NieR Lore Summary ► How Replicant is Connected to Automata 

Hey all, hope you enjoyed the video! Would have had this out a little earlier...but I was playing Replicant :p

I'm pretty sure Yoko Taro has made it his life mission to make people cry

The new ending of Nier replicant implies that Kaine is the blueprint for all of yorha due to clearly stating that some union of maso and technology was used to create the sudo-replicants you fight so that could explain why machines developed the red eye disease.

Are you winning son? No one's winning in this series ,dad...

im disappointed you didnt tell more about ending E in replicant. as kaine killed the memory of hook, the administrators were surprised of kaines potential and what the future will bring with this potential. her data was propably used for the A2 android, which would explain their similar characteristics and combat abilities

Just finishder Replicants E ending, im fucking amazed how good Replicant was for an guy that thought there is nothing better then Automata

Detail that was missed (because it’s super obscure): The origin of YoRHa is actually an android named Zinna. Zinna made two YoRHa android prototypes, Number 2 and Number 9. It’s heavily implied they’re exactly who you think they are. Replicant’s ending seems to imply some form of relationship between them and Ending E’s Administrators, so it’s probably that they are a new version, or some form of continuation, of this system, at least on a deeper level. Zinna also had the idea of fabricating the idea of humans on the moon, where in reality all that was there was a server with the last of humanity’s recorded data Before he could finish the project, Number 9 killed Zinna and added the recurring self-destruct program program that would lead to the everlasting cycle of destruction and rebirth before uploading all the needed information to the Moon Server. Number 2 then killed Number 9, to which he basically said “kill me again next time too”. This is presumably why 2B kept being forced to kill 9S over and over; he basically hard-coded it from the start, no matter what she wanted. It should be noted that it doesn’t appear that either has any memories of this event in their current forms. But yes, everything is 9S’s fault in a way. The machine life form administrator, the Red Girl, sorta came to the same conclusion on her own after she killed the aliens (as stated in the video), and the two sides started an endless war At some point, A2 was created based on Kaine’s data (most likely based on the data shown to have been collected in Ending E of Replicant). She was the only survivor for a highly fatal mission and was used as the template for the 2E (2B) model, with a lot of the same combat data. So when you see 2B, in a way, you are looking at some combination of Kaine, the Administrator Girl, Number 2, and A2, even though none of them appear to remember their “ancestry” (save perhaps for the Administrator girl that personally saved Kaine’s) 9S also has similar ancestry, though it’s not known who he was based on (I speculate Nier but have zero proof) And all of this very critical lore was revealed in… Nier concerts and stage plays in Japanese. I don’t blame anyone for not knowing the full story when it’s that hard to find. tl;dr Kaine, the Administrator Girl, Number 2, A2, and 2B are all deeply related 2B had a part of all of them within her. Also 9S (or his ancestor) just, created the whole crucible of Automata for everyone basically by himself.

Probably worth adding that P-33, and by association Kalil, is one of the key connectors in the two games as it is he who is the spark that creates sentience in the machines. He is referenced in the story Fire Of Prometheus, and again in one of the Automata vignettes that speaks of the god from the volcano.

and somehow 2B ended up in Final Fantasy, Soul Calibur and Date a Live

Have you seen all of the YoRHa Dark Apocalypse content from FFXIV? The newest raid heavily implies a connection between the Red Girls and the Watchers.

I have watched a few of your videos, and I am really happy you made these! As a person infatuated by the franchise, but not having the chance to play through all of the games, nor dive as deep into the lore and details as I may have wished to do, these videos really provide a great overview and some nice content to chill with. :) So thank you for making these, and I will stay tuned for more of your stuff, whatever it may turn out to be. :)

It’s not even played the games but have fallen in love with the nier world. Subbed, looking forward to your future videos

Very well made video. I wish the game had an officially translated (dubbed in English) version of how Emil reacted to the alien invasion, right after Ending E. I'm surprised they didn't do it. It'd connect the two games beautifully.

Love the work that put into these games and the endings which gives you multiple play throughs

Great how you cover the games and stories in such little time, keep up the good content!

its such a mind melding moment when kaim and the dragon gets hit by missiles, the fact you never notice until that point your in the real world and there is no way back is so daunting and realising it brings a whole level of respect to the series

this is a very nice video; concise yet detailed, you manage to wrap up the connections in less than 13 minutes. thank you

I Love this video so much, Thanks for uploading this!

Great video, you really explained it well, even I found out abt some new stuff even tho i've dwelled super deep into NieR(especially Automata) lore, hope this video and your channel blow up! Love the content.

