History VideoGame / Neptunia

* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'' [PSV/PC]
* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth2SistersGeneration'' [PSV/PC]
* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth3VGeneration'' [PSV/PC]

''Hyperdimension Neptunia'' (''Chō Jigen Game Neptune'' in Japan), otherwise known as just ''Neptunia'' [[labelnote:*]]While this initially started off as an alternative title for the series as a way to dissociate itself from the first game, it eventually became an OfficiallyShortenedTitle for the series outside of Japan[[/labelnote]], is a series of [=JRPGs=] about the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars that were developed by Creator/CompileHeart, and published by Creator/{{Sega}} in Japan for the first game, Creator/IdeaFactory for all later titles in Japan, [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] worldwide until ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaProducingPerfection Producing Perfection]]'' (including the mobile app), and Creator/IdeaFactoryInternational as of ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1 Re;Birth1]]'' worldwide.

For further background, [[LongList see the]] UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/Xbox360, Platform/{{Wii}}, Platform/SegaGenesis,[[note]]Platform/SegaSaturn was made alongside Genesis[[/note]], Platform/SegaDreamcast, Platform/OtherSegaSystems,[[note]]includes background for Saturn[[/note]] Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, Platform/TurboGrafx16, Platform/{{Nintendo 64}}, Platform/PlayStation[[note]]for the console wars of those generations[[/note]], Platform/{{SNESCDROM}}, Platform/NintendoDS, and Platform/PlayStationPortable pages.

See ''Anime/HisCooolSeHaGirls'', except that it involves Sega consoles. Also see ''Manga/WorldWarBlue'' for a similar take on the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars.

%%* NoFourthWall: It's a UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars game; it's to be expected that they'll smash the fourth wall.

* VideoGamePerversityPotential: The first game allows players to use pictures stored in their Platform/PlayStation3 units for "R/W disc" special attacks -- even pornographic ones. The second game allows Nepgear's CPU outfit to be customized via the Costume Canvas system, and "nude mods" have been made. The third game extends the Costume Canvas system to the other [=CPUs=] and the CPU Candidates, allowing even more perverted potential. [[http://nisamerica.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6154&start=0 Have fun.]]
* WeaponSpecialization: Playable characters generally have a certain weapon class, with their customization allowing for different versions of that weapon. Among the main cast, Neptune uses [[KatanasAreJustBetter single-bladed swords]], Noire uses double-edged swords, Blanc uses [[DropTheHammer hammers]] (axes while transformed), Vert uses spears, Nepgear uses [[LaserBlade beam swords]], Uni uses [[{{BFG}} rifles]], and Ram and Rom use [[MagicStaff staffs]].

* ''VideoGame/SuperNeptuniaRPG'' [[note]]Spinoff developed by Canadian developer Artisan Studios. First game to have a release on a non-Sony console, this being the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, Was [=PS4=] exclusive in Japan until July 25th 2019 when it got a Switch release there.[[/note]] [[=PS4=]/NSW/PC]

For further background, [[LongList see the]] UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis,[[note]]UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn was made alongside Genesis[[/note]], UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems,[[note]]includes background for Saturn[[/note]] UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation[[note]]for the console wars of those generations[[/note]], UsefulNotes/{{SNESCDROM}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable pages.

* MoeAnthropomorphism: The point of the game. Let's just start with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and the (unreleased) Sega Neptune. Aside from goddesses representing consoles, the "Makers" (that is, the humans) are representations of companies and video game series. You need look no further than [[Creator/IdeaFactory IF]] and [[Creator/CompileHeart Compa]] to see where this is going.

* VideoGamePerversityPotential: The first game allows players to use pictures stored in their UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 units for "R/W disc" special attacks -- even pornographic ones. The second game allows Nepgear's CPU outfit to be customized via the Costume Canvas system, and "nude mods" have been made. The third game extends the Costume Canvas system to the other [=CPUs=] and the CPU Candidates, allowing even more perverted potential. [[http://nisamerica.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6154&start=0 Have fun.]]

* ''VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters'' [[=PS4=]/[=PS5=]/NSW]

* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: In the West at least, the series used to be known as ''Hyperdimension Neptunia'', with the "''Hyper''" part sometimes being subsititued by other prefix's depending on the game (for example the fourth mainline title is called '''''Mega'''''dimension Neptunia'', while Blanc's spin-off outright replaces the "di" in "dimension" for ''[=Mega=]'''[=Tag=]'''mension''). ''Super Neptunia RPG'' would be the first game in the series to ditch the "[Prefix]dimension" all together, and by UsefulNotes/TheNewTwentites Idea Factory International has condense the series' name to just ''Neptunia''.

