History VideoGame / MegadimensionNeptuniaVII

* Yandere: K-Sha to Noire. She starts off as a ClingyJealousGirl only to rapidly mutate into [[AxCrazy Gun Crazy]] due to [[DarkAndTroubledPast her own insecurities]] , [[spoiler:Kurome's]] GasLighting. She gets better in the end, though.

* Yandere: K-Sha to Noire. She starts off as a [[ClingyJealousGirl]] only to rapidly mutate into [[AxCrazy Gun Crazy]] due to [[DarkAndTroubledPast her own insecurities]] and [[spoiler:Kurome's]] Gaslighting.

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Alongside with Uzume, this installment also introduces an older Neptune, but unlike the Neptune we know, she cannot transform into Goddess. However, her personality is generally same albeit calmer, [[spoiler:and could be possibly the Ultradimension counterpart of her Hyperdimension self]].

* AllWomenAreLustful: In-universe. After the battle with [[spoiler:Steamax]] he throws a bunch of BL (BoysLove) books all over the room as a last ditch attempt to distract the girls and escape. He seems genuinely convinced that it will work and although the girls are initially outraged by this, they all steal glances at the pages. Even Iffy cannot resist!

* ShootTheMoney: The first game in the main series to have a proper budget. [[AnimationBump And the game loves to]] [[SceneryPorn show you that at every]] [[AwesomeMusic chance it gets.]] Considering the [[NoBudget shoestring development]] of previous titles, [[EnsembleDarkHorse the franchise]] has come a long way.

* SequelEscalation: Taken UpToEleven for “Superior Angels”, especially in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5qPveg_k7g&t=4m42s human form]]. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5qPveg_k7g&t=10m31s HDD version]] is similar as in Victory, but slightly altered to make it even more awesome.

* MaleGaze: To ridiculous levels. Nearly every Skill, transformation sequence, victory pose and level up pose focus the camera on the girl's assets, particularly the rear.

** SequelDifficultySpike: Enemies hit hard - even harder than in ''Victory'' and ''mk2''. Characters’ movement during battle is also now limited, making positioning more important. In addition, the combo structure in this game is slightly different: the number of combos is determined by the weapon equipped, making a good selection of weapons far more important. This means spamming the same Combo Skills as the player does in previous games is no longer an option. To compensate for this, the EXE Drive gauge now fills faster, although it resets to zero at the end of every battle. As a bonus, transforming in HDD Mode is no longer consumes 20% SP, but one EXE Drive Gauge bar.
* SequelDifficultySpike: The game is noticeably more challenging than Mk2 or Victory, which is mostly due to developers placing limits on several game mechanics to stop players from abusing them. It doesn't help that certain areas also force players to go solo or in pairs, healing items/spells are not as effective as before and HDD mode barely boosts stats.
** SequelEscalation: Taken UpToEleven for “Superior Angels”, especially in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5qPveg_k7g&t=4m42s human form]]. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5qPveg_k7g&t=10m31s HDD version]] is similar as in Victory, but slightly altered to make it even more awesome.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Than ''Victory/Re;Birth3'' and compared to''mk2/Re;Birth2'' in terms of edginess. The promotional material in particular gives off this vibe, though it is justified since the vast majority of it focused on the Zero Dimension. The actual game strikes a good mix between the seriousness and the comedy, but it is definitely darker than the plot of the previous titles.

Taking place three years after the True Ending of ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory Victory]]'', Gamindustri has entered a precarious season known as the CPU Shift Period. During this time, bad rumors about the [=CPUs=] have begun to spread the whole Gamindustri. Neptune and the others worry the citizens of their respective landmass will soon call for new leaders to replace them and that their leadership will end.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Victory'' and ''mk2/Re;Birth2'' in terms of edginess. The promotional material in particular gives off this vibe, though it is justified since the vast majority of it focused on the Zero Dimension. The actual game strikes a good mix between the seriousness and the comedy, but it is definitely darker than the plot of the previous titles.

* PutOnABus[=/=]WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Ultradimension from ''Victory'' is essentially absent from this game. While its story comes up at several points, Plutia and Peashy are relegated to DLC characters for the Scout system.

