NieR Christmas Special live stream set for December 24

Square Enix will host a “Yosu-P Santa 2020: NieR Christmas Special” live stream on December 24 at 18:30 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Niconico.

Hosted by producer Yosuke Saito, the program will feature discussions with various guests, as well as Christmas gift giveaways at the end of each segment. A NieR music performance is also planned for the second half of the program.

The schedule is as follows:

• 18:30 – Opening
• 18:35 – NieR Re[in]carnation Christmas – Featuring Yoko Taro (NieR series creative director) and Daichi Matsukawa (NieR Re[in]carnation director at Applibot).
• 19:05 – NieR Replicant Christmas – Featuring Yoko Taro, Saki Ito (NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… director at Toylogic), Hiroki Yasumoto (Grimoire Weiss voice actor), and Mai Kadowaki (Emil voice actor).
• 19:55 – NieR: Automata Christmas – Featuring Yoko Taro, Takahisa Taura (NieR: Automata senior game designer at PlatinumGames), Yui Ishikawa (2B voice actor), and Enako (cosplayer).
• 20:50 – Shoujo YoRHa Christmas – Featuring Makoto Sekiya (Shoujo YoRHa producer), Ichidai Matsuda (Shoujo YoRHa director), Momoka Onishi (No. 9 in Shoujo YoRHa ver. 1.1a), Moeka Koizumi (No. 21 in Shoujo YoRHa ver. 1.1a), Aika Sonoda (No. 22 in Shoujo YoRHa ver. 1.1a), and Saki Matsuda (No. 3 in Shoujo YoRHa ver. 1.1a).
• 21:40 – YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse Christmas – Featuring Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida (Final Fantasy XIV producer and director).
• 22:10 – NieR Music Christmas – Featuring Yoko Taro, Keiichi Okabe (NieR series composer), Keigo Hoashi (NieR series composer / piano performer), and Takanari Gotou (guitar performer).
• 22:50 – Music Performance (two songs) – Featuring Keigo Hoashi and Takanari Gotou.
• 23:00 – Closing