''Hyperdimension Neptunia'' (''Chō Jigen Game Neptune'' in Japan), otherwise known as just ''Neptunia'', is a series of [=JRPGs=] about the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars that were developed by Creator/CompileHeart, and published by Creator/{{Sega}} in Japan for the first game, Creator/IdeaFactory for all later titles in Japan, [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] worldwide until ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaProducingPerfection Producing Perfection]]'' (including the mobile app), and Creator/IdeaFactoryInternational as of ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1 Re;Birth1]]'' worldwide.

* HealingPotion: Nep Bull and its other variants recovers a fixed percentage of the user's maximum health.
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Every playable character is, ranging from young or young-looking girls to older women. It wasn't ''VII'' where Umio, a male fish, became a playable character, [[BreakingOldTrends making him the first (and only) male playable character in the franchise]].

** ''VII'' also [[ExaggeratedTrope takes it to the next level]] with [[NextTierPowerUp the NEXT Forms]]. Only achievable by the main 4 [=CPU=]s, their new transformations give them stronger processor units and armor. The main draws of the transformations is the increased emphasis on skill usage, as all skills cost 60% less SP, deal 1.3 times more damage, and have maximum range on all AOE Skills. They also gain access to a new EXE Drive that deals massive damage [[DeathOrGloryAttack but costs you the transformation.]]

* BishoujoSeries: With the exception of Umio in ''VII'', ''all'' of the important characters are women, while the guys are either villains (''mk2'', ''Victory'', ''VII'', ''Sisters'', ''Game Maker'') or [=NPCs=] (the aforementioned games). In fact, the first game depicted its male characters with a silhouette. And ''mk2'' is no exception except for the three male characters that are the villains. This concept gets lampshaded in the first game in one mission where Compa says they can recognize the boy/girl they're going to save because he/she is simply an NPC silhouette.

** Also present in the spinoff games. They seem to consider ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' (or its remake Re;Birth 2) as the only solid canon. For example, ''VideoGame/MegaTagmensionBlancPlusNeptuneVsZombies'' has the characters from ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth3VGeneration'', ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaUActionUnleashed'', and ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'' but they are treated as having met for the first time in this game and with different backstories. In ''VideoGame/FourGoddessesOnlineCyberDimensionNeptune'' however, both the Hyperdimension and Ultradimension [=CPUs=] are familiar with each other.
%%* CallingYourAttacks: In the first game, you can even name them! Can't add new spaces, though...
%%** Nisa is especially prone to this. She even does this for her regular attacks and lampshades it in her introductory cutscene when she did it as a warning to avoid hitting someone, only for Nep to miss hearing it and take that attack to the face.

** Averted three times in the first game:

*** Face a foe who has a significant number of levels above you and Nep-Nep might start the fight by requesting [[BringMyBrownPants a change of underwear]].

* {{Fanservice}}: Both games have this from the start. The first one starts with Compa wrapping bandages around Neptune's naked body because... because. ''mk2'', overall the raunchier, starts with the [=CPUs=] getting ravaged by cable tentacles because... because. Of course, both games have buttloads of non-sexual fanservice as they are, after all, [[FridgeLogic about the console wars]]. ''VII'' is quite a bit more risque at nearly every available opportunity in relation to previous entries.

** One unambiguously DownerEnding, usually because the player missed some critical plot events that could have averted it. Each of the bad endings have one of its main characters be [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed into evil]] or undergo DemonicPossession, killing or attempting to kill the other characters as a result, or having [[TheBadGuyWins the main villain succeed in their destruction or conquering of Gamindustri]]. It's also common for the game to cut off and end earlier. The most infamous example of the former is ''mk2'''s Conquest Ending, where Nepgear is put on a KillTheOnesYouLove situation once she gets hold of the Gehaburn (though unlike the other bad endings she felt remorseful for her actions).

* PartyInMyPocket: Well, obviously! Then again, you can switch out the on-screen avatar, which is actually important in the first game because different characters have different functions on the map screen. For instance, Neptune pulls out a hammer to smash obstacles, Compa rings a bell to attract monsters, and IF uses her search mode to uncover invisible chests.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: The first game. Anything that only appears in a [[OneTimeDungeon story dungeon]], including monsters.

