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NEP NEP MOTHERFUCKERS.

Thunder Tits thread?
Thunder Tits thread.

>>8457308
Neppermint motherfucker. Get it right.

I love when she does the Suigintou voice.

Is this game even any good?

>>8457410

It's fun if you aren't a faggot who is extremely nitpicky about battle systems. It doesn't have the "Best" of battle systems. But what should you expect from games made by Idea Factory/etc.? I enjoyed the fuck out of it.

>>8457410
I tried to like the first one, I really did. But the battle system is a chore and the fact that you need to pay twice as much again for the DLC if you want to use half of your party is fucking retarded.

>>8457426
Yeah im not too picky about battle systems. The story looks pretty decent.

I bought all the DLC.

>>8457440

Take a shot at it, bro.

Like this guy says though, >>8457442
the fucking DLC is a bitch to pay for. It's around $100 worth of shit. Don't waste any money on it unless you're sure you want it.

>>8457440
>>8457426
Yeah, battle system was mediocre at best, but I've seen worse. Overall it was enjoyable. MK2 also looks like it fixed a lot of the stupid shit (like the battle system), but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

>>8457457
Watch a few combat videos. It's a lot different.

>>8457457

It looks a lot better, I hear the healing system is fixed and isn't the piece of shit it was in the first game. I'm expecting to have more fun and laughs than I did in the first Neptunia.

>>8457381
While I love Rie Tanaka's deep sultry Purple Heart voice and always have, the cute moe voice she uses for Neptune is all sorts of boner-inducing.

>pronounce "Planeptune" just fine
>"Neptune" is too hard to pronounce, just go with "Nep-Nep"

Oh, Compa. Never change.

>>8457440
>The story looks pretty decent.

World of Gameindustri
Console War
And characters named Black, Green, White, and Neptune...

Sounds cheesy, I'd play it for the lulz

Is the music in mk2 as shitty as in the first game? Or is it worth listening to this time?

I'm interested in what people will do / have done with the ability to re-texure Purple Heart in mk2.

>>8458223
Did you look at the zip file in the GUST thread? String bikinis and yogurt everywhere.

>>8457911
Yeah this game reminded me just how much I love Rie Tanaka's vocal chords.

>>8458232
Nah I avoid general threads because I don't want to have to read eleventy billion posts. That that shit back to forums.

>>8458239
Cool theory post number eight million, four hundred and fifty-eight thousand, two hundred and thirty-nine.

>>8458251
>ZUN!bar

http://www.compileheart.com/neptune_mk2/result.html
Wow. I love IF, but even I didn't think she was popular enough to get 6th place.
Compa in 17th place saddens me.

>>8459179
Okay, who is this awesome guy?

>>8458264
You got problem with ZUN!bar?

>>8457452
>I bought all the DLC.
So did I. I haven't even finished half of it and the sequel is dropping soon.

I suppose I shouldn't complain, though. You do get a lot of bang for your buck with this game.

If only the Purple Heart figure didn't look so autism in the face. I still might shell out for her since it's more than likely to be the only standard figure of her ever produced.

>>8459179
>1st place

And here I was hoping Japan would surprise me somehow.

>>8459189
I honestly don't mind the face, particularly compared to the dissapointment of the Morishima Haruka fig. The ass though, I just don't know.

I'm close to 40% to total completion of Neptunia, but fuck me dead is it a grind.

>>8459189
>I'm close to 40% to total completion of Neptunia
That's awesome, man. I have unending respect for those with the talent to do GKs. My hand just isn't steady enough for the faces. I can barely do panel lines on Gundams.

You gotta post pics when you're through!

The designs for Mk2 look delicious.

>8459179
Sauce please! iqdb and exhentai are not revealing anything

>I tried a cake from Planeptune today. It was given to me by an acquaintance. It was good, but why did it say "It's thinking?"
Is there a reference here I'm not getting?

The way her mouth hangs open in the background of the Leanbox Goddess Blog makes me want to fap like a motherfucker.

>>8459312

FUCKIN DREAMCAST

GET OUT

Blanc represents the Nintendo Wii, right? Then how come she yells and curses worse than a /b/tard with a bad attitude? Especially since the Wii is supposed to be casual and family-friendly?

The PS3 being a loner tsundere and the 360 being a mature big sister type with chronic narcolepsy makes sense, but Blanc's personality just doesn't match.

>>8459401
nintendo fanboys have the worst kind of attitude towards everybody else in japan

>>8459405
Shouldn't that attitude apply to the residents of Lowee then, rather than to Blanc herself?

>>8457410
no. its a piece of shit. the graphics are something a PS2 would even be ashamed of and still it runs at 5 frames per second.
not to mention they cut corners with just about everything. enjoy your menu's and silhouette NPC's.

and dont even get me started at the gameplay.every single aspect is either broken or boring.

it really blows my mind how this piece of shit has so much media coverage and raving fanboys while gems like NieR and End of eternity flew under the radar.

>>8459179

Is 4th place Ys girl?

>>8459500
I liked it. Go on and hate.

>>8459312
Cock goes where

The thing that bugged me by far the most is that you don't even get to use the real parts of the battle system until the end of the game unless you buy the character DLC.
Of course now that they've released all the level 1000 stuff maybe it isn't as much of an issue now.