Will Neptune and Nepgear be able to work together with Uzume in order to save Zero Dimension from tragedy? Thus, the new adventures for Neptune begins in this game…

** The Gold Third quartet get one when they activate their Gold Form.

* AlternateUniverse: Much like in ''Victory'', while Neptune is the same as the one from mk2, once again she's been transported to an alternate universe, this time with Nepgear. The first is Zerodimension, which the whole Gamindustri was completely destroyed by Dark [=CPUs=]. The second is Heartdimension, which lies within the Zerodimension. [[spoiler: All of candidates alongside with IF, Compa and Gold Third to rescue the [=CPUs=], all while they learn the shocking truth of Uzume, Umio and adult Neptune]].
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: After the [=CPUs=] curbstomped by Gold Third and their leadership usurped, they decided to return to their respective nations to see what's going on after the G-1 Grand Prix incident, while finding the one who responsible for this mess; a quest that will ironically cause them to befriend the Gold Third members.
** '''Neptune:''' With the exception of Nepgear and Histoire, every Planeptune residents has forgotten about her, even IF and Compa who always accompany her, now forgets her. The nation is now ruled by B-Sha, a [[MoneyFetish money fetish]] who likes playing hero. The problem is, she has a huge phobia towards monsters. Neptune tries her best to make everyone remember her as the CPU of Planeptune and help B-Sha to overcome her phobia, all while defending the nation from monsters.
** '''Noire:''' She's now become a wanted fugitive by Lastation authorities. While escaping, she is helped by K-Sha, whom becomes her very first friend. What Noire doesn't know is that K-Sha is a one of the Gold Third member who currently ruling her own nation and secretly harbors an obsession towards her. Things become worse when a mysterious person starts provoking K-Sha to kill Uni.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Dark [=CPUs=] in general. Not only they capable to destroy physical matters, but also capable to tear through the space and time.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Much like in Victory, the vast majority of Coupling and Formation Skills requires multiple levels of the EXE Drive Gauge, but are only about as powerful, if not weaker than the basic EXE Drives. Even ''"Superior Angels"'', one of the most powerful Formation Skills, became slightly weaker in this game.
** Any Processor Units with “Prototype” label (for example: Prototype Purple, Prototype Lilac, etc). These processor units provide 60 points for each trait, with the exception of MOV which provides 10 points. The downside is it introduces SP upkeep (20% SP consumed per turn) that occurs at the beginning of whoever-is-running-these-units' turn, and SP upkeep is something that was last seen in ''mk2'', ''Victory'' and ''Re;Birth'' series.
* BrickJoke: In ''Victory'', Neptune wonders as to the whereabouts of her Ultradimension counterpart, and the others point out that if Ultradimension Neptune have the same general personality and without the immortality of a CPU, she would have starved to death a long time ago. In this game, when Adult Neptune [[spoiler:who is actually Ultradimension Neptune]] encounters Uzume and Nepgear, she's so glad to have finally found someone because she had ran out of portable food and was on the verge of starvation.
* BrutalBonusLevel: The Neplunker dungeons. Much like the [[VideoGame/{{Spelunker}} game which the dungeon itself inspired from]], a player can explore the large cave and obtain some good items (weapons, discs, armors, etc.), complete with [[NintendoHard insane difficulty]]. Player also able to ward off the bats and ghosts by doing a Symbol Attack and those monsters providing a lots of EXP, however it will cost some energy if doing excessively.

