This morning, Nier fans finally received an update on the remaster of the original Nier game, titled Nier Replicant ver. 1.22474487139 because of course it is, in a lengthy showcase streamed this morning.

The showcase, titled "We Have A Decent Amount of New Info," ran 50 minutes and featured a gameplay demo and a release date trailer, which clarified that the game would come out on April 23rd, 2021 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. This took about five minutes of the showcase; the rest of it featured director Yoko Taro, dressed in his Emil head, and others bantering and talking about statuettes and other neat Nier-related memorabilia.

For those familiar with the Nier series, the stream's quirkiness was to be expected. The highly successful Nier: Automata, introduced a wide audience to Taro's bizarre artistic vision with four mandatory campaigns that often ran through the same levels from different perspectives and featured 26 different endings, each one corresponding to a letter of the alphabet.

While Automata was mind-blowing for its bold choices, the original Nier: Replicant was arguably even bolder, with a remarkably intricate and melodramatic story, dramatic gameplay shifts, and a memorable cast of characters with backstories almost never represented in Triple-A games. The original wasn't a critical success but developed a cult following which allowed for the success of Automata.

The showcase lead Nier-related topics to trend on Twitter, as fans enjoyed the crew's antics and expressed their excitement for the remaster.

GOOD MORNING ITS NIER NEWS TIME https://t.co/TzB9rkI7Ha pic.twitter.com/YYuOGGhYq5

— Buns @ Fishing (@SuperButterBuns) September 24, 2020

Watching anything nier related: pic.twitter.com/xoSExjLC60

— Mina @ NIER LADS (@mint_blossoms) September 24, 2020

this woman from nier replicant seems very nice and soft!
I bet she is like a damsel in distress or something pic.twitter.com/fnkI6hdPys

— Lulu🌈🍔🎏 (@luulubuu) September 24, 2020

its taking every ounce of my will power to not buy this Nier monument good god pic.twitter.com/uhcAlfqz5P

— Buns @ Fishing (@SuperButterBuns) September 24, 2020