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Neptune’s Japanese placeholder cover looks final

scrawlfx writes:

The placeholder box art for Sega and Compile Heart’s PlayStation 3 RPG Super Dimensional Game Neptune has made its way onto the net. This is what I’m assuming Japanese locals are seeing in the game’s pre-order boxes at various shops.

It looks like it could very well end up being the final box art. Looks final enough to me. Who really knows, though?

The game’s out in Japan this summer. Whenever the box art is released in direct feed, you can be sure we’ll have it on the site.

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Godmars2905079d ago

If you have any intent of bringing this over, how about announcing it now?

SilverSlug5078d ago

is publishing it in Japan.

Throw your money now Sony.

Though I think Atlus will bring it over. SEGA already let them bring over Wanderer or NIS (Sakura Wars).

Davoh5078d ago

I really want it to come out here, or at least come out in the US so I can import

Ocelot5255078d ago (Edited 5078d ago )

porn, there is no other definition for this

just look at the freaking cover

Godmars2905078d ago

No tentacles for one. Also not that many panty shots - yet.

Creature designs are also looking more promising than usual moe/loli ones currently about.

Odin7775078d ago

I believe the term is ecchi. I wouldn't call it porn though...they're just damn drawings anyway.

Odin7775078d ago

Isn't yuri like lesbian porn or something? ha ha

ChampIDC5078d ago

Though I'm ashamed to know it, yes....yes it is.

sikbeta5078d ago (Edited 5078d ago )

Man, This Game is Unique For Sure:

"Hyper Dimension Game Neptune, a new PS3 RPG revealed in Famitsu magazine, puts players in the role of a personified video game console in the fight against piracy. Neptune is a fictional video game console turned into a girl, on a quest to defeat the "Goddess Majicon" -- "Majicon" being the Japanese term for DS flash carts like the R4.

The concept calls to mind not only the "Console-tan" or "OS-tan" meme, in which computer operating systems and video game consoles are drawn as anime-style girls, but also Sega's utterly bizarre Dreamcast game Segagaga, in which Sega characters live and work at Sega -- a game that ends with a battle against flying Sega consoles. It's worth noting that "Neptune" was also the name of a proposed Genesis/32X console."

http://www.joystiq.com/2010...

More info:

http://forum.blu-ray.com/bl...

O-T

Please SONY, you need to Bring this Game over here...

Knightofelemia5078d ago

I want to try this game out but I think it will be 2012 before we see it here knowing NIS still waitng for Altelier Rorona

COINTELPRO5078d ago

That boxart is so hot I could bake my hotpockets on top of it!

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Fairy Fencer F And Hyperdimension Neptunia Games Coming To Steam In English

"As previously reported, Idea Factory have applied for both Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth games for PC, and company president Yoshiteru Sato recently announced in Japan’s Dengeki PlayStation magazine that the series is indeed headed to Steam, and will be released in English, too". [Thanks, Zaregoto.]

“Nowadays, the demand for moé is quite high overseas, so, we must quickly release the main titles,” added Idea Factory business development manager Damien Urvois. “We also plan to release Fairy Fencer F on Steam next year.”

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15 Rarest & Most Valuable Playstation 3 Games

The fifteen rarest and most valuable games on the Playstation 3 and what makes them so rare.

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Dart894598d ago

Lol the cod ones arent rare i could look them up online and find them cheap.

Now the uncharted one that's a rare one weren't only a select few made if i call correctly??

Aussiegamer4598d ago

Yeah uncharted was only 200 made.

And agree on the cod ones not rare at all.

WhiteLightning4598d ago

Never understood that stupid decision...

Even if it was like £150...I would of still bought it.

HebrewHammer4597d ago

And I have one! Courtesy of the 2009 tournament in Rosemont, IL! Team Drake represent!

tiffac0084598d ago

I thank God I was able to buy Ar Tonelico Qoga for $60 and Hyperdimensional Neptunia for $50. lol!

I better get Hyperdimensional Neptunia MkII on release day to be safe. ^^

sashimi4598d ago

Yeah...i kinda wanna play Hyperdimensional Neptunia but its way overpriced >.< although i did get Qoga on release date. Now i'm just wondering if i should get MKII.

dragonknight44598d ago

I too, am glad I got the limited editions of those two games before they became rare. Atelier Totori, which is also published by NISA, will probably become rare as well.

tiffac0084598d ago (Edited 4598d ago )

The funny things is I didn't even know Ar Tonelico Qoga and Hyperdimensional Neptunia where release in limited numbers. lol!

No wonder a lot of people in my area can't seem to buy those games locally XD

UltimateIdiot9114597d ago

I will be preordering H.N MkII also. As for Ar Tonelico Qoga, I wanted to get that but I'm not made out of money and I never play the other titles, I skipped out.

I still have the first one. xD Wish I remember who on N4G insisted that NISA limited editions are not limited and that the price for Hyperdimension Neptunia will fall in price.

It's really only the Disagea series that seems to be mass produce and on almost everything.

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sealion884598d ago

railfan games are pretty rare are they?

noxeven4598d ago

I so angry I didn't buy elite when I saw it randomly on the shelf and I'm glad I got hyperdimension

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The Next-Gen Console Winner will be Decided by the JRPG

"People will always debate which genre is most popular among gamers. That’s simply because gamers, like every other hobbyist or animal, have varied tastes and different opinions. Up until this generation of hardware, there was one genre that stayed in the background while quietly deciding which platform won the console war of each previous generation."

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vgn244794d ago

I agree that they once had some kind of influence, but does anyone even play JRPGs anymore?

