Super Neptunia RPG Brings Side-Scrolling Dungeons And Turn-Based Battles To Switch

Not gonna lie, this looks pretty interesting.

Speaking as a long-time fan of the Neptunia games, it's great to see one that doesn't re-use assets from previous games super liberally.

I'm pretty sure they haven't changed the Dogoo (slime) model at all since 2010.

Hyperdimension Neptunia is a poor/mediocre series which fanbase consists of loli lovers.

Little girls and panties are literally the only reasons the series has good sales.

That looks like an iPad game. They not even trying with Neptunia anymore.

At a minimum, looks like they wont try and sell this at $60

There were at least 5 Neptunia games on the Vita but I could never for the life of me figure at exactly what genre they were, except that apparently they contain a lot of jokes related to video games.

@Equinox I'm fine with it if it means that Switch gets a port of Muramasa rebirth with all DLC already in the cartridge.
Not only its in HD and has more content than the Wii version,but the bad translation was fixed.

I did not know of this series but...the voice acting is terrible.

This series is awesome. It makes fun of itself in so many ways.I love it.

interesting, might pick it up day 1.

They say physical and digital on PS4 and just available on the Switch. Does that mean it's only going to be digital? I'm always open to more RPG's but I am a physical release guy.

"which games are better: 2D or 3D?" - the promo.

"Must there be competition?" - Andrea Libman.

Indeed, in reality I expect the game to poke fun at the question and its derivative fan holywars. But that's not the only apparent reason to pick it up - the exploration and battle system screenshots seem to hint at another title carrying on the torch of Valkyrie Profile gameplay.

Why's she got D-Pads in her hair?

@Yasume I've heard it's a more nuanced humor than that, or maybe I'm thinking of Senran Kegura.

@Dogorilla The characters are based on consoles.

@Yasume No. Fans also typically enjoy the humor and light-hearted nature of the series. It's like gaming comfort food for some people. A fanservice element is there, but it's pretty mild.

Personally, though, I tried Re;Birth 1 and hated it. So this is a no go for me.

@gortsi The main games are JRPGs, the rest are spin offs and include a strategy RPG, 2 hack and slash games (I think?), a JRPG with different gameplay (I think?), a game similar to SAO, and an idol rhythm game or something.

@Yasume. Love this series. Those who claim it's all boobs and panties simply haven't played the series. It's lighthearted rpg's that take a genial pisstake of other rpg's and console war tropes. Simple but fantastic playability. Adorable characters who are loveable more for their wit than their looks. And indeed the way they look is a self referential comment on the games industry in and of itself. Yes it means the game has it's cake and eats it too, but please, 80% of games would be lost if we damned buxom ladies in games (and 99.9 % if added macho testerone fuelled guys). And I'm not saying that's right. But don't single out this series. Or it's fans. We're having too much fun!

If you have a Vita all these games go on sale every now and then for less than 10 bucks. Get them and enjoy them.The Switch one is going to be awesome.

@Peace-Boy wow that's quite the variety! Thanks

I want the trophy list, but I want a not-Vita game cartridge, and I want a collector's edition, sooo time to pull my hair for months.

I love me some Nep! Day one for sure and still hoping for rebirth trilogy port.

@Dogorilla I haven't actually played the games but I do know the original game started out as the PS3/360/Wii console war re-imagining the consoles as anime girls.
(is Neptunia supposed to be some kind of Sega console, judging by the name?)

@KingMike Huh, yeah I just looked it up and the main characters are supposed to represent the Wii, X360, PS3 and the cancelled Sega Neptune.

I'm interested but I'll need to see the game in action to be convinced. I've never actually played anything from this series.
I won't buy something just because of some cute anime girls, I need my games to be enjoyable, make them cute afterwards if you must.

I'm only interested because of the change in the battle system towards something more traditional.

Neptunia's normal battle system... isn't very good.

@Yasume Oh that's what it is? Okay I'll probably pass then lol.

If this turns out good, I'll get it. Outside of mk2, this franchise hasn't been doing so well for me due to its battle mechanics being downgraded from mk2's unique and strategic mechanics. Nowadays, it's basically "stock up a truckload of recovery items and spam the strongest skill until the boss dies". Sure, VIIR brings that battle system back, but the removal of multiple save slots and New Game Plus made me turn around from buying it.

Hopefully this game will pave way for more entries in the series, and hopefully with better battle systems (as well as the return of multiple save slots and New Game Plus).

@Yasume At least neither of the games force you to watch your party against your own will while being forced to fiddle around with the touch screen 95% throughout battles.

Looks interesting, for me it's a budget thing. If it goes on sale for twenty bucks or so then yes, but I'm probably not shelling out the full eighty bucks for a Canadian retail game.

gross, the characters and backgrounds are disgustingly dissimilar.

If this doesn't tell me the Vita is dead, nothing does. This series, as far as I know, has been exclusive to Playstation (console and Vita)...until now. Looking forward to checking it out on the Switch, as I'm always up for another RPG out there!

After looking up a bit about this, it sounds sorta interesting, I’ll keep my eye on this. Like the way it parodies the game industry looks amusing, like there’s a villain in one title called Arfoire who’s based on R4 carts used in DS piracy! I dunno, sounds amusing to me, personifying companies and concepts for a game.

@Highlar They have ported most to pc by now. But otherwise you are correct, those games were PlayStation exclusive.

I would have preferred if it was not an rpg. Since this game is a spinoff,they could have done a different genre.

Lol everyone talking trash about the game doesn't know anything about them, its a highly praised series for a damn reason, they're great games with devs who are not afraid to try different things with the series. Don't like it don't buy it, I will.

I adore these characters - even if I have not finished any other their actual games. lol

I'll pick this up unless somehow it gets really nasty reviews.

I'm a little sad that the CPU Candidates seems to be missing from that game.

Maybe. Need info.

I wonder how liberal the turn based combat will be.

I haven't seen footage yet or don't know if any is available but it could turn out to be a Valkyrie Profile like game.

I have all the games on my Vita, might pick this one up if it's not too expensive.

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Don't think I'm the first but when I heard that Neptunia was getting added to Nintendo Switch i automatically fort of how cool it would be to see Neptune or Blanc added to Super Smash Bros Ultimate.