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Nier: Automata is an action role-playing video game developed by PlatinumGames
and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. The game was
released in Japan in February 2017, and worldwide the following month. Nier: Automata
is a sequel to the 2010 video game Nier, a spin-off of the Drakengard series. Set in the
midst of a proxy war between machines created by otherworldly invaders and the remnants
of humanity, the story follows the battles of a combat android, her companion, and a fugitive
prototype. Gameplay combines role-playing elements with action-based combat and mixed genre
gameplay similar to that of Nier.

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"Everything that lives is designed to end. We are perpetually trapped...in a never-ending spiral of life and death."
—2B in the Prologue.
YoRHa No.2 Type B (Battle) or 2B serves as the protagonist of Route A in NieR:Automata. She is a YoRHa android created to battle the machine lifeforms that have invaded the planet on behalf of the surviving humans. 2B is an all-purpose battle android, deployed as a member of the automated YoRHa infantry. She is equipped with a multitude of weapons for close quarters combat and can attack from range using the Pod support system. Her eyes are obscured beneath her standard-issue military visor, which she rarely removes

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"This battle will likely have a great effect on the outcome of the war. 2B and I---our battle will continue for some time to come. But that's another story for another day."

—9S at the end of Route B.

YoRHa No.9 Type S (Scanner) or 9S is the protagonist of Branches B and D in NieR:Automata, as well as the final boss of Branch C. 9S is a scanner type android. He has an attack function, but it is an android that specializes in investigative purposes—a member of the automated infantry squad, YoRHa, who triumphs in hacking-based information collection.