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Square Enix has opened a website portal which devoted entirely to its Piano Collections series of game soundtracks. At present, the site contains piano renditions of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts music,. and soon, NieR. The Piano Opera: Final Fantasy I/II/III soundtrack site has also been updated with track lists, samples, and composer comments from Nobuo Uematsu and Hiroyuki Nakayama. The soundtrack will be released on February 29 for ¥2,800 ($36.74), and sheet music will be available starting in March for ¥1,800 ($23.62). Thanks, Andriasang.

During an interview with Japanese website Inside Games, Square Enix EP Yosuke Saito has said that Cavia’s Nier was originally exclusive to Xbox 360.

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Nier’s getting the DLC treatment today on Xbox 360, and tomorrow on PS3, and it’s called The World of Recycled Vessel.

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NieR’s executive producer at Square, Yosuke Saito, has revealed that Cavia started work on DLC for it immediately after the core game was completed.

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Square Enix has put out the launch trailer for Nier. You can watch it below the break.

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Square Enix has dated Nier for April 23 worldwide for PS3 and 360.

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Square Enix has dated Nier for April 22 in Japan.

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Square Enix has sent over some shots from Nier for PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Square Enix has announced that NieR will see a spring 2010 release on PS3 and Xbox 360.

It also released some new screens, along with the box art this morning, which has no mention of Replicant or Gestalt anywhere on it nor in the fact sheet below the break.

Head on below to read it, and head on over to D’toid for the screens.

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Nier director Yoko Taro’s got a blog. Sometimes, he writes things on that blog. Sometimes, those things are about the Wii’s lack of graphical power. This is one of those times.

According to a post translated by Andriasang, Taro got an eyeful of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. And while Crystal Bearers sparkled just enough to get passing marks from the developer, the Wii itself didn’t fare so well.

“Bearers’ graphics are well done,” Taro wrote. “I get the feeling that you could call them the highest level for Wii. However, SD graphics are just painful. This is the limits of the hardware, so you can’t do anything about it.”

“Nintendo should use their profits to make a backwards compatible HD Wii, or release an optional upconverter for the Wii, or give the television industry money to properly handle SD video,” he suggested.

More through the link.

The new issue of Famitsu has a two-page advert for Nier Replicant with the tagline “Beyond revenge lies crazed desperation.”

This is a Square Enix thing, which promises to reveal what it’s all about next week.

If the “Neir” part sounds familiar to you, 1UP has you covered.

Nier’s the Cavia-developed action game slated for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010, and Square wanted it to be a “hit in the West”, so plans to release it in Japan were shelved for a while, but Nier was formally announced for Japan today under the name Nier Gestalt.

As far as Nier Replicant is concerned though, guess we’ll find out next week.

Hit the link.

Square Enix has announced the games it will have on had at GamesCom next month.

Looks like attendees can look forward to seeing Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts 385/2, Nier, and Supreme Commander 2, among others.

Here’s the full list:

• Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
• Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP)
• Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Xbox 360)
• Final Fantasy XIV (PS3, PC)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii)
• Front Mission Evolved (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS)
• Mini Ninjas (Wii, DS, PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
• Nier (PS3, Xbox 360)
• Order of War (PC)
• Pony Friends 2 (Wii, DS, PC)
• Supreme Commander 2 (Xbox 360, PC)

We will be on hand during the event, so hopefully we will have some decent stuff to tell you about.

Full press release through the link.

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Announced yesterday, Square Enix’s PS3/Xbox 360 action title NIER has, at long last, begun its pre-E3 info trickle. For now, you’ve got a website and a trailer to fuel your speculations.

Personally, we’re thinking fairly straightforward brawler on this one. Check out the trailer — which features a particularly angry man tearing through shadow men like they’re stuffed with delicious candy — after the break.

Thanks, Siliconera.

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Square Enix announced third-person shooter Front Mission Evolved in the press release for its E3 line-up today.

Developed by Double Helix for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, the strategy series is now a shooter and features both single and multiplayer campaigns. There’s no release date for it yet.

NIER was also sneakily announced in the same breath, and is being developed by Cavia for PS3 and Xbox 360. The action-adventure game is set to release sometime next year and promises to be set “in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures.”

Players assume the role of Nier, who is out to find a cure for his daughter who is infected with the Black Scrawl virus.

Interesting.

Hit the link for the full Square Enix E3 line-up.