Just finished both games. Thanks for filling me in some small gaps I was wondering about! So many questions regarding the virus

Dropped a sub! Looking forward to any content you put out. I enjoy your voice and the level of depth you put into things like this.

I'm pretty sure in A2/Anemone's backstory about the Pearl Harbor Descent there have been cases where the logic virus (probably one not yet as sophisticated as the one seen at the end of Automata) has been cured.

I'm usually a one and done person when it comes to beating games, and just do shenanigans on a second play through, but this makes want to attempt a full play through of all chapters.

this was a solid video man, fr

This is a really good vídeo!!

Really good video man...keep it up.

How the hell were you able to fit all the major plot points of both Nier games into a sub 15 minute video?

Thank you, this cleared up tons 💙💪

I love this video! Thanks! ❤️

Good stuff, always love Nier

They should make a game that shows the events inbetween nier and automata.

Nier Automata Ending Y with Emil is sad and connects directly to Replicant Emil calling out for his friends the feels

I always had problems sticking it together now I understand these games ....I can’t wait till they make another one

Amazing video this is explains a lot for me

great vid, got a new sub

Loved the video

My man Yoko Taro is depressed and obsessed with flowers. Hope to see a new NieR game soon

Splendid video bro. I was currently playing Nier Automata got to ending E and chose the option to sacrifice my save file it sucks! But i finished Nier Replicant last month now i know their connections and lore thanks to you but im still depressed about both endings and faith of the project gestalt its so tragic that all white haired Waifus end up in a bad ending. Anyway ill be trying to play the Drakengard series wish it has a good ending. Btw Good video man keep it up +1 sub supporting you from now on

loved the video

I want to see a game that covers Emil and his war with the aliens.

wow really great explanation not to long nor to short (don't have sit in a 30 minutes video essay)

The pod narrating at the end of the credits uses the 1st pronunciation of automata sothats what i say.

thanks for the video

dude i needed the e ending so damn bad in automata, i was so relieved

When Yoko Taro says "weird game" it's translated into depressing game.

Hey you should do more nier lore videos i cant find any people who covers a lot of topics from the lore

2 years late to subbing but good job summarizing the story for the games :)

There is also the library in the tower- a nice touch I thought

The biggest question I have is, who created the first YoRHA android thousands of years after humanity's extinction? Did the androids created since the Gestalt project survive long enough to create the first YoRHA android?

Thank you

great video

i just got replicant today cause its my bday today but i wanted to know how replicant crossed over to automata and ik i probably missed a key point in the replicant endings cause i skipped over cause if spoilers cause i just got the game but i didnt know that i need to pretty much play the 1st drakengaurd game to understand the events of replicant to automata which is ok and i gotta read the yorha book so i can get a better understanding of the story

Good explanation, from all Nier videos I’ve watched you explained it the best. Also does anyone knows why Nier came back from the flower as a kid?, like is there a symbolic meaning or smth? I would’ve liked if he came back as an adult :/

since the guy somewhat fails to mention it, I would like to elaborate at 4:03 - When a gestalt relapses, it's corresponding replicant body gains the black scrawl, which will eventually kill it, meaning that replicants die at a very similar rate as the gestalts after the events of Replicant, despite the gestalt and replicants typically not sharing many personality traits. This means the replicants have also completely disappeared by the time the last gestalt has died about 8 centuries later. (This also could means there was only one gestalt and one replicant in existence at the end!)

That Caim is the leader of the Legion sounds false as Caim, being a Pactpartner, died with Angelus and neither had the time to break the pact before that happend (just like how Angelus had no time to make her wish). Tho I still suspect that the Red Girls are based on Manah, the last prophet of the Cult of Watchers, but that means someone who knew about Manah told people about her and her purpose. The only people who could have done it are Caim (who is most likely dead), Angelus (who is 100% dead) or the Watcher themself.

Doesn't the item description story on the Emil Heads weapon describe the inevitability that events basically repeat themselves in Automata?

This was very informative since i have never played the og nier so when i saw stuff like the black scrawl and project gesalt mentioned in the game on the later endings i got kinda confused lol

Reminds me of the solid snake simulation deal in MGS.

Just a dumb realization but what happened to the timeline of drakengard did it end there and then ?

I wonder if one day if there’s a sequel to Nier automata we can finally kill the watcher

Whole time i thought automata was a prequel but it make since now when popala and devola talk about the ones whole failed to watch over the gestalt program. They died by nier’s hands.

