GRIMOIRE NieR -Project Gestalt & Replicant System-

by Square Enix

Contents ("BOOK" from the database)
You collect a lot image illustrations Quest for the beautiful. Detailing such as personal data and keywords. The decoding multi-faceted all the story of Nier. The point of view of kinetics, the difference of another title also obvious. Analysis without every corner of the colorful world peaked. I place the capture data that can complete the weapon and word quest. The first public settings illustrations, and initial proposal. 3 Mr. Taro Yokoo, Sawako Natori, Meg island depression three-way conversation. I exhaust a topic front and back of the "Nier Project". In the short story, our past Nier, figure of present and future, "ending another" is drawn.

美麗を究めるイメージイラストを多数収録。パーソナルデータやキーワードなど詳細に解説。ニーアの物語のすべてを多面的に解読。カイネの視点、タイトル別の違いも一目瞭然。多彩な世界の隅々まであますことなく解析。武器&ワードクエストをコンプリートできる攻略データを掲載。各種設定イラスト、初期企画案などを初公開。横尾太郎、名取佐和子、映島巡の3氏が鼎談。『ニーアプロジェクト』の表と裏を語り尽くす。ショートストーリーでは、ニーアたちの過去、現在、そして未来の姿、「もうひとつのエンディング」が描かれる。

Genres: Video Games, Art, Fiction, Science Fiction, Gaming

224 pages, Tankobon Softcover

First published May 28, 2010

About the author

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス) TYO: 9684 is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series. Its headquarters are located in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.

Reviews

[Spencer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book that expands upon the lore of the video game Nier and to a lesser degree the associated games Drakengard and Nier Automata. It's full of facts and backstories but the most interesting part are the short stories, these were fascinating and provided a lot more information about the characters from the game. As to be expected with anything relating to Yoko Taro the stories were wonderfully depressing - aligning with the tone and themes of the game perfectly. There is also heaps of art throughout the book, all of which is stunning and impressive.
This is a must for fans of Nier, it is in Japanese but some hardworking fans have provided easily accessible translations online.

[Zero · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learnt so much
"Ah, my head!"

[gasp · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you love Nier as much as I do, you’ll enjoy this a lot. The short stories included in this are excellent and really help to further develop the world of the game.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

I normally would not mark these because art books have minimal texts compared to...well, normal books, but I had to read a 100 page PDF document translated from Japanese for this one dangit!

Lots of cool lore, developer commentary, art, and behind the scenes like you would expect from the better artbooks out there. Still fairly affordable and worth a pick up even in Japanese, if you're a big fan of Taro's universe or Nier in particular.

[The Final Song ❀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really expand the world lore of Nier and Drakengard.
The stories are really great, the one that describe the timeline for example.