FOLLOW UP VIDEO - Nier Automata's Greatest Hoax - The Full Story kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbCkrKuIuLLRXY0.html

Honestly, if Yoko Taro is behind this, props to him man. If true, this has to be one of the best marketing strategies I've ever seen.

Every copy of Nier Automata is personalized

Yoko Taro planted that door in that specific copy just to fuck with people.

I have a theory. So there's been alot going on lately with Nier, alot of promotion wise going on. Many mobile games have been having collaboration and the new switch version with "new story details" is going to come out. This could very well be a promotional tactic to get more views in the game and maybe just maybe there will be something going on in this room on the switch version of the game, perhaps this was a room intended for something before but never got finished/released and thats what the end of Yorha edition will show.

Personally I'm leaning toward this being either scrapped content left in the game, or an elaborate easter egg that only this person found. That said, if it did turn out to be an elaborate hoax, I would be quite impressed because of how damn convincing it is - it'd be like the Rayman Smash hoax but on a much grander scale.

MASSIVE UPDATE PART 2 (7/28): Sadfutago/yoko has gone full mask off. He uploaded five images which depict 9S out of bounds, untextured models floating in a void, assets from the church, etc. In order, the posts are labeled: "z", "e", "3", "4", "zinnia". The only comment sadfutago uploaded during this time, and I swear to fucking god i'm not joking, is again on 2B fanart saying "2b is pretty i like it". MASSIVE UPDATE: Sadfutago has uploaded two more videos as him playing 9S. He's able to open the chest and the blocky entity starts attacking him. In the second video he beats it and interacts with some doves that give him a riddle in japanese which he thought was korean lmao. He doesn't answer correctly and gets sent back to the beginning of the church three times in a row. Apparently the riddle is from Nier replicant and people are trying to get sadfutago to enter the right sequence but he commented on 2B fanart instead and hasn't come back yet. I'll start making an update video tomorrow morning but it probably won't be done until saturday so I'll keep updating here until then.

7/27 update: Sadfutago posted a few sus comments under his posts: "people are saying that it is cut content or a mod" "the people who posted said it is either cut content or a mod but maybe it can be a viral marketing campaign" some people think these are translation mistakes from Japanese to English. Interesting since Sadfutago's game case shows he's a french canadian. Sadfutago also replies to someone asking about his name and just says he's confused since "futago" is a clan name, whatever that means. Another user finds a mod on nexusmods by someone calling themselves sadfutago. The mod is called "church" with a screencap of the church video and a description just saying "sing". It's a text file named "31 32 31 39" and contains binary code that translates to the japanese lyrics for a Drakengard song (main franchise Nier is spun off from). Searching up "31 32 31 39" on twitter shows a private account called "7/31 00:39:32" which was created in 2017. Nobody knows what to make of it. Further update: NexusMod page is gone, Yoko Taro posts a cryptic tweet basically raising his shoulders and saying nothing important other than he like sausages and beer. Modding community still hasn't found anything models that resemble anything from the videos and now are basically joking it's 100% marketing. Modder's discourse in generally chaotic with like one guy arguing it's a mod while another rick rolls everyone. There's a google doc going into intense detail over every aspect of the video, the shadows and shit, and no real conclusions are drawn past what is already talked about.

Im so scared and its not even a horror thing or shit, it just creeps me out how something so strange suddenly appears and dissapears... I really need a ending to this story

The book shelves would imply the library from Replicant, The body on the alter would be yonahs since the lunar tear was believed to be the cure for her issues. And the shadow would be either shadowlord or brother nier. There is so much more that can be hidden in it though for example we don’t know what is in the chest/ If you are able to get up to the window above the alter. If there is any other hidden doors, Etc.

It doesn't matter whether this is fake or real. The whole thing is bloody genius as it has a LOT of attention and a LOT puzzled and involved on wanting to try and figure it out. If real; AWESOME! More lore, a secret that was hidden from everyone, and an extremely interesting easter egg that's very unique Modded; AWESOME! That's really impressive and I hope it opens doors to new possibilities for other modders somehow If Yoko Taro is trolling; HILARIOUS! Not only does this entertain a lot of the fans but it keeps people interested in his game and lowkey advertises his newer games.

the way he's dodging non stop with A2 is really stressing me tf out

I'm kind of triggered by the fact that of all the things he tried to interact with inside that room, he never tried touching that box or chest to the right of the altar, that was strangely dark compared to the surroundings.

Everything's been revealed! Modders did it again! But hold on, while this all has been going on I've been keeping track on some spicy stuff! Internal drama! The rabbit hole goes deeper than what even the modders had shown! Stay tuned tomorrow for the sequel update!!!!! Okay, this is getting deep. Shadow of the colossus/team ico may be involved? This might take a bit longer than I thought!

Surely the door will be available for the switch version, this is an elaborate commercial stint by the devs to re-hyping a 5 years old game

I did the steps. There is another marker on the map that shows up in the copied city. So it makes me believe this is 100% true but I have the updated version so I can't open the door and the marker clearly indicates something is there

A new urban legend has been born, this is 2022's Mew under the truck, or Secret of the Colossus.

