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It was none aside from Sega than received first dibs on getting 2B into their sport. Lower than a month after NieR: Automata’s launch in Japan, Phantasy Star On-line 2 gamers enjoying on the Japanese server received the possibility to earn costumes of 2B, 9S, and A2 together with a number of weapon skins and extra goodies as a part of the collaboration occasion.

March 27 – Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin

The cellular sport primarily based on the Valkyrie Profile collection could be the primary of many, many Sq. Enix-published cellular titles to obtain 2B. Whereas 2B combating alongside Lenneth was fairly a sight with Valkyrie Profile’s battle system, NieR: Automata coming to Valkyrie Anatomia wasn’t as weird of a collaboration in comparison with others that Valkyrie Anatomia obtained, corresponding to Fullmetal Alchemist and Goblin Slayer. Valkyrie Anatomia ended service on April 2021 in Japan.

April 19 – Monster Hunter Frontier Z

Capcom shortly obtained 2B after Sega a month later in Monster Hunter Frontier Z. The collaboration occasion allowed gamers to acquire 2B and 9S’s gear to decorate their Hunter up as them. A number of NieR: Automata-themed collaboration monsters might be fought in opposition to too. All Monster Hunter Frontier companies would ultimately be shut down on December 2019.

April 21 – Closing Fantasy Courageous Exvius

A month after her enterprise in Valkyrie Anatomia that was revealed by Sq. Enix, 2B hopped on over to Closing Fantasy Courageous Exvius. 9S and A2 joined the fray, however different uncommonly seen NieR: Automata characters have been a part of the collaboration occasion as properly, together with Eve and 21O. The NieR: Automata x FFBE collaboration would not hit its international model till August 2017. As of the time of writing, Courageous Exvius continues to be in operation each in Japan and international areas.

Might 4 – Gravity Rush 2

It wasn’t till Might 2017 that the west received their first style of a sport collaborating with NieR: Automata, so it was fairly novel and thrilling on the time. Even higher, it was free DLC that allowed gamers to decorate up protagonist Kat as 2B with or with out her visor. Hopefully, there will be extra Gravity Rush in a roundabout way, form, or type sooner or later.

August 24 – SINoALICE

SINoALICE was identified for having NieR collection director Yoko Taro in command of the cellular sport challenge and had a number of NieR: Automata workers, corresponding to composers Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, and Shotaro Web optimization, concerned. The character of the collaboration occasion requires a little bit of SINoALICE information to grasp; the essential gist is the sport revolves round completely different Jobs with specializations of DPS, buffing, debuffing, therapeutic, and such.

Because of numerous growth delays, 2B with the Breaker Job was given totally free to everybody that logged into the sport in the course of the occasion. Different taking part characters included A2 (Breaker), 9S (Paladin), Emil (Cleric), and 2B with a special Job – the Crusher; these might be obtained if a participant efficiently rolled their related weapon. There have been a number of different collabration occasion weapons, enemies, and armor together with an occasion story. The worldwide launch of SINoALICE three years later would launch with this limited-time collaboration occasion.

August 24 – Spelunker World

Spelunker World was a free-to-play sport that launched for the PlayStation 4 and Vita that was revealed by Sq. Enix. It was a platformer that had gamers journey via levels on a restricted vitality system that might be replenished at sure checkpoints. Collaboration occasions oten had particular levels that awarded a forex for occasion gadgets; gamers may costume up as 2B, 9S, A2, and even simply placed on an Emil’s head. The title ended service in 2020.

2018

February 12 – Bravely Default: Fairy’s Impact

Nearly one yr later for the reason that launch of NieR: Automata and we’re already 4 Sq. Enix-published video games in. The following one on the record is Bravely Default: Fairy’s Impact, a cellular sport primarily based on the Bravely Default collection that solely launched in Japan. Everybody who logged in in the course of the limited-time collaboration occasion obtained the Emil headgear. Individuals can roll to obtain gear belonging to 2B and 9S. The sport ended service in August 2020.

February 28 – Servant of Thrones

Servant of Thrones was a free-to-play strategical card sport for cellular gadgets that solely launched in Japan. It launched on January 24, 2018 so it obtained its collaboration occasion with NieR: Automata pretty early in its life. Gamers may earn Pascal Factors all through the occasion to earn rewards. The title was pretty short-lived and ended service the next yr in April.

