Where is NieR set?

2010 video game

NieR (2010) — 1 real place Japanese Wikipedia files it under as its setting, in Japan. Wikidata records no setting for this game at all, so this is a category rather than a statement, and it is labelled that way below. Where the game takes place, not where it was made: a game is filmed nowhere, so this is the only kind of location it has.

Part of the Drakengard game series

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Places per Japanese Wikipedia — “新宿を舞台としたコンピュータゲーム” category

Japanese Wikipedia’s “新宿を舞台としたコンピュータゲーム” category lists 1 place. A category is an editor’s judgement rather than a sourced statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Frequently asked questions

How many places is NieR set in?

No place recorded on Wikidata, but 1 place named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.

Was NieR filmed anywhere?

No. A game is filmed nowhere, so the places on this page are where its story is set, from Wikidata's narrative location and from Wikipedia's setting categories.

Where does this information come from?

Narrative location statements on Wikidata, and the setting categories Wikipedia editors file the work under, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is guessed from the plot.