The Farewell of NieR Re[in]carnation: The Final Opportunity to Experience this Unique Mobile Game

Almost seven years after the release of NieR: Automata, fans are still eagerly awaiting the third installment in the series under the direction of Yoko Taro. While waiting for another AAA console game in the DrakenNier universe, it’s easy to forget that there is already a playable continuation available, but not for long. That continuation is NieR Re[in]carnation.

NieR Re[in]carnation, a gacha game set in the NieR universe and directed by Yoko Taro, has been running since 2021. However, it was announced on January 22nd that the service will be discontinued. The final chapter of the ongoing game’s story, Act III: Transmigration, will be released on March 28th, and a month later, on April 29th, the mobile game will be completely shut down. With the end of the service, an important part of the NieR series will be forever lost. If you are a fan of Yoko Taro’s saga, you should play Reincarnation before it closes.

Reincarnation possesses all the expected features of a gacha game. This mainly means that the game systems rely heavily on the need to spend real or in-game currency to acquire characters, weapons, and other items. Since its release in 2021, the story and intricate characters have gained recognition as one of the best console-like games on smartphones. Part of this success comes from the way Reincarnation constructs its narrative.

The game begins by controlling a girl named Fio, an amnesiac trapped in a place only known as the “Cage.” Fio navigates through her new prison and witnesses scenes that tell the stories of characters known as “Memory Characters.” These scenes allow Reincarnation to explore various genres, such as the Western, as part of a larger story of Fio’s quest to uncover what truly lies within the Cage. All of these interwoven narratives are crafted by a team of writers led by Takashi Ohara and overseen by Taro, making the whole story feel like a natural relative to the rest of the NieR series.

In the early chapters of the game, there was little connection between Reincarnation and its console counterparts, suggesting that it was an optional part of the world that most players didn’t need to worry about. However, recent events in the story make the ties to the larger NieR universe clear and—for the sake of avoiding spoilers—have significant implications for the future of the entire series. As the end of the service approaches, Reincarnation becomes a spectacular finale to a story that has been ongoing since the release of the original NieR in 2010. No new NieR game will be able to ignore Reincarnation, but after April 29th, no one will be able to experience this story firsthand.

In a sense, the erasure of game data by Yoko Taro seems fitting, but Reincarnation’s fading away differs from the narrative artifice employed in previous NieR games. While Automata and Replicant offer players a narrative reason to erase their saved data, there is always the possibility of reliving those experiences by owning the game itself (yet another reason to buy physical copies).

Reincarnation won’t have that luxury. Play while you can! A positive aspect of the game’s approaching conclusion is that before the shutdown, Square Enix is introducing many bonuses for players, such as the return of old events and ten free draws per day. This makes overcoming the gacha grind easier than ever.

If you decide to download Reincarnation to complete the story before April 29th, do one more thing—document everything. Take screenshots and record videos as frequently as possible because that’s the only way Reincarnation will be preserved after the service ends.

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