Part 139
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Go ahead and read this if you are planning to play NIER.
Cool fellow Policenaut offers some insight into the bizarro Japanese NieR Replicant and the alternate Brother Nier and has been sharing with us. He's done a more of a bang up job with an overview of differences than I could ever muster. So, have a read. Spoiler are involved, obvious. So don't get getting ahead of yourselves.
Context and the Junk Heap Brothers
Sidequests
Party Members
Yonah
Timeskip
Older Brother Nier
Number 7
Emil and Nier
Kids getting shat on by life and its effects.
Nier's relationship with Devola and Popola
The following are links to music from NIER's OST. They are listed in order of appearance. Enjoy!
Main Game - Part 1:
Snow in the Summer ~ Choir (Prologue Theme)
Prologue Ambience
Snow in the Summer ~ Slow Battle
Snow in the Summer ~ Fast Battle
Deep Crimson Foe (Boss Battle Theme)
Nier's Village Room Ambience
Nier's Village Theme
Song of the Ancients ~ Devola
Hills of Radiant Wind (Plains Theme)
Shade Battle
The Lost Forest (Eastern Fields Theme)
The Incomplete Stone ~ Chant (Lost Shrine Theme)
The Incomplete Stone ~ Battle
Blu-bird
Song of the Ancients ~ Popola
Cold Steel Coffin (The Aerie Theme)
Cold Steel Coffin ~ Battle
Kainé ~ Salvation
Fishing Battle
The City of Commerce (Seafront Theme)
Repose (Seafront Room Theme)
Junk Heap Field
The Wretched Automatons (Junk Heap Theme)
Song of the Ancients ~ Hollow Dreams Duet
Grandma
Dispossession ~ Piano
The Prestigious Mask (Facade Theme)
The Temple of Drifting Sands (Barren Temple Theme)
The Temple of Drifting Sands ~ Variation 2
The Temple of Drifting Sands ~ Variation 3
The Temple of Drifting Sands ~ Variation 4
Gods Bound By Rules
This Dream
His Dream
Yonah ~ Plucked Guitar 2
Dream Riddle
Dream Riddle 2
Kainé ~ Escape
The Ultimate Weapon ~ Vocals Only (Haunted Manor Theme)
The Ultimate Weapon ~ Battle
Haunted Manor Piano Tune
The Dark Colossus Destroys All
The Dark Colossus Destroys All ~ Instrumental
The Shadowlord ~ Memory
The Shadowlord ~ Memory 2
The Shadowlord ~ Memory 3
Song of the Ancients ~ Fate
Emil's Theme
Yonah ~ Piano
Main Game - Part 2:
Blu-bird 2
Song of the Ancients ~ Act 2 Opening
The Lost Forest 2
Cold Steel Coffin ~ Piano Only
Grandma ~ Piano Only
Grandma 2
The Shadowlord ~ Roar
Dispossession ~ Strings
Emil ~ Karma (Instrumental)
Dance of the Evanescent
Dance of the Evanescent ~ Distorted Waltz
Emil ~ Karma
Emil ~ Karma (Piano)
The Shadowlord's Theme
The Shadowlord's Theme ~ Vocals Only
The Shadowlord's Theme ~ Version 2
The Shadowlord's Theme ~ Vocals 2
The Shadowlord's Theme ~ Version 3
The Shadowlord's Theme ~ Music Box Version
Dispossession ~ Music Box
Ashes of Dreams ~ New
Village Tunes Mix
Ashes of Dreams ~ Nouveau
Ashes of Dreams ~ Nuadhaich
Ashes of Dreams ~ Aratanaru
Extras:
Kainé Duet
Emil ~ Piano Version
The Wretched Automatons ~ A Cappella
The Shadowlord's Theme ~ Early Version
Song of the Ancients ~ DLC Mixuxux
Blu-bird ~ Hansel und Gretel
Shadowlord's Castle ~ Iron Fist mix feat. DJ-BKO
Emil ~ DLC Remix
Shadowlord ~ Crying Yonah Version
The Legend of Nier ~ 8-Bit Heroes
Assorted cool junk you jerks in the thread put together. Possible spoilers!
Feriowind shows off Papa Nier in his down time. D'aww.
Feriowind also gives us the eternal struggle between man, fish, and magic book that will not shut its goddamn mouth!
Feriowind adds some Papa Nier and Number 7 action.
Rii gives us Papa Nier reading a bedtime story to Yonah from Grimoire Weiss. I'm not sure how weapon stat scribblings, blood smeared arcane runes, and post-it notes about mutton collecting taped to random pages is going to help anyone get to sleep. But, you take what you can get in 3361...
Rii gives insight into Kaine and Number 7's downtime. Don't listen to what Weiss says. Shit-hog is totally a real word.
Rii doodles Number 7 as done by NOOOOMMMUUURRRRRAAAA!!!
Also as a stylish gentleman. 
Rii has a look at the whole gang just hanging out.
Chewbot shows off Dadass Nier's soft side.
Waffleman_ produces some fine 16-bit pixel Nier and Yonah action. Though, I'm not sure if I'd like to see Cavia's take on Pokemon... The results could have been...well, it's just best not to think of it too much...
Waffleman_ also whips up some 16-bit pixel Devola and Popola. I bet they go well with the chiptune rendition of Song of the Ancients from the second OST.
Waffleman_ continues the pixel art with everyone's favorite foul mouthed hussy.
Nohman shows us Grimoire Weiss' dapper side.
Nohman lays down the law. Deal with it.
Nohman says vote Caim next election.
Nohman says "
DeliriousDelight depicts Grimoire Weiss' less than successful venture in fishing.
Dr Solway Garr reveals the true nature of Weiss' cousin.
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Aculard gives a rare scene of Papa Nier on his down time.
NonsenseWords brings forth a dapper gentleman Number 7.
NonsenseWords has some insight into the relationship between hussies, skeleton dudes, and boars.
NonsenseWords also features some hug time for friends.
NonsenseWords had put that goddamn Katamari Damacy theme in my head again! Na naaa...
Zellus has Number 7 saying "sup" for us...
gnome7 shows that post-apocalyptic pimpin' ain't easy.
gnome7 also adds the adventures of Nier MacGuyver.
Almost Smart and Steamboat Shady.
Zeikier gives us a trio of Nier and the gang's off camera moments.
Zeikier has one more for the road.
SystemLogoff has an illustration of Devola and Popola in happier times.
Lance Streetman has an alternate occupation for Number 7.
Screaming Idiot gives us a clearly erroneous account of Kirby Number 7. Where is his angry eyebrows?!
Rii also gives us a little piano number version of Song of the Ancients.
Rii continues with a NIER piano medley.
Weird BIAS provides some trance beat remixes for the club scene in post-apocalyptica.
Weird BIAS also drums out some tunes to make farming those Titanium Alloys a bit easier.
Weird BIAS continues with an unholy union of Drakengard and NIER tunes. Drakenier...one of the coming signs of the end of days.
Weird BIAS also shows that the Song of the Ancients works as mellow tunes, boss battle themes, and is also great for raves.
Weird BIAS has one last Nier remix with Emil's battle theme. Nice work.
Zr388 sings a little ancient song for us.
Moskau has a smooth remix of Song of the Ancients to share.
Moskau also has some chiptunes NIER goodness to offer.
Major spoilers. Click only when caught up on updates:
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