50 Fun Facts About Hyperdimension Neptunia

Neptune, heroine of Hyperdimension Neptunia, is named after a cancelled 1990s console from which company?

Sega designed the Neptune as a Genesis and 32X in one unit, then dropped the project once the Saturn had been released.

In Hyperdimension Neptunia, the goddesses who rule each nation are called CPUs, which stands for what?

Console Patron Unit is a goddess's formal title, each one being named after a real games machine, while their younger sisters rank as CPU Candidates.

Which of the four ruling goddesses in Hyperdimension Neptunia is the only one without a younger sister?

Vert has no CPU Candidate, while Blanc has two, and Vert's devoted Oracle, Chika, has even claimed to be her sister.

In the Hyperdimension Neptunia anime, Neptune's hatred of which vegetable breaks her transformation during a rescue?

Eggplant undoes her at a farm full of the stuff, where she had gone to save the kidnapped IF and Compa.

Compa, the trainee nurse who joins Neptune in the first Hyperdimension Neptunia, fights with what oversized weapon?

A giant syringe does double duty for Compa, working as both a sword and a gun.

The four nations of Hyperdimension Neptunia together make up which world?

Gamindustri is a play on 'game industry', and the joke exists in Japanese too, where the world's name puns on the phrase for the games business.

When Neptune activates her goddess form in Hyperdimension Neptunia, she becomes which serious, long-haired alter ego?

Purple Heart swaps the heroine's energetic optimism for a mature, serious manner, and her short hair for two long braids.

What do the goddesses of Hyperdimension Neptunia compete for, since it measures the faith of their citizens?

Shares are belief made visible, and the stakes are high: a goddess left without any dies.

Neptune's signature hair clips in Hyperdimension Neptunia are shaped like which part of a game controller?

The D-pad suits a goddess who stands for a games machine, and her sister Nepgear wears a single clip of the same cross-shaped design.

Uzume Tennouboshi, the tomboy goddess met in a ruined world in Megadimension Neptunia VII, represents which console?

Dreamcast history partly inspired the plot of VII, where Uzume is a survivor fighting giants known as Dark CPUs.

Which nation in Hyperdimension Neptunia is ruled by the goddess Blanc?

Lowee is a direct nod to the Wii, right down to a landscape that is coloured mostly white.

The first Hyperdimension Neptunia launched in Japan in 2010 as an exclusive for which console?

PlayStation 3 was one of the three rival machines the game sends up, alongside the Xbox 360 and the Wii.

Beaten three-on-one by her rival goddesses in the first Hyperdimension Neptunia, Neptune wakes with what condition?

Amnesia is Compa's diagnosis after the heroine crash-lands in front of her house, unable to recall anything that came before.

Which alliance in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory plots to rid the world of every goddess, Neptune included?

The Seven Sages are led by the timid Rei Ryghts, with the hacker Anonydeath running their intelligence network.

In Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection, the goddesses take up what career to win back followers?

Pop idols are the threat as well as the cure: a group called MOB48, a nod to the real AKB48, has been luring the goddesses' supporters away.

Which Final Fantasy composer contributed songs to Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory with his band Earthbound Papas?

Nobuo Uematsu supplied four songs for Victory, as did Kenji Ito, on top of the main score by series regular Kenji Kaneko.

Which villain of the first Hyperdimension Neptunia has an English name that nods to a Nintendo DS piracy card?

Arfoire is R4 spoken aloud, the name of a flash card that let owners play pirated games on their handheld.

Which Oracle of Planeptune in Hyperdimension Neptunia is really a living tome who appears as a tiny fairy?

Histoire first reaches Neptune as a mysterious telepathic voice offering hints, and only takes her fairy shape once her seal is broken.

Which studio animated the 2013 television series Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation?

David Production, the studio behind the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, showed the game's developers new approaches to direction and script-writing, which shaped the Re;Birth remakes.

Compa, the nurse of Hyperdimension Neptunia, takes her name from which of the studios behind the series?

Compile Heart gave its name to Compa, just as her friend IF carries the initials of partner company Idea Factory.

Warechu, the villain's sidekick in Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 who falls for Compa, is what kind of animal?

A mouse with a jagged heart on his chest, he was called Pirachu in early English releases before going back to his Japanese name.

In Hyperdevotion Noire, the ally named Lid is a parody of which video game hero?

Solid Snake of Metal Gear Solid is one of 18 game parodies who join Noire's side, alongside nods to Pac-Man and Monster Hunter.

Which online scene supplied the guest cast of a 2020 Neptunia hack-and-slash spin-off?

VTubers fill Neptunia Virtual Stars in such numbers that it became the first game in the series to go without an English dub.

One 2017 Neptunia spin-off sends Neptune and friends into a fictional example of which genre?

MMORPG it may be in the story of Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online, but the real thing is a single-player game with optional multiplayer missions.

Plutia, the nap-loving goddess of Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, transforms into which sadistic alter ego?

Iris Heart is so cold and cruel that she earns the nickname Sadie, a world away from the sleepy girl who likes making dolls.