Don't mind me, just being the best damn thing about the sequel.

>>8460313
I feel like he's asking me to donate to Wikipedia.

If there was a possibility of a Neptunia 3, who do you think will star in it?

I'm personally hoping it's a spin-off with a reformed Arfoire as the main character, who goes on a journey to save Megaupload-hime from the evil SOPA-PIPA twins.

>>8460367
but SOPA and PIPA-tan are just pawns of the super secret boss ACTA-sama

>>8459189
Mk2 has even more DLC.
It gets a lot of free content every other day.

>buy DLC for RED
>so happy to finally recruit RED
>no DLC stat upgrades
>no swimsuit
>not even a different costume or accessory
FUCK THIS GAY EARTH.

>>8460949
what console is she even supposed to be? all I can think of is those colored versions gameboys

>>8460957
She's the personification of Red Entertainment. You know, the guys who made Gungrave.

>>8460977
oh, thanks

>>8458232
>GUST thread with new skins
Link please?

Just preordered the collector's edition. Can't wait for the artbook.

>>8461367
Are there any scans for the artbook of the first game?

>falcom chan

now i can furiously fap to my favorite developer

>>8461575
>there is no Capcom-tan or Square-Enix-tan or Atlus-tan or Namco-Bandai-tan
>the shitstorm when it finally happens

Does anyone have a picture of CAVE-tan?

>>8461656

>>8461668
Delightful!

now thats a sleepover id love to be at

>>8461652

they'll never do it, the small pubs/devs are allied together for a reason

>yfw Falcom got to 4th place in the popularity poll but Cave is only 14th place

>>8461691

Who are you quoting?

>>8461691

cave will get there, with due time

people are finally paying attention to falcom because of kiseki series finally getting some awards and whatnot. last i heard falcom was gonna consider some console devkits to try and grow some more. i guess after 30 years people finally care

hopefully it doesnt take anyone else that long to get some minor financial success

>>8461709
>Who are you quoting?

>>8461710
I don't think the companies themselves had anything to do with the votes, bro.

I don't have the first game. Is it safe to say that I can get the second game without any continuity problems?

>>8461725
I laughed

>>8461742

me either

im just saying that falcom has become more popular over the years, and by comparison id say cave is less known

besides, only several thousand people voted

>>8461767
Get the first game.

>>8461768
Then you're either blisteringly new, or you're him. It's the most retarded spam ever.

What console they represent?

>Green Heart doesn't have a cute little sister because Microsoft never came out with a handheld console
>suddenly sad that Microsoft never came out with a handheld console

I'd be more than happy to make a cute little daughter with her, though.

>>8461786
Who are you quoting is the most retarded spam ever. I especially hate that guy who doesn't use the image and isn't ironic.

>>8461811

eh, close enough in appearance at least

>>8461811
Is she in the second one?

>New Atelier game being a Social Game

I can see Gust-chan being raped by dozens of greedy salarymen.

Which character is PC in this I must know

>>8461709
>Who are you quoting?

Darn, I platinumed the first game and I had no idea these characters were supposed to represent game consoles and companies.
I thought the references were those game disc abilities.

>>8461944
It's called 'Console War' for a reason.

I see there's more doujins and a lot more fanart of the second game than the first game.
Which is good, it means the series is getting more popular.

>>8457299
Who are you quoting?

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8462047

I'm gonna need a name comrade.

>>8462113
Hell if I know, no scans or uploads anywhere.

>>8462130

It can't be helped I guess.

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>her breasts shrink instead of grow when she transforms into HDD

WHAT MANNER OF SORCERY IS THIS

>>8462419
the best kind of sorcery, of course!

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

Is there a reward or anything unlocked in the second game for earning achievements or simply having save data in the first game?

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

Quality Thread

>>8462618
No.

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8462992
He never would have QC'd this thread, baka.

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8461709
Who are you quoting?

>>8459700
Who are you quoting?

>>8459700
Who are you quoting?

Poor RED, not even making it to the second game.
At least 5pb made it.

>>8463555
because 5pb as a company went under and this is a homage to what once was.

>>8459700
Who are you quoting?

>>8459700
Who are you quoting?

>>8459700
Who are you quoting?

>>8463555
Isn't the VA of 5pb the singer of the OP?

>It's too early to give up on the game we call life. If reality doesn't work, rely on those 2D girls and your online friends!
>Even if nobody likes you in real life, you can depend on your party and guild members in online games!
>Even a boy in elementary school can pretend to be a girl, trick other boys, and get married online.

Real talk.

>>8461350

http://www.mediafire.com/?56hitkodxqk3gr6

does anyone have the rap files for the neptunia dlc?

>>8464180
Oh shit.
Are these skins supposed to work for a specific character or for all characters?

>>8462138
Oh wait, disregard that. There are doujins of it out there. A tentacle image set featuring Nepgear, and a Ram/Rom one. Both are on exhentai.

>>8463620

Wait what?
Source.

>>8465102
Only on Nep (if memory serves)

>>8466106
which is a shame because I would really want to dress up Uni or the original goddesses more.

>>8466139
>"dress up"
>not "strip down to cum-covered nudity"
We know what you really mean, bro.

RED and NIS/NISA are my favorite characters in this game. Goddamn it guys, I love justr about all the girls, but give NIS and RED more love.