February 28 – Star Ocean: Anamnesis

Earlier than the Star Ocean collection returned to house consoles with Star Ocean: The Divine Drive and Star Ocean: The Second Story R, the collection lived on in a cellular sport known as Star Ocean Anamnesis. It launched in December 2016 over in Japan, whereas the worldwide launch would later come on July 2018. Throughout its collaboration occasion with NieR: Automata, 2B, 9S, and A2 participated. Gamers may attempt them out in limited-time occasion missions by having them be a part of you as NPC allies and taking direct management of them in battle earlier than deciding if they need to spend their in-game forex to roll for them. Star Ocean: Anamnesis’s international launch closed down after a yr on November 2019, whereas the Japanese server lived on till it lastly closed on June 2021.

December 18 – Soulcalibur VI

2B made her combating sport debut in Soulcalibur VI as a DLC visitor character. She joined Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher because the second visitor character within the title. Haohmaru from Samurai Shodown would ultimately come to the sport, as properly. Shopping for 2B for Soulcalibur VI got here with different goodies too, together with a secondary costume that has the NieR: Automata protagonist costume as Kainé from the primary NieR entry, weapon skins, BGM tracks from NieR: Automata, and even a brand-new stage.

2019

February 1 – Toji no Miko: Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi

Toji no Miko: Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi is a turn-based RPG for cellular gadgets that launched in Japan on March 2018. In contrast to earlier collaboration occasions in different video games, the character 2B herself wasn’t straight added as a playable character. As a substitute, particular characters within the sport obtained new variations of them that dressed like 2B, 9S, and A2.

2B and 9S did obtain secondary Help Member playing cards that interfaced with different gameplay methods the cellular title supplied. Plus, Devola and the Commander have been additionally a part of this collaboration occasion with their very own Help Member playing cards. Toji no Miko: Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi ended service on October 2021.

October 29 – Closing Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

One of many greatest collaboration occasions that NieR: Automata ever obtained was its integration into Sq. Enix’s hit MMO, Closing Fantasy XIV. The collaboration content material was carried out in Patch 5.1 of Shadowbringers, the third main enlargement of FFXIV. It launched a brand new 24-playerAlliance raid known as YoRHa: Darkish Apocalypse that featured The Copied Manufacturing unit.  There was even a whole new quest storyline that unfolded regularly in later patches. 9S was concerned however most amusingly, it included 2P whose origins stemmed as an alternate color-scheme for 2B in Soulcalibur VI within the occasion that each gamers selected her to face off in opposition to each other. The “2P” color-scheme grew to become so in style that she would seem as her personal character in different collaboration occasions.

November 19 – Gothic wa Mahou Otome

2B entered the vertical shmup style in free-to-play cellular sport developed by Cave. Gamers may use in-game forex to roll for a playable 2B character in the course of the collaboration occasion. There was a brand new limited-time occasion story supervised by Yoko Taro that concerned 2B, 9S, A2, Devola, Popola, and Emil. As of the time of writing, Gothic wa Mahou Otome continues to be working in Japan.

2020

Might 20 – Shadowverse

Cygames and Sq. Enix labored collectively to carry 2B right into a sport developed by Cygames a number of years in the past. 2B and 9S entered Shadowverse for a restricted time and might be purchased as Leaders via the in-game Store. Shopping for them would additionally give gamers particular Emblems, Flairs, and themed card Sleeves for them. Shadowverse continues to be working on the time of writing.

December 23 – Struggle of the Visions: Closing Fantasy Courageous Exvius

A brand new entry within the Closing Fantasy Courageous Exvius collection launched in Japan on November 2019 with Struggle of the Visions. It was a grid-based technique RPG for cellular gadgets; 2B and 9S made their manner over a yr into the sport’s life as totally playable characters that gamers can roll to acquire with in-game forex. A particular promotion for the collaboration was a one-time free 10-summon that assured one copy of 9S. For context, rolling duplicates of the identical character in Struggle of the Visions would additional improve them. Later re-runs of the collaboration occasion would add A2 and 2P as playable characters into the cellular sport. Struggle of the Visions continues to be working on the time of writing.

