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Hyperdimension Neptunia Community |OT| Pudding Pls (*´`) () (^o^)
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Dimitri LH
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Started to watch Sega Hard Girls.......man I cant wait for the cross over game!
SerTapTap
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What's the deal with the VII DLC chars, are they revealing them all before releasing so they can release all at once or what? Also I hope they have more skills than the Gold Third characters, the one major flaw of them is they only have 2 attack skills + EX/formation skills. The skills they have are great but it's such a limited use of huge reservoirs of potential references. I hope that since they're not officially licensed we might see them next game with more skills. Aside from "pudding attack" older nep feels like a huge waste and I wish her dev time went to the Gold Third instead.
Is Sega Hard Girls A) officially subtitled B) any good? I bought the nendo saturn (but not the bigger figure yet) and have never seen the show.
Still haven't gotten back to Rebirth 3, guess I got slightly burned out after all, I guess delaying VII isn't a super bad idea.
The bosses look like they might be proper bosses. That's probably my number one hope for this game, better bosses and general difficulty. #2 is clothing options, surely everyone isn't stuck wearing the exact same outfit with palette swaps? A senran kagura style dressing room, even if it only included the school outfits and prior Neptunia clothes, would be great.
Is Sega Hard Girls A) officially subtitled B) any good? I bought the nendo saturn (but not the bigger figure yet) and have never seen the show.
Still haven't gotten back to Rebirth 3, guess I got slightly burned out after all, I guess delaying VII isn't a super bad idea.
The bosses look like they might be proper bosses. That's probably my number one hope for this game, better bosses and general difficulty. #2 is clothing options, surely everyone isn't stuck wearing the exact same outfit with palette swaps? A senran kagura style dressing room, even if it only included the school outfits and prior Neptunia clothes, would be great.
Azure Phoenix
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A - Funimation and Crunchyroll had it.
B - Not really, it was a bit of fluff that mostly existed to showcase a few specific Sega games. It started with beloved older titles and then quickly devolved into stealth marketing with a focus on Border Break, PSO2 and such.
Funimation? It's being published on disc by Discotek, though.
SerTapTap
Member
That's a shame then. Surprised to see them referenced so often. I guess they make decent merch even if the show kinda sucks though. Whole situation with that is kinda weird...in what world does Saturn end up being the most popular one? DC seems like a lock. I don't like her hat though. The hat surely sunk it.
Dimitri LH
Member
Playable? Or just a summon ala Valkyrie Profile?
first run copies have a code that unlocks her and I assume she'll be paid dlc later
Just a sorta AI partner you give commands to.
SerTapTap
Member
I was wondering...is Nepgear's Theme ever used in any way directly related to Nepgear? Was there even a Nepgear's Theme in Mk2? Because the Nepgear's Theme V in Victory is used as the EXE skill background music in V through rebirth 3
If it has Tsunako art on it it might be okay, otherwise I think it still comes with the original base, oh well.
Never especially liked Gust but that's neat I guess.
If it has Tsunako art on it it might be okay, otherwise I think it still comes with the original base, oh well.
Never especially liked Gust but that's neat I guess.
WhirlwindMonk
Banned
Just finished the Conquest End in Re;Birth 2. That was...interesting.
Anyway, I enjoyed it in its own way. I think just one more playthrough for me, to get the true end, then I'll have to be done with Neptunia for a while. The games are fun, but I started Re;Birth 2 immediately after Re;Birth 1, and I'm a bit burned out on these games at the moment. I definitely will play Re;Birth 3, but I'll probably wait until I've cleared another couple games from my backlog first. In the meantime, I guess it's on to grinding Lily Ranks.
It was not at all what I was expecting. I knew it would be dark, but for some reason I had it in my head that it was going to be a "bad end" where the villains won or something like that. That was a seriously depressing story. The craziest part, I think, was when Nepgear murdered Underling. I just had to stare at the screen for a moment when that happened. The rest I saw coming pretty easily, but that? Plus the "I should have done that long ago" one-liner? Dang.