* PlotTunnel: On the few occasions where Neptune leaves the party in the original, you cannot leave that landmass until she returns. {{Justified|Trope}} in that she's the one who registered for permission to travel to begin with, and you'd need her for cutscenes in other landmasses anyway.

* PureMagicBeing: Hyperdimension [=CPUs=] aren't just powered by Share Energy, but born from it in the first place.
* PutOnABus: The Oracles aside from Histoire disappear from the main series after ''mk2'', ostensibly busy with other things.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: All of the goddesses.
** Subverted in ''Victory'', where the Ultradimension [=CPU=]s are more or less the age they appear to be, with Blanc only being a few decades older than she looks at most, making Neptune and Nepgear {{The Older Immortal}}s. [[spoiler:Then double subverted when Rei is revealed to be the [=CPU=] of a nation that fell an ungodly amount of time into the past...]]
* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Nisa spends one series of events from the original chasing down a pair of bandit brothers. When she saves them from a monster, the duo realize it's not such a CrapsackWorld out there, pull a HeelFaceTurn and decide to help others for a change.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Histoire is an artificial lifeform created by Planeptune's first CPU to record history, and seems to be somewhat mechanical in origin. A plot point in ''VII'''s Z Arc is her overheating from warping Neptune back from the Zerodimension and needing to consume a patch for an update.
* RuleThirtyFour: For an Idea Factory game, this is perhaps the most popular choice as ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' and ''VideoGame/RecordOfAgarestWar'', despite being much more ecchi, had little to no RuleThirtyFour. For example, there are official NSFW dakimakura covers of Noire. That's all we need to say.
* RuleOfThree: Only 3 landmasses (Planeptune, Lowee and Lastation) have CPU Candidates.

* StellarName: Besides Neptune and Plutia, a couple of the {{Bonus Boss}}es in ''mk2'' and ''Victory'' are named after stars, with a certain one being named for the Dolphin constellation. These bosses are named, Antares, Sirius, Procyon, Deneb (all Killachines), Pollux (PaletteSwap of Trick), Regulus (PaletteSwap of Brave), Alnair, Alkaid, Aldebaran (all use Judge's model), Fomalhaut (CPU Breaker's exact model, not even a PaletteSwap) Phoenix (by coincidence) and Delphinus (A PaletteSwap of Arfoire, and needed for a special trophy in ''mk2'')
* SavingTheWorld: Both figuratively and literally (figuratively being Histoire who is the "Tome of the World" and literally being "kill Arfoire and all of piracy").
** You end up saving both versions of Gamindustri in ''Victory.''
** In ''VII'', the sheer scale of events means you not only save Hyperdimension Gamindustri, but also [[spoiler:Ultradimension Gamindustri due to the portal, and stop Zerodimension and Heartdimension from disappearing]].

!!Tropes common between all games [[note]]This only applies to the franchise as a whole. Game-specific tropes should go to their respective titles[[/note]]:

* BishoujoSeries: With the exception of Umio in ''VII'', ''all'' of the important characters are women, while the guys are either villains (''mk2'', ''Victory'', ''VII'', ''Sisters'', ''Game Maker'') or [=NPCs=]. In fact, the first game depicted its male characters with a silhouette. And ''mk2'' is no exception except for the three male characters that are the villains. This concept gets lampshaded in the first game in one mission where Compa says they can recognize the boy/girl they're going to save because he/she is simply an NPC silhouette.

** In the second game, you can edit your character's outfits and the goddesses' processor units for some stat adjustments.
*** This is continued in the third game, however instead of just being able to edit Nepgear's canvas, you can edit all the CPU's. There is also a disc system that lets you add passive abilities to a character.

* UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology: All the Candidates call their sisters "Onee-chan" in the Japanese version, but simply use their names in the English version.
* LampshadeHanging: Being an RPG that knows it's a video game and pokes fun at video games, there are a lot of times where the characters, namely [[GenreSaavy Neptune]], make note one a particular plot point, trope or localization change that happens within the series. One of the notable bits of this is over their enemy in the first game and ''mk2'', Arfoire, who is known as Magiquone in Japan, her name based off two brands of flash cartridge which are used with ROM images cloned off the consoles to play illegally owned games, which in the real world cuts into the market share of the games companies all the time.