In Hyperdimension Neptunia, a goddess powers up by activating HDD, an abbreviation that stands for what?

Hard Drive Divinity has a price in mk2: it takes 100 skill points to switch on, then keeps draining them until the goddess reverts.

K-Sha, the Gold Third member who falls for Noire in Megadimension Neptunia VII, represents which publisher?

Konami is one of four big publishers in the group, whose other members stand for Bandai Namco, Capcom and Square Enix.

Which illustrator, also the artist of the Date A Live novels, designed the characters of Hyperdimension Neptunia?

Tsunako joined Idea Factory in 2007 as a sprite artist on other games before becoming lead character designer on this one.

In Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, Neptune crashes head first into which alternate world stuck in gaming's past?

The Ultradimension is modelled on gaming culture from the earliest console eras up to the sixth.

The Vita remake of Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory was subtitled V Century in Japan but what in the West?

V Generation was the third Re;Birth remake, reaching the West in 2015 and later moving from Vita to Windows and PlayStation 4.

Peashy, the child who becomes Yellow Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, is based on which console?

The PC Engine was NEC's machine, and its goddess first appears as an infant who gets on well with Neptune.

Rei Ryghts, the timid ex-goddess and main villain of Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, represents which console?

The Atari 2600 link is spelled out in the anime, where she turns out to be the goddess of a vanished nation called Tari.

Uzume, the tomboy survivor of Zero Dimension in Megadimension Neptunia VII, carries what unusual default weapon?

A megaphone suits a heroine who is blunt and serious until she transforms, when she turns girly and childish instead.

In Megadimension Neptunia VII, what extra transformation do the four goddesses gain from Gold Third?

Next Form changes a goddess's fighting style and personality once more, and it is what finally lets them beat General Affimojas.

In Megadimension Neptunia VII, the older Neptune crosses dimensions using the power of which captured fairy?

Croire is a rude, vulgar troublemaker carried over from Victory, and she slips away from her captor before the party catches her again.

Megadimension Neptunia VIIR, the 2017 remake, added scenes where the goddesses visit the player using what device?

PlayStation VR powers the new scenes, and the remake retells only the true ending route, so the original's multiple endings are gone.

Which studio based in Gifu developed the three Re;Birth remakes of Hyperdimension Neptunia for Sony's Vita handheld?

Felistella was founded in July 2010 by former Flight-Plan staff, and Idea Factory later bought a stake in the company.

Which former Capcom designer lent a hand on Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 through his newly founded studio?

Keiji Inafune had founded Comcept only in December 2010, and mk2 reached Japanese shops the following August.

Falcom, the wandering adventurer of Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, hides her sword Dragon Slayer inside what?

A violin case goes everywhere on her back, and she writes up her travels in books published under an alias.

Before their designs were reworked for Hyperdimension Neptunia, Noire and Blanc first had which color schemes?

Red and blue gave way to black and white so the pair would better fit the new setting, after an earlier plan about three princess sisters fell through.

Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP, a 2022 rail shooter starring an adult Neptune, takes after which arcade classic?

Space Harrier is the model, and the soundtrack follows suit with 16-bit style remixes of popular tunes from the main games.

Which villain of Megadimension Neptunia VII is revealed to be the embittered spirit of the original Uzume?

Kurome was sealed away after failing to control her powers, came to resent the people who shunned her, and now plots to fuse two dimensions into ruin.

Super Neptunia RPG was the first game in the series developed outside Japan, by a studio from which country?

Canada is home to Artisan Studios, whose side-scrolling adventure was also the first Neptunia game released on a Nintendo platform.

In the 2015 Neptunia crossover led by IF, Neptune's spirit ends up possessing which of IF's belongings?

Her motorcycle becomes Neptune's body after history suddenly changes during a battle in the past, which IF had travelled back to see.

Which fighting game franchise appears in Hyperdimension Neptunia as a playable girl after tough licensing talks?

Tekken was the guest the developers had the toughest time negotiating, and landing her helped them secure Millionaire Arthur and God Eater characters too.

Uni, the Black Sister of Lastation in Hyperdimension Neptunia, takes her name from which Sony disc format?

UMD, the Universal Media Disc, was the format of the PlayStation Portable, the handheld that Uni stands for.

Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters pits the CPU Candidates against a rival goddess who stands for which gaming platform?

Smartphones are the target of the satire, in a story where an outbreak has kept everyone shut indoors for two years.

Which company streamed the Hyperdimension Neptunia anime for North American viewers with both a dub and subtitles?

Funimation also broadcast the series on its own television channel in the United States.

The singer nao, who performs many Hyperdimension Neptunia opening themes, also voices which character in the games?

5pb. is a shy singer from Leanbox named after a real music company, and nao sang the very first game's opening song.

Which publisher brought the first three main Hyperdimension Neptunia games to US players before Idea Factory took over?

NIS America is honoured in the first game by Nisa, a self-proclaimed heroine of justice who is training to become a hero.