History VideoGame / HyperdimensionNeptunia

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:After defeating the villain and destroying every monster in the world, the true ending has the four goddesses agree that if left alone, they'll only back to fighting one another. They ultimately decide to give up their power and immortality so a new goddess can be made to rule in their place. The epilogue even states that the world sees a new era of peace, while they grow old and eventually die.]]

[[caption-width-right:344:[[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Is]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} your]] [[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 console]] as [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe]] as this?]]

The game starts off with a battle between the three goddesses - Vert, Noire and Blanc (the personifications of the UsefulNotes/Xbox360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} respectively) - versus a fourth goddess, Neptune, the personification of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Neptune#Sega_Neptune Sega Neptune that never came to be]]. Following her [[CurbStompBattle loss]], Neptune [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memory]] and gets turned into a preteen girl. An unknown force then sends her out on a mission to stop the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil piracy monsters]] running rampant in the gaming world. To do that, she needs to find a book that holds the secrets of the world... and hopefully win the three other goddesses to her side for good.

Apparently, the faults of the game were seen by the developers, as three years later, a remake by the name of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'' was released for the UsefulNotes/PSVita, and later for the PC.

* ObviousBeta: Admittedly due to its [[NoBudget nearly non-existent budget]].

* StupidStatementDanceMix: Blanc / White Heart's "Thunder Tits" line gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUMQMPM_cic a Sparta remix]].

* PantyShot:
** Glimpsed when Neptune bends over while using her hammer skill.
** The status of your characters covers it up until you press X to exit the battle, but Compa falls over after you win. The camera angle is situated in front of her so that you can see her undies for a brief second after the status leaves the screen. It's only for a fraction of a second.

* BroadStrokes: At least some of the later games treat the events of this game with this; the general chain of events happened, albiet with details changed, particularly the true ending.

* MarathonLevel: The "99 Knights" quest, which tasks you to take down 99 Turquoise Cadets. Assuming you get ''very'' lucky and get 3 Cadets every encounter, that's still 33 battles. And given that the battles only start after a fixed amount of walking around the map, walking around can easily take up a signifigant amount of time alone.

The first game in the ''Videogame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, {{JRPG}}s featuring [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe anthropomorphisms]] of the 7th generation consoles in a humorous take on the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars.

* TransformingMecha: [[spoiler:Later in the game, ''Neptune'' transforms into the jet plane seen in the [[SpoilerOpening opening credits]] as one of her [[LimitBreak Limit Breaks]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:330:[[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation3}} Is]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} your]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Xbox360}} console]] as [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe]] as this?]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The combat system was much different, enemy encounters occurred randomly, the other [=CPUs=] besides Neptune could be renamed upon joining the party (the names Noire, Vert, and Blanc being mere stand-ins that were later made canon) and many of the characters, especially the [=CPUs=], were rather unlikeable, making Gamindustri look like a WorldOfJerkass.

The first game in the Videogame/{{Neptunia}} series, {{JRPG}}s featuring [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe anthropomorphisms]] of the 7th generation consoles in a humorous take on the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars.

The game starts off with a battle between the three goddesses - Vert, Noire and Blanc (the personifications of the UsefulNotes/{{XBox360}}, UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation3}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}) respectively) - versus a fourth goddess, Neptune, the personification of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Neptune#Sega_Neptune Sega Neptune that never came to be]]. Following her [[CurbStompBattle loss]], Neptune [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memory]] and gets turned into a preteen girl. An unknown force then sends her out on a mission to stop the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil piracy monsters]] running rampant in the gaming world. To do that, she needs to find a book that holds the secrets of the world... and hopefully win the three other goddesses to her side for good.

Along the way, she gets to meet up with other various people who are [[MoeAnthropomorphism the moe personification of]] Gust, Creator/NipponIchi, Creator/IdeaFactory, and Creator/CompileHeart. 5pb and [[Creator/RedEntertainment Red]] are also available as DLC characters.

* DuelBoss: Neptune vs. Arfoire later in the game.