Anyway, I enjoyed it in its own way. I think just one more playthrough for me, to get the true end, then I'll have to be done with Neptunia for a while. The games are fun, but I started Re;Birth 2 immediately after Re;Birth 1, and I'm a bit burned out on these games at the moment. I definitely will play Re;Birth 3, but I'll probably wait until I've cleared another couple games from my backlog first. In the meantime, I guess it's on to grinding Lily Ranks.
SerTapTap
Member
Ending spoilers of course:
I mean, it really is a bad end where the villians basically win if you pay attention to Arfoire's words, it's just even grimmer than most. I thought the Underling thing was pretty perfect actually. "I should have done that a long time ago" for real. I think it's quite well written though I really wish fans wouldn't constantly latch on to it and stuff. The fan art and stuff is really gross. But I think it's really the best they've ever done at integrating any kind of serious or relevant message into story stuff, I wouldn't mind storylines going more closely to real life stuff like how the conquest ending tackles a potential "one console future" as opposed to the standard vague allusions to piracy and the enemies are otherwise just random assholes. Though game 3 does some alright stuff...you'll see eventually.
Nothing wrong with taking a break, the games aren't going anywhere (the limited editions are though). I'm going to try and finish some other stuff before finishing up Rebirth 3 and platinuming Victory 2 myself. And even then I have Noire to go back to and Neptunia 1 if I ever run out of games and feel brave.
WhirlwindMonk
Banned
True, it is a bad end of sorts. I was just expecting a bit more explicit of one. From the way people were talking about how out of place it felt, I was half expecting it to end with, like, Underling having all the CPUs chained up in bondage gear or something. But yeah, it was well written. Nep especially, when she dropped her silliness at the end and begged Gear to do it, was pretty emotional. I think it's biggest flaw is just that it all came too quickly. There's almost no buildup. It goes almost directly from silly-fanservicey-lighthearted-pun-filled romp through a goofy RPG world, to hypergrimdark Pyrrhic victory death-fest. It was a pretty well written hypergrimdark Pyrrhic victory death-fest, but I think it would have benefited from some sort of buildup, with things starting to get noticeably darker in, say, Chapter 4, and have the end of Chapter 5 be the turning point of whether it all goes downhill, or if they manage to overcome everything.
SerTapTap
Member
Wing Purple Heart revealed at Wonderfest (unpainted proto only). Don't get TOO excited, Wing royally fucked up the face on their LAST purple heart figure. It's kind of ridiculous if we're getting ANOTHER purple heart, from the SAME manufacturer, before Vert and Blanc, unless they have them too.
SliceSabre
Banned
That's not Nepgear though. 
A Huge Battleship
Member
Everything is terrible.
Everything is glorious. I'd probably rather have Blanc in her regular outfit, but her school look's good too.
They should just make the other characters into Nendos/Figmas. I love my Nep Nendo and want all the others!
Azure Phoenix
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Sculpt looks awful, this is going to be on par with Uni/Nepgear. I still have hopes that Broccoli's casual clothing Neptune figure will be good.
Even better news, Plum is a fairly decent manufacturer so this has a chance of being good.
SerTapTap
Member
I heard Rebirth 3 actually has a great postgame, true/false? Still haven't...gotten Blanc, honestly. Been taking a break, but it's cool if they majorly improved postgame in the one game that like, lets you play postgame.
I actually don't like those outfits (mostly because EVERYONE has the same outfit) and would much prefer a "standard" Blanc but that'll do I guess. Now for Vert.
So many goddamn nendos at wonderfest, they really need to at least finish the main goddesses as nendos
But broccoli fucked up Uni/Nepgear. but their Noire looks good if it matches the prototype Where was this announced, WF? Hadn't heard of a casual clothes neptune. Actually I'm amazed that wasn't their very first figure.
They know Alter can make a badass Black Heart, why can't they at least let them finish out the HDD form list? They're really bad at merchandising this franchise IMO. Especially outside of Japan--there's plenty of non-figure merch in Japan, but the figures we've got are almost all lacking. Stick to Alter and Good Smile IMO. Or Phat. Stop using Wing and blacklist whoever made that awful off-prototype Noire.
