I came to Nikke for the jiggles ... ended up with depression, a deep hatred towards a certain bratty loli, caring for my three loveable (and sometimes dorky) Nikkes and a sense of meaningless struggles towards this "war" to reclaim humanity

You missed the chance to also mention the Outer Rim. Basically a lawless place outside the Ark filled with gangs, NIKKE Trafficking, wars etc. Not only that, but also Heavenly Ascension and how some of their actions killed certain NIKKEs like Infinity Rail before when they were human.

“Commanders are heavily trained”. If being brainwashed into thinking that they are the heroes of humanity and that Nikke are their expendable tools while being drafted off into battles with nothing but a slap on the wrist counts as training… Then yeah, they get some heavy training indeed.

I have wondered how Nikke came to be....​Until there were some subtle but dark hint that they aren't machine men. Food is created from the corpse of people, instead of ai, human brain are put into the Nikke head. It is.... Dark as heck.

The Ark is no more than a "feeing ground" or garden for the raptures to play with. Enikk even confirms that she has been talking with them and the raptures know where the Ark is located. So the queen lets the Ark exist as long as it keeps sending up rookie commanders with nikkes to the surface. One of the nikkes even said that the raptures will destroy a nikke and scavenge their parts but take humans alive as a hostage (when possible). Since we have met Modernia we know what they use the scavenged parts for (to make Heretics) but what do they do with the humans? What does the queen do to the humans she capture? Is this the true purpose for the Ark and why she has not destroyed it? Are we just food for her young?

Came for the "Plot", stayed for Raptillion. God Bless Humanity's greatest Hero.

I think the reason the Central Government doesn't want commanders to stick to the same Nikkes because they are afraid that the commanders would sympathize with them. One thing I've noticed is the heavy emphasis that Nikkes are not considered human but the property of the three corps or the Central Government, despite the fact that each Nikke has their own personality, likes and dislikes, hopes and dreams, etc. The last thing the Central Government needs is the commanders getting attached to the Nikkes or even going as far as to advocate for giving them human rights.

I had no idea there was a Nikke lore channel, awesome.

Nikke has such amazing world building.

You know what's more unforgiving??? The gacha rate manipulation.

People think it's just a mindless fanservice game. I was one of those people before, until my friend finally convinced me to play. Lo and behold, it managed to grip me with the story just with the prologue/tutorial. The protagonist is a bit of a Gary Stu, but the rest of the characters are diverse, fun and have good characterization. The lore and worldbuilding itself is sufficiently deep and the events cover a lot of topics, from lighthearted shenanigans to way darker themes. The characters and event stories are very broad, which prevents it from getting old fast or being overbearing in how it presents itself. The current event as of writing this comment, well exceeded my expectations. I've only been playing around 2 months and haven't seen many prior events, but OVER ZONE is simply amazing. Apart from the very generous rewards, there are lots of content to do, the music is godly and the story... caught me off guard on how impactful it is. I've always thought the Pilgrims' backstories and the earlier history of the war against Raptures and humanity's survival are the most interesting aspects of the story. OVER ZONE gave us more of that and Dorothy's such a great character, gameplay-wise and writing-wise. I'm glad I decided to play it. I came for the fanservice but stayed for the cool story, characters and music (and more fanservice, of course).

Rolling squad is probably to reset Nikke's and commander relationship. Since most of the squad didn't get along unlike the MC commander.

I really like NIKKE. It’s almost similar to the real world in some ways.

I'm a day 1 player of this game as well and yes there is a lot of fishy things going on and at this point, wouldn't be surprised Rapture was a by product of humanity's experimentation of weapons gone wrong and came up with Nikke and the invasion as a sorry excuse of a Cover is up. Especially with how easily how perfectly Rapture and Nikkes can infused, there is a good chance that they are one and the same project

The reason why not many people play this is because they belittle the game, since its a new game and not that many stories are there, but the lore and theories on the world itself is huge!

Wish there were more lore videos like this. Good job

I'm beginning to think that Eden will last while Ark goes full on extinct at some point. And the more i delve into this amazing story, the more i start to feel like i support Nikkes rather than humans.

About the rule that you mention to not repeat the same squad, I was in the impression that the government knows that their overall groups are not functional so as a band aid they are sure that their own teams eventually do not kill themselves.

After getting over the fan service of this game and actually watching the story, this game reminds me of another. MegaMan X/Zero. That feeling of fighting a losing battle is there too. As well as the relationship between humans and androids/cyborgs being similar across the 2 franchises. I think that just like the X series, someone higher up is pulling strings behind the scenes to actively nerf commanders and Nikkes. Maybe they don't believe they can win and are content with fighting a stagnant battle.