%%Shorthand for the second game should be capitalized as mk2, not Mk2 or mk-2. For the third game, use Victory, not V, since the English name has been confirmed to use the former, and the Japanese title has both.

-->'''Neptune''': Oh, yep. Death flag triggered. I kinda guessed he was one of those gonna-die-[=NPCs=] when I met him. Is he okay?
-->'''IF''': [[MoodDissonance H-How can you act like that when someone is dying?]] Compa, can't you do something?
-->'''Compa''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I wish I could, but I can't do anything about a triggered flag or a bad ending route he chose...]]

-->'''Compa''': [[FunnyMoments I wish I could, but I can't do anything about a triggered flag or a bad ending route he chose...]]

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: One of the letdowns of the game is that you see backgrounds from ''RecordOfAgarestWar'', ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'', and ''[[VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia Ar tonelico]]''. You also see monsters that were seen in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' and ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse''.

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: One of the letdowns of the game is that you see backgrounds from ''RecordOfAgarestWar'', ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'', and ''ArTonelico''. You also see monsters that were seen in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' and ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse''.

* HaveYouSeenMyGod: Planeptune's Basilicom is understandably upset when Purple Heart doesn't show up when the goddesses start arriving. [[spoiler:And in the GoldenEnding, all four goddesses call it quits and leave Historie to create a new goddess to rule in their place.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2mjcE_GGWQ This video alone]] is enough to give you so many broken moments.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If you change Neptune's clothing and use her hammer skill in the field you can see that they took the time to change the color of her panties to match her stockings.

* GratuitousFrench: Several characters' names.
* GuideDangIt: It's an Idea Factory game, which means an incredibly obscure undocumented system must be used to reach the GoldenEnding.
** The game fails to mention that Neptune dying in battle has a hidden penalty and that if she dies too many times it can permanently lock you out of events -- [[spoiler: including the events to reach said ending]]!

* InSeriesNickname: Compa, and later Vert, call Neptune as Nep-Nep.
** Vert later calls IF Iffy (Ai-chan in Japan), which flusters IF to no end.

* LostForever: Anything that only appears in a [[OneTimeDungeon story dungeon]], including monsters for your MonsterCompendium. Thank the goddesses for [[NewGamePlus New Game Plus]].

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted in all of the endings.

* OneWingedAngel: Arfoire.

* PantyShot

* SavingTheWorld

* [[ThankingTheViewer Thanking The Player:]] In both endings, the main trio directly thanks you for getting them through the game.

* VictoryPose
* VisualInitiativeQueue

The game starts off with a battle between the three goddesses - Vert, Noire and Blanc (the personifications of the UsefulNotes/{{XBox360}}, UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation3}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}) respectively) - versus the fourth goddess, Neptune, the personification of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Neptune#Sega_Neptune Sega Neptune that never came to be]]. Following her [[CurbStompBattle loss]], Neptune [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memory]] and gets turned into a preteen girl. An unknown force then sends her out on a mission to stop the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil piracy monsters]] running rampant in the gaming world. To do that, she needs to find a book that holds the secrets of the world... and hopefully win the three other goddesses to her side for good.

The game starts off with a battle between the three goddesses (UsefulNotes/{{XBox360}}, UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation3}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}) versus the fourth goddess -- Sega Neptune, the personification of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Neptune#Sega_Neptune Sega Neptune that never came to be]]. Following her [[CurbStompBattle loss]], Neptune [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memory]] and gets turned into a preteen girl. An unknown force then sends her out on a mission to stop the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil piracy monsters]] running rampant in the gaming world. To do that, she needs to find a book that holds the secrets of the world... and hopefully win the three other goddesses to her side for good.

Apparently, the faults of the game were seen by the developers, as three years later, a remake by the name of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'' was released for the PSVita, and later for the PC.

Apparently, the faults of the game were seen by the developers, as, three years later, a remake by the name of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'' was released for the PSVita, and later for the PC.

The original was localized by NISAmerica.

* LimitBreak: Neptune's "Neptune Break" as well as Nisa's "[[ZettaiHeroProject ZHP Legend!!]]"