>>8468560
Nisa is a rule 63 Bang Shishigami, and that confuses the fuck out of my penis.

>>8468590

I'm all for heroic characters. Which is why before I even added her to my roster I had fallen for her hot blooded and heroic spirit. Her talk of justice and heroism only made me like her more, not to mention she's cute as fuck.

>>8468608
I just enjoy school swimsuit Nisa sticking her ass out right in front of my face.

>>8468631

I'm fine with either...oh man...this game needs more hentai.

>>8468631
Kinda makes me wish I had bought the DLC...

>>8466139
why do we have to choose? we can do both.

>>8468631

Are the DLC outfits still going to be in mk2?

>>8468728
I think all the dlc from nepu1 gets recycled and out in mk2 as padding for free.

>>8468735

What sort of wizardry?

>>8468733
Thank God.

Sometimes I could swear that Neptune and Recette are related somehow.

Who is the guy from 1:38?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ROVEJBWp8s

Can you turn Japanese voices on in the EU release?

>>8468968

Yes.

Why did they make the recruitment process for the goddesses so annoying. I want to recruit them but I have a fucked up save, pretty sure I've lost at least 10% share from nep dying or something.

Besides idolm@ster2 beckons.

Ordinary girls turn red in the face when embarrassed or excited.
5pb emits radio waves from her eyes.
5pb is clearly superior.

Just the other day I engaged in a long debate with my friend about whether IF is a tsundere.
Iffy is many things. Blunt, snarky, deadpan, brutally honest, shameless lesbian. But she is not tsundere.

He just doesn't get it.

>>8469768
Does she turn into a mage?

>>8470805
a tsundere vocally hates things yet secretly likes them.
IF is more of a realist. she is always going "um guys lets get back to earth" equivalents in speech.

>>8470818
There can only be one Supreme Tsundere Queen in the Gamindustri world.

>>8470808
Interestingly enough, 5pb has high magic power while her physical attack is shittier than shit.

>Minna, goodbye! See you again!

>>8472332
I hope those radio shows are in 2. Her voice is lovely.

>>8472372

Has the VA done other voice acting work? She sounds pretty good, but I can only find information on her as a singer.

is there an ost of MK released ? i really like the songs

>I wanna buy some books, but it's too cold and snowy outside, I'll just get Financier to buy them for me, oh wait she's out shopping for groceries, USELESS BITCH AIN'T NEVER AROUND WHEN I NEED HER, she is so getting a pay cut for this

White Heart-sama, why are you such a cunt?

Why does Compa's voice annoys me so much.

>>8475237
because its just plainly bad. and this applies to both the Eng or Jap voice.

>>8474842
is she reading a kinectimals book

>>8475278

Nah, english one is much better. The japanese one is outside her comfort-zone, the english one at least not. She even delivers some really awesome line, but that's just as rare as Compa is awesome. It happens, but not that often. (On scene I can think of is one with Nisa. Where compa is all fla.. flat.. flattered or something like this. And "a heroine has to leave before she starts to cry..")

Neptunia was funny anyway. I used the english voices and switched to japanese for those radio segments as well as the unvoiced dlc. Once I forgot to change it back and the next scene was Neptune saying.. something. Got me frightened to death. It sounded BAD.
Add to that my surprise when I found out that Iffy's japanese voice is by one of my favorite seiyuus (nin nin~) and I literally hated it in Neptunia to a point where it made Iffy a lot less likable than with her english voice? Weird. Just plain weird. After I knew it I even heard Rin out of it every now and then. Still didn't like it. (And I liked Rin's.)

Maybe the only game with japanese voices as an option where I actually heavily prefer the english ones.

Enjoy Cancer. Enjoy aids.

>>8475650
I don't know where to begin with this.

>>8475284
Looks like it says "KINOKO" to me.

>>8475650
>not liking Iffy's Japanese voice
Wat.

How is the music in mk2? Is it as bland and repetitive as the original?

Twin braids are my biggest turn on.

>>8459401
Think about what Nintendo's relationship with Sega would be if Sega wound up with the greatest system and goddess and country.

Which, in these games, it did.

>>8470805
IF is definitely a tsundere, she's even voiced by Rin.

>>8476195
>>8470805
She's not tsundere.

She's the protagonist to a lesbian harem.

Nep Nep's just there to distract us from it.

I wish this were coming out sooner. I need my console girls fix.

>>8476128
Nintendo would hurl obscenities and be a huge bitch because she can't admit she likes Sega?

Also, what does it mean when Nintendo is the most petite of the goddesses but has the most HP and soaks up damage like a tank? Metaphor for something?

>>8476234
>She's the protagonist to a lesbian harem.
RED disagrees with you there.

>>8476195
I don't think there's ever been an instance where IF was dishonest about her feelings, or hiding her sweet tender side when the situation called for it. Noire and Blanc are way more tsundere than IF.

>>8478208
Damnit. I'm gonna miss RED.

>>8478208
IF has some tsundere lines. One that comes right to mind is when she uses an item in battle, sometimes she something that translates into: "don't get the wrong idea, it's not like I'm doing this for your guys' sakes.."

That is epitome tsundere service right there.

