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Yoko Taro

The key art for the Voice of Cards trilogy. It features the logo and three cards, one representing each title.

Voice of Cards trilogy now available for PC, consoles

March 24, 2023
News/Square Enix/Yoko Taro

When I write about Yoko Taro, it’s generally centred around the NieR games. Considering DDNet’s editor-in-chief, Matt, considers the second game (NieR:Automata) to be the greatest game ever made, how could I not make that connection at every opportunity? This may be news to some, but Yoko Taro has also…

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Review: Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars (Nintendo Switch)

November 5, 2021
JRPG/review/Reviews/Square Enix/Voice of Cards/Yoko Taro

Review by Matt S. In some ways, the success of NieR: Automata has cursed Yoko Taro. Following the profound success of that game, people now expect him to be subversive and deep, sharply funny and wildly creative with everything that he touches. Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is not…

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Review: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 22, 2021
JRPG/Nier/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Square Enix/Yoko Taro

Review by Matt S. At its core, NieR is a story about identity. In creating it, director, Yoko Taro, who loves to joke about philosophy being nonsense but is clearly very cognizant of the big names in the field, took the infamous “I think therefore I am” from René Descartes…

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May 9, 2019
Android/iOS/mobile/News/Nexon/release date/Release Dates/SINoALICE/Yoko Taro

News by Matt S.  You know of Yoko Taro, right? The auteur who went from arthouse game director to mainstream hit maker thanks to NieR: Automata? He’s been busy with other projects since, of course, and we’re about to get one of those in the west; the mobile title, SINoALICE.…

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SMASH! 2018 Interview: Yoko Taro: The game industry’s true auteur

July 18, 2018
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Interview by Matt S. Yoko Taro is a challenging person to interview. He’s the pre-eminent video game auteur going around; a creative that approaches his work with a healthy dose of reflection and transgression, and with an equally healthy taste for the surreal and sublime. His approach to game design…

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NieR: Automata really is the greatest game ever made

February 23, 2018
Nier/Nier Automata/Opinion/Square Enix/Yoko Taro

Opinion by Matt S. One year ago today Yoko Taro’s NieR: Automata was unleashed on the world. I was a huge fan of the original, because despite its rough edges, the story it told was so deep, and so compelling, that nothing else really mattered to me. Moreso than even…

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There’s a new NieR in development, but I’m not getting excited just yet

November 8, 2017
News/Nier/NieR 3/Nier Automata/Opinion/Square Enix/Yoko Taro

Opinion by Matt S. So, there’s a new NieR in development, according to the producer at PlatinumGames, Yosuke Saito. Given that NieR: Automata is the game I called “the greatest game of all time” back when I wrote my longest review about a game, ever (and, yes, I still stand…

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Review: NieR: Automata 3C3C1D119440927; the greatest DLC ever made (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 9, 2017
DLC/DLC Review/Nier Automata/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 4/Square Enix/Yoko Taro

Review by Matt C. To read the official product description of NieR: Automata’s first major DLC, you might expect a fairly straightforward arena mode and a few unlockable costumes. That’s an accurate description, but also a very incomplete one; just as NieR: Automata is so much more than a “fresh…

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The catch-up coffee: Monday, April 10, 2017

April 9, 2017
catch-up coffee/Compile Heart/Dark Rose Valkyrie/Fairune/News/SINoALICE/Sword Art Online/Sword Art Online: Sword of Fellows/Yoko Taro

News by Britta S., Matt C., and Trent P. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…

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Retro reflections: On my love for Drakengard

March 10, 2017
DDNet Premium/Drakengard/JRPG/PlayStation 2/Retro Reflections/Yoko Taro

Retro reflections by Davis A. With NieR: Automata now in the open and receiving critical acclaim (you did it Yoko Taro, you finally did it!); I thought to myself, what better time to write about what makes Taro’s games so special, and specifically my favorite (for now) of them all,…

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