Taro Yoko On 'Nier: Automata' And His Disappointment That Video Games Have Yet To Conquer The World

What with Nier: Automata finally released, I thought it worth talking with Taro Yoko about his involvement with the series over the years. "I was born in the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture. I entered into the Nagoya Women's University Kindergarten and then (skipping ahead) enrolled into the Department of Visual Information at the Kobe Design University. The courses entailed learning about visual expression and CG but the reason I decided to enter this department was that English was not included in their entrance exam and I was not good at English at that time. "I have liked games for a very long time but when I saw Gradius at the arcade as a junior high student, I became certain that in the future all forms of entertainment will be taken over by video games.