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4	''Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution'' (''Choujigen Game Neptune: [=GameMaker=] R:Evolution'') is the fourteenth spin-off game in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series. Developed by Creator/CompileHeart and Creator/IdeaFactory, it was released on August 10th, 2023 in Japan for the Platform/Playstation4, Platform/Playstation5, and Platform/NintendoSwitch alongside the Switch port of ''VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters'', and was released on May 14, 2024 in the US and Europe for the aforementioned consoles, though a Platform/{{Steam}} port has yet to be announced. A port to the Platform/{{Xbox Series\|XAndS}} is slated for release later that year.
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6	The game takes place in an AlternateUniverse that is different from the main Gamindustri. In this universe, there is a war between each faction that are known as the "Game Makers"; each goddess will compete in a race for the "Market Share", and the one last standing with it will become victorious. Introducing in this game are the "Failure Goddesses" trio, Pippih, Jagaa, and Reedio, who are left to wither and fade into obscurity after their attempt to win the Market Share from the other goddesses had failed. That is, until [[VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII Older Neptune]] comes crashing through the windows with her motorcycle, and tries to aid the three goddesses with their loss by becoming the president of their company in hopes of reviving them.
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10	!!Tropes that apply to this game:
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12	* AlternateSelf: Besides [[DimensionalTraveler Older Neptune and Croire]], the returning characters featured in the Failure Goddesses unnamed world, while identical to their main counterparts in terms of design, are businesswoman competing against each other to see who can sell and produce the most games, as opposed to leaders protecting their nation or rivals-turned-allies to said leaders. The Gold Third even have their own businesses. Notably, the four goddesses and their sisters are referred to here as the "First Makers" and "Second Sisters" respectively.
13	* ArtEvolution: Tsunako's designs for the new characters - specifically the Failure Goddesses themselves - are more in-line with her current art style she uses in her other works (''King Proposal'', ''Anime/EngageKiss'', and the later volumes of ''Literature/DateALive'') than she did in ''VideoGame/SuperNeptuniaRPG'' (the last time she drew the characters), or even Katsuyuki Hirano's designs that take heavy inspiration from Tsunako's pre-2019 works. The same applies to Older Neptune and Croire, who are given new portraits as opposed to reusing the old ''VII'' portraits like with the Gold Third.
14	* BreakingOldTrends:
15	** The game marks the first time we have a main character who isn't a Goddess or, in ''Superdimension Neptune'''s IF's case, a Maker. Instead, the main character of this game is Older Neptune, a relatively normal human who can change into a Goddess-like form, but only on occasion.
16	** The Failure Goddesses are the first non-major goddesses/[=CPUs=] to...
17	*** ... Be made up of ''three'' goddesses/[=CPUs=] instead of one or two.
18	*** ... Be introduced at the start of the game, rather than after the major characters (Neptune specifically) are transported to another dimension.
19	*** ... Be non-Planeptune goddesses/[=CPUs=] [[spoiler:who don't start off as antagonists who later join the party mid-way into the game.]]
20	*** ... Retain aspects of their human forms in Goddess/HDD form, something that was only limited to the Candidates. [[note]]Yellow Heart's personality also remained intact, but that was the result of being brainwashed by the Seven Sages, thus preventing her from maturing[[/note]]
21	*** ... Not go with the "[Color] Heart" naming scheme, and still be on the heroic side.
22	*** ... Have [[UnusualHalo halos]] attached to the top of their heads.
23	** There are no MultipleEndings this time around; instead, a few of the earlier chapters have different routes that the player can go through if they choose to.
24	* TheBusCameBack:
25	** The Gold Third return in this game, after being PutOnTheBus since their debut game, which was ''eight years ago''. [[note]]They did make an appearance in ''Sisters'', but only as Chipper icons[[/note]] In this game, they have their own factions on par with the rest of the goddesses.
26	** Croire also returns as Older Neptune's FairyCompanion and the antagonist of the game, having been last seen on ''VII''.
27	** Older Neptune herself returns in this game since her last appearance in ''VII'', this time as [[ADayInTheLimelight the main character]].
28	* ColorCodedCharacters: The main heroines are each given a designated color attached to them: Older Neptune is {{purple\|IsPowerful}}, Pippih is [[VibrantOrange orange]], Jagaa is {{red\|Is heroic}}, and Reedio is {{blue\|Is heroic}}, though it's downplayed in the game proper, where she primarily wears [[GoodWearsWhite white]].
29	* ADayInTheLimelight: Older Neptune is the main character this time around, where her main role in the story is to help the Failure Goddesses win back the respect of the people in their world, after having lost to the other Game Makers in the battle for market share.
