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Quotes from NIER for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, some edited for length. Temporarily deactivated to iron out bugs following Bluesky outage.
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A soldier of salt calling forth white death.
He is Legion, the man who plunged the world into darkness.
He is Legion, the man who plunged the world into darkness.
December 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A soldier of salt calling forth white death.
He is Legion, the man who plunged the world into darkness.
He is Legion, the man who plunged the world into darkness.
I wanted to blame Devola for everything.
I wanted to grab Popola and strangle her.
But anger won't accomplish anything.
I wanted to grab Popola and strangle her.
But anger won't accomplish anything.
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I wanted to blame Devola for everything.
I wanted to grab Popola and strangle her.
But anger won't accomplish anything.
I wanted to grab Popola and strangle her.
But anger won't accomplish anything.
What should I do?
>End Kainé's life and free her from her burden.
>Sacrifice your own existence to make Kainé human again.
>End Kainé's life and free her from her burden.
>Sacrifice your own existence to make Kainé human again.
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
What should I do?
>End Kainé's life and free her from her burden.
>Sacrifice your own existence to make Kainé human again.
>End Kainé's life and free her from her burden.
>Sacrifice your own existence to make Kainé human again.
Emil: I've never heard of a Shade living with a machine. What's that about?
Nier: Doesn't matter. I'll kill the Shade and anyone who gets in my way.
Nier: Doesn't matter. I'll kill the Shade and anyone who gets in my way.
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Emil: I've never heard of a Shade living with a machine. What's that about?
Nier: Doesn't matter. I'll kill the Shade and anyone who gets in my way.
Nier: Doesn't matter. I'll kill the Shade and anyone who gets in my way.
Emil: You guys go! This is my fight. I can't ask you to die for me!
Weiss: Bold words! And yet I see your knees quake like warm butter.
Weiss: Bold words! And yet I see your knees quake like warm butter.
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Emil: You guys go! This is my fight. I can't ask you to die for me!
Weiss: Bold words! And yet I see your knees quake like warm butter.
Weiss: Bold words! And yet I see your knees quake like warm butter.
Nier: I guess he's taught me everything he knows.
Weiss: Oh? And what have you learned up to now?
Nier: Well, the... art of... perseverance?
Weiss: That's hardly a skill which can be taught.
Weiss: Oh? And what have you learned up to now?
Nier: Well, the... art of... perseverance?
Weiss: That's hardly a skill which can be taught.
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Nier: I guess he's taught me everything he knows.
Weiss: Oh? And what have you learned up to now?
Nier: Well, the... art of... perseverance?
Weiss: That's hardly a skill which can be taught.
Weiss: Oh? And what have you learned up to now?
Nier: Well, the... art of... perseverance?
Weiss: That's hardly a skill which can be taught.
Devola: Under the command of the true humans, we live eternally for the sole purpose of controlling others. That's the only reason we exist...
Popola: You have your own motives, your own desires...
Devola: And we have ours. I fear it really is just that simple.
Popola: You have your own motives, your own desires...
Devola: And we have ours. I fear it really is just that simple.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Devola: Under the command of the true humans, we live eternally for the sole purpose of controlling others. That's the only reason we exist...
Popola: You have your own motives, your own desires...
Devola: And we have ours. I fear it really is just that simple.
Popola: You have your own motives, your own desires...
Devola: And we have ours. I fear it really is just that simple.
Nier: We saw this cube back in the Barren Temple.
Weiss: Perhaps the prince of Facade gave it to Popola as a gift?
Weiss: Perhaps the prince of Facade gave it to Popola as a gift?
December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nier: We saw this cube back in the Barren Temple.
Weiss: Perhaps the prince of Facade gave it to Popola as a gift?
Weiss: Perhaps the prince of Facade gave it to Popola as a gift?
Villager: The Lost Shrine is at the other end of this cave.
Nier: And the Shadowlord's castle lies just beyond.
Weiss: Let us make haste.
Nier: And the Shadowlord's castle lies just beyond.
Weiss: Let us make haste.
December 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Villager: The Lost Shrine is at the other end of this cave.
Nier: And the Shadowlord's castle lies just beyond.
Weiss: Let us make haste.
Nier: And the Shadowlord's castle lies just beyond.
Weiss: Let us make haste.
Emil: You're an adult... Maybe... Maybe 40?
Nier: You got all that from my footsteps?
Emil: It's not hard, once you know how.
Nier: You got all that from my footsteps?
Emil: It's not hard, once you know how.
December 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Emil: You're an adult... Maybe... Maybe 40?
Nier: You got all that from my footsteps?
Emil: It's not hard, once you know how.
Nier: You got all that from my footsteps?
Emil: It's not hard, once you know how.
Every beam of light is an invitation to death.
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Every beam of light is an invitation to death.
Shade: There can be no justice in the slaughter of innocents! How many have you killed? How many? Your actions can never be forgiven!
Kainé: We don't need forgiveness, asshole!
Nier: Kainé?
Kainé: We don't need forgiveness, asshole!
Nier: Kainé?
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Shade: There can be no justice in the slaughter of innocents! How many have you killed? How many? Your actions can never be forgiven!
Kainé: We don't need forgiveness, asshole!
Nier: Kainé?
Kainé: We don't need forgiveness, asshole!
Nier: Kainé?
For long centuries, the tree had been alone, its heart sealed with heavy chains. But no more. New, powerful emotions began to take hold, causing its heart to lighten. This was more than the simple emotions it had been designed to feel; it was the beginnings of a soul.
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
For long centuries, the tree had been alone, its heart sealed with heavy chains. But no more. New, powerful emotions began to take hold, causing its heart to lighten. This was more than the simple emotions it had been designed to feel; it was the beginnings of a soul.
