Nier Replicant is a game that carries with it all those things that Yoko Taro games are remembered for. As with other games made by him, Nier Replicant ver. 1.224744139 will inspire introspective behavior in many of the dedicated fanbase. His new character addition to Nier is one of those things that might help with that.
Louise is a new character that was added to the Nier series in Nier Replicant ver. 1.224744139. She is a little girl who is living inside a shipwreck while being cared for by Seafront’s postman. However, Louise is not a normal child, and the events surrounding her are much more sinister than Nier and his friends could have ever imagined.
9 She Was Not In The Original Game
The original Nier Replicant is generally the same game that we got now. However, Nier Replicant ver. 1.224744139 is a lot more than a remaster. The game features many improvements over some gameplay features that felt a bit clunky. It cleans up bugs, fixes things that did not work as intended, and even adds a side quest.
Louise did not appear in the original Nier Replicant for several reasons. But with this new version of the game, developers decided to add this lost chapter to the game.
8 She Is A Relapsed Gestalt
There are many things that some players do not notice in the main story about Gestalts. Most humans volunteered to enter this state in order to avoid White Chlorination Syndrome. Unfortunately, the project was not perfect thought out and many Gestalts, the given to a soul separated from their body, lost their mind.
It is unclear why some Gestalts would relapse and become hostile. However, it happened to way too many over time. The evil deeds performed by Louise prove that it is the case for her as well.
7 She Ate Humans To Become Human
It is clear that at some point, Louise relapsed. Due to her massive size when she reveals her true form, it is safe to assume that she is most likely not a single person. Her shade form is probably an amalgamation of a bunch of relapsed Gestalts that, much like her, wanted to be humans.
It is unclear how she came to this conclusion but Louise was eating replicants to be more like them. She was not evil but she never seems to have any idea of what she really was doing, which might be a consequence of relapsing.
6 It Was The Postman That Caused Her To Kill Many Replicants
Although she did not start eating so many Replicants until she started thinking this could make her human, Louise only did that because the Postman was treating her well. Maybe this reminded her of when she was human. Relapsed shades most likely were isolated from conscious Gestalts and Louise seems to have stopped mentally growing.
She was just a little girl receiving good care and, therefore, assembled a delusional plan to become more human and stay with the man who took good care of her. If the postman was not a good person, chances are she would not be as big of a threat.
5 She Was Featured In A Short Story
Louise might not have shown up in the original Nier Replicant, but it does not mean that her existence was discarded. She was in the short story named The Little Mermaid. The name was given because, at some point of the story, replicants came to the conclusion that the local replicants were being assaulted by a mermaid.
The Little Mermaid was a story that featured in Grimoire Nier. The book was published only in Japan. Grimoire Nier has exclusive stories, images, designs, and a lot more.
4 She Has Unique Regenerative Abilities
Louise is a shade. And like any of her own kind, she is vulnerable to light. Despite that she is a shade and that light hurts her, Louise appears under sunlight and fights as if the sun was not capable of hurting her. It is not the case, though.
During the fight against Louise in her gargantuan shade form, Grimoire Weiss explains that she actually is being hurt by the sun just like any other shade. However, she can regenerate so quickly that the sun cannot deal enough damage to cause her any issue.
3 She Has Real Feelings For A Replicant
When Louise was disguised as a human, she became fond of the Seafront’s mailman. He took care of her, thinking she could be hurt. Thanks to Kainé noticing she was not a normal girl, Louise transforms into her Gargantuan form. This starts one of the best boss fights in the game. Tyrann keeps telling Kainé that she has feelings for the man. He also comments how using him as a hostage could be an effective strategy.
Of course, that Kainé refuses Tyrann’s ideas. However, the dialogue does prove that she retained part of her humanity since she has real feelings for the mailman that took care of her. At the end of the fight, Louise even says “All I want is to be with him.”
2 She Regained Her Humanity In Her Final Moments
For some reason, being close to death seems to have made Louise wake up. She behaves very differently in her final moments. Her gargantuan form stops being hostile and she looks at herself for a while. At some point, she even wonders “How could I end up with this hideous body…”
It is clear that Louise did not want to die, but she also did not want to be what she eventually became. She is reminded that the world has a lot of beauty when she looks at the sea and then disintegrates under the sunlight.
1 She Is Different But Never Seen As Such
In the end, Louise is treated as an evil being the whole time. It is true that she was murdering people. However, she was more confused than anything. It seems that until her last moment, she did not really understand what was surrounding her. All that she knew was that someone took care of her and that she wanted to be with that person.
Grimoire Weiss not remembering his past and Kainé remaining indifferent to the voices of all shades is both shocking and sad. In the end, feeling sad for learning more about a dead character is one of the things that Nier does to players.
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