Fun fact: Gestalt (Nier) and Replicant are both equally canon

yoko taro fucks w our mind

So I have a question so all "humans on the earth are all androids" and if thats the case who built all the stuff on earth since then

before i get to deep into it i say auto-mata, kinda like a mix word of automation and armada. but i could be so, idk.

Just realized you play kaine in nier reincarnation

To answer the question, you're right in pronouncing it autómata. It's not a preference between that and automáta, the word is Greek and is written like αυτόματα, emphasis is on "o". You're one of the very few people on youtube I've seen that pronounces it right. People that go automáta, make me cringe and die a little inside lol. Also very nice video, I just finished Replicant's ending E today, so many emotions... Thanks and keep up the good work!

These two games are so fascinating and weird with how it shifts from fantasy with magic to sci fi with robots. A story spanning thousands of years... humans going extinct... Lots of sadness all round.

And the aliens were from Metal Slugs series

11:45 > Happiest ending it's Bittersweet at most bro lol there's a tiny bit more to the story that isn't in the game **Spoilers below** (kinda, I had to go out of my way to learn this. Also, this is all assuming that I remember the details properly.) When the pods put them back together, 2B wakes up but 9S doesn't. She throws herself into the situation trying to figure out what was wrong, and repeatedly injects him with (I forgot the name of the compound) some sort of solution that's supposed to jump start his body back up. After announcing her frustration and questioning why it isn't working, her pod informs her that it's working exactly as intended - he'll boot up, but shut back down. The compound *is* jumpstarting his body, but at this point 9S no longer has personality data, memories, or any type of activity going on upstairs to *sustain* it. The pod tells 2B that 9S is essentially brain dead (during his fight with A2 where he was given the option to upload his data to the ark, he declined, lost his data, and opted to die right there on the battlefield.) Seeing that there is nothing she can do, 2B holds her former sweetheart one last time, props herself up against some sort of structure (I think she was sitting with her back against a wall) and shuts down - she lays lifeless by his side, embracing him for the rest of eternity. Feel free to correct me on anything I got wrong, the details are fuzzy, and I don't remember the exact name of the sources (one of them was the play script).

**SPOILERS** Around 5:30 its not exactly the case, saying that the council of humanity founded yohra when it was yorha that founded the council of humanity (according to the conversation 9s has w the commander in route b)

Okay but why do 2B and 9S look like the administrators?

Automata, like Automaton, is correct. But if you really want to reach, I could see Yoko using it as its mispronuciation is similar to "stigmata" which fits the story. lol

I just want to know why Emil has four arms.

Is the main character and Kane in the next game or is it new characters

Great video. Surprised you havent hit 1k subs yet. I am on that same path myself. Got a sub from me. Here's to 1k!

No caim?

They should just make a New game with same characters and game mechanics from Automata, with completely new places and worlds to explore.

Au-tomata is the English pronunciation of the word. Auto-mata is the Japanese pronunciation.

I pronounce it as auto-mate-a

damn

I thought it was pronounced A tomato

I lost you. When did Automata even come to pass. How did the Androids come into existence?

Also, idk why, but the whole Red Legion era reminds me a lot of Code Vein, but I know that game takes place in the Gods Eater world. Still though.

I completed the first ending and still don’t understand how the opening of the game jumped over 1000 years into the future and Nier, along with Yonah, remained the same age

bruh that non sub per percent made me insta-sub xD

Right there with you on the pronunciation. OroMaRa just sounds straight up dumb

this story s d game is needlessly complicated

This is as confusing as kingdom hearts lmao

2B,,,our WorldS Best Gynoid WaiFu,,,🌏

Spoiler warning for anybody who has not finished nier

Laws of ma at Google it

From best girl to best girl 😻

Sorry sunshine...but I'd rather go full Caim/Angelus on Kainé and Nier. She understood their words, yet you spared none, not even Kalil and Beepy (although I don't judge her fof the Heap, I didn't like the Gestalts from there nor the ones under Gretel). And the Shadowlord was Nier himself...yet the replicant treated him like any other mindless Shade. The hypocrisy... Let the world... buuuuuurn ! Let the aliens, the machines and whatever androids that are created in this timeline have the our legacy. Our protagonists made humanity worthless by being its champions, like the ones in "Drakengard".

huh?

Man this video saved me from losing interest in everything. After doing the 1st play through of nier. I was unable to do anything everything seemed meaningless. But now i feel i can go back and play both games to endings e to so the little bit better endings.

Automata is a Greek word, noone is saying it right.

So humanity literally got screwed over by another world. Yeesh.

are you okey? you sound sick and sometimes is hard to understand what youre saying.

100% not sub ...... that’s crazy