Bro who hasn't jacked it to NieR:Automata? Also how'd you know I never played it?

this is a very smart marketing strategy i'm very sure it's for bringing attention to the switch version and reignite the interest in the game also the adding of Yonah and the shadow lord and Grimoire Weiss is so so smart hats of to you Yoka Taro you sneaky sneaky man

Wow this was really fun to watch!

10:13 Devola and Popola staffs can be seen at the left of the obituary and at the right of the chest.

I fucking love the deadpan jokes sprinkled throughout. Especially "....and he was never heard from again.....until a month later"

Thanks for including the "Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket" theory, dunno if I was the only one making that assumption.

This is mind blowing, what a fantastic franchise. Thank you Yoko Taro

I never comment on videos but I have to say this is one of the best examples of great storytelling I've seen on KZfaq. Bravo @LYNNS

joke at 0:53 killed me.

Judging by the mini map he's somewhere underneath the left missile that killed the behemoth (Grun). So if anyone can go out of map they should probably try there.

Man please let this be an elaborate viral campaign leading up to the announcement of a new Nier game. PLEASE!!!!

"He's thorough, I'll give him that." Lol

0:55 RNS The realest thing I'll hear today.

It's so clear to me that all these colabs, ffxiv raids, mobile colabs, rereleases, replicant remake, are just to get more people invested. This guy is gearing up to announce a whole new depression simulator.

>will redditors evolve past the paleolithic could it be you are giving them too much credit perchance

Good video essay and love your dry humor

I swear I remember this on a play through. Going back into now

There actually was at least one other Redditor from Discord that was seemingly close to accessing the "Secret Room". It was on a live stream, from what I understand he modded the save game from SadFutago or uploaded his save to his currently modded game on PC. However, it only showed the crossed out button prompt. Therefore he still couldn't access the room. Not too long after, he said his game crashed and that he would make another attempt later.

I thought this is a Big channel when i finished the video i went to subscribe the channel and saw only 556 subscribers 😦I am sure this channel is going to blow and i am glad to be one of the early subscribers.

What is it about this possible hoax, ARG, easter egg, whatever the hell it is... that has me so on edge for the past 24 hours regarding anyone finding anything about this? Maybe it is because it feels like some of the sequences just to get there feel unpolished or different than anything else in the game. Also, I'm not sure why... but the idea of a church feels almost unsettling in NieR. Maybe because all of the humanity storyline elements or themes of life or having a soul that this game touches upon. Or maybe ties to Replicant or Drakengard..?

are the pillars coming out of the walls just the same as the pillars in nier reincarnation? or am i just tripping?

This is a fantastic video! If you keep making video about gaming mysteries I'll keep watching. I know it's sort of a niche game but you should do a video about the "zoo level" from the VR game accounting plus. It's made by one of the guys who made rick and morty amd there's a whole ass conspiracy about the "zoo level". The community's search got so intense that the developers actually released a level in the game to add to the mystery of it all. In the added level the character you encounter is obsessed with finding the zoo level and has boards with pictures and clips from emails and peoples comments with the strings connecting it all. It is truly hilarious but you should do a video about it in the same style as you did for this one.

How did he not interact with the thing next to the door?? it's like he didn't even notice it

10:00 whas that a freaking GRIMOIRE????

I have a theory that this is an ARG made by the devs to promote the NieR anime

It’s clear that to prove this is real, the player that discovered this, needs to do it with 9s to hack the chest by what I assume is Yonah with the flower, to discover what is inside. Maybe a weapon? Or a accessory from replicant that never came to automata. I’m excited to see what’s next. More attention is also coming to Automata and hopefully brings in new fans especially with the Switch release coming up.

Turns out it's a mod

the monkey hamlet like made me laugh so I subbed

Bro, I too haven't played at all Nier Automata, but this was fantastic. From what I've read in your comments, this seems to keep going, so I hope you cover it once it's finished.

keep making videos ur hilarious 😭

Seeing that it's been 5 yrs and it's safe to assume any mayor updates had been done in the past idk 2 yrs maybe even more, if and that's a big IF this is true I think yoko taro was hinting the neir replican remake 1. The body on top of the altar, a boy like nier 2. The blob of pixals is a geshtalt because in nier replicant when you do the secret ending that's how they apper to kaine 3. The body has a what looks like a lunar tear from nier 4. And maybe the most obvious a square shape floating up... weiss 5. The long halway of books the library were devola and popola lived Idk if its a hoaks it's bad ass but if its real, yoko either teased the remake or made a full room dedicated to neir.

i literally started playing this game few days ago since i never had chance to play . and seeing people still interested in this game is kinda amazing.. besides all hoax and stuff

This was in my first playthrough. I remember because i sat in that room attacking that black stuff for like 15 mins and looked everywhere. I was very confused that it lead to nothing. I though it was just like trippy part of the game. So if this is such a secret why did i see it on my first playthrough? I call bull i bet a bunch of people stumbled onto this theres just no way!

