yoko taro

“ I've already gotten many questions asking about why I chose fairy tales as a theme, so I'm pretty exhausted. So I'd like to quickly summarize my answer, which is 'I want a lot of money.' ”

“ It's almost like the game is a slave to the music in a lot of ways. The emotions that are created in the players themselves are [a result of the music] and the game just sort of follows along behind that. ”

“ I don't think that humankind is worthy of trust when we can't let go of war, draw borders between neighboring countries, seek to become richer than others, find joy in defeating others in sports, and choose someone of the opposite gender based on their appearance. ”

“ When you really think about it, it doesn't really matter where a game ends. Ultimately, if the player is satisfied with stopping at a particular point, it doesn't matter if it's where the creator intended things to end or not... and so that's where the idea of having so many endings came about. ”

“ The reason my games are chaotic is that the world is chaotic, not me. I don't aim for bad endings - they just naturally come out. ”

“ For 'Nier: Automata', Square Enix kind of ordered me to promote the game, and I actually had a little bit of a quarrel with our producer, Mr. Saito, about not wanting to do it. After many discussions and arguments, we ended up with the mask. So, I gave in with that condition. ”

“ I drink beer, white wine, and whiskey soda. People don't believe me when I say so, but I buy the cheapest one available at the supermarket. ”

“ To be honest, I think I am making normal games targeted towards normal people. But ultimately, when I release those normal games, weird people find them to be weird games and enjoy them. Which probably means there's something wrong with me. ”

“ So 'Nier Automata' feels like a story about androids but no, the main theme of 'Automata' is human. ”

“ In 'Nier: Automata' the protagonists are androids, not humans, and that's very common in a Science Fiction story. ”