Kainé: It's strange. Let's just leave it at that.
Weiss: Stranger than a boorish young woman who battles monsters in her undergarments!?
Weiss: Stranger than a boorish young woman who battles monsters in her undergarments!?
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Kainé: It's strange. Let's just leave it at that.
Weiss: Stranger than a boorish young woman who battles monsters in her undergarments!?
Weiss: Stranger than a boorish young woman who battles monsters in her undergarments!?
Kainé: Emil. ...You were the one calling me, huh?
Emil: You still... recognize me?
Kainé: Yeah, sure. I knew you right away.
Emil: Thank you, Kainé...
Emil: You still... recognize me?
Kainé: Yeah, sure. I knew you right away.
Emil: Thank you, Kainé...
December 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kainé: Emil. ...You were the one calling me, huh?
Emil: You still... recognize me?
Kainé: Yeah, sure. I knew you right away.
Emil: Thank you, Kainé...
Emil: You still... recognize me?
Kainé: Yeah, sure. I knew you right away.
Emil: Thank you, Kainé...
Yonah: It's just... I don't want you to hate me because of this... this disease.
Nier: A father could never hate his daughter.
Nier: A father could never hate his daughter.
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yonah: It's just... I don't want you to hate me because of this... this disease.
Nier: A father could never hate his daughter.
Nier: A father could never hate his daughter.
Emil: We should hurry. She's waiting. I sure hope seeing me doesn't petrify her. ...You know? In fear?
Weiss: I see this transformation has not stolen your terrible sense of humor!
Weiss: I see this transformation has not stolen your terrible sense of humor!
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Emil: We should hurry. She's waiting. I sure hope seeing me doesn't petrify her. ...You know? In fear?
Weiss: I see this transformation has not stolen your terrible sense of humor!
Weiss: I see this transformation has not stolen your terrible sense of humor!
Yonah: Hey, Dad. Thanks for always being there for me. Oh, here! I brought your half.
Shadowlord: Yonah...
Shadowlord: Yonah...
December 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Yonah: Hey, Dad. Thanks for always being there for me. Oh, here! I brought your half.
Shadowlord: Yonah...
Shadowlord: Yonah...
Noir: Why do you try to suppress the memory? Do you fear hurting someone close to you?
Weiss: Preposterous!
Noir: You are preposterous! We are mere books, created to serve the Shadowlord! You have no right to forsake Him!
Weiss: Preposterous!
Noir: You are preposterous! We are mere books, created to serve the Shadowlord! You have no right to forsake Him!
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Noir: Why do you try to suppress the memory? Do you fear hurting someone close to you?
Weiss: Preposterous!
Noir: You are preposterous! We are mere books, created to serve the Shadowlord! You have no right to forsake Him!
Weiss: Preposterous!
Noir: You are preposterous! We are mere books, created to serve the Shadowlord! You have no right to forsake Him!
Tyrann: Oh, wait. She had a final message for ya...
Tyrann & Kainé: Thank you.
Tyrann & Kainé: Thank you.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Tyrann: Oh, wait. She had a final message for ya...
Tyrann & Kainé: Thank you.
Tyrann & Kainé: Thank you.
Emil: It's okay. We can sleep outside.
Nier: No one's sleeping outside! You and Kainé saved this village, and now they want to run you out!?
Nier: No one's sleeping outside! You and Kainé saved this village, and now they want to run you out!?
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Emil: It's okay. We can sleep outside.
Nier: No one's sleeping outside! You and Kainé saved this village, and now they want to run you out!?
Nier: No one's sleeping outside! You and Kainé saved this village, and now they want to run you out!?
Strange-Thing Shopkeeper: (Hey, you wanna do a poor schlub a favor?)
Nier: Wow. You sound pretty low there.
Nier: Wow. You sound pretty low there.
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Strange-Thing Shopkeeper: (Hey, you wanna do a poor schlub a favor?)
Nier: Wow. You sound pretty low there.
Nier: Wow. You sound pretty low there.
Nier: It's that lizard thing we fought in The Aerie. Who would make a figure of that, anyway? And what is it doing here!?
December 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Nier: It's that lizard thing we fought in The Aerie. Who would make a figure of that, anyway? And what is it doing here!?
August 31
The village is buzzing with excitement and stuff today!
I dunno what happened, but Devola told me not to worry.
At first I thought it was a festival, but now I don't know.
The village is buzzing with excitement and stuff today!
I dunno what happened, but Devola told me not to worry.
At first I thought it was a festival, but now I don't know.
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
August 31
The village is buzzing with excitement and stuff today!
I dunno what happened, but Devola told me not to worry.
At first I thought it was a festival, but now I don't know.
The village is buzzing with excitement and stuff today!
I dunno what happened, but Devola told me not to worry.
At first I thought it was a festival, but now I don't know.
"A portrait of me? Ridiculous. No one wants to stare at a wrinkled old crone."
"But Grandma! It'll make you live forever!"
"Horse manure!" said her grandmother, throwing back the sheet from her bed. "Livin' forever would just piss me off."
"But Grandma! It'll make you live forever!"
"Horse manure!" said her grandmother, throwing back the sheet from her bed. "Livin' forever would just piss me off."
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"A portrait of me? Ridiculous. No one wants to stare at a wrinkled old crone."
"But Grandma! It'll make you live forever!"
"Horse manure!" said her grandmother, throwing back the sheet from her bed. "Livin' forever would just piss me off."
"But Grandma! It'll make you live forever!"
"Horse manure!" said her grandmother, throwing back the sheet from her bed. "Livin' forever would just piss me off."