love the box art. Yoshida's art is fantastic.

 

[Palabragrís]

Love the boxart.

I wonder why we always keep using a different one in the America region (America=North/Central/South America). It's a shame, really. A lot of good game boxes have featured art not worth of what you find in Japan and Europe. And I'm looking at you, Final Fantasy series and your overcrowded art...

 

[duckroll]

The official Japanese site also had updates today. The system page very clearly calls the game a 60fps open world action RPG now lol. The battle section shows off the various weapons type and upgraded pod attacks. The store section now lists all the pre-order DLC exclusives.

http://www.jp.square-enix.com/nierautomata/store/

The fixed first press DLC is the Nier book thing as a cosmetic pod model replacement. The Square Enix Store exclusive DLC is the silly head thing you can wear as an accessory. Then there are 5 different cosmetic pod skin replacements via different major outlets in Japan. The funniest one is the PS Store one where the pod has a PS1 head!

 

[killatopak]

Sorta evokes La Pieta which I dig, but overall it's kinda off.

It's the girl on the right.

 

[Tapejara]

Both look great, doubt we'll be getting either in NA.

Square did good with Drakengard 3's NA box art.

Hopefully they won't fuck up Automata!

 

[Exentryk]

Sexy!

Meh. I prefer the old E3 artwork.

Yeah, I liked this one better, but it would be tricky as a cover.

 

[Golnei]

Yoko Taro will never be able to resist torturing children.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Really hoping that this boxart makes it west.

 

[sector4]

It says it's a sample at the top, but damn I hope that's the final box art worldwide.

 

[rubius01]

A Pieta with high heels. Still bad-ass though