Omega Quintet is the first “otaku” JRPG that will be released on the PlayStation 4. Coming to us from the masters of the otaku in Compile Heart, and due for release next month, the more we’re seeing of it, the more we’re loving it. Related reading: For some trailers of…
Read MoreCompile Heart is coming to the PlayStation 4 with Omega Quintet, and it’s a game that could only be described as “a Compile Heart game.” The summary, as outlined in the press release: Key Features Power of music! Harness the power of song to defeat evil! Every fight is a…
Read MoreAny long term fan of JRPGs will attest to something along the lines of a ten-percent rule, which states that the first ten percent of any JRPG will also be its worst segment. It makes perfect sense, since the genre is all about building up your characters and you can’t…
Read MoreThe Hyperdimension Neptunia series has been kicking for several years now and, despite its polarising otaku-centric qualities, has impressively reached a point where demand is sufficient that western fans are getting at least six releases in a year’s time. That release schedule would make Mario blush; poor protagonist Neptune must…
Read MoreHyperdimension Neptunia is clearly an important and commercially successful franchise for Compile Heart and Idea Factory. After three “main” JRPG releases on the PlayStation 3, ports of all three to the PlayStation Vita, and the first PC release in the franchise, we’ve also seen the publisher experiment with bringing the…
Read MoreIdea Factory International has unleashed a bunch of new English screenshots for two of its upcoming games: Omega Quintet and Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleased. Omega Quintet Omega Quintet is a heavily music-based game, as the name suggests. Also as the name suggests, there are five heroines along on the…
Read MoreThe good folk at Idea Factory International are busy indeed. Just a few months after the release of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2, we’ll be playing the remake of the third. That’s right, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation is launching in Summer (that’s Winter, for those of us in the southern…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A PlayStation Vita re-release of the original Hyperdimension Neptunia made a lot of sense. The original game, released way back in 2010 on the PlayStation 3, was a great concept but a terrible game. And that remake, Re;Birth 1, was a very good game indeed. However,…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Idea Factory has blown its Hyperdimension Neptunia faithful a kiss in the form of a release date for its first strategy RPG, Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart, exclusive to the PlayStation Vita – in North America, it’ll be available February 24th via digital and physical distribution;…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Some good news for people that don’t have a PlayStation Vita or 3, and want to experience some of the oddest and most creative JRPGs that we’ve seen produced in recent years; Idea Factory is porting three of its games to Steam in 2015. Hyperdimension Neptunia…
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