I really want them to expand on the lore of the initial invasion and the final stand of humanity before retreating to the Ark especially seeing all these little notes in the lost relics, I really want to see them expand on the initial invasion lore.

dude. the reason johan left ark is that hes been betrayed by sentral governmen, and jailed. despite his deed protecting the ark

Andersons Voice in teh "pilgrims" Tower: is becuase he Built it for them .. To study their Battle actions... as i just opened that one my self today

Very interesting video keep up the good work

Thanks for the vid and your thoughts, started just 3weeks ago just to get rid of boring night shifts with looking at nice boobas and big cakes but i am overwhelmed by the story. I am not that far in the story, atm stuck at 15-18 (so i got a bit spoilered here but that a self made problem i guess) but it has so much potencial already! So much lore with episodes, side missions and relicts. The devs could rly make a big thing out of it!

Rapi is at least from the same generation as the Fairy-tale types Nikkes such as those in the Goddess squad(probably 2nd or 3rd gen, 1st gen Nikkes are more robotic-like with attached rocket launchers and such) or the generation after them since she probably met Red Hood before the latter became MIA. Anis and Neon on the other hand are the newer ones.

After experiecing this game and finishing Rapi's bond story. I have come to conclude, me a Commander are a 40k Commissar. Good thing the story says it is Ciaphas Cain..

With how dark the world is, i get the strange sensation that Splendamin might just be made with recycled human bodies by this point, lol

i would like to know how this story is going to end, i hope its a happy one and not some cliffhanger, but the thought of the story finishes makes me sad, marks the end of a peril journey with the people you love and fought with

yay more nikke lore vids!

But the one that makes me most curious is what will happen to Marian at the end? Will he ever be able to get his memory back? because the proximity of the commander allowed him to keep some memories and Rapi is immune due to that proximity.

When the title "Goddess of Victory" was for a squad that not even the MC's actual squad.

From a lot of the stuff I learned tho about this game… it just seems like a terrible world. A post apocalyptic scenario mixed with the government and corporate corruption of cyberpunk. It’s so distopian. But what I hate most about the world of Nikke is how terribly the nikke’s are treated. To me anyway I consider them human given that they all have human brains in them. Which I didn’t know until chapter 7 and i found out a tad more in the new event going on right now. Point is tho. Nikke’s are supposed to be humanities saviors and what do they get for it? They get treated like garbage. Simple consumables who can be discarded once they’re no longer useful. I think nikke’s deserve to be treated like humans. With love, respect and compassion. That is the least they deserve for their efforts Btw not saying I hate the game or anything. The story is amazing. Probably one of the best stories I’ve seen from a game in a long time. And a gacha game no less. But what’s happening in their world is terrible. How the nikke’s are treated is terrible given they were human once. They have feelings, they have emotion, they’re self aware, they have their own unique personalities… the only difference between them and a human is that the nikke’s were made in factories. But they are still basically humans.

That explains why i feel like komisair cain when i recive congratulations from completing the mission

Holyshit someone actually made a lore video for this game? I’ve been looking for something like this ever since I started playing

I love your opinion on this game

I find it also interesting that Anderson knows enough about Pilgrims to make a tower specifically for them along with knowing how they move around, hence the secret passageways that allows them to enter and leave without endangering their secrecy. Who knows what will lead in the future.

Me: looks at my own wallet... "oh it sure is unforgiving alright..."

What can I say, I came for the plot, I stayed for the plot

Thank you Tim, for sending me here

Amazing video, I can just show people this instead of explaining it myself

even as the story runs... i realised by lv 4 that it was Dark as hell .. but its a good interactive story line to play .. near at 11 now but unlocked most my BOND stories of the team very dark story for an 'enclosed' existastance underground reminds me of soylent green .. but for war tools

i love the story :D

The Ark is a prison

For chapter 21 I just learn that Rapture use us human as food source and energy source. Hmm.. My Command and Conquer Sense is up again.

I bet this guy would enjoy NieR.

Man, Arknights and NIKKE would make a great collab since both are dystopian settings.

Where can I watch the CGI from your video? I want to catch up with the lore.

This game story just like attack on titan, I hope being animated😊

i knew as soon as i saw that scene with exia just getting gunned down that the central government of nikke is fuked

The story of Nikke is what bring me forward to the point that, the gameplay and grinding is just too boring and I drop the game, but the story is still okay and has some great potential. The Ark is basically like 86, full of corrupted politics/big company and also civilians that's already brain washed enough that, they only know how to obey and enjoy the life. This is why our boss send us away from the Ark at first place, so we can fight our way up the political ladder and become his powerful ally. All the non-sense about commander training, commander treatment and Nikke are due to this, we are just propaganda to make civilians happy, most higher don't even care if we actually take back the world or not, hence why we treated like slave instead of hero.