** When Neptune and Nepgear met Zerodimension!Arfoire, the former explains to Uzume and [[NoFourthWall audience]] how they fight her many times in previous games, including the [[Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation anime continuity]] as well.
* CombatExclusiveHealing: {{Averted}}. Unlike in previous titles, player can use both healing skills and healing items both inside and outside battle.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Victory'' and to the extent, ''mk2/Re;Birth2'', in terms of edginess. The promotional material in particular gave off this vibe, though it is justified since the vast majority of it focused on the Zero Dimension. The actual game strikes a good mix between the seriousness and the comedy, but it is definitely darker than the plot of the previous titles.
** Even though ''mk2''/''Re;Birth2'' was dark, its darkness only applies when the [=CPUs=] were captured and everyone lose their faith in [=CPUs=] and the Candidates. This installment, on the other hand, successfully shows its darkness from the beginning, middle and the end. One of the AlternateUniverse was completely destroyed by giant [=CPU=]-like entity out from nowhere, all [=CPUs=] but the Candidates get curbstomped by a group who possessing similar power with theirs while the mastermind of the story starts to mess up the Gamindustri, and last but not least, [[spoiler: in the final arc, all [=CPUs=] once again abducted then brainwashed by the mastermind who responsible the problem within the Zerodimension and Hyperdimension]]. To top off that, the mastermind [[spoiler:planned to merge all dimensions and destroys them into nothingness, which arguably similar if not same with Rei's goals from ''Victory'']].
* DieChairDie: The Object Destruction feature marks the first time in Neptunia series, since Hammer Crush from the first game. Using the Power Bracelet key item, every character can destroy any objects (such as wooden barrel, chest or wooden crates) easily, and [[RewardingVandalism player can get items and Credits if lucky]]. However, to break a stronger objects like iron barrel or metal crates, it would be required to have a Hyper Bracelet to increase the Breaker up to level 2.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The initials "VII" in the title have two meanings. One is that the game is a sequel to ''Victory''. The second is that, if you count the Vita games except the ''Re;Birth'' series, this is the seventh game of the franchise.

** Played straight with Dark [=CPUs=], aside for resembling the recurring four [=CPUs=], [[spoiler:all of them created by Kurome with the intention to destroy both Zerodimension and Hyperdimension]].

** Zero Dimension: Sung by [[Creator/MarikoHonda Uzume]]
** G Dimension: Sung by [[Creator/RieTanaka Neptune]], [[Creator/AsamiImai Noire]], [[Creator/KanaAsumi Blanc]], and [[Creator/RinaSato Vert]]
** Heart Dimension: Sung by [[Creator/RieTanaka Neptune]] and [[Creator/MarikoHonda Uzume]]
* [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity+1 Disc]]: The Infinidisk. As in ''Victory'' and ''Re;Birth'' series, this Super Rare-category blank disc has Lv.5 capacity for all three colors. Unlike in ''Victory'' and ''Re;Birth'' series however, you receive this disc [[spoiler:after you defeat the TrueFinalBoss]].
* MidSeasonUpgrade[=/=]NextTierPowerUp: Neptune, Noire, Blanc and Vert gains the new power called Next Form which uses up an EXE Drive Gauge whenever they transform. Story-wise, it is come from Hyper Share Crystal, a result from the fusion of [=CPUs=]' Share Crystal and Gold Third's Gold Crystal.

* MythArc: Despite the story divided into three different arcs, the story itself is all about the [=CPUs=] facing the so-called CPU Shift Period, as well to track down the one who responsible for troubles of both Zerodimension and Hyperdimension.
* PutOnABus[=/=]WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the events of the true ending of ''Victory'' leaving no excuse for this, WordOfGod has confirmed that Plutia and Peashy will be absent from this game, and Ultradimension is now no longer a focus.
** Pretty much all of the recurring Maker characters from the previous games, aside from IF and Compa, don't make an appearance in this game. This was likely due to the move onto the next-gen console and to make room for the Gold Third and the new DLC characters.

** SequelDifficultySpike: Enemies in this game hits ''even harder'' than it was in ''Victory'' and ''mk2'', as well as the characters’ movement during battle is now limited, making positioning become important. In addition, the combo structure in this game is slightly different, although there are many similarities from previous games; the number of combos is determined by the weapon equipped, making a good selection of weapons far more important. This means spamming the same Combo Skills as the player does in previous games is no longer an option. To compensate for this, the EXE Drive gauge now fills faster, although it resets to zero at the end of every battle. As a bonus, transforming in HDD Mode is no longer consumes 20% SP, but one EXE Drive Gauge bar.

* StatGrinding: Like in ''Victory'', you get a boost in stats when you complete some challenges. Like doing nothing with your party leader on the field (with the maximum being at 5 hours), jumping, getting ambushed, almost anything. If you're willing, you could practically get a lot of boosts in INT, TEC, and AGI ''before'' your first battle.

