NieR: Automata

This page details one or more prototype versions of NieR: Automata.

This page sucks. If you could make it suck less, that would be awesome. Specifically: Way too many videos, covering two seemingly different builds here. Build needs to be researched more and documented better by someone who is able to do so.

NieR: Automata has a newly discovered debug build for the Nintendo Switch version with a larger feature set than that of the previously leaked Steam build.

Early Home Icon#

Debug	Final

Debug Menu#

• The debug menu contains a total of 38 options, many of which are functional and some are from the Steam debug build.

Event Status#

• "Event Status", selected in yellow, displays the "event name" and "event type."

• During an skippable event or movie, "Can be skipped" is displayed in pink above "Event status".

Acoustic Debug Display#

This debug feature displays all of the game's sound operations, measuring audio playback, 5.1 channel acoustics and loudness.

Debug Camera#

Press L and Start to activate the debug camera. Once activated, you can freely control the camera, entering a Noclip state. Press Y to place the player at a desired location. Additionally, the debug camera has its own debug menu, where you can change the camera controls [カメラの操作方法], field of view [視野角], and roll [ロール].

The "Test Sphere Display" [テスト用の球表示] shows a sphere grid centered on the grid axis, allowing you to adjust its size.

Score Attack#

Score Attack can be accessed by selecting a scene from "Test Jump" in the debug menu. Selecting any of the options below starts the mode with one of three set durations:

• 00_80_A_5min (5 minutes)
• 00_80_A_4min (4 minutes)
• 00_80_A_3min (3 minutes)
• Select "Title" to return to the title screen.

This mode was planned and later scrapped from the final game.

The videos below show what happens at the start and end of this mode.

Test Objects#

Grandcypher#

Model type: db Model num:0205
A model of the Grandcypher airship from the Granblue Fantasy series. Its presence here may be due to PlatinumGames' initial involvement in Granblue Fantasy: Relink.
Watch on YouTube

(This video along with many others have unfortunately been deleted from youtube).

Early 2B Model#

An early model with 2B's earlier design, resembling one shown in the image below, complete with animations and routines to follow the player.

Unused Models#

Platinum Games Office??#

The reason this exists in this build is unknown.

• For comparison: