Roughly a year and a half ago NIS America brought over from Japan the Idea Factory developed Hyperdimension Neptunia, a cute and kooky role playing game that all but parodied the fanboy fanaticism found on the consumer side of the video game industry. Earlier this year, NIS America followed that release up with its sequel, Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2. In short, it's a good case study of the sequel falling short of the expectations set by the original.
So many great games, so many franchises saved by developers revisiting exactly what it is players want. Hopefully, other developers wallowing in mediocrity can look to these games as blueprints for what they should do going forward.
Oprainfall interviews the translation staff at Idea Factory International about how they tackle localization.
Michibiku's Jenni Lada writes, "Hyperdimension Neptunia is huge. It’s a massive series that covers tons of games, all of which are sort of connected? Though also not really, because quite a few are spin-offs and non-canon. It’s a lot to take in, to be sure. With Megadimension Neptunia VII on the horizon, we here at Michibiku felt like we should offer an overview of the main series’ installments."