30	* DemotedToExtra: While the main Goddesses and their sisters (known here as First Makers and Second Sisters) play a role in the story and are playable, their mostly put on the back seats in favor of Older Neptune and the Failure Goddesses.
31	* EndgamePlus: Clearing the game allows you to unlock the last few areas of the world map that weren't visited during the main story, including gaining access to the Extreme Neptral Tower, and it upgrades the Coliseum to include a BossRush mode.
32	* GratuitousEnglish: The opening theme, Dream ON by Ayane, has some English lines sprinkled in.
33	-->''Dream on. Dream on. Dream one is walking around. Dream on. Venus of heart.''
34	* InfinityMinusOneSword: While exploring the Arfoire's Best Company dungeon you can find vending machines that sell various games she's made. They almost all come with the exceptionally powerful [[LagCancel All Cancel Optimization]] ability, but also waste slots on redundant Break, Power, and/or Rapid Cancel Optimization. Additionally you can't produce DLC for them to unlock the fourth ability slot since they're not games produced by Victory, so while they're powerful and much easier to get they're weaker than some of the best possible discs you could make for yourself if you're willing to put in the effort.
35	* LighterAndSofter: While not without its serious moments, the game is overall more light-hearted than the [[VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters previous spin-off title]], what with its main plot focusing on Older Neptune trying help the Failure Goddesses. And while three of the protagonists are based on failed consoles from companies that ceased to make more, due to living in a universe with different rules, their backstories are nowhere near as tragic or [[spoiler:nation-destroying]] as similar characters from previous games.
36	* MarathonLevel: The Neptral Tower is an infinite dungeon generating its floors based on any dungeon you've visited so far, with minibosses set on every 10th floor. Over the course of the game you'll also unlock the True Neptral Tower and Extreme Neptral Tower. Each one provides a trophy after moving to the 101st floor, at which point it stops bothering to display the floor count. They also lock you out of all items and equipment except for what was already equipped and restrict your starting level to prevent steamrolling the challenge, Neptral Tower's starting level is 30, True Neptral Tower's is 15, and Extreme Neptral Tower's is 1.
37	* PowerTrio: The Failure Goddesses. Pippih is the confident [[TheLeader Leader]] (until Older Neptune showed up), Jagaa is TheStoic [[TheBigGuy Big Girl]], and Reedio is a DitzyGenius [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girl]].
38	* RacingGame: After Older Neptune's bike is repaired certain dungeons will have Time Attack and/or Race options unlocked after fully exploring the area.
39	** Time Attack has Older Neptune riding her bike through the dungeon as fast as possible for rewards based on how quickly the course is cleared, though some additional barriers have been set up to limit the course and the dungeon's own [[InvisibleWall invisible barriers]] near the edges of paths to get snagged on provide most of the difficulty.
40	** Race has Older Neptune challenged to a race against a monster waiting by the dungeon's entrance, and takes place on an alternate looped course unrelated to the dungeon itself with gimmicks to provide free boosts, grind you to a halt, or recharge the bike's normal Boost ability with the goal of exhausting the monster and then overtaking them to reap the rewards for the course.
41	** The Bike itself can be customized to improve Boost efficiency, turning ability, and acceleration through the use of the same cosmetic accessories that can be equipped to the characters themselves or various paint jobs.
42	* RetCanon: Older Neptune's Generator Unit outfit that was created for [[Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation the anime's]] 3rd OVA, ''Nep-Nep Festival'', is used in this game. [[note]]This wouldn't be the first time though, as the preceding spin-off title ''Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP'', a RecursiveAdaptation of the anime, also uses her design[[/note]]
43	* StoryBranching: While the game lacks the series' usual MultipleEndings, Chapters 3-5 have multiple routes through them depending on where you choose to go first. The events at the start of each route are helpfully named simply for what route they are. [[spoiler:Chapter 3 has three routes, Planepgear, Lastnita, and Dual Small, Chapter 4 has two with Planeptune and Lastation routes, and finally Chapter 5 has two as well with the Helping C-Sha and Helping S-Sha routes]]. The chosen routes also end up determining a few of the Sub Events in the following Chapters, meaning Chapter 6 will also have slight variations in it before the game gets back on a singular path.
44	* SuperMode: Pippih, Jagaa, and Reedio are able to activate their Goddess forms when in battle. However, unlike the other Goddesses in the series, their overall appearance (hairstyle and clothing) and personalities remain unchanged; they don't even have ''names'' for their Goddess forms.

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