>>8478216
What sucks is that neither 5pb nor RED ever had dialogue with anyone other than IF. Which leads me to believe that the characters were added as DLC last-minute and Kana Ueda was the only returning seiyuu available to do additional voice work on such short notice.

>>8478238
>Kana Ueda was the only returning seiyuu available to do additional voice work on such short notice.
You might be right, it also might just be that IF was the best insert character due to her personality. That's what I thought at least.

>>8478242
The makers of the first game blatantly went out of their way to make sure the only character speaking in the 5pb/RED events (other than 5pb and RED) is IF, even when the events centered around other characters. It's either "Hey RED, White Heart told me to give you a message" or it's Nisa just standing there without even a word out of her mouth.

>>8478238
Well that may be true (and yeah, it did suck that only IF got scenes) but Kanae Itou's voice gives me a raging hardon.

That's why I'm gonna miss RED.

She was pretty damn helpful in combat too, before you get Nep's LOLKILLEVERYTHING attack because she had a lot of good group attacks available before that. Her heals were a bit easier to trigger. Shitty, but reliable and you didn't have to waste a slot on Compa.

>>8478265
Combat-wise, I didn't find RED to be as useful as Nisa and Compa. Nisa had equipment that shot her strength and HP through the roof, and Compa guard crushed like a motherfucker with the right combo.

Never used or liked Red. At all. Oh except for that reviving-trophy.

I always used the standard-party. Until I got the CPU. Compa flew out for Noire. Well, Noire is the strongest character in Nep1.. so yeah.
Noire - 5pb, Neptune - Gust, Iffy - Nisa
That was the setup. Barely switched Noire or Neptune out, but Iffy and Nisa were always switching. Iffy breaks, Nisa destroys. (Her "combo link" and "switch" attacks were broken)
Compa.. sure she can break, but she is slower than Iffy, so no dice. + I like Iffy more.

Speaking of Noire. Anyone else noticed her tsundere-growing after battle? Or did I just end the battle always too quick until more or less my last normal battle with her before platinum...
Always got something like "It's not like I'm happy, even if you praise me"
Then it was extended, only once, for me: "It's not like I'm happy, even if you praise me................. but thanks." Nice addition.

Also about Iffy being tsundere: S-Rank clear: "It's aaaaall because of me! But, good job I guess." It's Iffy. She heals because she knows otherwise she has problems herself. That's not tsundere. She IS harsh at times. But that's why she's awesome.

I found some links for the DLCs in ps3iso, saying it included Nisa and Gust unlock items, but it only had the free content.

How well did mk2 sell in Japan? Hopefully the numbers will justify the making of an mk3.

I'm not going to complain about how healing is automatic only when certain conditions are met. I'm not going to complain about how healing outside of battle is impossible. I'm not even going to complain about how healing doesn't activate sometimes even when the skill is maxed.

But really. I max out a skill that heals 30% when my HP is 50% or under, and a skill that heals 70% when my HP is 10% or under. An enemy attack brings my HP down to double digits, and I'm only going to get healed for 30%?

>>8479531
Neptunia sells the most copies in America.

The numbers from here might be the ones justifying the creation of a third game.

>>8481765
I'm seeing in VGChartz that the first game sold about 150k copies.
Is that true? And is that a lot?

Why is death so trivialized in this game? Neptune shows disappointment in having to rescue an employee from an evil company, picking and choosing who gets to live. She even kills a guy later. True, he deserved it and he was on his deathbed anyway, but still.
I heard it gets a lot worse in the sequel.

>>8474842
>dat foot

>>8482285
Death is no big deal in video game land as long as you save your game.

>>8481815
I think Neptunia 1 was made with a budget of 5 bux, so those might be some great numbers.

>>8482341
http://images.4chan.org/a/src/1327719756333.png

What about dying in training camp?

>>8482360
haha, whos that?

>>8482360
Fansubbing is a dangerous business

>>8482360
Hory shit dude. That's heartbreaking.

>>8478194
The least powerful hardware of the generation but the biggest financial success.

>that feel when the only fanart you can find of a character is bukkake paizuri porn

Arfoire needs more love, and not the kind that's white and sticky and messy.

>>8482341
I heard mk2 had a budget of $10. Half of it was to pay Keiji Inafune.

>>8482376
>>8482377
>>8482391
Now I wonder what I missed...

>>8482452

The game in general needs more fanart. So many delicious designs going to waste..

>>8457299
I have this game, maybe I should pick it up and play it again.

>>8483920
At least it's not as bad as, say, Record of Agarest War. Good luck finding any good fanart of that.

I nearly spit out my drink when one of the NPCs called Nisa a "tsurupettan."
Yes, I had Japanese voices on.

>>8484348
It's like chibi White Heart is saying, "Hey! Who the fuck eats a banana in a bathtub?!"

>>8484353
i guess we all had japanese voices on when playing this game, or any other gust/nis game.

>>8484353
Why would you even play it in english?

>>8484369
>>8484373
Oh I forgot, it's /v/ that gets into a shit over stuff like that.

>>8484388
That sounds awful.

>>8484711
yeah I don't understand how anyone could listen to those english voices. most were horrible. this isn't even weeaboo either. its just recognizing the better or worse of two choices.

>>8485585
Compa's japanese voice was so nasaly and high pitched I could barely make out her words. The English one suffers a similar problem but nowhere near as bad.