Thank you for making me feel less pervy

Came for the nyash, stayed for the story

man Over Zone fleshed out so much

When someone like me who has only played Nikke for about week now can already tell there was something wrong with the Ark because our characters is the best since he has actual human decency to Nikkes, you know you messed up

The intro to this game made me so god damn livid... "here, we're making you a glorified paper pusher. Go fight mecha godzilla." Side note/spoiler - I appreciate Andersen for beating burning gum's face in and brushing off the subject. Here I am thinking "man I miss the military..."

The ark are the real villains would a twist 😮

Y'know, i would taken the whole world setting a lot deeper if everyone didnt look so used to it. From the bat, it just feels like everyone dies, but its just a normal daily occurence at this point.

anderson could be the son of the legendary commander, they both use the same voice actor, also their sprites are very similar

the gameplay is amazing the story is really good and well thought out, its like a combination of Nier and the anime 86 i always felt like the jiggles is kind of just a fanservice joke. like the butt jiggling is more of a marketing strategy to bring in players, while the gameplay and story is what actually keeps its players. alot of people tend to think that the main reason why people play this is for the butts, but theres a reason why its the 3rd most played mobile gacha game. i never expected this to be the only other mobile game id play besides fe heroes .. i wont disagree that there are quite a few characters with very distracting physics. *cough* (volume, guilty, noir, rupee, isabel)

While I enjoy the story and the characters, the writing and the world building needs work, there’s a lot of why and what questions that I have

Emo Commander: Man should be in frontline.

I so badly want this to be an anime.

I think he's the legendary commander and rapi is red hood I think lilith is still alive and we will all see it in the future installment

It might just be us that can boost Nikke stats through bond. Thats what I got out of Maxwell's story anyway.

If you correlate this story with how Korean society is, a lot of the elements make a ton of sense. People think this game is just T&A, but it really does have some pointed commentary on the social and political problems in Korea.

Nikke have rights as well. Nikke lives matter.

Hey, at least they aren’t also fighting zealous aliens that see humans as demons, a brain eating hive mind, inter dimensional eldritch horrors, and killer mushrooms with the power of belief

86 moment

And how the ark NIKKE boss of the ark talking and trading with the enemy

Destroy the Ark

Its because if a commander rose up to be the most well liked by all Nikkes then he or she can overthrow that government

I want SSR Rapi

I'm unfamiliar with the series, so I want to ask why Nikkes are only female as far as I can tell? Or are there male Nikke as well? To me personally, there would be a bit more impact from your explanation if there were both. But it just seems like another fan-service gacha at first glance, deep brilliant story or not.

The story seems pretty interesting. I haven’t played the game myself due to my only and probably biased gripe because i’m an 15-year old boy is the fact the Nikkes are always females. I’ve seen this trope be used an lot in other gacha mobile games such as Azure Lane and Girls Frontline, and yes i’m well aware there is an in-universe explanations I READ THE WIKI, but out-of-universe i just want to see an game where badass males get to kick giant robot ass with badass weapons for once.

it stucks with me that nikkes were used to be real female humans before they become a nikke? idk

grow in the ranks? i don't think that'll happen.

Rule of thumb: any military-themed anime and video games that pays Sawano Hiroyuki to make music will feature so many Pacific Theater reference.

Wtf when did Kevin Kaslana got added in Nikke?

Damn i thought this was a fun shooter game with, certainly designed characters. But hell i was wrong. It kinda takes away the fun fact about the game.

Wait there's gonna be more chapters along the way bc i was worried that it ended in chapter 20

Was brought by the horny, but stayed for the story

yo im a famous commander?!

To be honest yeah it's bad but not really unforgiving

This game was wonderful but flawed hard because of the terrible global publisher...

As Nikke was made by Level Infinite, a Chinese company, I worry about spyware being included in the game even if Apple or Google say they don’t allow that on their platforms. Does anyone know if there’s a way to know it’s safe?

Who wins, Ultra instinct Goku or all the Nikkes at once?

The humans in nikke just have skill issue

:D

would be cool if the player leaves the ark

Yeah, but can they beat Goku tho?

Asian culture try not prioritise image over everything else challenge: impossible. the line "commanders aren't trained to be effective in war, they are literal poster children" would've let me know this story is written by someone of Asian heritage even if I hadn't ever seen or heard of anything about it before.

Why r we even a male

I passed ivent Over zone my conclusion is the ark is shit

i thought it was about booba

7:12 missed a possible one piece reference 😔

I don't understand anything about this but i won't have any feelings towards game characters that aren't interesting to me that is just my opinion

My dude, a spoiler warning would've been great 💀

It has story? I thought only asses

Wait til bro plays honkai💀

wait.... This sounds so similar to GFL. Wait is this a goddamn copy of girls Frontline except it isn't in chibi form?