* OneTimeDungeon: All dungeons that are part of a story scenario in the original.
* OneWingedAngel: Arfoire. And she's actually got ''two'' forms.
** In ''Victory'', [[spoiler:her HDD form]] is basically this for the BigBad--although the party only fights the BigBad in that one form.
** In ''VII'', the BigBad achieves this by [[spoiler:fusing with all the Dark [=CPU=]s after absorbing Tari CPU's powers]], ''dwarfing'' the previous two entries on several levels.

* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Histoire. For one, she's an artificial being. The current continuity establishes she was created by one of Neptune's predecessors, and she functions similarly to a computer (she may talk with emoticons, and there's plenty of gags about her specs). ''VII'' even has her running a patch program via [[CrazyEnoughToWork a cartridge inserted into her mouth!]]
%%* OurGodsAreDifferent: Uhh, duh...
* PaletteSwap: Many of the monsters use this, especially in the first game.
** Actually important in ''VII'', as the BigBad [[spoiler:turns out to be the original version of the playable pallete swap known as Uzume.]]

* PowerFloats: Whenever a [=CPU=] activates HDD to transform into her goddess form, she always floats in the air.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Most noticeable with girls like Neptune and Noire, whose voices drop to contralto when they activate their HDD forms.
** Inverted with Uzume, who's voice instead rises to a sweeter, higher pitch. Although it's more like that is her ''natural'' voice, and she speaks with a lower tone due to feeling embarrassed by it.

* ScriptedBattle: The first "battle" in the series is Purple Heart vs. the three other [=CPUs=].
** Gets parodied at the beginning of ''Victory''. [[spoiler: It's really a video game.]]
* SelfDeprecation: The weakest and least versatile characters in the first game are IF and Compa. They don't even get any sort of LimitBreak, something even the DLC characters were given.
** Averted in the reboot where they get some new {{Limit Break}}s ''and'' a CombinationAttack with each other.

* ShrinkingViolet: 5pb. when offstage. You wouldn't believe it at first since she's radically different when she's performing.
** Rom, the middle sibling of the Lowee goddesses, is also by far the shiest of the main characters.
** [[spoiler:E-Sha, who can only say "Yes" or "No" if she's not comfortable with who she's talking to.]]
* SkinshipGrope: All over the place. Vert is notoriously fond of being on the giving ''and'' receiving end of this.
* SlidingScaleOfContinuity: The [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2 second game]] takes place in an AlternateUniverse from [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia the first]] and ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory Victory]]'' involves the protagonist and her sister from the second game {{Trapped In Another|World}} AlternateUniverse. Despite having the same characters, the games taking place in AU versions of the same world and with AU versions of the cast make this a level 0 (Non-Linear Installments).
** The [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment continuity continues]] with ''VII'', which features ''mk2''s cast dealing with a new crisis and new characters in their home world, as well as Neptune and Nepgear ending up in ''another'' AlternateUniverse [[spoiler:that isn't actually one]]. ''Victory'''s Ultradimension is not mentioned, for the most part, although a couple of elements from there ''do'' have considerable plot relevance. Namely, [[spoiler:Croire, the power of Tari's CPU, and [[BrickJoke Ultradimension Neptune.]]]]
* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Zigzagged. Averted in the original, which unequipped Neptune each time she left the party (which required re-equipping her later). Played straight in ''mk2'', ''Victory'', ''Re;[=Birth1=]'', and ''Re;[=Birth2=]''; the Lastation [=CPUs=] leave the party temporarily partway through due to plot reasons. Though the extent of the loss tends to only be any Game Discs (in all but ''mk2'') you may have equipped on them, given the nature of most equips being character-specific.
** Played with in ''VII''. In the Z Arc, although there is a point where Neptune is separated from Nepgear and Uzume, each separate party retains access to all their items. In the G Arc, only Neptune retains all items; [[EarlyGameHell the other goddesses start empty-handed and it's up to you to correct that.]] If you have equipped Game Discs on anyone and they leave, though, those ''do'' stay on them until they rejoin you.
* {{Stripperific}}: When in HDD, all of the goddesses. All of them. Of significant note is Green [[{{Underboobs}} Heart]]. CFW Magic ups the ante.
** Chika Hakozaki wears a dress that isn't as revealing, but still manages to show a significant amount of skin.
** In ''Neptunia Victory'', HDD Noire reveals slightly more; HDD Neptune doesn't change much, though the abdomen part of her outfit is mostly transparent now. Ultradimension Noire's regular outfit shows off midriff and ZettaiRyouiki compared to the cleavage-sporting dress worn by her Super and Hyperdimension counterparts.
*** And speaking of midriff, there's also 5pb.
** Heck, this can be any of the playable characters with DLC swimsuit outfits.
** The Chaos Forms from ''[=NepNep=] Connect: Chaos Chanpuru''. They are generally a dead ringer for the [[Literature/DateALive Inverse Forms]] appearance-wise.
** Vert's NEXT Form is notable for somehow being ''even more'' revealing than her regular HDD, when the other three actually ''stop'' being {{Stripperific}} (Noire and Blanc) or become less so (Neptune).
** ''VII'' ''finally'' addresses this by having a character ([[DownloadableContent Million Arthur]]) [[LampshadeHanging lampshading the extremely revealing nature of the goddesses's transformations]], then [[ShrugTake shrugging it off]] to [[ChivalrousPervert simply enjoy the show.]] ''Neptune'' [[HypocriticalHumor actually becomes shocked because]] [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight everyone had always been so chill about it]] [[WrongGenreSavvy that she came to think it was normal!]]
* StronglyWordedLetter: Played straight in the original when Neptune and her friends send a series of threatening letters as a tactic to lure out [[spoiler:Arfoire,]] Overlord Momus' messenger and separate her from a group of extremists she's leading. The plan actually works, but for a reason none of them expected - because Neptune [[AccidentalMisnaming misspelled Momus' name as "Overlord Moron"]].
* SuperMode: Hard Drive Divinity. In the original game, it lasts until the battle ends or the user is incapacitated, while in ''mk2'', HDD lasts as long as the user still has Skill Points to spare, unless of course, the user is incapacitated. Subsequent games revert to the original game's model (no SP upkeep), but there's a series of processor units in ''VII'' that greatly increase the effectiveness of [=HDD=] at the cost of introducing SP upkeep. ''Per unit.'' Meaning that fully equipping the set gives you great boosts, but will almost certainly drain you fully of SP the following turn and ''keep'' you there.

