It’s been nearly three years since NieR: Automata. It wasn’t the first game from designer Yoko Taro, but it was far and away his most popular creation yet, cementing Taro’s flair for the eccentric in the minds of many new players. Though we’ve yet to hear about what Taro is up to next, he (and Nier) have remained in the public consciousness. Recently, Taro collaborated with the Final Fantasy XIV team for a Nier crossover event, Dark Apocalypse.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgemqg/this-final-fantasy-xiv-interview-with-yoko-taro-includes-of-course-tofu-talk