GunShotEddy4794d ago

A lot of people still play turn-base JRPGs, when they actually get released. That's the point IMHO. They're enoigh of them.

limewax4794d ago

Read the article, the point is that for every generation of gaming so far the console that had the most JRPG's is the console that also had the highest sales.

Love them or hate them, the guy has a really valid point

vsr4794d ago

PS3 the winner FF versus 13

Charazani4794d ago

@limewax

Correlation is not causation. JRPGs are mostly stagnant messes with no innovation or understanding of audiences out their niche (I'm not talking about the philosophy of whether they need to be.)

I'd say the opposite, they'll have even less influence or importance next time around.

Redempteur4794d ago

"JRPGs are mostly stagnant messes with no innovation"

And your point of view is not stagnant at all /s

you really need an update on things happenning..

TheDivine4794d ago

This is why i got a 360, JRPGS
Lost Odyssey (best jrpg)
Blue Dragon (the dragon quest of this gen)
Magna Carta 2 (best battle system)
Vesperia (best tales game)
Last Remnant
Infinite Undiscovery
Eternal Sonata
Enchanted Arms
Resonance of Fate
FF13
Star Ocean 4
The 360 really stepped up although there arnt many anymore. I remember when there was jrpg after jrpg. I was soo hyped for magna carta 2 and resonance of fate, great games. The 360 has a ton of wrpgs also. Its the rpg console this gen. The original xbox had wrpgs on lock with lionhead, bioware, and bethesda and this gen they have even more. Cant wait for ff13vs.

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Stealth20k4794d ago

I play them.................

maybe you like pew pew

Coogi4794d ago

Of course they do, JRPGs don't even get hyped anymore unless it's a Final Fantasy. All these magazines never even really mention them now all they talk about are FPS games and squeals to other games...Hell, they rarely even talk about new IPs.

Just look at Lost Odyssey, it was amazing and it was a game that never even really got talked about, Infinite Undiscovery was good too but people seen that graphics weren't amazing so they threw it aside. Star Ocean was good as well but people cried over voice acting. -_-

lelo2play4794d ago

"The Next-Gen Console Winner will be Decided by the JRPG"

In Japan... yes.
In the rest of the world... No.

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Pozzle4794d ago (Edited 4794d ago )

A bit off-topic, but that picture is closer to how I imagined a CGI Tifa looking, instead of how she looked in Advent Children.

BeaRye4794d ago

Yea. I never understood why she looked like that in the original game's cut-scene and then she looks completely different in AC.

VG_Releaser4794d ago

JRPG? if you mean action will decide it, then yes. Assassin's Creed, Castlevania AND THE LIKE.

kennykramer4794d ago

You're a fool. I don't mean that in a mean way, but anyone who thinks Assassin's Creed and Castlevania are decided who wins, must be out there. If they were exclusive, they MIGHT have an impact.

caseh4794d ago

Hmmm I would have said Next-Gen console winner would be decided by FPS rather than JRPG.

Every man and his dog plays FPS games and when you get massive JRPG releases like FF13 that fail to deliver (not an epic fail, but a fail for many) that doesn't do the genre any good. Most people who had never really experienced a FF game before are probably looking at the franchise now and thinking 'whats the big deal?'

kennykramer4794d ago

FF XIII wasn't a JRPG. It was a horrible attempt by SE to merge JRPG and WRPG. The only real JRPGs I find are the rare Japanese imports or localized games like Hyper Dimension Game Neptune.

caseh4794d ago

Valkyria Chronicles isn't even an RPG yet its consistantly listed as a JRPG. FF franchise is commonly known as JRPG.

Was just a reference point for what is considered, to date at least to be the biggest (by commercial standards) JRPG to be released.

Redempteur4794d ago (Edited 4794d ago )

valkyria chronicles is an rpg , just like disgaea
strategic or turn based, both are Jrpgs ..

Valkyria damage is based on stats and luck , same with movements . you manage a team of soldiers/heroes and go toward victory ..
heck they even got classes to choose from and recruitment of team members

LimeyOtoko4787d ago

Of course it's a JRPG. It's made in Japan.
It's still TERRIBLE, though.

caseh4787d ago

@LimeyOtoko

Your logic is flawed, Demon Souls was made in Japan but it that doesn't make it a JRPG...its a WRPG.

And Valkyria Chronicles was a very good game, terrible game...how do you come to that conclusion?

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kennykramer4794d ago

@caseh - I know exactly what you mean. GameFly has games that are nowhere near RPG listed as such.

knifefight4787d ago

Valkyria Chronicles isn't an RPG?

Um, the more enemies you fight, the more you level up. That's like, the definition of an RPG.

They took a TRPG like FFTactics or Disgaea, added defensive firing, and voila.

caseh4787d ago

The definition of RPG etc has become blurred over the years.

Look back to older PC games like XCOM and Jagged Alliance, FAR more depth than Valkyria yet the EXACT same play style yet they were always called Turn-Based Strategy which is far more fitting than JRPG which is what i would associate with games like Final Fantasy, Star Ocean etc etc

These days games like Valkyria get classed as JRPG just because troops have an exteremly basic leveling system and the art style resembles anime. *shrug*

knifefight4786d ago (Edited 4786d ago )

Not really. Did those games you name have experience-based growth?
That's basically the most important factor.
Q: Does fighting the same thing over and over make me stronger?
A: Yes.
Conclusion: Probably an RPG.

See also "Can you level grind in it?" VC was as grindy as Dragon Quest, heheh.

BubblesDAVERAGE4794d ago

Im still wating on a real one...

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