** ''VII'' also [[ExaggeratedTrope takes it to the next level]] with [[NextTierPowerUp the NEXT Forms.]] Only achievable by the main 4 [=CPU=]s, their new transformations give them stronger processor units and armor. The main draws of the transformations is the increased emphasis on skill usage, as all skills cost 60% less SP, deal 1.3 times more damage, and have maximum range on all AOE Skills. They also gain access to a new EXE Drive that deals massive damage [[DeathOrGloryAttack but costs you the transformation.]]

* TransformationSequence: Upon activation of Hard Drive Divinity, the user switches into a {{Stripperific}} bodysuit, her hair grows (or changes to drill hair in Uni's case), [[ExoticEyeDesigns her eyes glow and sport power switch shaped pupils]], and her weapon will increase in size or at least change how it looks to fit the appearance of the user. They also tend to experience some shifts in their personality. The most extreme examples are Neptune and Plutia, who go from immature flat-chested little girls to [[SheIsAllGrownUp voluptuous adult women]] possessed of [[LadyOfWar serious personalities]] (Neptune) or [[{{Dominatrix}} domineering]] [[TheBaroness seductiveness]] (Plutia). [[spoiler:Peashy]] also has a ridiculous transformation, and Uzume goes from suppressing her ValleyGirl persona to fully unleashing all that repressed girliness. The Transformation Sequence is very Sailor Moon-esque in the first game and rather lengthy at that, but can fortunately be skipped with the press of a button. [[spoiler: Arfoire likewise gets a transformation in the first game as well; into a colossal and powerful dragon, that is.]]

* TrueFinalBoss: The first game's Arfoire becomes significantly stronger if you face her after recruiting all the goddesses.

* {{Tsundere}}: Noire and Uni, and it's painfully obvious, too. Mercilessly exploited by [[GenreSavvy Neptune]], who can't resist teasing them for it.
* TwentyBearAsses: There are two types of quests, MassMonsterSlaughterSidequest and this trope.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Aside from direct Attack, Defense, and Agility buffs and debuffs, physical attacks and Vitality quickly [[OneStatToRuleThemAll dominate the rest of a party's abilities]].
* VictoryPose: Present in every single game.