>>8484273
At least the official art makes up for it.

>>8485585
The majority of /v/ refuses to play any game in its original Japanese if there's the option of an English dub, no matter how terrible, and ridicules anyone who would play a game in a language they don't understand.

>>8486432
yeah that makes no sense to me. I'd personally would opt for no voices than bad ones. especially if they put the money back into fleshing out a game.

>>8485624
Never heard Compa's English voice, but I didn't mind her Japanese voice. In fact, I thought it was adorable, in an irritating, overly cutesy kind of way. I can't explain it very well, so I'm just gonna call it "moe."

HyperNep is nominated in the /v/ game awards in the worst voice acting category.

>>8486522

Compa is probably the only moeblob that has ever actually managed to annoy me.
It's not just her voice, even her animation falling at the end of the battle is irritating.
I like Neptune but her stupid moralfag attitude and the way she refuses to hear other people sometimes gets into my nerves too.
I shouldn't take this game so seriously, though I love the rest of the cast.

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/01/09/idea-factory-answers-your-hyperdimension-neptunia-mk2-questions
/

>While you introduced two new company characters, Cave and Falcom, why isn’t Red-chan in Neptunia mk2?
>The primary reason was that I wanted to present more new characters to fans, although Red was well-received as a cute character. I believe the new characters, Falcom and Cave, provided this title with a great boost in popularity compared to the previous one. I was very confident that the new characters would prove to be popular from the beginning. I also believe I was able to successfully depict the characteristics of each company in them.

Is it just me, or did this director not answer the question at all?

>>8486541
>didn't want to save innocent people because they worked for the evil corporation Avenir
>killed a man and tried to justify it by saying he "ruined the mood"
>moralfag
Right.

>>8486567

I said sometimes.
She contradicts herself like that too.

>>8486552

>Damien hinted that the "year of Neptunia" is coming. What future plans does Idea Factory have for the Neptunia series? Spinoffs with older consoles? Adding more companies?

>I’m always thinking up interesting ideas for games. Not just any old type of “interesting,” either. I always endeavor to make use of this formula: “Interesting + Idea Factory = something new and stimulating.”
>Using this equation, we would like to keep producing things that only Idea Factory is capable of. The entire staff welcomes users’ desires and requests with open arms, and is willing to give them life in our products with passion and affection. That’s how we strive to constantly improve our product quality. We always appreciate your steadfast support!

Well, shit. This woman is an absolute pro at avoiding the subject.

Apparently NIS America won't be able to bring three DLC items from the Japanese version of mk2 over to the American version, because of what they called "collaborative red tape."
Any idea what these three items are?

>>8486982
one of them likely had to be nepgear's Tenga outfit

>>8487468
what.
pics. now.

Histoire needs more love \(^o^)/

>>8487871
I always did feel like histoire gave off of "these are my goddesses? help me" in most of her speech

>>8486982
dat Funabori face

Histoire is the happiest magical tome in the whole world.

Every time you post in this thread, Gust-chan is raped by greedy japanese salarymen with SOCIAL GAME tentacles.

>>8488559
If salarymen try, I sue them good!
Desu no.

>not playing with English voices

>>8488582
We get it, you're a masochist.

>>8488594
And how!

One time I played with English voices during a Gust-chan event.
Missing sentence pieces everywhere

>>8488577
>blink.png
>blink
>png
Liar.

>the English dub in mk2 will only cover the most important scenes, due to the sheer number of lines in the game

Why have an English dub in the first place?

>>8488623
I think Sony generally requires it.

>>8488628

Agarest, Yakuza2... and more.

They just do a half dub now, because they can. Neptunia 1 sold more than enough. It's not budget restrictions, it's earning more money. No english dub would mean less money. Apparently at least.

And let's be honest here. WHY did Neptunia 1 sell so damn much? (Way over 100k units, more than twice as much as AT3..)
Only one answer makes sense: Localization + the good english dub.
Most still don't care about the japanese dub. It's for those who buy NISA games more or less anyway. Gameplay, graphics, music or the story couldn't really be a reason either.
However the characters are damn charming, and the good dub did most likely help.

Or has anyone a different explanation, why Neptunia sold so much more than AT3 or other Gust games?
When I played Atelier Rorona I could see that the efforts regarding the localization were quite a bit below Neptunia's. Half dub, weird choice for Hom and even the script had at least two editors. For example, in the second half you'd suddenly get -san translations. (-> Mr./Ms. last name)

>>8488750
I think it sold because it was lewd, and contained loli characters. Not because of the localization.

>>8489201
I know that's why I bought it!

>>8489215
What a coincidence, so did I.

>>8488750

It was hyped. A lot. The designs are quite delicious and the concept appealed to a wide audience with "lol console wars XD". Lots of people pre-ordered expecting it to be some awesome game but instead it turned out to be pretty mediocre in all fairness. Stuff like AT3 and such doesn't get much marketing and it doesn't appeal to such a wide audience as much as lewd personifications of consoles does. It's going to be interesting to see how well mk2 does considering most people realise now what the game is actually like.

>>8487871

I want to have consensual sex in the missionary position with the lights off with Histoire.

>>8488750

> Agarest

The first one was PSN-only because they refused to do a dub. Microsoft has no such restrictions, Xbox 360 gets a full release. Successful sales got them a green light to go ahead with Zero without a dub.