** '''''Zerodimension Neptunia Z - The Ragnarok of the Goddesses in Critical Moment''''': Neptune and Nepgear are blown to Zerodimension, where they stumble across Uzume and an adult-size Neptune. Neptune and Nepgear must find a way to get back to Hyperdimension, all while facing the Dark CPU.
** '''''Hyperdimension Neptunia G - Gold Vanguard Gamindustri Existence of Change''''': All [=CPUs=]' are easily defeated by Gold Third and their leadership are usurped by aforementioned faction. Neptune and the others must find out what's happening in their respective nations, all while find out the one who responsible for the changes in Hyperdimension.
** '''''Heartdimension Neptunia H - Trilogy Finale Into the Legend''''': A dimension full with uncovered mysteries. [[spoiler:It is revealed this dimension is a result of amalgamation of both Zerodimension and Hyperdimension. In order to track down the mastermind causing the troubles of both worlds, the [=CPUs=] travel to a strange, new dimension.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Than ''Victory'', if not the rest of main entries, particularly with ''mk2/Re;Birth2'' in terms of edginess. The promotional material in particular gave off this vibe, though it is justified since the vast majority of it focused on the Zero Dimension. The actual game strikes a good mix between the seriousness and the comedy, but it is definitely darker than the plot of the previous titles.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Victory'', if not the rest of main entries, particularly with ''mk2/Re;Birth2'' in terms of edginess. The promotional material in particular gave off this vibe, though it is justified since the vast majority of it focused on the Zero Dimension. The actual game strikes a good mix between the seriousness and the comedy, but it is definitely darker than the plot of the previous titles.
** Even though ''mk2''/''Re;Birth2'' was dark, its darkness only applies when the [=CPUs=] were captured and everyone lose their faith in [=CPUs=] and [=CPU=] Candidates. This installment, on the other hand, successfully shows its darkness from the beginning, middle and the end. One of the AlternateUniverse was completely destroyed by giant [=CPU=]-like entity out from nowhere, all [=CPUs=] but the Candidates get curbstomped by a group who possessing a similar power with theirs while the mastermind of the story starts to mess up the Gamindustri, and last but not least, [[spoiler: in the final arc, all [=CPUs=] once again abducted then brainwashed by the mastermind who responsible the problem within the Zerodimension and Hyperdimension]]. To top off that, the mastermind [[spoiler:planned to merge all dimensions and destroys them into nothingness, which arguably similar if not same with Rei's goals from ''Victory'']].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Victory'', if not the rest of main entries, particularly with ''mk2'' in terms of edginess. The promotional material in particular gave off this vibe, though it is justified since the vast majority of it focused on the Zero Dimension. The actual game strikes a good mix between the seriousness and the comedy, but it is definitely darker than the plot of the previous titles.

** NumberedSequel: Despite the Ultradimension characters not making an appearance (see PutOnABus above), this is the sequel of ''Victory'' [[spoiler:due to the emergence of Ultradimension Neptune]].

* MythArc: Despite the story divided into three different arcs, the story itself is all about the [=CPUs=] facing the so-called CPU Shift Period, as well to track down the mastermind causing the troubles of both Zerodimension and Hyperdimension.

** '''''Zerodimension Neptunia Z - The Ragnarok of the Goddesses in Critical Moment''''': Neptune and Nepgear are blown to Zerodimension, where they stumble across Uzume and an adult-size Neptune. Neptune and Nepgear must find a way to get back to Hyperdimension.

** '''''Heartdimension Neptunia H - Trilogy Finale Into the Legend''''': A dimension full with uncovered mysteries.

* ImageSong: Aside from the game's main opening sung by the usual singer Nao, the three arcs each have their own short openings sung by the voice actors.

Taking place three years after the True Ending of ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory Victory]]'', Gamindustri has entered
a precarious season known as the CPU Shift Period. During this time, depreciating rumors about the [=CPUs=] have begun to spread the whole Gamindustri. Neptune and the others worry the citizens of their respective landmass will soon call for new leaders to replace them and that their leadership will end.

This installment introduces an older Neptune, but unlike the Neptune we know, she cannot transform into Goddess. However, her personality is generally same albeit calmer, [[spoiler:and could be possibly be the Ultradimension counterpart of her Hyperdimension self]]. She will be joined by a new character named [[SegaDreamcast Uzume Tennoboshi]], a girl with red pigtails and carries an orange and black megaphone as her [[ImprobableWeaponUser weapon]].