I actually don't like those outfits (mostly because EVERYONE has the same outfit) and would much prefer a "standard" Blanc but that'll do I guess. Now for Vert.
So many goddamn nendos at wonderfest, they really need to at least finish the main goddesses as nendos
But broccoli fucked up Uni/Nepgear. but their Noire looks good if it matches the prototype Where was this announced, WF? Hadn't heard of a casual clothes neptune. Actually I'm amazed that wasn't their very first figure.
They know Alter can make a badass Black Heart, why can't they at least let them finish out the HDD form list? They're really bad at merchandising this franchise IMO. Especially outside of Japan--there's plenty of non-figure merch in Japan, but the figures we've got are almost all lacking. Stick to Alter and Good Smile IMO. Or Phat. Stop using Wing and blacklist whoever made that awful off-prototype Noire.
We need the regular goddesses and then we NEED the CPU forms, too! If the idol games get ALL the characters, then surely Neptune can too!
(So many idol characters... so so many...)You can see Gust's gameplay in Yoru no nai kuni here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laue3lsJP4o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laue3lsJP4o
SerTapTap
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We need the regular goddesses and then we NEED the CPU forms, too! If the idol games get ALL the characters, then surely Neptune can too!
I think they usually do nendo petits for the idols...but yeah I agree, if they can make 18000 schoolgirl outfit nendos they can make a few CPUs.
The Grim Heaper
Member
Not sure if anyone's interested or not but I have some LEs to sell, need some extra cash. Gonna make a post in the B/S/T thread later but figured I'd try here first.
I have the Re;Birth 2, Hyperdevotion Noire, Neptunia U, andNeptunia PP LEs to get rid of. All of them are open, but the extras were never touched in any of them and some of the game packages are wrapped(Re;Birth 2 and PP). Just let me know on here or on Twitter(@TheGrimHeaper, probably NSFW) if you're interested and we'll talk about pricing and pictures!
EDIT: Producing Perfection pending.
I have the Re;Birth 2, Hyperdevotion Noire, Neptunia U, and
EDIT: Producing Perfection pending.
Hey quick question with Neptunia U: when starting a new game it asks if I wanted to pick the CPU or Candidate path and that I could "pick the other later". I started with the CPUs and then the sisters' portion came right after and I got a "new game" trophy for both. Are they really different story modes or was it just who you wanted to play with first?
Either way, having fun with it as something different Especially since it's a fairly quick game with one ending (I believe?).
Either way, having fun with it as something different
Especially since it's a fairly quick game with one ending (I believe?).A Huge Battleship
Member
Blanc website updated with Plutia and Peashy, as well as some info about the OP theme:
SHG website updated with screens that everyone's seen 50 times already:
SHG website updated with screens that everyone's seen 50 times already:
Azure Phoenix
Member
Hey quick question with Neptunia U: when starting a new game it asks if I wanted to pick the CPU or Candidate path and that I could "pick the other later". I started with the CPUs and then the sisters' portion came right after and I got a "new game" trophy for both. Are they really different story modes or was it just who you wanted to play with first?
Either way, having fun with it as something different
It's just which tutorial chapter you start with basically, and yeah one ending.
Hm, ok that's what I figured.
SerTapTap
Member
I don't know why they even did that. Victory 2 does this once and it's a proper choice, and I don't really feel like it was necessary there either. If the whole game isn't branching paths one minor branch just feels like an annoyance (fortunately, Victory 2 makes NG+ super quick and it seems to be designed for at least one NG+ anyway)
The top two are new.
...the school outfit pictures are just the character portraits from Victory (peashy/Plutia) or Victory 2 (everyone else) with the new outfit edited on top and it bugs the fuck out of me
Uh, if I'm reading this page right, it would appear Neptunia VII is getting DLC characters completely separate from the collaborations. They appear to be
Umio(Seaman/fish) and the Nepugya Chirper character?
Azure Phoenix
Member
Nepugia
SerTapTap
Member
On second reading I apparently made a mistake.