2021

February 18 – NieR Re[in]carnation

Effectively, this one is a little bit of a freebie clearly. The following installment within the NieR collection following NieR: Automata took the franchise to cellular gadgets with NieR Reincarnation. It featured a brand-new story with an all-new forged that revolves a mysterious place known as The Cage. To assist kickstart its launch in Japan (and international 4 months later), it launched with a collaboration occasion with NieR: Automata that added 2B, 9S, and A2. Pulling the character’s related weapon from the gacha pool would additionally carry the related character to gamers. There was an occasion story set the NieR: Automata world as a part of the collaboration occasion. NieR Reincarnation is ready to finish service worldwide concurrently on April 29, 2024.

Might 1 – Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest

Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest is a turn-based cellular card sport for cellular gadgets that launched in Japan on July 2019. Very like the NieR: Automata collaboration occasion that was held in Toji no Miko: Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi, the collaboration content material on this title has in-game characters costume up and undertake the likeness of NieR: Automata characters. Mikoto Misaka and Oriana Thomson from the IP costume up as 2B and A2 respectively. There was additionally an occasion story impressed by the world of NieR in the course of the restricted time collaboration. Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest continues to be working on the time of writing.

June 18 – Fall Guys

One of many extra surprising stops in 2B’s collaboration quest ended up in developer Mediatonic’s Fall Guys. It grew to become a worldwide phenomenon a number of years in the past because it ushered in an period of round-based celebration actions that thinned out a big physique of preliminary individuals to ultimately crown a single winner. A lot of its appeal was within the character designs of the humanoid blobs that gamers took management of. Naturally, different third events wished to symbolize their IP in a sport that garnered a lot worldwide consideration and Sq. Enix could not assist however take part on the enjoyable with their beloved character.

August 26 – Final Cloudia

Final Cloudia is a real-time motion RPG that originally launched in Japan on April 2019 for cellular gadgets. It later obtained a western launch and even launched on PC through Steam a while later, as properly. Individuals managed a celebration of 2D pixel characters on a 2.5D aircraft throughout battle. 2B, 9S, and A2 joined the limited-time collaboration occasion as playable characters that gamers may roll for with in-game forex. Equippable gadgets known as Arks additional enhanced a personality’s capabilities and sometimes had particular paintings; these Arks might be leveled to unlock new expertise, as properly. On this case, NieR: Automata-themed Arks featured the boss Beauvoir and Emil’s Store. Final Cloudia continues to be working on the time of writing.

November 26 – Punishing: Grey Raven

Punishing: Grey Raven is a free-to-play 3D motion RPG developed by Kuro Recreation. It initially launched in China on December 2019 for cellular gadgets. The sport would ultimately launch worldwide on July 2021. Just lately, Punishing: Grey Raven obtained a PC model on Might 2023. The NieR: Automata collaboration with Punishing: Grey Raven hit the western launch on July 2022.

2B, 9S, and A2 have been all accessible as playable characters as a part of the collaboration occasion. 9S was earnable totally free as a day by day login reward; A2 was additionally earnable free as an occasion reward through farming for occasion forex. 2B was the one one who may solely be obtained by efficiently rolling for her within the gacha. Every of the NieR: Automata characters additionally had particular related weapons that gamers needed to acquire individually to additional improve the capabilities of the characters. Punishing: Grey Raven continues to be working on the time of writing.

2022

March 1 – Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent

Earlier than the discharge of Octopath Traveler II, the Octopath Traveler collection obtained a cellular sport entry with Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. It initially launched in Japan on October 2020 and a western launch did not arrive till July 2022. The brand new sport launched loads of new mechanics to the collection, together with having eight characters take part without delay in battle and overhauling the narrative construction to suit into three foremost villain paths, as a substitute of the eight foremost character perspective from the unique sport.

Like with earlier collaboration occasions in different Sq. Enix-published titles, 2B, 9S, and A2 have been a part of this NieR: Automata collabration with Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. Gamers may spend in-game forex to roll for them within the gacha. A particular promotion allowed gamers to do a free 10-roll summon as soon as to acquire a assured 9S. A number of new limited-time quests themed round NieR: Automata; the sport additionally had a function to create a customized diorama with a novel in-game background and a participant’s characters to screenshot. Throughout the collaboration occasion interval, a NieR: Automata-themed background was accessible to make use of on this diorama mode. Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent continues to be working on the time of writing.