> Yakuza 2

The game happens in Japan. Also, Sega has a lot of clout.

Sony will *very rarely* allow a game without a dub, but it takes a lot of arguing and red tape and general bullshit and more time than a small company can afford. I know most of /jp/ doesn't have jobs so they don't have experience with this, but time is money. If it takes you a few more months to get your distribution contract worked out that's a lot more expensive than hiring some off-union VAs for a couple days of recording.

>>8490160
You know bro. Not every company out there is sucking the dicks for a little more money. Sometimes quality can take priority.

>>8490168
> sucking the dicks for a little more money

You don't make a lot of money from translating obscure Japanese games. This isn't "sweet now we have a money pool to swim in," it's "now we can keep the lights on for another year and hopefully land another project!"

Or, you know, spend it picking up something like Ciel no Surge, which is too risky to do without a buffer.

NIS (not NISA) almost went out of business a few years ago. Marvelous is on the verge of shutdown. Irem's going. XSEED almost went out of business. Atlus milks a bunch of shitty MMOs and casual DS titles and managed to get a lucky mega-hit in Demons Souls (and years ago, Disgaea). This is an industry where you're always one failed game away from shutdown, especially on the US side.

Not having the entire game voiced isn't going to kill you. It's not even going to bother you.

>>8490225
Sorry, my bad. I was going to still look down on you but I thought that not every game is an Atlus game dubbed or translated. So I am hoping the companies still making good games like Recettear don't go bankrupt.

>>8490254
> So I am hoping the companies still making good games like Recettear don't go bankrupt.

ALART! ALART!

We have a troll in the dungeons. Everyone stay in a calm and orderly fashion and please ignore it.

>>8490254
>Recettear
You know that game was released in 2007 in Japan, and wasn't translated into English until 2010? Also, Carpe Fulgar weren't the ones that even made it, they just translated it.

And if you even had standards, Recettear was barely a "good" game, considering it was just copy-paste previous rpgs: the game

>>8490291
Well go ahead and tell me a game that is like Recettear, but better. I'll check it out.

>>8490085
>I want to have consensual sex in the missionary position with the lights off with Histoire.

you realize she's like 5 inches tall. your cock would likey be bigger than her entire body.

>>8490291 And if you even had standards, Recettear is barely a "good" game, considering it is now in English and a lot of people have played it.

>>8490337
Torneko: the last hope
and every other Torneko game

>>8490354
Now you see, this is the problem with you people and your obscure games. That peepee game graphics that look like a bad copy of Legend of Mana, which in no way has better graphics than, say, Final Fantasy Origins, to name a game. Don't make me talk about the characters, I don't see no loli, I don't see no fairy meganekko. You think I am interested in... you know what. What do you look for in a game, Anonymous?

>>8490354
Didn't know that Recettear was a "light" roguelike.

>>8490381
>A shopkeeper dungeoncrawl
What the fuck more do you want to whine about?
Let me guess, you think the SMT series was the first JRPG to combine dating sim elements with role-playing

>>8490388
If that was supposed to be a counterargument to the game's existance, you did a pretty poor job

>>8490388
>obscure
>The PlayStation version of the game sold over 578,000 copies in Japan the year of its release
>The Game Boy Advance version of the game had sold over 181,000 units in Japan by 2007
> The game was well-received by Famitsu magazine, with a score of 37 out of 40 for the PlayStation version and 36 out of 40 for the Game Boy Advance version
>Additionally, the game was voted by the publication as number 31 in its top 100 PlayStation games of all time

You are a dense motherfucker

>>8490398
That's no answer man. What do you think you are doing? I could have told you too that your game has peepee graphics and be done with it. Tell me what you look for in a game, because clearly it isn't the graphics, they look like your generic bad done PEEPEE jrpg graphics of the 90's. And don't get me started with those characters that look like town NPCs... well not really but they sure give them a run for their money.

>>8490409
Twilight is more popular than that game. That doesn't say much though, popular games can be good too, if you don't believe me take a look at Recettear.

>>8490417
Hilarious, brosef

>>8490423
>comparing a movie to a game
Great coherency in your logic there
When anime these days is considered to be a success with 10k sales
When a game like MHFU sold less than 10k in the US within the year of its release
Why don't you get the fuck out? He said it was obscure, there was no correlation between "good game" and sales.

>>8490398
Recettear is easier to beat without doing any dungeon crawling.
Comparing it to a fucking Fushigi no Dungeon game is stupid if you actually play both games.
And yes, I know that it was obviously inspired by Torneko's chapter in DraQue4.
>Let me guess, you think the SMT series was the first JRPG to combine dating sim elements with role-playing
What the hell are you talking about?

>>8490424
Don't talk down on good games when you can't even give an example that you can support. I would have liked that you supported your edgy game, but it seems you are not willing to.

>>8490437
Okay then there was no need to attack me. But since you had your panties in a bunch that I didn't like the game with the peepee graphics you got all menopausic on me.

