Yoko Taro jokes maybe he shouldn’t have done the Nikke x Nier: Automata collab after all as cosplayers are now dressing up as Shift Up’s characters instead of his own
In a conversation with the developers of Nikke and Stellar Blade (from Shift Up), Yoko expressed this in an interview shared by Genki on Twitter: “Following the collaboration between Nikke and Nier, there was a noticeable shift among Nier cosplayers, particularly those wearing more exposed outfits, towards adopting Nikke cosplay instead of continuing to portray Nier characters. This led me to ponder if perhaps we had made a mistake by collaborating.