March 29 – Babylon’s Fall

The short-lived motion RPG that was developed with the games-as-a-service mannequin obtained a NieR: Automata collaboration occasion in its first month of launch. After all, the lineage was tangential since developer PlatinumGames labored on each titles. The NieR: Automata collaboration occasion in Babylon’s Fall was pretty strong giving the house base headquarters a brief visible change, a number of new Marketing campaign Quests, new Duels, a number of Occasion Weapons, and costumes to decorate up your character as 2B, 9S, and A2. Six months after the discharge of Babylon’s Fall, Sq. Enix publicly acknowledged they’d cease supporting the title and put it out of its distress the next yr in February.

April 1 – PUBG: Battlegrounds

That is when the NieR: Automata collaboration craze began coming into weird territory; the one with Fall Guys was cute and bizarre, however that is the one which began actually stunning me. Individuals may purchase 2B and 9S garments to decorate up their character because the well-known troopers of YoRHa. The NieR collection collaboration did not finish there on this occasion although.

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, the remake of NieR Replicant that launched in April 2021, began tagging alongside in a few of 2B’s collaboration ventures. Kainé and Nier from that up to date launch additionally had their garments up on the market within the battle royale title. PUBG: Battlegrounds continues to be working on the time of writing.

April 29 – New State Cell

Though New State Cell is developed by PUBG Studios, it’s a wholly completely different sport from PUBG: Battlegrounds and its cellular model. PUBG Studios would implement NieR: Automata’s 2B and 9S, in addition to NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…’s Kainé and Nier skins into this battle royale sport as properly. New State Cell continues to be working on the time of writing.

June 27 – #Compass

#Compass is a free-to-play 3D motion sport that has precise gamers tackle one another in a 3vs3 battle in real-time on-line multiplayer. They fight each other to take management of 5 portal keys across the map and whoever has probably the most when a match ends is said the winner. 2B entered #Compass as a playable character folks may roll the gacha with in-game forex for a restricted time. There have been different NieR: Automata-themed gadgets included within the occasion, together with playing cards that affected gameplay and collaboration costumes for different current #Compass characters that had sure characters costume up as 9S, A2, Pascal, Popola, Devola, and Adam.

The cellular sport has had an especially great amount of collaborations through the years together with titles corresponding to Steins;Gate, Responsible Gear, Assault on Titan, Closing Fantasy XV, Atelier Ryza 2, and Persona 5. #Compass continues to be working on the time of writing.

September 22 – D4DJ Groovy Combine

D4DJ Groovy Combine is a free-to-play rhythm sport that originally launched in Japan on October 2020. The collaboration occasion added new particular unit playing cards that paired 2B, 9S, A2, and Devola/Popola with one other in-game character that additionally dressed up like them. The collaboration occasion additionally contained occasion scenes the place some NieR: Automata characters interacted with the forged. Being a rhythm sport in the beginning, this collaboration added new medley preparations of a number of NieR: Automata tracks particularly made for the D4DJ Groovy Combine collaboration occasion. D4DJ Groovy Combine continues to be working on the time of writing.

November 21 – Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

One other collaboration so weird that even Head of RPG Website Alex Donaldson felt compelled to put in writing about it. 2B from NieR: Automata and Nier from NieR Replicant have been a part of this collaboration as beauty skins that Operators Iana and Maverick may adorn themselves with. Even 5 years later for the reason that launch of NieR: Automata, completely different video games from utterly completely different genres proceed to reply the NieR: Automata collaboration name. Who may have probably seen this coming? Rainbow Six Siege continues to be working on the time of writing with a loyal playerbase.

2023

January 8 – NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

On the time of this text’s launch, the latest NieR: Automata collaboration was with one other combating sport, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. This might mark it as 2B’s second debut as a completely playable character in a combating sport preceded by her inclusion in Soulcalibur VI as a DLC visitor character in December 2018.

Buying 2B for GBVS Rising additionally gave gamers a 2B avatar they will set when roaming round on-line multiplayer lobbies and the 2B character mannequin for the Determine Studio function within the sport. Gamers of the unique Granblue Fantasy browser sport may use a code that added a YoRHa Uniform outfit for the protagonist to put on in battle. 

In 2B’s shock announcement trailer for GBVS Rising, it debuted a brand new GBVS association for the unique sport’s theme track, Weight of the World. 2B continues to be presently accessible to buy as an extra playable character for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising on the time of writing.