3:36 lmao

Alright so, I haven't scanned the comments, however I think I understand what's going on. If this is a switch port, or triggered event it's got to be only A2 accessible and here's my reasons as to why: The copied city is a remnant of Nier's old village and the shadow lord's castle. The lore behind the game states each character either gas memories from, or were programed with memories of the prior protagonists. Of you look at the structure and the lunar tear, it looks like the SL praying before Yohna, and well, A2 is supposed to have memories molded off Kaíne. In the new remakes, we got the whole special dcl and events leading to it which the machines would have information on. Maybe during the process when replicating things, Adam made this to understand loss and siblings bonds? Maybe this is connected to sleeping beauty? Maybe this possess some of the final remnants of replica data? There's a lot of possibilities but I feel certain that if this is real, it connects to NieR Replicant and Taro has been planning it for a long time.

This is some serious BEN DROWNED level shit.

It’s totally worth learning new skills cause then you get excited and confident to create

THERE'S A SECRET DOOR??? 💀

People, this was a mod, and a deception

2B in a disenchanted voice: Do you think that the constant dashing he's doing...is just another teabag for you all? **proceeds to go back to rule34**

that's the most elaborated troll I've ever seen

THIS BOUTTA BE SOME YOKO TARO PRANK RIGHT HERE

Were making history bb

watch in the next few years another update comes out and the credits say "A Hideo Kojima game" TURNS OUT YOKO TARO IS KOJIMA

That thing in the church looks like the bad guy data from Nier Re-Incarnation

@Lynns Go look at the video of him recording his television and you'll see his devkit underneath his TV. It's been mistakenly referred to as a router or a normal PS4/5, but it is neither of those.

That was a fun ride looking for what the mods will bring

I have never played the game, though the sub Reddit does sometimes pop up for me, so I’m glad that I can get context for a couple of posts that I saw earlier today about this

okay. if he's been in the church, and knows about the church, but doesn't know how to access the church, then why is it that the church cutscene triggers upon entry? where else in the game does a cutscene constantly re-occur on entry>? all im sayin is, with all this in mind. its probably a stunt, cause IF HE'S BEEN TO THE CHURCH that cutscene probably shouldn't pop off again. idk.

Wtf he dash like that

The real anime show literally had THAT church in it... so I think this really that yoko taro guy screwing with us.

1:37 BASED

Maybe it has something to do dashing since this person‘s clearly obsessed with it. Plus if this account is actually one of the developers in secret it could be a hint

OMG!!! ok so i thought I'd imagined this or the game bugged or something but i remember being in that area where the door is and seeing the "o" pop up to interact with something mid fight. When i went back to look after clearing the area (I can't remember at what point i came here but it was with A2), there was nothing there to interact with. I remembered playing through a 2nd time after the adam fight and there was nothing there either so I thoguht it was a bug or an item went through the wall. couldn't tell you at what exact point it was in the game, this was 1st playthrough a few years ago. Thought I'd imagined it but maybe not. Might be one of those things where if you go at a very specific time, you HAVE to open it when first prompted or the prompt doesn't reappear. I'm in the UK and have a PS4 preorder, special edition copy that came with the steel case if anyone else has the same copy if it is something not all copies have. gunna need to give this another playthrough x.x

They didn't bother to open the box... that's a massive annoyance to remember unless they do next time...

This flower is amusement park one corner.

Someone needs to get him to take 9s down there to hack that chest to see what’s inside

suddenly a 5 yo game springs back to life, again.

I think the B prompt popped up for me on a split second when i was fighting, but I just ignored it. Now, can't see it. Wtf

Maybe this somehow has to do with having data for both Nier Replicant and Automata? It's been a very long time since we had cross game save reading, but if anyone would it would be Yoko Taro.

I find it weird that this gets popular during the Nier:automata event in PGR and for people who played the event,know that there’s this cool final fight after doing the data collection battles

Good use of crystals castles 👍

Great summary :)

how is your channel so underrated..

ah, the mod that was hyped up awhile ago.

Holy shit! i really like this game, the surprise never ended

"He was never heard from again...-UNTILJULY24TH,2022." This guy is hilarious

I believe Sakisanobashi could also be spelled saki San no bashi, or the place of saki.

Yoko Taro is playing us. He's making Nier 3

that place looks so similar to when yonah was stuck in the lost shrine

Seeing the news of this being an elaborate prank was great news.

He's play only for the plot

Also Capitán Barbosa once said “To find something that at can’t be found, you have to be lost. Else way everyone would know where it was.”

I wonder if is PS4 has a different date as well. Like the Rocksteady Halloween Easter eggs

What is in the chest tho and could 9s be able to go through same door?

The word futago is twin in Japanese. The latest video reveals a sub set of the original questions from nier replikant in Japanese but in the post they describe it as "some sort of Korean letters" the person has knowledge of Japanese and is feigning ignorance.

Petscop all over again

Looks more like Nintendo Switch version of the gameplay. On the last video where you reach the church you can tell very low graphics setting. Using this level is try to hide the low res.

OMG, this is insane!

If yoko taro is behind all of this I'm not surprised

I need to go back into the game asap to check if the door is real or not 💀

I'm surprised you don't have 200K subs

It was fun while it lasted.