Apparently the character I thought of has a different name in Japan (Nepugima), which coincidentally is localized as Nepugia.
So this one might just be...uh...a robot? Or that weird face Nepgear makes when she's surprised? Basically lower your expectations to palette swap levels.
Apparently the character I thought of has a different name in Japan (Nepugima), which coincidentally is localized as Nepugia.
So this one might just be...uh...a robot? Or that weird face Nepgear makes when she's surprised? Basically lower your expectations to palette swap levels.
Dimitri LH
Member
For those that dont know, HyperDimension Neptunia rebirth 1 is on this weeks humble bundle japan addition if you pay 10$ or more. Im playing it on vita with a lent copy atm, or else I would of bought.
How are the PC ports compared to the Vita ones?
How are the PC ports compared to the Vita ones?
SerTapTap
Member
The robot is Nepgeardam. They've made LOTS of Nepgeardam DLC though so I wouldn't be surprised. What's Nepugia's deal in Japanese anyway, just evil nepgear? She's a least an amusing localization joke in the west
1080p, 60 FPS, some bugs but I think they're mostly patched? I just play the Vita versions due to stability and coming much earlier but I pick up the PC versions in sales in case I ever replay. The button prompts are ugly and the portraits look blurrier despite the higher res other assets since they're designed for Vita. They're not too bad, but they're "just" ports nothing super duper amazing over the Vita ones.
For $10 it's an easy recommendation though, Gurumin is easily worth the first $7 and Rebirth is easily worth the extra on top.
Kinda disappointed Falcom isn't more like Parin honestly. I don't follow other falcom stuff but Parin is the best
Dimitri LH
Member
Still thinking wether I should get the bundle or not.....I already own Vanguard Princess (steam version is ick do to messing up controller inputs, freemium version dint have this issue, not sure if it ever got patched).
I imagine all the DLC is on steam too.....bleh probably gonna get it.
I imagine all the DLC is on steam too.....bleh probably gonna get it.
Azure Phoenix
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SerTapTap
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I hope it's not that, nepgeardam is okay as a silly attack but the mask and stuff is stupid. One thing I'm noticing in Rebirth 3 is Victory/RB3 really runs certain jokes into the ground, I hope Victory 2 isn't like that (despite beating it I have zero idea)
But it says "playable in dungeon and field" right? That's not how I'd describe a mask/outfit
But it says "playable in dungeon and field" right? That's not how I'd describe a mask/outfit
SerTapTap
Member
Thinking of resetting my level (and only level) when I replay Victory 2 to get the true ending finally, since releveling to 99 is super easy at endgame. Any suggestions to make it harder? Was thinking of leaving on the lowest level defense gear and only the weakest full-combo weapons I can find.
Undead Bokun
Member
Not sure if this is the proper place to post this and apologies if it has been asked but I don't want to delve too deep in the topic for fear of spoilers. Despite grabbing these games on release I have yet to actually play one.
I recently heard of an issue of defective copies of Neptunia Rebirth 3 for Vita. Mine of course has been sitting sealed since launch like the others in the series. I ripped it open and sure enough I got a defective copy. Is there some sort of official exchange program going on? Not looking forward to trying to luck out and recieve a working copy from Best Buy. Any advice or thoughts are appreciated!
I recently heard of an issue of defective copies of Neptunia Rebirth 3 for Vita. Mine of course has been sitting sealed since launch like the others in the series. I ripped it open and sure enough I got a defective copy. Is there some sort of official exchange program going on? Not looking forward to trying to luck out and recieve a working copy from Best Buy. Any advice or thoughts are appreciated!
SerTapTap
Member
They'll probably tell you to get a replacement from the store (it's not like 100% were defective), though only certain stores got defective copies I think. You could ask @IdeaFactoryIntl on twitter I guess if there's anything more specific.
The ones in the Limited Editions were confirmed to be alright, right? I didn't open my copy since I have it digital
SliceSabre
Banned
Finally beat Neptunia U, now I'm working on Rebirth!
I think I actually heard of some LEs being effected too
Mine started up so I guess it's ok.