More Final Fantasy and Nier books are on the way

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Square Enix's often overlooked manga and book division is prepping more printed works for Final Fantasy and Nier fans, including the start of a two-part novel set for Nier Replicant. 

The publisher announced (opens in new tab) some additions to its book lineup earlier today. The first to arrive will be Chocobo and the Airship: A Final Fantasy Picture Book. It promises a 40-page short story about Cid, the inventor who's perhaps best known for his part in Final Fantasy 14, and a Chocobo who "work together to build an airship to help save their home." Even the plot sounds oddly like the opening chapters of Final Fantasy 14, only with the Warrior of Light replaced with a Chocobo, which is honestly a respectable edit. 

Illustrated by Toshiyuki Itahana, character designer on Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, and written by Chocobo's Dungeon 2 director Kazuhiko Aoki, this "all ages" picture book certainly has some Chocobo pedigree behind it. It's out March 21, 2023 and costs $17.99 in hardback. 

Square's also giving Nier Replicant the Nier Automata treatment with a pair of novels. The first part, titled *sigh* Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139: Project Gestalt Recollections - File 01, is out April 11, 2023. It was written by Jun Eishima, the author of previous (and actually pretty good) Nier Automata novels like Long Story Short, Short Story Long, and Yorha Boys, with "support" from eccentric series director Yoko Taro, who presumably had control of the book's title. It's $27.99 in hardback and $13.99 digital; part two, or rather File 02, is expected in late 2023. 

Nier Replicant fans are getting a lavishly illustrated guide book, too. The Revised Edition of the Grimoire Nier art book is packing 272 pages of "illustrations