* VisualNovel: With some [[{{Ecchi}} H-game]] references.
* VisualPun: The size of the girl's breasts are relative to the size of the console they're based on. So it would make sense that [[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Vert]] would be [[MemeticMutation XBOX HUEG]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: The four goddesses. Even more so in the reboot.
** IF's relation to Neptune and Compa.
* VocalEvolution:
** [[Creator/MikaKanai Histoire]] has a high-pitched voice in the first game, but a softer and more mature tone later on, with the original tone resurfacing for her even more diminutive Ultradimension counterpart.
** [[Creator/AsamiImai Black Heart]] sounds about the same as Noire, if not even higher-pitched with her more unbridled personality, up until ''Victory''. Afterward, she has a throatier tone. A similar change can be observed with [[Creator/EriKitamura Black Sister]].
** [[Creator/ChiakiTakahashi The Deity of Sin]] had an ominously low voice in ''mk2'', but the Holy Sword Ending in ''Re;Birth 2'' puts it more in line with other portrayals of Arfoire, despite retaining the original low voice in the rest of the game.

* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: You can equip a wooden katana for Neptune which is pretty strong during the early parts of the first game.
** She starts with it in ''mk2'' and ''Victory''. The joke is that she found it in a dumpster, but [[LampshadeHanging as the game itself puts it]], "she loves it for some reason."

* YuriGenre: The franchise has a lot of ShipTease and HomoeroticSubtext, but it usually with some exceptions()stops here. Examples that fall squarely into this trope include the character Red who openly declares she's looking for a cute girl to make her wife, Iris Heart in ''Victory'' who has a very obvious sadistic streak toward her allies, Neptune and Noire's relationship in ''Re;[=Birth1=]'' (though the text implies it to be in an IfItsYouItsOkay sense), and in the same game IF and Vert's very, very close companionship is all but outright stated to be romantic.
** While it depends on the continuity, some of the characters have shown [[AmbiguouslyBi at least some interest in men]]. For example, in most continuities Vert is portrayed as a devoted YaoiFangirl while also interested in finding a cute sister; in ''VII'' Neptune as Purple Heart flirts with Steamax, Uni shows some reciprocation of Steamax's crush, and Uzume considers Umio's fish body as handsome as his [[ArousedByTheirVoice voice]]. Some other sources would [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] or [[AvertedTrope avert]] this trope: The Noire spinoff [[spoiler:actually portrays Noire as most likely straight and makes her 'practise' confession to the self-insert male character;]] the Drama [=CDs=][[note]]Those can technically not be considered subversions, since WordOfGod claims that the characters are merely role-playing[[/note]], [=event DLCs, and VR=] content involve interacting with the goddesses with romantic implications, or even wooing the goddesses.

** ''Sisters vs Sisters'' is essentially driven by Nepgear and Maho's relationship.
** A lot of games in the main series are actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] this trope in the gameplay itself with the Lily Ranks mechanic. As the [[YuriGenre trope page]] explains in its first note, "yuri" is the japanese word for "lily".

** A minor plot point in ''Victory'' when [[{{Troll}} Annonydeath]] [[StalkerWithACrush makes copies of Noire]] [[ItAmusedMe for the hell of it.]] [[spoiler:Then more important later when Rei starts making knockoffs to harass the goddesses.]]