>>8490451
If you thought I was saying Recettear was an exact clone of JUST Torneko, you are fucking dense. I said it was a copy-paste of more than one JRPG.
It's pretty fucking obvious that Recettear borrowed a huge concept from Torneko, it doesn't look like you're going to deny that though.
If you can't follow a simple train of thought, (like some people claiming SMT invented the concept of RPG+dating sim like you implying Recettear invented the shopkeeper+RPG idea)

>>8490474 I said it was a copy-paste of more than one JRPG.
It's not a copy-paste, it takes an already existing but barely used concept and expands on it.
I don't know why you're so angry against a 5 bucks doujin game because it's not original ENOUGH for you.

>>8490541
Because originality is what JRPGS need these days
It's what all the detractors complain about
It's not for my sake, since I'm a pragmatist, but relying on moe to sell your games is not a good long-term decision.

>>8490346

I've seen plenty of hentai that proves this is possible but I wouldn't do that to her. I'll just stick to lots of hugging instead.

>>8490474
Come on seriously, are people calling Torneko a "JRPG" as well now?
J or W rpgs have no definition whatsoever in regards to either mechanical or thematic descriptors, so putting it together with the string of "RPG" that declares that the game has mechanics derived from pen&paper roleplaying games makes no sense.

Torneko is a "roguelike", not a "JRPG". Seriously, why can't people simply use the actual genres and descriptors for these kinds of things?
JRPG as a term wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for biased reviewers coining the term to trashtalk foreign games, and later elitist on both sides embracing it to further their elitism.

What's wrong with
Computer RPG
Console RPG
Light RPG
Dungeon Crawler
Roguelike
etc

These are terms that actually describe the game.

>>8490737
this guy makes sense. sadly he's on 4chan so he'll get ignored.

>>8490737
I already called it a dungeoncrawl, you dense cunt, as well as that other guy calling it a roguelike. Calm the fuck down. Everybody already knows the terminology is bullshit. Don't pretend like what you're saying is profound and only know by you. I just don't give a fuck. It wasn't the main focus of the topic.

All you trolls barging into this thread can kiss Neptune's pudgy striped ass.

>>8491068

>>8490085
I think people bought the first game already knowing what to expect, since every review out there kept bashing its bad gameplay and blatant sexism and such. People probably bought the game expecting a trainwreck. A trainwreck they could fap to.

Speaking of which, how did Western reviewers in general like mk2?

>>8491118
It's not out for another month. Probably won't be copies received by media for another two weeks at least.

>>8491118
Sexism? What the hell.

>>8490085
>I want to have consensual sex in the missionary position with the lights off with Histoire.
TOO LEWD

>>8491132
Forgot under the covers.

>>8491196
You sick depraved man.

>>8491118
I would expect that western reviewers will also bash mk2.

>>8491384
yeah they likely will, but most people don't take reviews in general seriously. its obvious its a money fueled circle jerk.

I bought Neptunia at Gamestop because 4chan kept talking about it, and I didn't know what to expect.

Christ, what a shitty game. Why do I like it so much?
I bought all the DLC and pre-ordered Mk2.

>>8491480
likely for the same reason people buy minecraft or other lackluster games. because of the potential to be good and the hope. even if good gameplay is not there when I play Nepu 1 I still loved the characters and the world designed and would have killed for a fleshed out game in that setting.

Idea Factory games are usually so bad, but their characters completely make up for that.

>>8491498
Yeah. I thought the gameplay was far less than stellar, but it was the most fun I had playing a game in a long while. I'm glad it got a squeal.

Has anyone played Spectral vs. Generation?
I've heard it's broken, but it looks like a KoF clone, and that is what interests me (also the unique characters).

>>8491542
yep and here's hoping its a bit more fleshed out this time. it looks to be.

I find it amusing how TVTropes pointed out that, on Metacritic, no critic gave the first game a positive review while no user gave it a negative review.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/hyperdimension-neptunia

Looks like things have changed recently, since I do see two positive reviews from critics. Still, it makes you think.

I only played neptunia for the nerd cred.

>>8491863
Smaller companies like NISA and Aksys can't afford to pay off reviewers for good ratings.

>limited edition comes with a deck of playing cards

Why would they do this? The point of playing cards is to use them to play card games, and I would never use such rare and precious items to play card games with other people. They would just get dirty and bent.

At the very least, it should come with two decks. One to keep in mint condition and one to use for whatever reason.

>>8491940
who said you were supposed to use the cards

>>8491863
Not really. Most, if not all, of the people who bothered to rate the game were fans trying to dispel the bad image it had. I'd probably say it was a 5-6/10 game on launch. Maybe a 6-7/10 with the DLC but that is beyond pushing it.
Does it appeal to people in their niche? Yes.
As a game it had a ton of faults that screamed that the game really needed some tlc.

>>8491956
Should have made them trading cards then, if no one's supposed to use them as playing cards.

>>8491128
The one image with Neptune, Compa, and the bandages was prominent in reviews and previews. Not exactly sexism, but apparent lewdness.

Why should I care about a game where the main character is the Sega Game Gear? That was one shitty handheld, but I guess I'm one of the only ones here old enough to remember it when it first came out.

>>8492194
Hey you old dinosaur, you missed the Lum thread.

>wait for the third game to be announced
>get ready to fap to the personification of the Sega Saturn, expecting it to be another sexualized moeblob wearing nothing but tiny pieces of futuristic armor
>find out it's this motherfucker right here

>>8492271
Write your post as prose. You'll just attract flames.

