A retail listing at Amazon France suggests a Switch version of the upcoming Nier Replicant remaster may be set to release next year.
A remaster of the first game in the series, Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... has only been officially announced for PS4, Xbox One and Windows and is set to launch in April 2021. The release follows the success of Nier: Automata, a PlatinumGames-developed title that also launched across those three platforms.
This newly spotted Amazon listing allows buyers to pre-order a Switch version of the game, indicating that it will release for Nintendo's console on 23rd April 2021. This falls in line with the official window given for the other platforms.
Retail listings often give the game away with unannounced releases like this, so it's unsurprising to see that the listing has sparked some cautious excitement across the internet today. It's worth pointing out, however, that Amazon France has a pretty patchy record when it comes to game 'leaks'.
Earlier this year the site uploaded several mysterious Switch game listings before eventually removing them; back in 2014 it listed a non-existent ZombiU2 for Wii U; and it also incorrectly stated that several PlayStation exclusives would arrive on PC.
It's definitely not a dead cert at this stage, then, but it'll be worth keeping an eye out for more news on the remaster as we get closer to its launch.
Would you like to see Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... on Switch? Did they really have to go with that as the game's title? Tell us below in the comments.
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They could have just gone for ver.√1.5 as the title. Heh, high school maths coming in handy.
I'll be honest, remasters of older games I can totally believe coming to the Switch. Nintendo have pretty much told us that's part of their strategy.
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Considering Amazon France also alleged that Persona 5 Royal, Days Gone, Uncharted 4 and Last of Us Part II were getting PC versions earlier this year take this with massive bucketloads of salt
Also the title is ver. 1.22.... as it references that specific digit being the square root of 1.5, which positions this game as an upgraded version of the original title
Currently playing through Automata (I'm on C, if you've played it you know what I mean), and it's definitely one of the most unique and magical experiences I've ever had in a game.
It had me tearing up multiple times, if I have to be brutally honest ahahahha
No but seriously, if you're on the fence with this one by all means get it, it's an intoxicating experience that won't let go of you for a long time.
I haven't finished it yet, but I'm sure this game will stick with me for a very long time.
So yeah, I'm looking forward to Replicant as well!
Please say that this is real. NeiR Automata is the only current gen game that I care about that hasn't been actively deconfirmed, so Replicant coming over would at least give me a small amount of hope.
@TheFrenchiestFry You could say that the title is... absurd
Could happen but until then...We wait
I prefer to play third-party games on PC.
Given that we haven’t even got Nier Automata yet after over 3 years, I think that this is unlikely.
Gutted by the lack of love for maths puns. So Nier and yet so far.
Any individual signed up to be a "Pro Seller" on Amazon can add items to the catalogue..
@nessisonett Ba dum TSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@Munchlax Replicant and Gestalt predate Automata so it's a good entry point for the Switch audience. Not saying this is at all real though because I have several doubts
yeah.. We've been here many times before. Usually it's bogus.
@TheFrenchiestFry It would have still made more sense to port Automata before now though, because that game was more recent, and had more hype around it when it came out. Many people, myself included, who dont follow the series thought that Automata was a stand-alone until this game was announced, so I can’t see it impacting sales too much. More likely that they just decided that the audience wouldnt be large enough to warrant porting.
@Munchlax NiER games have always been standalone and mostly adjunct outside easter eggs and light references. You don't need to have extensive knowledge of NiER or Drakengard to get into Automata whatsoever. With that being said Automata as it is right now is also more on the technically demanding side considering even though it is an open world RPG like Witcher, it's considerably more stylized and can get pretty graphically intensive when switching between the diverse game styles the game loves throwing at you every now and then like the shmup or 2D platformer segments. I doubt that's coming to Switch without severe technical compromise
This would be a lot easier to port given it's literally just an enhanced remaster of a 2010 game. Automata is more popular, but hey so is Persona 5 for its series and we all know how that turned out for Switch owners. Nothing is guaranteed
@TheFrenchiestFry And Person 5 seemed even more likely given the existing Shin Megami Tensei games and Persona spinoffs on 3DS, and the fact that it can run on PS3. They have both the power and the audience, as well as Joker in Smash, so I’m still confused as to why that port hasn’t happened yet.
@Munchlax PS4 struggled to run Automata. Getting it on Switch is probably not in the cards. Replicant was a PS3 game so it could feasibly happen.
