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Nier was almost Farmville - DrakeVagabond - 04-13-2017
The original plan was to make the game for mobile platforms or the Vita—Yoko claims that they intended for it to be similar to farming simulator Farmville—but it was soon decided to develop the game for PS4 instead.
Source:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-03-03-nier-automata-began-life-as-a-mobile-game