Nier director Yoko Taro saved PlatinumGames, according to Hideki Kamiya

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Eccentric mask-wearing Nier director Yoko Taro may have put the final nail in the coffin for developer Cavia as Nier sales were too poor to keep the company at bay, but that didn't stop Taro from somehow getting a bigger budget sequel greenlit through Square Enix with PlatinumGames (Bayonetta, Vanquish) on developing duties. Amazingly, this offbeat sequel to a game few played was so successful that it saved the acclaimed action game studio.
According to Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101 director Hideki Kamiya, Taro almost single-handedly rescued the struggling developer from financial peril.
"Nier's success has to this point given Platinum a new fanbase, a growing staff, a brilliant success story, an increase in qualified job applicants, and a great benefit," Kamiya said on Twitter (translation via NeoGAF user BRSxIgnition).
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