>>8492271
Third game will feature moe moe Sega 32X girl that does fusion dance with Neptune and Nepgear.

>>8492308
"fusion dance"
I like the sound of that.

>>8492341
I'd rather the 32X girl fused with Neptune and Nepgear in a different way if you know what I mean.

>>8492156
Why do people get upset by this stuff?

If someone released a game pandering to fujoshi or females in general I wouldn't care or be offended.

>>8492466
It's the STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE mentality, with a dash of THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

Sorry, but this thread makes me feel sick every time I see it.

I bought this game and looked forward to it, it was fun at first but the free DLC completely and utterly unbalances the game, making some areas either way way too easy, or impossibly hard.
That was about 8 months ago..
A few days ago I thought to myself "I'll try this piece of crap again, but ignoring DLC completely."
I just couldn't get back into this.. It uses the exact same sound and light effects as Trinity Universe the DLC is just... wrong and the game is incredibly easy/repetitive.

What could you guys possibly tell me to let this game be enjoyable for me?
I really wish I liked this game, I really wish it was playable.

>>8492505
Maybe you should just wait for mk2, bro. It sounds more your cup of tea.

>>8492505
Huh? The only free DLC I remember is the extra dungeons.

>>8492608
The DLC dungeons do tend to have some overpowered weapons in them, especially if you use the save/load trick to just avoid random encounters.

It's not really the game's fault if you decide to use them, though.

I feel like powerleveling, where's the best place to grind? Right now I keep repeating that short dungeon in Planeptune with the Cliones that give 2 million EXP per pop, but I feel like I now need to move on to something bigger.

>>8492627
Shiva gives 10m XP but that might take longer than just using the Cliones.

>>8488550
I didn't notice until now the Konami code written on Histy's left sleeve.

>>8492616
>>8492637
why would anyone level past 99 anyway. never saw the point.

>>8492874
DLC dungeons?
Bragging rights?

>>8493077
last thing I'd brag about is how well I can grind.

>>8493116
Well you can grind her though.

>>8493116
never played an mmorpg, I take it?

>>8493124
/jp/ doesn't play mmos for the grinding. I think it's time for you to get out of /jp/.

>>8493124
I have, and I never bragged on how long I've grinded on their either, shit's dumb.

>>8493136
That's right, only nerds like to grind.

>Hyperdimension Neptunia MMORPG

>>8493155
first in line to private server

>>8493143
its more a matter of grinding takes no skill at all to do. its not something that everyone can't do. so you attempt to brag for something not special at all? you look stupid.

>>8493166
And what about the dedication, hours spent doing the same thing over and over to achieve some numbers in the computer because you couldn't achive anything in real life with the same time investment.

>>8493170
they way you pitch your argument makes it sound like you agree with me and I am being trolled. oh well.

point really still stands, anyone can grind. patience may be a virtue. but its not a skill.

>>8493177
How could grinding be a skill anyways? You just do the same thing over and over. You said it, shit's dumb.

>>8493181
Maybe it's not so much "skill" as it is "dedication".

Does any of the post-game or DLC content offer anything story-wise? Or am I just wasting my time?

If you need EXP, fight the Cliones that give 2m EXP. It might take you awhile to kill them depending on your level, but they're pretty much a non-threat.

You don't need to level past level 99 in any circumstance, even for the DLC dungeons that recommend level 999. Your HP stops going up past 99 anyway and the stat gains are trivial.

I hope the reviewers for MK2 condemn it for how perverted and oversexualized it is. It seemed to do wonders for the original game.

I wish there was a repeatable dungeon that didn't have a timer. Sometimes I want to just enjoy myself and take my time and watch all the cute battle animations and such, but not in a ranked dungeon, it's attack L2 attack L2 attack L2 attack L2 X attack L2 attack L2 attack L2 X attack L2 attack L2 attack L2 X lather rinse repeat...

>>8494903
you could always just accept a bad score... unless you FAIL a dungeon (ie leave without finishing) it doe nothing to your share.

People tell me I should get Black Heart and Green Heart first, and save White Heart for the post-game.
I get White Heart first anyway.

They see me rollin'...

>>8496478
I don't think it personally matters, just don't get all 3 at once or you'll miss an ending and have to replay the game for it.

I bought the Level 999 cap. Even though it was half price, did I waste my money?

>>8496520
I think you already know the answer

Its lost, right?
This is what I get for trying to cheap out ;_;

>>8497116
What is this? The Purple Heart figure?

>>8497261
That isn't out till June.

My guess is he tried to buy a copy off eBay instead of from NISA and it is lost. Hard to say though.

>>8497351
>using ebay

>>8497357
Nothing wrong with eBay as long as you make sure to check feedback.

>>8497116
I only lost games when ordering from Amazon.

Super Saver Shipping just blows. Worst than SAL dude.

I've never won anything on ebay, ever.

I'll wait for hours for the bid to close, and I'm always sure to increase my bid seconds before the auction closes.

But I always lose. And so I gave up.

>>8497474

The 3-5 day shipping is cheap as HELL and my stuff usually comes in 2 days.

Lady Green Heart's tits are huge.
Huge like Xbox.

I'd play with her until she overheats.

>>8499614
wouldn't take long.

>>8498354
Time to save all these pics before the thread is died.