* MultipleEndings: It's a staple of the series that there will be at least three endings.
** One unambiguously DownerEnding, usually because the player [[FailedASpotCheck missed some critical plot events]] that could have averted it. It's common for the game to cut off and end earlier. The most infamous example is [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2 the Conquest Ending]], which [[NeverLiveItDown haunts the memory of the series to this day.]] That particular ending is notorious for being ''[[EarnYourBadEnding actively sped along by your hand]]'' because it's [[PlayerPunch a fully playable train wreck.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: The first game advertises that you get to play as the goddesses in the middle part (or at the very least, early-middle part) of the game. [[spoiler:You only get to play with them in the final dungeon and possibly post-game.]]
* NewGamePlus: Present in all games, although the first game gives you the option of playing in an EndGamePlus, which is convenient for getting all of the endings.
** Notably, ''VII'''s NewGamePlus is the first to let you pick what you want to bring over, allowing the player to customize their next playthrough to their tastes.
* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: Neptunia is notoriously bad for this, with the developers reusing EVERYTHING they can constantly, with the enemies, attack animations, voice clips and sometimes even portions of the songs being reused liberally. This was understandable with the [[ObviousBeta first game]], but when a particular map is recognisable in practically every game, right down to where enemies spawn in the MOST RECENT game?
* [[NiceGirl Nice Girls]]: Nepgear, Uni, Rom and Compa are this in spades.
** Neptune herself can also be one too, same with Noire.
* NobodyPoops: Averted in one instance where Nep-Nep nearly misses out on Nisa's introduction by spending most of the preceding battle on the toilet.
** Averted in another cutscene where Neppermint admits to being a little too excited about a visitor.
** Face a foe who's a significant number of levels above you and Nep-Nep might start the fight by requesting [[BringMyBrownPants a change of underwear]].
** Nepgear had to use the bathroom during her first visit to Lowee. When she helped Rom out on her way back to the group, she took so long that IF assumed she either fell into the toilet or was having fun by herself, depending on if the second game or its remake.
* NoFourthWall: It's a UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars game; it's to be expected that they'll smash the fourth wall.
** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} [[http://www.psu.com/a019276/Hyperdimension-Neptunia-V-Review---poking-fun-at-the-console-wars-with-an-RPG-twist?page=2 can only wish to break the fourth wall as much as this game does.]]
* ObviousBeta: The first game, due to [[NoBudget having run out of funds]].
* ObviouslyEvil: Arfoire, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Ganache in the first game.
** Later games continue the trend, with such names like Mr. Badd and Anonydeath. [[spoiler:Both end up pulling a HeelFaceTurn though. Well, at least Badd does. Anonydeath is [[EnemyMine more ambiguous.]]]]
** In ''Victory'', the BigBad proves to be this when they reveal themselves to be [[OmnicidalManiac a stark-raving lunatic mad with power.]] [[spoiler:The key words are "[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity with power]]"--she's seriously meek and benevolent otherwise.]]
** Meanwhile, in ''VII'', [[BunnyEarsLawyer all his hilarious quirks]] don't stop [[LargeHam General Affimojas]] [[CardCarryingVillain from giddily displaying his penchant]] [[AffablyEvil for villainy.]] [[spoiler:Naturally, he's more driven by {{Greed}} than any actual malice, and ''also'' ends up pulling a HeelFaceTurn.]] The party also encounters a creepy girl dressed all in black and [[DissonantSerenity talking of disturbing things with a chilling casualness]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil generally being quite jovial to the party]], and [[spoiler:Kurome]] is, of course, evil to the core.
* OddNameOut: Neptune is the only one of the main 4 [=CPUs=] to not have a French, color-themed name.
** The original 4 landmasses? [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Lastation, Leanbox, Lowee]] and... [[{{Egopolis}} Planeptune]].
** Both cases could represent either Neptune's protagonist status or the fact that SEGA left the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars before the Wii, [=PS3=] and 360 were released.
** However, [=CPU=]s conceptualized later do not follow the French color theme; instead, their names and/or their quirks and related circumstances and tropes define the console they represent. When seen from a macro-perspective, the three French-named [=CPU=]s are actually the odd ones out.
** Even with all this in mind, ''VII'''s Uzume Tennoboushi stands out on account of having a full name in a series where no main character has one. It even makes it a point to have it as her display name in her dialogue boxes.
* OneSteveLimit: The dimension that the [[VideoGame/HyperDimensionNeptunia original game]] and its [[VideoGame/HyperDimensionNeptuniaRebirth1 remake]] take place in, as well as the dimension that the [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNEptuniaMk2 reboot]] and subsequent mainline titles take place in, are all called 超次元 (Chou Jigen, roughly translated as "Super Dimension"). NIS America translated 超次元 as Hyperdimension (Yes, ONE word). To differentiate between the 超次元 of the first game and the 超次元 of the later mainline titles, the former dimension is referred to by fans as the Super Dimension, while the latter is still called the Hyper Dimension.
** The waters have been muddied since then. ''VideoGame/SuperdimensionNeptuneVsSegaHardGirls'' has Superdimension (one word) in the title, despite its maps being based on the [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory [=1980s=] version of the Hyperdimension]], and not being set in the Supderdimension in the first place. Neptunia [=reVerse=] clouds it even more, as despite being touted as a "definitive remake" of ''[[VideoGame/HyperDimensionNeptuniaREbirth1 Re;Birth1]]'', which as mentioned is set in the same Super Dimension as the original game, the term "Hyper Dimension" can be in the opening video.