@Munchlax Persona may be tied to MegaTen but that specific series has been on PlayStation since the very beginning. P4G on PC was the first time since 1998 that the series saw a main entry debut on a non-Sony platform and it wasn't even a console
Considering Persona outsold SMT in its entirety while still being a PlayStation exclusive series, there's your answer for why Atlus grew content with not releasing it on multiple platforms outside spinoffs. It's literally one of the top grossing JRPG franchises of all time and being on PlayStation didn't stop it from being successful. Persona 5 in particular is the most successful game Atlus has ever made in their entire existence as a company, and it's only on PS3 and PS4.
@nessisonett i tried dividing some math jokes among the math addicts that I math throughout the last year, but it got me an error message.
@Shambo Why did 1/5 go to the masseuse? It was two tenths.
@nessisonett Somewhere there must be a joke about 1/3 as well, but it's probably toilet humor.
@Shambo Now that’s a joke that works better in an Irish accent.
@TheFrenchiestFry But Megaten and Persona still attract a similar audience, so it’s natural that SMT fans would want to try Persona, therefore it would make sense to release them both on the same console. Atlas didn’t need to grow content with what it had, because there is still a potential untapped audience for Persona on Nintendo system, which they could easily access, as the port would be so cheap and simple to do, it would take barely any time, and the profit margins would be large.
@Munchlax A port isn't cheap or simple to do whatsoever. Even though there's now proof that the in house P5 engine can work for Switch through Catherine, a puzzle platformer is of a very different and much smaller scope than a non-linear open-ended JRPG with life simulation elements. It's not that P5 is just impossible to do on another platform, it's that Atlus has been openly vocal about their lack of interest in pursuing multiplatform releases in general. Hell, even Atlus' core audience in Japan doesn't seem to want Persona on other platforms nearly as much as English speakers do, and Atlus West has no bearings whatsoever on what the JP branch does or doesn't do, and when Persona 5 releases exclusively on Sony's consoles and does considerably better than any of Atlus' previous titles, even those on consoles with large install bases like the DS and 3DS, they see that they don't have to really change things because the people who actually cared about the game flocked to it immediately and got PS4s for such an occassion. In fact it's stuff like the constant sense of entitlement from Switch owners about Persona 5 that just goes to show how much of a disadvantage people who only own one platform will always be at considering they're missing out on a considerable amount of other titles. The people who actually care about Persona aren't nearly as vocal about getting it ported compared to the people upset that Joker from Smash Bros doesn't have his game on a Nintendo system
It's really not the end of the world if Persona just never comes to a Nintendo console. Persona's boost in popularity was aided by the platform of choice to begin with, as I reckon Persona would not be nearly as successful if it was Nintendo exclusive like the rest of MegaTen, coupled with the fact that Revelations was the first RPG-based MegaTen game to be localized for the West and quickly amassed a cult following for Atlus' games in the West to begin with.
A big reason why P5 probably hasn't happened yet is probably because it'll cannibalize SMTV's success in an instant considering Persona is just astronomically more popular. Atlus are probably aware of the fact that for the most part, many people just care about Persona or care way more about it than the rest of Megami Tensei, so they're probably purposely not exploring Persona on Switch for the time being because SMTV's chances of success would be considerably lessened if they announced that they would also put Persona 5 on Switch, since it would attract way more people.
After Mass Effect debacle, I won't get my hopes high.
@TheFrenchiestFry I mean that a port is comparatively cheap compared to making a completely new game. I do not think persona and megaten would cannibalise, asplayers who enjoy one would be fairly likely to check out the other
Stayed for the inevitable "update" - 'Nier Replicant not coming to Switch as it turns out this was a mistake from a site known for making similar mistakes many times over in the past.'
Good ol' RumourLife, where even very untrustworthy sources get headline articles.
@Shadowthrone Next article: "Oh Darnit, it looks like a game we were never outright promised for Switch got robbed from us again. Silly us."
@TheFrenchiestFry The '<insert game title here> is not coming to the Switch' articles are my favourite...
@nessisonett Still roles off the tongue better than any Kingdom Hearts sequel/spinoff.
If we're calling out their sketchy track record, is there any cases in which they've been correct? The examples are that new games will come from various publishers for switch, and then being wrong twice?
Doesn't seem particularly compelling.
ZombiU 2 was supposed to happen, but got cancelled when the sales weren’t stellar (especially with the re-release) and some non-Sony developed exclusives came to PC sooner than later.
Not holding my breath though, would be great, however.
@Munchlax If you seriously don't think Persona would drastically affect an SMT game's sales you clearly haven't been in the fanbase for that long lol
Persona and SMT practically have almost completely adjunct fanbases, with very few players actually overlapping. A lot of people don't even know that Persona 5 is even part of MegaTen to begin with. If Switch got a P5 port before SMTV, given how already meager in popularity mainline is next to Persona, next to no one would care about SMTV to begin with because Persona is just that much more popular.
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