Trendy Gamers: Many gamers feel like Japanese video game development has lost its way. They say that the games developed in Japan don’t hold up to those made in the west. Well, I can certainly say that Hyperdimension Neptunia mK2 won’t change the minds of those players. This is a game that was made for a very specific niche of gamers (a niche I happen to belong to), and while not perfect, succeeds in giving us exactly what we want.
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."
